When we did a roundup of network-attached storage devices seven years ago, the products boasted an amazing (for the time) 1TB of disk space. This time around, we're testing six units that sport 8TB or larger storage capacities. While the ...
Tags: NAS appliances, raw storage, storage devices, storage capacities
Intel shaved about a billion dollars off its third-quarter revenue forecast on Friday, blaming the global economy for slowing sales. It will announce full results for the quarter on Oct. 16. The company had previously predicted ...
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Windows 8's learning curve isn't as steep as some have claimed, according to PC Helps, an enterprise support and training firm. The operating system "will be difficult to adjust to," said Joe Puckett, director of training at PC Helps. ...
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Microsoft will "draw a line in the sand" come April 2014 when Windows XP exits support, security researchers said today, even if millions of customers are still running the aged OS and a zero-day bug threatens the Windows ecosystem. Or ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows XP, OS, Windows ecosystem
Collabor8online is please to announce the release of a "significant upgrade" to its online project management software that has involved server and environment changes. Almost every aspect of the system has been streamlined, this includes ...
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Colour and light measurement specialist Konica Minolta Sensing believes its new illuminance spectrophotometer will make a major contribution to improving the quality of lighting around the world. The CL-500A was developed for evaluating ...
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While hardware and components makers face economic hurdles, the picture for software is getting brighter, according to earnings reports from major vendors and mid-year market research polls. Vendors and analysts lay much of the blame for ...
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Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter of this year, Canalys Research said in a study released on Tuesday. Combined shipments of tablets and PCs totaled ...
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Tablets are now nearly as popular as desktops and laptops for buying items on the Web, according to data from Web merchandising firm Monetate. In the second quarter of 2012, 3.17% of tablet users on the Web made an online purchase, while ...
Tags: Tablets, desktops, laptops, Web Purchases
A sophisticated cyber surveillance tool that monitors financial transactions with Middle Eastern banks was probably built by or under the auspices of a government, security researchers said today. Early Thursday, Moscow-based Kaspersky ...
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Apple sold more PCs worldwide last quarter -- 21 million -- than any rival, retaking the lead it lost the quarter before, U.K.-based Canalys said yesterday. And because Microsoft lacks a tablet operating system, sales of Windows-powered ...
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Windows 8 must work effectively on its core desktop platform despite Microsoft’s recent move into the tablet space, Fujitsu’s chief technology officer has warned. “The whole industry is excited about tablets, but serious ...
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HP is continuing to suffer as a result of Oracle dropping Itanium support while Dell's enterprise strategy gains momentum, according to the latest market data from Gartner. The company posted worldwide server supplier revenue of $3.7bn, ...
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Data protection and encryption firm Credant joins Dell's expanding security portfolio Dell has made yet another security acquisition, snapping up data protection form Credant Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Dell says Credant ...
Tags: Dell, SecureWorks, SonicWall, encryption technology
And now, the end is near. On 23 November 2012, Gerry Pennell will leave the job of a lifetime. Four years after signing up as CIO for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, his IT team has won every technology gold medal going after ...
Tags: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games, IT systems