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Friday’s here, but the week isn’t done yet: let our morning news roundup get your day rolling
Windows 8
Standard Surface 3 with full Windows reportedly launching soon
Microsoft may make another low-end tablet play, this time with decent software included
Vaio revives Z series with a pair of transformable laptops
The post-Sony era continues with a couple of powerful new PC options
Windows 10 will be a free upgrade – even for Windows 7 users
All free for the first year for laptops, tablets and smartphones – Microsoft wants to kill fragmentation dead
CES 2015: Intel’s Compute Stick looks like a Chromecast, but puts a Windows 8.1 PC on your TV for $149
And traditional desktops become even less necessary for casual computing needs
CES 2015: HP unveils Mini Desktops: cheap Windows 8.1 PCs you can hold in the palm of your hand
Not that it’d do you much good – you’ll still need a display (or two) to actually use them
HP’s slim Omen gaming laptop sets its sights on the Razer Blade
It’s not a beast, but then again, it doesn’t look or cost like one either
HP Sprout is a PC with a 3D scanner and huge tactile touchpad
So that’s what HP’s bean (sorry) up to over the past few months…
Asus reboots the netbook with Windows 8.1, plus debuts world’s slimmest 13.3in QHD+ laptop
It’s a tale of two extremes as Asus shows off its laptop wares at IFA
Alienware’s new Area-51: a triangle of sheer gaming power
The Triad chassis: coming to bring eye-gouging 4K graphics to a spare bedroom near you
Microsoft tech turns frantic GoPro footage into slick, stable time-lapse clips
Algorithm dramatically smooths out first-person video, and it’s coming to Windows
Sharks Cove is Microsoft’s answer to Raspberry Pi
Turns out there’s more than one tiny computer board around – but Microsoft’s Atom-powered Pi rival can’t match it in every respect…
