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Acer is on the ascent again showing that one of the world’s oldest technology companies — 40 years and still in the top five — can still learn new tricks. The release of the Swift 7 and Spin 7 mark a new generation for this iconic Taiwanese company.

A number of large technology companies operating in Australia, including IBM, paid no tax in the 2014-15 financial year, figures released by the Australian Taxation Office show.

The PC — desktop, notebook, all-in-one — market has been declining for years, cannibalised by the uptake of the smartphone as a primary computing and Internet access device. But it is not all bad news for some makers who have seen growth in the hybrid form-factor segment.