Many Metropolitan Police officers are using desktop PCs that take more than half an hour to log on, with experts suggesting that the force is to blame for its failure to develop a long-term IT strategy. John Biggs, chair of the London ...
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More than 30 computer scientists signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle's effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and make technology more expensive. The amicus brief was filed by the ...
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Google's recent update of its Gmail app made archive the default setting, encouraging its users to save their email, literally, forever. This may mean a doctor's message about a medical condition, a love note, or a conversation about an ...
Sony's gaming division pulled its latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 Wednesday, after widespread reports that installing it could render the console useless. Gamers took to Twitter and online forums such as Reddit to spread word ...
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Demand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at the Hot Chips conference in late August. IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu -- the main suppliers of ...
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Intel has joined The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), an industry group that hopes its "flexible wireless power" specification for mobile wireless charging can become an industry standard. Founded by Qualcomm and Samsung, A4WP claims ...
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Researchers have found a new application of 3D printing that produces lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand. The batteries could some day enable the development of miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics or tiny bots. ...
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Intellectual Ventures, a large patent-licensing firm, has filed a second patent-infringement lawsuit against Motorola Mobility while its first patent lawsuit is still pending in a Delaware count. The patent-licensing firm filed its second ...
According to Japan's media, investigation on communication services of families and enterprises published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs statistics show that Japan family smart phone and PHS ownership ratio was 94.5% by the end of ...
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You're forgiven if an ad for "the world's most portable desktop" confuses you. But don't be surprised if claims like that pop up more frequently, because computer manufacturers are beginning to make so-called portable desktops, complete ...
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Smart phones, tablets, and laptops do lots of things well, but providing great sound quality usually isn't one of them. The small speakers in many of these devices produce audio that you could charitably call weak or even tinny. So what do ...
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We buy and test hundreds of tires a year. The paces we put them through include evaluating for overall performance for stopping on dry and wet roads, handling, resistance to hydroplaning, winter grip, tread life, and fuel efficiency. In all ...
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One of the cool new technologies coming soon from the labs at Corning is a type of glass that's so bendable, you'd swear it was plastic. It's called Willow Glass, and it's designed to be used as a touchscreen, or for high-temperature ...
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CNC lathe machines are computer controlled machines that perform variety of functions like grilling, cutting, drilling etc. with high precision and perfection. In this competitive environment every customer wants a product that is ...
Emirates Us Provides The Best Dealing Ever Across The World For nearly twenty five years, Emirates US company has been working many of the finest airplane, in addition to featuring the very best services to passengers, on the globe. The ...
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