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If you consider NetApplications' data set, then Linux owns only about 1 percent of the desktop OS market and Windows has almost 92 percent. But if you consider all computing platforms, including mobile, than Windows has only 20 percent and Linux has 42 percent - and that would be in the form of Google's Android alone.Goldman Sachs recently…

Also, more colours and storage.Apple’s seventh-generation smartphone will be a major update, boasting substantially better specs than its predecessor, an analyst has forecast.According to Peter Misek of Jefferies, the handset informally dubbed the iPhone 5S will feature a camera and a screen rocking a so-called “super HD” resolution, which we…

Nintendo Co. rose the most in almost four months in Osaka trading after its new Wii U home video-game console generated more revenue in the U.S. than its predecessor.The stock climbed 5.6 percent to close at 9,070 yen, posting its biggest gain since Sept. 18.An attendee tries a game on a Nintendo Co. 3DS LL handheld game player at the Tokyo…

WELLINGTON: Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom will launch a new file-sharing site at his Auckland mansion on Sunday, exactly a year after armed police arrested him at the same venue in the world's largest online piracy case.Dotcom's new venture, mega.co.nz, aims to recreate the success of his Megaupload empire, which boasted 50 million daily visitors…

Facebook just let loose with a new update to the Messenger app for iPhone, which until now was restricted to text messaging, sort of like AOL Instant Messenger or GChat.Now it's something totally different: it's a Skype competitor, except you know all of your friends already use it.The new feature lets you make phone calls using VoIP, with…

LAS VEGAS: Chipmaker Nvidia showed off its newest Tegra mobile processor, its next step in its expansion into tablets and smartphones and also unveiled a new hand-held game device.The Tegra 4 chip, with four central processing cores, will be Nvidia's first to include LTE technology for high-speed telecommunication networks, Chief Executive…

Today's high-definition TVs and tablets will have to make room for tomorrow's video greeting cards, audio speakers customized for each person's ears, and gadgets that can read human emotions. Such futuristic devices will arrive within the next five years, experts say.Touch-based tablets and gesture-recognition devices on the Consumer…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal took another step in its effort to expand in the physical retail world on Tuesday, unveiling a partnership with ATM company NCR Corp that will get the payment service into restaurants and gas stations.PayPal, the dominant online payment business owned by eBay Inc, said its mobile service will be integrated with…

After several months in beta, Myspace has once again opened its doors to the public. Formerly the most prolific name in social networking, stakeholders are hoping the site's daring revamp, Justin Timberlake's involvement and its newly found focus on music will bring Myspace back into relevancy once more.The new Myspace features totally…

It appears sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet may have only performed half as well as analysts expected during Q4 2012. Industry researcher Brent Thill of UBS said that Microsoft only sold about one million units -- that's one million short of the firm's earlier forecast. Another analyst is estimating sales even below one million, but…