The notebook computer is doomed. OK, that’s a little strong. And as one of the people who worked on the first laptop PC, the GRiD Systems Compass Computer Model 1101, there will always be a soft spot ...

Score one more for Transmeta. A long-awaited Crusoe-based Web tablet is set to hit the market this week. Sonicblue--the former graphics-chip company turned Internet-appliance maker--announced on ...

One of the things that makes tiny laptops like the Asus Eee PC exciting is that they are actually full-fledged computers, not just glorified cellphones, PDAs, eBook readers, or other dedicated devices ...

If you judge market share by Web usage, Windows tablets have failed. A new report by the online ad network Chitika finds that they account for one percent of all Web tablet traffic, compared to 84.3 ...

At last fall's Comdex and again at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in March, Microsoft Corp. described its plan to help create a new PC platform. The Tablet PC is basically a Web ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and the country's biggest phone carrier, China Mobile, announced a partnership Wednesday to develop internet-related services as web users migrate to mobile devices.

Even as OEM customers continue to see steep declines in demand across most sectors, National Semiconductor Corp. and DT Research Inc. are co-launching a wireless Web tablet reference design featuring ...