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• Schmidt says Google TV on track for fall release

  Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Tuesday that the company will launch its TV service in the U.S. this fall.

• Mark Hurd may take job at Oracle, report says

  When Mark Hurd resigned unexpectedly from Hewlett-Packard last month he found an outspoken supporter in the form of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. It appears now that Hurd may end up working for Ellison, according to a report Saturday in the Wall Street J...

• Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud

  Trend Micro is blazing a new trail with a service called SecureCloud intended to give enterprises a way to encrypt data in cloud-computing environments.

• AutoCAD coming to iPad, iPhone, returning to Mac

  Autodesk is bringing its AutoCAD architecture, design, and engineering software back to the Mac OS after an 18-year absence, the company announced this evening. But the company plans to do more than offer a Mac OS X version of AutoCAD: It says it wil...

• Chrome jumps into hardware speed-up game

  Google will follow the lead of Microsoft and Mozilla by offloading some browser chores to the graphics processor to speed up Chrome, the company said last week.

• Laptops with AMD's Fusion chip to ship early next year

  Smaller and power-efficient laptops with Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming Fusion hybrid chips will reach shelves "early next year," company officials said on Tuesday.

• Toshiba working on Android tablet

  <a href="http://www.toshiba.co.uk">Toshiba</a> is thought to be working on a tablet PC to rival <a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?ReviewID=3211322">Apple's iPad</a>.

• Smartphones Await Dual-Core Chips

  Smartphones are on the verge of getting a major boost as chip makers ready dual-core chips that could accelerate performance for both applications and multimedia files.

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  Canonical takes a step in bringing Ubuntu to tablets

  Canonical this week released a software framework that brings multitouch interaction to the open-source Ubuntu OS, which could accelerate adoption of the OS on tablets.

• Netbook failure rate disappoints major user

  Netbooks are cheaper, lighter and generally operate more slowly than an ordinary laptop -- but should their expected lifespan be shorter?

• Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet coming soon

  Earlier this year Samsung unveiled plans for an Android-based Galaxy tablet PC to launch by the end of the year.

• Samsung unveils its densest 2TB desktop hard drive

  Samsung Electronics Co. today announced what it's calling the world's highest-density hard disk drive for desktop systems.

• Let the Samsung Galaxy Tablet Hype Begin

  In lieu of concrete details on any other Android tablets, Samsung's Galaxy tablet could be the first genuine iPad competitor to talk about in months.

• Ballmer pushes slates but reveals few details

  Microsoft's chief executive on Thursday sought to address some common questions raised by analysts, but his answers may not have been exactly what they were looking for.

• Group to work on wireless laptop-charging specification

  The Wireless Power Consortium said Monday that it will start working on a new specification for wirelessly charging laptops.