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• In Pictures: App wars - Windows 8 Metro vs. the iPad

  Microsoft's Metro environment in Windows 8 and Windows RT takes the iPad approach to apps, but is it better?

• Windows 8 not likely to restart ailing PC market

  Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 amid great fanfare yesterday left many users wondering whether the new operating system can prove a big boost to the ailing PC market.

• Apple adds Retina to 13-in. MacBook Pro, makes iMac customers wait

  Along with the long-rumored iPad Mini, Apple yesterday also refreshed its two best-selling Macs, the 13-in. MacBook Pro and the iMac.

• Windows XP loses record share as decline quickens

  Windows XP's decline has accelerated and the decade-old operating system shed its largest ever chunk of market share in October, according to data from a Web measurement company.

• HP team of 100 helped decide PC unit's fate

  Hewlett-Packard's decision to reject the plan to spin-off or sell its PC division came after an intensive, six-week study by a team of 100 people at the company.

• HP to keep PC division, rejects spin-off idea

  Hewlett-Packard Co. has decided to keep its PC division. So says its newly appointed CEO Meg Whitman.

• Michael Dell sees HP confusion as a big opportunity

  SAN FRANCISCO -- As Hewlett-Packard waffles on whether it will continue to produce computers, the CEO of rival Dell Inc. said HP's customers are losing confidence and looking to other vendors.

• Intel CEO faults recent evolution of PCs

  Intel CEO Paul Otellini came to the defense of PCs at an industry conference Friday, while outlining his belief that the so-called ultrabook will do more to meet consumer and business needs.

• OCZ's Synapse SSD to boost hard drive performance by auto-caching

  If you install OCZ's latest solid-state product in your desktop or laptop, it won't show up as a separate drive that you can drag and drop data onto.

• Apple drubs rivals in satisfaction survey eighth year running

  For the eighth year running, Apple again beat rival computer makers that sell Windows PCs in an annual customer satisfaction survey, a researcher said today.

• Windows 8 will run from USB thumb drive

  Windows 8 will include a new feature that lets IT administrators provide workers with a portable Windows environment on a USB thumb drive.

• Windows XP turns 10

  Windows XP quietly turned 10 years old Wednesday, a milestone for the still-popular operating system that powers nearly half the world's PCs.

• Windows 7 to crack 40% share by year's end

  Windows 7 will be on 42% of the world's computers by the end of this year, a Gartner analyst predicted today.

• Windows XP's share falls below 50%

  Microsoft's Windows XP has slipped under the 50% share mark for the first time since Web measurement company Net Applications began tracking operating system usage.

• SanDisk releases new SSDs for old computers

  SanDisk has introduced a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) that it's marketing directly to retail consumers versus computer system manufacturers.