Apple's executive shake-up earlier this week is a sign that design is the "tip of the spear" for the company, but the reorganization won't disrupt the firm's product delivery and may produce some groundbreaking moves, analysts predicted ...
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Windows Phone 8 smartphones, which officially launched Monday and will ship in November on three U.S. carriers, will support 46 of the top 50 most popular smartphone apps with a Data Sense app for more efficient data usage that will first ...
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In a September survey of 599 C-level executives and IT decision-makers in 19 countries, managed services provider Avanade found that 61 percent of companies now report that employees are using personal devices in the workplace. More than ...
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Microsoft said it will webcast the two keynotes of its BUILD developers conference, starting with today's at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The company has not published a list of keynote speakers, but with the conference's emphasis on Windows 8, ...
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Microsoft's top executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer and the head of Windows, Steven Sinofsky, took the stage in New York today to launch Windows 8 and its sibling, Windows RT. Analysts' impressions were mixed, with some asking, "Is ...
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Increased regulation, reduced profits and changing customer demands are driving banks to replace home-grown software with commercially available alternatives. Simon Paris, head of global banking at SAP, said the strategic change has been ...
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Microsoft officials on Thursday demonstrated that the vendor's new Surface tablet can withstand a fall from several feet onto a carpeted floor and is strong enough to be used as a skateboard. Steven Sinofsky, the president of ...
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A year after Google+ was launched, it seems Google is saying it's not really a social network after all. Now this might be confusing to the 150 million people who actively use Google+ every month. They catch up with colleagues and friends ...
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Microsoft has unveiled its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, but disappointed its current customers by confirming they won't get the update. Instead, users of Windows Phone 7.5 – codenamed Mango – will only be upgraded ...
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As workloads expanded at Dublin Airport Authority, it launched a major IT infrastructure overhaul earlier this year with HP’s converged infrastructure and VMware vSphere platform. In under a year, the virtualisation project has given ...
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Google's new $199 Nexus 7 tablet takes advantage of Nvidia's Kai reference design, a proprietary technology that allows for a cheaper display and memory components that work in concert with a high-performance quad-core Tegra 3 processor. ...
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Retailers need to address the growing trend of mobile commerce to keep up with the needs of their consumers. This was the belief of Olivier Ropars, senior director of Europe mobile commerce at eBay, who told Computer Weekly that fewer ...
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VELUX America released free apps for iPhones,iPods,iPads,&Android Phones that allow users to easily visualize rooms bathed in daylight from both traditional and tubular skylights. Chan Hoyle,national marketing and communications manager ...
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Intel researchers envision a future of driverless smart cars that can be updated at any time with the latest technology and apps. Intel hopes to play a major role in the new age, creating small, energy-efficient multi-core chips that can ...
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Analyst firm IHS published an important study last week. It predicts that, for the first time ever, PC shipments would drop year-over-year; for 2012, total shipments will drop 1.2 percent. IDC and Gartner agree, noting that third quarter PC ...
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