Light - not electric signals - is the future of information transfer, says IBM as it reveals a "major advance" in chip technology. Calling the tech "silicon nanophotonics", IBM reckons it integrates optical components alongside electrical ...
The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
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Network World-Motorola Solutions has unveiled a pair of quasi-cloud services that make it simpler for IT groups to set up secure connections for guest Wi-Fi users,including those with personally-owned devices,on corporate or retail wireless ...
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Qualcomm has unveiled Mobile Computing Platform 50 (MCP50) which will offer cost effective fleet management application to transport industry. MCP50 is expected to help transportation companies meet safety and regulatory compliance ...
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Glassware veteran Corning (NYSE: GLW ) has fallen on hard times lately. Is it time to give up on the stock, or will Corning have a banana and a comeback? The stock has lost 18% of its value in just over a month. The slide was punctuated ...
The October 2012 book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of North American semiconductor-equipment industry hit a 12-month low of 0.75, with the three-month average of worldwide bookings amounting to US$743.2 million in October and the three-month average ...
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Globally,almost half(46%)of enterprise information is being stored outside of its own datacentre,with 23%stored on the cloud as mobile computing and cloud services go mainstream,according to the State of Information Report 2012 from ...
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Designed for Government Professionals, Models offer Rugged Durability and Security Features FREMONT, CA, November 10, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- GammaTech Computer Corp., a major international manufacturer and supplier of innovative ...
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Computerworld-Wireless smartphone and tablet users helped both presidential candidates raise funds and support in 2012,while mobile computing contributed directly to President Barack Obama's edge in Tuesday's presidential election. Most ...
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Apple is growing increasingly confident that its own chip designs will be used to replace Intel processors in its Mac personal computers. Apple engineers, who began using Intel chips for Macs in 2005, believe that the ARM-based ...
Taipei, Oct. 26, 2012 (CENS)--Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), the leading contract IC maker in the world, pointed out yesterday (Oct. 25) that the global economy is still situated in a spot where ...
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UK chip maker ARM saw pre-tax profits grow 22%toGBP68m in its third quarter,compared with the same period last year. The company's sales grew 20%toGBP144.6m.Processor royalty revenue also increased 27%year-on-year. ARM CEO Warren ...
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Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs will give the opening keynote at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in January, a logical choice for an event whose focus is increasingly mobile, but one that might not garner the attention of a Bill Gates or Steve ...
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Running app Runtastic is using Compuware Dynatrace software from Compuware to ensure the software performs properly. The cloud-hosted mobile application supports over 1,000 devices.It provides sports data such as elapsed ...
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Research in Motion(RIM)will launch its upcoming mobile operating system(OS)–BlackBerry 10 or BB10–in January 2013. Rob Orr,RIM managing director UK and Ireland,let the date slip in an interview with Computer Weekly,but denied ...
Tags: Blackberry 10, operating system(OS), UK market, Christmas rush