Avid Brings Its “Pro-sumer” Video Editing App to iPad

Avid is best known for its high-end video production tools, as well as its desktop video editing app. Now it’s targeting tablet users.
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Vizio Jumps Into PC Fray

Vizio Inc., which shook up the market with inexpensive high-definition televisions, now wants to become a computer manufacturer.

Loading Photos Into the Kindle Fire

Walt answers readers’ technology questions, including loading photos into the Kindle Fire.

Microsoft Windows Phone Head Andy Lees: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

It’s a great time to watch this interview with Andy Lees, president of Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit, since the software giant is holding a big event in New York on Monday to celebrate the U.S. launch of devices running the new Mango version of the smartphone.
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HP’s TouchPad: The Tablet That Refused to Die

A new deal bundling HP’s TouchPad tablet with its PCs is probably the device’s last hurrah. For real this time.
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A Simple PC For Seniors Is Complicated By Its Flaws

Walt tests the Telikin, an all-in-one desktop for anyone who craves greater simplicity in a PC.
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VMware CEO Paul Maritz Talks About the Cloud Monster, Microsoft and More! (Video)

VMware CEO Paul Maritz has his hands full trying to keep the lead in the hyper-competitive virtualization space, as more and more businesses move into the cloud. He talks about the complexities and the competition with companies like Microsoft, where — irony alert — he was a former top exec and is often mentioned as the best candidate to be its next CEO.
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Seven Questions for Rajen Sheth, Who Wants To Put Chrome OS on Your Desktop

The man who challenged Microsoft Office with Google Apps now has his sights set on a bigger and even more impossible-seeming goal: Challenging Windows for dominance of the enterprise desktop.

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs Talks Firefox 4, Competition With Google's Chrome and More! (Video)

Yesterday, BoomTown paid a long overdue visit on the Mountain View, Calif., HQ of Mozilla, the unusual public-private company that makes the Firefox browser, to chat with its (relatively) new CEO Gary Kovacs (pictured here). There is a lot to talk about with the new exec, especially the near-to-official launch of Firefox 4, the increasing competition with Google and its Chrome efforts and where Mozilla goes next (mobile).

Parallels Promotes Birger Steen, Former Microsoft VP, to CEO

Parallels, the virtualization software company known best for its desktop product that lets Mac owners run Windows on their machines, says it has promoted Birger Steen, its current president, to the position of CEO.

Quick Takes on webOS