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• Amazon launches Kindle tablet and e-reader in China

  After remaining quiet on the hardware front for years, Amazon.com's China business has finally brought the company's Kindle tablet and Kindle e-reader to the country.

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  Android infiltrates Computex via tablets, PCs, set-top boxes

  New Windows PCs have always been the main attraction at Computex, the annual trade show in Taipei. But notable on the show floor this year is the growing presence of Google's Android OS, which is creeping into more and more tablets, televisions, set-top boxes and even PCs.

• Samsung confirms new Galaxy Tab 3 tablets will launch in Australia

  Samsung will release three new Galaxy Tab 3 Android tablets in Australia "later this year", the company has confirmed.

• Nvidia says Tegra 4 can power a better, cheaper stylus

  Nvidia is usually trumpeting the graphics performance of its Tegra 4 chip, but at the Computex trade show on Tuesday CEO Jen-Hsun Huang showed how its newest processor can be used to create a precise, affordable stylus for tablets.

• Asus Transformer Book Trio is tablet, laptop and desktop rolled into one

  The company that brought us the PadFone, an all-in-one smartphone, tablet and laptop device, is thinking a bit bigger. Taiwan's Asustek Computer has now combined a tablet, smartphone and desktop PC into a single product that it calls the Transformer Book Trio.

• Samsung extends Galaxy Tab 3 line-up with 8-inch and 10.1-inch models

  Samsung Electronics has extended its Galaxy Tab 3 line-up with 8-inch and 10.1-inch models with dual-core processors and extensive support for LTE networks.

• Asus intensifies Android tablet price war with Memo Pad HD7

  Asus has fired another shot in the Android tablet price war, putting the starting price for the Asus Memo Pad FHD7 at US$129.

• Dutch Supreme Court: Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not infringe on iPad design

  Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not infringe on Apple's iPad design right, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on Friday.

• Aldi to sell quad-core Android tablet with 3G

  Aldi will sell a low cost 10.1in Android tablet with a quad-core processor and 3G in Australia from next week.

• MediaTek launches quad-core tablet chip

  Taiwan's MediaTek has launched a new quad-core ARM processor for tablets that is slated to be used in an upcoming IdeaTab device from Lenovo.

• HP brings Android to laptops with SlateBook X2

  Hewlett-Packard has given the "Android treatment" to its latest laptop-tablet hybrid, which is called SlateBook X2 and has a detachable 10-inch screen that can independently function as a tablet.

• Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products

  Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell its Kindle e-readers and tablets in the country.

• HP ships $US169 Slate 7 Android tablet

  Hewlett-Packard on Friday started shipping its US$169.99 Slate 7 tablet with Android 4.1, which signals the company's reentry into the consumer tablet market after the TouchPad imploded in 2011.

• HP could bury TouchPad fiasco with $169 Slate 7 tablet

  Hewlett-Packard in the next few days will ship the (AUD$199) US$169 Slate 7, the company's first product for the consumer tablet market since the spectacular failure of the WebOS-based TouchPad in 2011.

• Microsoft signs patent licensing deal with Foxconn covering Android, Chrome devices

  Microsoft has signed up another major electronics manufacturer to its Android and Chrome patent licensing program, this time Taiwan's Foxconn, which will pay royalties to the U.S. software giant.