Best Buy kicks off Microsoft Surface Pro 3 preorders

From CNET: Those of you who want to snag Microsoft's new Surface Pro 3 tablet can now purchase one through Best Buy.

The retailer's website shows the latest Surface as available for preorder. Microsoft also offers the Surface Pro 3 for preorder but did say on Wednesday that preorders would pop up...

HP Takes Budget to the Extreme with the 7", $100 Android Tablet

From DailyTech: We knew that Hewlett-Packard was taking budget tablet offerings seriously when it launched the $170 HP 8 1401 — an 8” Android tablet — back in early March. However, the company is going even further by making available an even cheaper tablet for U.S. customers.

The HP 7 Plus, as...

Google plans international acquisitions worth up to $30B, it tells SEC

From InfoWorld: Google plans to spend $20 billion to $30 billion of its of its accumulated international profits to fund potential acquisitions of non-U.S. companies and technology rights.

The company disclosed its plans to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last year, in a document...

Lenovo earnings soar on solid PC, smartphone sales

From CNET: Lenovo continues to buck the trend of higher PC sales in a slumping market as it also grows stronger in the smartphone arena.

For the fourth quarter ended in March, the world's No. 1 PC maker reported a 16 percent jump in laptop sales to $4.8 billion. That number accounted for 51 percent...

Google looks to unite work and pleasure by acquiring Divide

From InfoWorld: Google could gain a stronger position in businesses by acquiring Divide, an enterprise software company focused on the bring-your-own-device to work model.

Divide said Monday that it was being acquired by Google, and that its members would be joining Google's Android team.

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China bans government purchases of Windows 8, surprising Microsoft

From PC World: China is banning Windows 8 devices from at least some government IT purchases, in a mysterious move that took Microsoft off guard.

The ban came from China’s Central Government Procurement Center, which posted a brief notice last Friday on new requirements for government tenders...

Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime to boast 225Mbps download speeds, report says

From CNET: Samsung's Galaxy S5 Prime, the long-rumored, as-yet announced update to the company's Galaxy S5, could deliver some seriously fast download speeds, according to a new report.

The Galaxy S5 Prime, which has been rumored for weeks but has yet to be announced, will feature download speeds...

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