IDG News Service-Marissa Mayer has made her first acquisition at Yahoo,a recommendations app called Stamped that was developed by ex-Googlers and has even received backing from Google Ventures. "Got to visit our new ...
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Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8 ahead of the commercial release of its operating system (OS) and Surface tablet worldwide on Friday. The new OS has been designed for use on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors launches direct emitting green laser diodes Osram Opto Semiconductors now offers its first direct green diode lasers. The two compact laser diodes have an optical output of 30 and 50 milliwatts and a particularly ...
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Security company McAfee has announced four enhancements of endpoint security as part of its Security Connected strategy at McAfee Focus 2012 in Las Vegas. While first-generation security focused on finding and fixing known threats, ...
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IDG News Service-Facebook,under pressure to cheer up its disappointed investors,posted revenue growth of more than 30 percent on Tuesday,beating Wall Street expectations,but it also recorded a loss. Facebook's revenue for the third ...
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IDG News Service-Sharp said Tuesday that mobile devices using its new IGZO display technology,which can triple battery life while offering higher touch sensitivity,are about to surge. The company decline to provide specific details,but ...
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IDG News Service-Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at$499,matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen,weighs 635 grams,and provides ...
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Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority has upgraded its storage infrastructure to support a web-based core database application. Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) replaced its legacy information management system with a ...
First came the heavy adoption of Apple's mobile platform by consumers whose heavy use of the devices for business tasks forced the IT operations at their companies to support them. Android was the next mobile platform pushed onto IT and ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 is seen by many as representing an evolutionary jump for the operating system (OS), but what about security? Has there been an evolutionary leap there? In the run-up to the launch, much has been said about the new ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will mark"the end"of the computer industry's dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice sparked by alternatives,Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff predicted Friday. Windows 8 is a ...
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A fifth of lost electronic devices have access to work email,exposing confidential corporate information,a Sophos survey has revealed. Some 42%of lost devices do not have any basic security measures in place,according to a survey ...
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Computerworld-Google today reported a drop in profit and revenue for the third quarter,an unexpected slip that highlighted an online industry still struggling to make money on a growing mobile market. Google's sagging earnings report ...
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Windows as a service Citrix helps SMEs cope with proliferation and remote support Citrix's position in an evolving and competitive market Virtual Microsoft Widows: A hostage to fortune? Budgets remain tight at enterprise end of market ...
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18 October 2012 Osram Opto launches direct-emitting green laser diodes Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg,Germany says that it is now offering its first direct-emitting green diode lasers.The two compact indium gallium ...