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HP has dropped another all-in-one desktop PC ‘Pavilion 22-h040jp/CT TouchSmart’ for the mass market. This space-saving system is equipped with a 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 5-point multi-touch display, an optional Intel Pentium G3220T/Intel HD Graphics, Intel Core i3-4130T/Intel HD Graphics 4400 or Intel Core i5-4570T/Intel HD Graphics 4600 processor, an Intel H87 Express Chipset, a 4GB/8GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB/1TB/2TB hard drive, an HD webcam, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a media card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, built-in dual speakers and runs on Windows 8.1 OS. Price itself starts at 64,890 Yen (about $624). [HP]

Back in 2013, Apple fans living in Europe would be hard pressed to get their hands on the Apple Mac Pro computer due to EU regulations that forced Apple to stop selling their computer. The reason behind this is because Apple had apparently breached some rules regarding the fan system  and electrical ports of their Mac Pros, whereby the rules stated that it had to have extra shielding. We’re not sure why Apple never bothered to address that issue, but it is possible that the company knew that they would have a new Mac Pro available by the end of the year which is why they might not have bothered with its older model. Either way the good news is that Apple’s new Mac Pro complies with the EU regulations and has gone up for sale in several regions, with countries such as France reporting that they are seeing shipping estimates as early as mid-January.

The Mac Pro was released in the US and some other countries back in December of 2013. However either due to the underestimation of demand or due to production issues, Apple started to see supply constraints for its latest Mac Pro, with customers who did not place their orders in a timely manner seeing an estimated shipping date for sometime in February of 2014, a wait of around two months. It was even said that the computer would not be available in-store due to supply constraints, and that if you want to pick it up in-store, you might have to wait until March or April.

New Mac Pro Begins Shipping In Europe original content from Ubergizmo.

Getting hacked is no fun at all, especially when you are a corporate bigwig with plenty of user details in your database, as you have to answer to your customers as well. Having said that, the likes of Neiman Marcus was hacked recently over the holiday season, and here we are with word that Microsoft’s official Xbox support Twitter as well as the official Microsoft news Twitter accounts have been hacked by none other than the Syrian Electronic Army.

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Microsoft News Twitter Accounts Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army original content from Ubergizmo.

Mouse Computer has dropped another mini-tower desktop PC for the mass market. Called the Lm-iH300E, the system is packed with a 2.70GHz Intel Celeron G1820 processor, an Intel H81 Express Chipset, an Intel HD Graphics, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 350W 80PLUS BRONZE power supply and runs on Windows 8.1 64-bit OS. The Lm-iH300E is available now for 44,940 Yen (about $429). [Product Page]

As most of you guys know, Apple’s Mac computers don’t quite have the same market share as their Windows competitors. There are many reasons for it, such as Windows computers being more affordable, more familiar, and also having more software available for it that is used by professionals around the world. However Apple’s Mac computers are slowly gaining traction, thanks to a research by Gartner where it was found that Apple’s Mac computer sales have actually increased by 28.5% in the last quarter, while PC sales actually found themselves going down and have actually shrunk by 7.5%!

Of course given the PC’s market share and the Mac’s market share, the PC is still very much in the lead, although it does look like Apple is playing catchup, albeit slowly. It was found that as far as PC vendors were concerned, companies such as Toshiba and HP saw themselves making a loss of 13.9% and 10.3% respectively, while companies such as Dell and Lenovo found their sales going up a modest 7.4% and 3.5% respectively. Some are blaming tablets as one of the reasons that PC sales have gone down. With tablets being generally cheaper and portable, those buying PCs for simple use, such as watching movies and surfing the web, might turn to a tablet instead.

There’s no telling if Apple’s Mac computers will be able to continue this momentum. It is possible that the surge in sales could be attributed to the holiday season, which was admittedly true as far as tablets were concerned.

Mac Sales Experience Increase Last Quarter While PC Sales Take A Dip original content from Ubergizmo.