Windows on ARM, Complete With Next Version of Office, to Arrive With Rest of Windows 8

In an interview, Windows unit head Steven Sinofsky explains some of the key things that will — and won’t — be part of the Windows 8 version that runs on ARM-based machines.
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Tilera’s Server Chip Challenges Intel, Sort Of

A start-up called Tilera has a server chip that can do roughly the same work that a server chip from Intel does, but uses less power.
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Intel Shows Just How It Plans to Get Into Phones (Video)

In an interview, Intel’s top phone executives talk about the company’s big bet on Android.
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Intel to Detail Its Phone Plans at CES Next Month

The PC chipmaker plans to detail its long-planned move into the Android phone market at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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How Thrilled Is Texas Instruments to Have Its Chips in the Kindle Fire?

Very thrilled. Chipmaker TI does something that chip companies practically never do: It says how happy it is to have Amazon as a customer.
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Kindle Fire Costs About $203 to Build, Teardown Finds

A teardown analysis by IHS iSuppli finds that the Kindle Fire costs about as much to make as it sells for — maybe a little more.
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Say, When Did Apple Become an Enterprise Company?

When Tim Cook rattles off a list of iPhone- and iPad-using companies, it says a lot about how far Apple has come without having a formal enterprise strategy.
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Is Windows 8 Just the Bold Bet That Microsoft Needed?

With Windows 8, Microsoft seems to be indicating a willingness to shake things up in order to better compete in a new world of devices.
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Windows 8 Forces Some Compromises After All

Systems running Intel and AMD chips will be able to run Windows apps both new and old. However, systems using ARM-based processors will primarily be able to run only new-style Windows programs.
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Gearing Up for Microsoft’s Big Week

Redmond is due to offer its first detailed look at Windows 8 and make its case to developers and Wall Street at a conference in Anaheim, Calif.
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Microsoft talks ARM at CES

Windows on ARM Is No Knee-Jerk Move