Microsoft announces new hardware for Windows 8

The new mice and keyboard will be released around the time of the Windows 8 launch

Google expects the Nexus 7 tablet with 16GB of storage to return soon to its Play store

The new Wyse thin clients will be shown at the VMware trade show in San Francisco next month

Best Buy Canada and Staples are among the retailers saying the tablet is posing some challenges

Acer will refund the small fee Microsoft is charging consumers to upgrade Windows 7 PCs to Windows 8 Pro

The cheaper Google tablet will be carried only by Google’s online store, but the $249 model will be available at retailers like Best Buy

Chip maker will take an initial stake of 10 per cent

AMD is targeting the new low-power G-series processor at specific tablets such as bedside monitors or portable store displays

Samsung is thinking of building a hosted cloud service to make its Galaxy tablets and smartphones attractive to the enterprise

RIM does not detail the number of employees cut, or where the jobs were cut

Acer’s Timeline Ultra M5 ultrabooks are upgradable to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 Pro

HP’s new Gemini server system will have a flexible design where cartridges can be plugged in to handle different workloads

Motorola Solutions, one-half of the Motorola split last year, makes its second acquisition

Dell’s cost cuts will come in standardizing configurations, moving operations to affordable geographic areas and supply-chain efficiency

Apple adds Intel’s latest Core processors code-named Ivy Bridge, USB 3.0 ports to new MacBook laptops