The German government has recommended that Federal Administration and other high profile public sector departments in the country do not use Windows 8 because, it warns, it contains security backdoors that cannot be controlled or trusted, ...
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Hewlett-Packard has joined Nvidia's growing Grid alliance, equipping a Gen8 Proliant blade server with graphics boards that can speed up and lower the cost of virtual desktop deployments. Nvidia's Grid boards consist of multiple graphics ...
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With an update to its Foglight for Virtualisation software package, Dell can now help organizations rid their systems of resource-sucking zombie virtual machines.? "It's so easy to create VMs. We have customers creating thousands and ...
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Shoppers who tried to buy a Windows RT tablet at Dell's website Friday morning would have seen one listed for US$299. By the end of the day the cheapest tablet came bundled with a keyboard for $479. Dell made several changes to the?RT ...
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The University of St Andrews, one of the oldest universities in the world, has slashed its power bills and carbon emissions with a radical process of server consolidation and virtualisation. The project, which is ongoing, involved ...
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PC sales in Western Europe crashed by 20 per cent in the second quarter, according to analyst group Gartner, with Acer and Asus experiencing crushing falls in sales of more than 40 per cent. Gartner's Meike Escherich, principal research ...
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Sales of tablets, including Apple’s iPad, slowed during the second quarter, according to a Monday report by IDC. But the real news may be the rise of “no-name” tablets, which are now the largest segment of the tablet ...
Windows’ share of the tablet market grew slightly in the second quarter, as shipments also ticked up in the face of a slow-down by tablets overall, researcher IDC said today. But the Redmond, Washington, company’s innovative ...
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Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
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The bid by Michael Dell to take the eponymously titled company he founded private looks to be heading for failure after the special committee set up by the company to handle the buy-out rejected a request to change the voting rules. ...
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Carl Icahn, who is attempting to buy out technology company Dell in opposition to company founder Michael Dell, has sued the company and its board as the bidding war continues. Icahn asked the court to block changes in the rules of board ...
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Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
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After a month delay and a price drop, Nvidia has started shipping the $299 Shield handheld gaming console via its website and online retail stores. Shield looks much like a traditional gaming controller, but it has a 5-inch pop-up screen ...
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Corning has had much success in getting its Gorilla Glass adopted in the mobile market. It's used on Apple's iPhones and Samsung's Galaxy S4, among other devices. Now the company has released a new version of its scratch-resistant product ...
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The takeover bout for Dell resumed on Monday, with investor Carl Icahn sounding off on the proposal from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners to change rules governing the shareholder vote for a revised bid to take the PC maker private. ...
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