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• Nvidia shows tablet running quad-core Tegra chip

  Nvidia has shown a prototype tablet computer running a four-core version of its Tegra processor and said products based on the new chip will go on sale starting in September.

• Five reasons Microsoft can still win the tablet war

  Microsoft has let it be known that the next version of Windows will run on ARM-architecture, and it has demonstrated early builds of Windows 8 -- or whatever Microsoft ultimately calls the next OS -- on a tablet at both CES 2011, and MIX '11. While Microsoft did a quick 180 on comments from Steve Ballmer confirming a 2012 launch of Windows 8, we know it's coming sometime, and when it does it quickly dominate the tablet market.

• Intel shrugs at tablets messing up PC, notebook sales

  Intel would happily make custom chips for Apple and other rivals, its CFO said Thursday, but hinted that the company doesn't believe the Apple iPad and similar tablets will make much of a dent in laptop sales and thus Intel's core processor business.

• Microsoft set to show off Windows for tablets next week

  Microsoft may essentially have been first to the market with the modern tablet computer, but Redmond has seen any advantage there erased by a failure on the software side. Windows just isn't meant for the touchscreen world. No doubt the company is eager to change that, and is said to be set to debut its tablet operating system shortly, sources say.

• Lenovo profits more than double for fiscal year

  Reporting strong growth as it expands into emerging markets, Lenovo said Thursday that for the quarter ending in March its net profit more than tripled, reaching US$42 million, while revenue increased 13 percent to $4.88 billion.

• Amazon tablet: Why it's a big deal

  Slowly but surely, the Amazon tablet is becoming one of the biggest tech rumors of 2011.

• PlayBook quick tip: How to type special characters

  The other day, while sipping a latte at the café and attempting to share my caffeine consumption with friends and colleagues via Twitter, I realized that though I've become fairly proficient with my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet's touch-screen keyboard, I didn't know how to type that accented "e" in "café."

• Asustek introducing hybrid phone-tablet device

  Asustek Computer will introduce a new device next week combining the features of a phone and a tablet PC, making it a potential rival to the Dell Streak and possibly heralding more such devices, the company and analysts said on Tuesday.

• Asus launches Eee Pad Transformer tablet

  Asus' has brought its Eee Pad Transformer, a touchscreen Android tablet with a keyboard-equipped docking station, to Australia. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer will be available from tomorrow with a recommended retail price of $599.
  

• Opinion divided on impact on iPad of Foxconn blast

  Opinion is divided on whether a blast on Friday at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China will affect the production of Apple’s iPads

• Analyst: Foxconn plant explosion to disrupt iPad 2 production

  The explosion at a Chinese factory last week will affect production of Apple's iPad 2, but won't affect Apple's bottom line, a Wall Street analyst said today.

• Foxconn working conditions were criticized before fire

  A two-week old report from a Hong Kong-based watchdog group may give us more insight into the explosion that killed three people at a Foxconn assembly plant in China on Friday.

• Apple iPad corporate security gets boost from GroupLogic

  Businesses can now grant iPads safe remote access to files using new software designed to meet enterprise management and security concerns.

• Three dead after Foxconn factory blast, Apple investigating

  A third employee had died from injuries caused by an explosion at a factory of Foxconn in Chengdu, China, the company said Sunday. Initial findings show the blast was caused by "combustible dust in a duct."

• iPads used more in bed than in bathroom: Study

  Users of Apple's iPad and other tablets prefer to spend more time fiddling with their devices in bed than in the bathroom.