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June 1, 2015, 4:15 AM

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Ed Bott / ZDNet:

Online reseller Newegg leaks Windows 10 OEM pricing: Home package is $109.99, Pro package is $149.99 — Online reseller leaks OEM prices and on-sale dates for Windows 10 — Summary:A major software reseller in the U,S, has begun taking preorders for Windows 10 OEM software …

More: Re/code, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Technology Personalized, TechSpot, Computerworld, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, destructoid, SlashGear, The Geek Byte, PCWorld, Neowin and VentureBeat

Tweets: @pmarca, @benthompson and @edbott

Terry Myerson / Blogging Windows:

Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29 — Today, I'm excited to share the availability date for Windows 10. In fact, I thought I'd let Cortana, the world's most personal digital assistant, share the news. You can ask Cortana for the answer! — Through the feedback and testing …

Tweets: @joebelfiore. Thanks:@brandonleblanc

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Asus ZenWatch 2 brings a choice of sizes to Android Wear, offers 18 different combinations of colors and materials — Asus brings a choice of sizes to Android Wear with ZenWatch 2 — The only way for Computex, Asia's foremost tech exhibition, to get going is with a deluge of announcements …

More: Android Police, Android Authority, Engadget and AnandTech

Brandon Chester / AnandTech:

Asus announces two new 8-inch ZenPad tablets, with cases to add surround sound or battery life — ASUS Announces Two New 8 Inch ZenPad Tablets — ASUS is no stranger to the Android tablet market. They've been around since the earliest days of Android tablets with their ASUS Transformer TF101 which launched with Android Honeycomb.

More: CNET, The Verge, Engadget and Engadget

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon Debuts A $99 Kindle Bundle For Kids Including An E-Reader, Cover And Warranty — Amazon wants parents to buy Kindles for their children and is today launching a discounted “Kindle for Kids Bundle” to encourage them to do so. This new package includes the combination of a Kindle e-reader …

More: The Register, SlashGear, The Slanted and Good E-Reader. Tweets: @digiphile

Aloysius Low / CNET:

Nvidia's new graphics card pushes for better 4K — Nvidia announced a new flagship graphics card delivering smoother 4K graphics for PC gamers, plus new G-Sync screen technology for smoother gaming on laptops.

More: The Official NVIDIA Blog, Engadget, The Tech Report, PCWorld, Ars Technica UK, AnandTech and The Verge

Brad Chacos / PCWorld:

Nvidia introduces multi-resolution shading to reduce graphics performance needed to create VR scenes, which could help VR games run on less powerful hardware — Nvidia's radical multi-resolution shading tech could help VR reach the masses — When Oculus VR revealed the recommended PC specs …

More: CNET, Tom's Hardware and AnandTech

New York Times:

Source: Intel close to buying Altera for about $54 a share, $15B+ deal may be announced early next week — Intel Takeover of Altera Is Expected — SAN FRANCISCO — Intel is close to clinching a takeover of fellow chip maker Altera for more than $15 billion, a person briefed on the matter said on Friday …

More: New York Post, Reuters, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE and ITworld.com. Tweets: @wsj

Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:

Pressure from Wall Street to increase profit margins driving consolidation in semiconductor industry — Behind the Wave of Semiconductor Deals: Margin Pressures — Investors seeking fatter profit have driven the latest wave of consolidation — Chip makers are facing many pressures pushing them to combine.

Guardian:

Senate advances USA Freedom Act, but vote on bill likely won't come for several days, causing temporary shutdown of some Patriot Act powers — Patriot Act powers to lapse at midnight as Senate fails to agree on NSA reform — Surveillance hawks concede defeat as Rand Paul forces shutdown …

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Behind Android M: Google focuses on the core user experience with Now on Tap and many small refinements — Android M: small refinements with a huge impact — Last year, Google introduced an elegant, sophisticated operating system with an all-new design that was compatible with everything from phones to watches to cars to TVs.

More: eWeek, NEWS.com.au, BGR and 9to5Google

Ron / WinBeta:

Lenovo partners with Microsoft to add more functionality to Cortana with REACHit service on Lenovo Windows 10 PCs, including search of cloud storage services — Lenovo's new REACHit app makes Cortana even more personal on Windows 10 — It's free, but exclusive to Lenovo users on Windows 10

More: Business Wire, SuperSite for Windows, The Inquisitr News, HotHardware.com News, Engadget, BetaNews, Blogging Windows, PCWorld, Technology Personalized and The Verge. Thanks:@winbetadotorg

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