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• Google's Chrome OS doesn't support Java yet

  Google's prototype Chrome OS laptops do not yet support Java, and support for Flash Player 10.1 is being called a "work in progress."

• DRAM prices to keep falling through the first half of 2011

  The price of DRAM, the main memory inside personal computers, will likely keep falling throughout the first half of next year before a recovery takes hold, analysts and market researchers say.

• Acer brings dual-screen laptop to reality

  Are physical keyboards soon going to be a thing of the past? At a splashy event here in New York City, Acer Tuesday announced its new concept for a laptop: The Acer Iconia. The name's gravitas is appropriate given that it's the first laptop to ditch a physical keyboard in favor of a two touch-screens attached by a hinge, just as with a standard laptop.

• Acer unveils tablets to run Windows, Android

  Acer executives on Tuesday previewed tablet computers planned for release next year, including three Android-based devices and one that runs Windows. They also detailed plans to introduce a portable computer that has the form factor of a laptop but replaces the keyboard with a second touchscreen, allowing users to use a virtual keyboard or some other form of touch-based interface.

• Android will take 15% of tablet market next year

  Not content to gobble up smartphone market share, the Android operating system is poised to capture 15 per cent of the tablet market in 2011, according to IMS Research.

• Acer releases dual Android-Windows 7 netbook

  Fans of Android and Windows 7 have a reason to smile with the release of the Acer Aspire One Happy netbook that runs the two operating systems side-by-side without the need to reboot.
  

• Chrome smartbooks have already lost to MacBook Air

  Google says it will release a Google-branded Chrome OS smartbook in November to be followed a month later by Chrome OS netbooks from Hewlett-Packard and Acer.

• Acer and Asus take a stab at iPad killers

  A flood of computer tablets is scheduled to hit the market in the next few months, but can any of them cut into iPad's market share?

• Report: Microsoft targeting Acer, Asustek over Android

  Microsoft may be looking to add to its existing patent infringement case related to the use of Google's Android mobile phone software by targeting phone makers in Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language news report.

• Apple's Mac retakes third place in U.S. sales on back of iPad

  Apple jumped into the third spot in U.S. sales for the third quarter, in part because of the "halo" effect from its iPad tablet, industry research firm IDC said today.

• Augen tablet will dual-boot Ubuntu and Android

  Hard on the heels of the news last week of Acer's dual-booting netbooks, Augen has announced that one of its six forthcoming tablets will run both Android and Ubuntu.

• Acer netbooks will dual-boot Android and Windows 7

  In what will surely provide a boost to Google's Android platform outside the smartphone arena, computer maker Acer reportedly announced on Wednesday that all of its upcoming dual-core netbooks will run both Android and Windows 7.

• Tasmanian schools trial iPads

  The Tasmanian Department of Education and Training has revealed more than 30 iPads are being trialled in a number of schools across the state. There are also plans in the works to also examine the potential for Android- and Windows-based tablets to be used as an education device.
  

• Acer reportedly developing dual-touchscreen laptop

  Acer is working on a dual-touchscreen multitouch laptop with no physical keyboard or mouse that would be available by fall 2011, according to several reports. Instead of using physical inputs, one touchscreen would function as the display and one would act as the keyboard and trackpad, similar to Toshiba's Libretto W100. Acer's device is reportedly sporting two 15-inch touchscreens, runs Windows 7 and has an Intel Core i5 2.67GHz processor under the hood, according to TechReview Source.

• Netbooks with Intel's dual-core Atom chip go on sale

  Online retailers have started selling netbooks with Intel's new dual-core Atom processor, ahead of official product announcements from PC makers.