Google drops Chromebooks down to $99 or less (for education)

Forget Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Google just announced perhaps the best sale of the entire Christmas season, at least as far as electronics and computers are concerned.

Move over, Raspberry Pi — here comes the $13 single-board computer

While the $35 Raspberry Picomputer gets a lot of kudos for being a cheap way to get into hardware hacks, Texas Instruments' $13 Stellaris LaunchPad could soon take the spotlight.

Europe and Asia adopting Windows 8 at double U.S. rate (plus more juicy Windows 8 data)

Windows 8 crashes 55 percent less and is 84 percent less frustrating than Windows 7, according to a new report.

$35 Raspberry Pi computer gets more awesome with double the RAM

The delightfully simple and surprisingly powerful Raspberry Pi computer has upgraded its Model B machine and kept the price at a stunning $35.

Why Windows 8 is terrible for desktops

With Windows 8, Microsoft favors tablets, touchscreens, and laptops with modern touchpads. Traditional desktops with a keyboard and mouse, on the other hand, have been left in the dust.

Acer CEO warns Microsoft about Surface tablet (translation: Acer is terrified of Surface)

It was only a matter of time before Microsoft's hardware partners began publicly criticizing the Surface tablet, Microsoft's first stab at building its own computing hardware.

Windows 8 will be available on October 26th, Microsoft confirms

Mark your calendars folks, Microsoft’s Windows head Steven Sinofsky just announced that Windows 8 will officially be available on October 26th, 2012.

Sinofsky made the announcement at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting today. Microsoft previously hinted that Windows 8 would be …

Motorola Solutions puts up $200M for rugged computer maker Psion

Motorola Solutions has agreed to acquire British rugged-computer-maker Psion for $200 million in cash, the two companies announced Friday morning.

Motorola will pay $1.36 (88 pence) per share, which is a generous premium of 45 percent over Psion’s closing price …

Dell debuts new Inspiron laptop family for back-to-school

Dell unveiled a new line of Inspiron laptops today for back-to-school purchases. The models use some of Intel’s newest family of Ivy Bridge processors, which combine a microprocessor and graphics on a single chip.

The new models include the Inspiron …

“Many tens of thousands” $35 Raspberry Pi computers have been ordered (interview)

Apple and Blackberry aren’t the only fruit-flavored brands that can cause a stir with new hardware releases. The UK-developed Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized, bare-bones computer selling in two variations for $25 and $35 respectively — slightly less than an …

Raspberry Pi $35 computer pre-orders sell out within hours

The first Raspberry Pi computer, which costs just $35, became available for pre-order earlier today and within hours, most outlets taking orders have sold out.

The first Raspberry Pi machine was first seen by us last May and at the …

Report: Macs now have 5% of global market share

Apple’s Mac computers have hit the 5 percent mark in worldwide market share for the first time in 15 years, according to an All Things D report.

The Windows OS has been the most pervasive and popular operating system around …

HP CEO Meg Whitman: PC unit’s fate to be decided this month

New Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has vowed to decide whether or not to spin off the company’s personal computer division by the end of October, Businessweek reports.

That’s a huge leap beyond the timetable put forward by former HP CEO …

That’s so Steve! Our favorite Steve Jobs moments

Steve Jobs shifted the technology landscape countless times as Apple’s CEO. Now that he’s retired from that role, we’ll also miss the many great moments that his singular personality has brought us.

What follows is a collection of our favorite …

Apple’s Tim Cook has some big shoes to fill

They are the biggest of shoes to fill. Tim Cook is taking over as CEO of Apple. It’s the beginning of a new era in technology, as his predecessor Steve Jobs has been a dominating presence for everything associated with …

Shiny new Mac Pros and Macbook Airs expected to debut with OS X Lion

Apple is expected to launch refreshed Mac Pro and Macbook Air computers along with the debut of the company’s new Lion operating system later this week, according to leaked product numbers obtained by 9to5Mac.

The numbers indicate that Apple is …