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Microsoft and Google have turned to Taiwanese chipset vendor MediaTek to boost their traction in smartphones aimed at China and other emerging markets.

Macworld suggests a few apps that'll help you navigate San Francisco as well as the Mac-centric conference.

TechRepublic's CIO Jury says there's a business case for the Apple iPad and the various slate PCs coming from computer manufacturers in 2010.

Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox 360, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.

I've been on vacation for the past week or so, on a beach in Hawaii, mostly disconnected from the tech world. So it was a pleasant surprise today to encounter a relevant tech story in Paradise, one that demonstrates both the strengths and weaknesses of the Windows platform.

The popular Webmail service will reportedly get features to challenge Twitter and Facebook.

Maybe I'm the only person who's not doing handstands re: the new iPad. It's a slick device but is the market really there for it? Here are some points to ponder....

UPDATE: IBM launched its latest eight-core Power7 processor on Monday.