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Hewlett-Packard Co has taken a modest step toward re-imagining the venerable personal computer, merging a 3D scanner and projector with an all-in-one PC to create a $1,899 ensemble it hopes can rekindle industry interest.

Microsoft Corp will unveil a new name for its best-known product on Tuesday when it offers the first official glimpse of its latest Windows operating system.

Antoine Leblond, a longtime executive for Windows and Office, is leaving Washington, US-based software giant Microsoft on Monday to explore his opportunities outside of the firm.

Mozilla finally pulled the plug on its Firefox for Windows 8 Metro browser after seeing no more than 1,000 users patronizing the app daily, TechCrunch reported.

Windows 8's share in the operating systems market was predicted to be slowing down in the next quarters as more users had been urged to upgrade to the best software version.

The Windows 8.1 update would seek to address issues that had been found in the original Windows 8 operating system.

Microsoft launched Microsoft by the Numbers that features a summary of the company from sales of licenses to consumed pizza slices.

Meiji Yasuda, Fujitsu and Microsoft Japan would all team up to upgrade 30,000 Windows XP computers to tablets running Windows 8 operating system.

Windows 8 was still behind Windows 7 because adapting to new operating system would cost corporation a lot of time.

Microsoft revealed that it earned US$835 million from Surface tablets since the products' debut last fall.

Microsoft Windows 8 and Surface RT tablets were lagging behind competitors.

The shift from using web to mobile devices in accessing the internet hurt Microsoft's core.

Microsoft was advised by analysts to focus on its crucial product and stop steering at different directions.

Windows 8 improves the booting speed significantly, in less than 7 seconds.