Sony Corporation says it’s agreed to sell its PC business to Japan Industrial Partners and will stop making Vaio-branded computers after its forthcoming spring 2014 product release.
The company says it’ll now be concentrating its mobile product line-up on smartphones and tablets.
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HP has announced a new ‘all-in-one’ business-focussed computer that uses the Android platform.
All the computing technology is built into a 21.5-inch HD touch screen, which runs Android 4.3 on an NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor.
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Technology manufacturer Acer says that its chairman and CEO, JT Wang, has resigned. He’ll remain in his role as chairman until the end of June, although Corporate President Jim Wong will take over as CEO from January.
The company is also putting a restructuring plan into operation.
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A new forecast from the International Data Corporation shows tablet shipments exceeding those of portable PCs this year.
The continuing fall in PC sales is expected to result in tablet shipments overtaking the entire portable and desktop PC market by 2015.
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Computer business and former smartphone manufacturer Dell Inc. is being bought back by the company founder in partnership with an investment firm. Michael Dell, who’s currently CEO of the business, is working with Silver Lake to turn the business into a private company.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval and also involves a formal process in which the board of directors looks for alternative offers.
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