Chromebook Pixel

The PC is dead; long live the Chromebook? That's what some industry analysts are saying, as they tout the Chromebook as an inexpensive alternative to laptop personal computers. According to a new report from the market intelligence firm ABI Research, about 2.1 million Chromebooks were shipped...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) surprised consumers when it announced that it had lowered the price of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. It did not make much sense for Apple to cut the price so soon after release. At the time, the 13-inch model was less than four months old. That did not stop...

When designing Windows 8, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made a brilliant movie: it decided to scrap the old, mouse-friendly interface and focus on touch. The company knew this was risky; bloggers and analysts told them so for months! It was a risk Microsoft wanted to take. The Xbox maker knew that, as...

They said it couldn't be done. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), one of the most powerful tech companies in the world, would never be able to build a better laptop than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Google makes Chromebooks -- cheap, plastic laptops for consumers on a budget. The company could not possibly build a...