Microsoft is now competing with its own partners in the tablet market, which means the company has to walk a fine line between hawking its own products and supporting its partners' portfolios.
Around the launch of Windows 8 and Surface tablet, we ask some of Microsoft's biggest stakeholders--and competitors--how the device and operating system have impacted their abilities to innovate.
It's nearly time for the annual geek pilgrimage to Las Vegas for CES. It's easy to write off this massive tech trade show as an outdated, overrated, overhyped gizmo-fest, but it does provide ahead-of-the-curve marketplace knowledge. Here's what's next for TVs and other tech gadgets in 2012.
Once an unlikely rival for HP and Apple, Chinese computer maker Lenovo has grown and adapted as quickly as its homeland. Now, with a savvy blend of East and West, it's poised to be China's first global brand.
