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After the purchase of Palm by HP, it appears that the company will begin to take advantage of its new acquisition, which includes rights to the operating system known WebOS.

Keeping this in mind, the people of HP may be working on a new project called Hurricane tablet PC, which will have Windows 7 as the operating system to compete with larger market. It also assumes that this new device could be released till the end of this year.

No doubt about the competition between major manufacturers will greatly benefit the end user, offering excellent choices while deciding on the devices to purchase.

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The tablets came into demand lately, but it is also true that people still need more conventional laptops for everyday use. This is why HP has updated its line of ProBooks.

On the one hand we have the models 4325s, 4425s and 4525s to include the new AMD Phenom quad-core II, triple-core Phenom II, II or Athlon Turion II video card and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v, which will enhance their performance to by 69% compared to its predecessors. These three models will be available $620 onwards.

On the other hand we have the 6445b and 6555b models of 14 and 15 inches respectively, which have the same processors, a casing that is more resilient against shocks and scratches and a keyboard will never have problems with liquids. For those who prefer Intel have developed ProBook 6450b and 6550b models, which include Intel Core i3, i5, i7 or as chosen by the user. All these latest models will be available $800 onwards.

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HP DreamScreen is a digital frame with some interesting features. Displays photos, play videos and music, can access the Internet using Ethernet or via a Wi-Fi network. The ability to access their favorite sites would be a great advantage, but the DreamScreen inexplicably has a browser and or an e-mail, which is quite frustrating, despite having a program for Facebook.

HP has DreamScreen speakers and plays music services like Pandora, not to mention the HP SmartRadio who has access to over 10,000 radio stations online. The screen is not touch screen to navigate. You have to use the buttons or else the remote control. The DreamScreen only works plugged and does not have battery.

HP DreamScreen comes in two models, the DreamScreen 100 with 10.2”($250) and DreamScreen 130 with 13.3”($300). Both have a resolution of 800 X 480 pixels, 2GB internal memory, two USB ports and slots for memory card.

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HP Korea has launched its latest desktop PC, Pavilion Elite m9779kr. It is powered and equipped with Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400(2.66GHz) processor and comes with 1TB hard disk drive and GeForce GTS250 graphic card. The best part of it is that the HP Pavilion Elite m9779kr is compatible with HP mini PMD (Pocket Media Drive).

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Microsoft has planned to buy back its shares from investors by spending $40 bn.

Can this be a gimmick to risen its share value which fell by approximately 30% this year? Probably time will answer this question.

Similar to the big giant, Hewlett- Packard and Nike too have declared a buy back.

HP has plans to buy back $8 bn whereas Nike $5 bn.

Microsoft stated that they by the buy back plan portrays their confidence in the long term growth and commitment to return capital to the share holders.

It is expected that the plan may help revive its declined share value probably due to failure $47.5bn bid to buy Yahoo.

Inspite of the ongoing financial crisis market analysts expect that Microsoft might buy back its shares at attractive rates. At the end of June 2008 Microsoft had $23.7 bn and in its history of 33 years, have never been debt.

This buy back is expected to run till 2013.

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