Microsoft is bringing its Outlook email program to Windows 8 RT in a bid to expand the availability of Windows tablets based on low-power ARM processors. Outlook will be included with version 8.1 of Windows RT, known previously as Windows ...
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Intel expects tablets containing its upcoming Atom processor code-named Bay Trail will cost under $200, a company executive said Wednesday. "We believe we can push it well below the $199 price point," said Hermann Eul, vice president and ...
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IBM has signed an agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, as it looks to accelerate the build-out of its public cloud infrastructure. The company is also forming a services division to back up the push. The financial details of the ...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Intel have something in common: They all came late to the mobile revolution. Why? Because they're companies where management is top-down and responsibility for innovation and change is ...
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Lenovo is in preliminary negotiations to start a joint venture with an unspecified party, the company said on Tuesday, setting off speculation that the company could be looking to bolster its expanding smartphone business. The Chinese PC ...
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Server revenue worldwide was down 7.7% in the first quarter, as weak economic conditions and server consolidation by customers slowed sales, according to research firm IDC. Revenue in the market dropped to $10.9 billion in the quarter, ...
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Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its software packages and services to help developers and IT managers modernize their applications so they will better fit into today's always connected environment. Enterprise software users now ...
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Dell has expanded its range of hybrid devices with the XPS 11, which can transform from tablet to laptop with the flip of a screen. The Dell XPS 11 can be folded almost 360 degrees. The XPS 11 has a hinge that allows the panel ...
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MOBILE phone pioneer Motorola says it's opening a manufacturing facility that will produce the first smartphone ever assembled in the US - its new flagship device, Moto X. The Texas site was once used by fellow phone manufacturer Nokia, ...
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Asustek Computer has fired another shot in the Android tablet price war, putting the starting price for the Asus Memo Pad FHD7 at $129. The MemoPad weighs 302 grams and has a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, a ...
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Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, has become the latest company to back Mozilla's Firefox OS and is developing more than five devices running the mobile operating system for its customers. The Taiwanese ...
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After months of teasers, Intel kicked off shipments of fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell, with the first batch being quad-core chips for laptops and desktops. The Haswell chips, which also include dual-core chips to be ...
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Microsoft will have another shot at tempting businesses to try Windows 8 after it rolls out the "Blue" update later this year, analysts said Thursday. Windows 8.1, as the free update has been branded, will ship as a preview on June 26, ...
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Server revenue worldwide was down 7.7 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, as weak economic conditions and server consolidation by customers slowed sales, according to research firm IDC. Revenue in the market dropped to US$10.9 ...
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Despite dismal forecasts for PCs and servers, tech stocks have been doing well on optimism about cloud technology and mobile devices. A fresh batch of dire forecasts for the hardware market came out this week, yet tech stocks have ...
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