A U.S. International Trade Comission judge is recommending sanctions against Samsung that include an import and sales ban on products found to infringe Apple patents, and the posting of a bond for 88% of the value of some of the devices ...
More Americans read e-books in the last year, with 23% of those ages 16 and over going digital, compared to 16% in the previous survey for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which released its latest results on e-book readership ...
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With just a week left in the month, Windows 8's usage uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point in its release, data from a Web measurement company showed. According to Net Applications, Windows 8's online usage share through ...
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Microsoft on Wednesday revealed six locations for new retail stores it will open in early 2013, including four transformed from its holiday specialty stores, dubbed "pop-ups," that it established in October. The move will expand the ...
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Global IT spending will total $3.7tn (pound 2.28tn) in 2013, a 4.2 per cent increase from 2012, according to analyst firm Gartner. In 2012, $3.6tn (pound 2.23tn) was spent on IT and this was set to rise in 2013 by only 3.8 per cent, ...
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Linux operating system vendor Canonical has unveiled a mobile version of its Ubuntu operating system which, it says, will be available from 2014. Ubuntu for Phones is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Unity user interface that ...
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Microsoft won't have its signature mega-booth at International CES 2013 starting next week in Las Vegas,but that's not expected to lessen the trade show's impact,or largesse. Show organizers said there will be 3,200 exhibitors and they ...
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Computerworld-NEW YORK-Tablet computing has become a top priority of Fortune 500 CIOs and will eclipse PC use by 2015,if not sooner.Email is becoming a legacy technology in the face of social media.And consumer app stores are offering ...
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IDG News Service-Lenovo hopes that computers made in its first U.S.manufacturing facility will attract more buyers,while also making the delivery of ThinkPad laptops and tablets faster to U.S.customers. The company,which is based in ...
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Computerworld-SAN DIEGO--In three to six months,SAP plans to ship software designed to separate business data from users'personal information on smartphones and tablets,the head of the enterprise software maker's mobility unit said on ...
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Computerworld-Notebook computers equipped with hard disk drives won't face a significant threat this year from those with solid-state drives(SSDs),according to a report issued by IHS iSuppli. SSD-based notebook PCs like Apple's MacBook ...
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Computerworld-AT&T said Friday it is ahead of schedule for 4G LTE network deployments and has now reached 103 U.S.cities Previously,AT&T had predicted it would reach 100 cities by the end of 2012. All the major U.S.carriers are in a ...
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Computerworld-The Kindle Fire has been snuffed out--in a good way. Amazon said Thursday that the$199 Kindle Fire tablet sold out after less than a full year on the market. Amazon claims that since its launch,the Kindle captured 22%of ...
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IDG News Service-Lenovo is challenging Google's Nexus 7 tablet with a new range of affordable IdeaTab tablets,which start at$299 and have the Android 4.0 OS. The US$299 IdeaTab A2109 comes with a 7-inch screen,while the$399 IdeaTab S2110 ...
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IDG News Service-Intel will announce HTML5 programming tools with the aim of reducing application development costs and boosting revenue for developers,software chief Renee James said Wednesday. James kicked off her keynote at the ...