Sony is expected to reveal its vision of the future of home entertainment today by providing a glimpse at a new-generation PlayStation console that streams games, films, music and more. "Sony needs a big hit with this game console," ...
Microsoft says it has begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com as it officially launches its revamped email service. Microsoft's move follows a test phase in which it adapted the service to try and better serve lifestyles that ...
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While first day sales for Microsoft's Surface RT tablet attracted a long line in Beijing back in October, demand for the device in China has been low, as shipments reached only 30,000 units during the fourth quarter, according to research ...
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A lack of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband in the UK and abroad is holding back the video games industry, according to the president and CEO of Eidos, Ian Livingstone. In an exclusive interview at the FTTH Council's Conference 2013, ...
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Canonical, the open source software company behind the popular Ubuntu distribution of Linux, has unveiled the next stage in its plan for a unified operating system. The Ubuntu tablet forms one-quarter of Canonical's strategy to produce a ...
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Google may be taking a page from Apple as it considers opening brick-and-mortar retail stores, according to reports. Google is working on plans to open retail stores in the U.S. where the company would sell Google-branded hardware, ...
Canonical has introduced the Ubuntu tablet interface, which will compete with Android, iOS and Windows with its own take on multitasking and advanced security features. The launch is the next step in Canonical's quest to unify phones, ...
Hewlett-Packard is set to deliver a new blade that will quadruple the virtual desktops that can be deployed from one server compared to the company's previous offerings. The HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 blade server uses graphics processors to ...
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Chipmaker LSI is taking ARM-based processors to new frontiers with its upcoming AXM5500 family, which will be used in mobile base stations of all sizes. From today's smartphones, tablets and thin clients to tomorrow's servers, ARM-based ...
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Nvidia hopes to power sub-$200 smartphones and tablets under $300 with its latest Tegra 4i processor, which is also the company's first chip with an integrated LTE modem. The quad-core Tegra 4i will be used by device makers in LTE-capable ...
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Dell has reported another quarter of declining revenue and profit as the company's CEO continues his battle to take the PC maker private. It was the fifth consecutive quarter in which Dell's profits shrank, and the fourth in which it ...
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Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Cisco has apparently declared war on Microsoft’s unified communications platform, having chosen the eve of the first Lync conference to describe it as incomplete when compared to Cisco’s ...
Mobile devices will be able to charge up to 40% faster. Qualcomm has unveiled the Quick Charge 1.0 that can reduce the charging time of devices such as smartphones, tablets and mobile phones. The company claimed that the phones ...
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Microsoft is losing out on up to $2.5bn (£1.6bn) of revenue by not rolling out its Microsoft Office suite to Apple tablets, a Morgan Stanley analyst has calculated. "Our conversations lead us to believe Microsoft will price for ...
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Microsoft on Friday reopened online sales for the 128GB Surface Pro after nearly a week of stock outages, telling buyers that the tablets would ship in two to three weeks. According to Microsoft's e-store, a 128GB Surface Pro ordered on ...