Dell is back in the tablet market after laying low for a few months, announcing the XPS 10 tablet, which has an ARM processor and Microsoft's upcoming Windows RT OS. The XPS 10 is intended for work and play, said Alison Gardner, director ...
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After a nearly two-year antitrust investigation,Google escaped with more of a slap on the wrist than a slap in the face,say industry analysts. While getting the anti-trust equivalent of a good talking-to,the Internet giant is easily ...
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IDG News Service - Boston Limited on Monday said it was manufacturing and distributing a low-power server with ARM-based chips, becoming one of the few companies to make such a server commercially available. The Viridis server has the ...
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Computerworld - A new survey found 63% of mobile workers are spending at least six hours each weekend online -- and nearly one-third are online for up to 20 hours over the two days. The findings pose a potential health dilemma for workers ...
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Texas Instruments has partnered with AllGo Embedded Systems to announce a reference design that will allow Android 4.0 tablets to be built for under US$70, the companies announced Wednesday. The Etab reference design is for a basic tablet ...
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PC World - Amazon has scheduled a press conference for Sept. 6, suggesting that new Kindle e-readers and tablets are nearly here. The event is set for 10:30 a.m. Pacific time in Santa Monica, Calif., but no other information was given. ...
Tags: tablets, Kindle Ereaders, Apple's iPad, tablet market
IDG News Service - Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as ...
Tags: China, semiconductor sales, chip, computing
IDG News Service - Japan's Softbank, which is in negotiations to make a major investment in U.S. operator Sprint Nextel, is also mulling a competitive bid for MetroPCS, Japanese media reported Friday. The reports from sources such as the ...
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Having trouble sleeping? Gaining a bit of weight? Your smartphone or computer might be to blame. Actually, the problem is more likely about your obsession with your laptop and devices than the devices themselves. A new study from ...
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Sprint is set to showcase its Velocity in-vehicle communications platform in Chrysler's redesigned 2013 Ram 1500 truck and new SRT Viper car at the L.A. Auto Show this week. Sprint had disclosed in August its selection as telematics ...
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Asustek has delayed U.S. shipments for its dual-screen Taichi ultrabooks, which were available for order from retail sites like Amazon, Newegg and TigerDirect. The Taichi tablet-laptop hybrid has an innovative design with two screens, one ...
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IDG News Service - The foreman of the jury that recently handed Apple a $1 billion patent victory over Samsung Electronics was untruthful and biased, the South Korean company alleged in a filing with a U.S. court. Samsung wants a retrial of ...
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Computerworld - Research in Motion Wednesday released a BlackBerry PlayBook OS update that adds full device encryption to secure personal data stored on the device to go along with the already-available encryption for corporate data. The ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft has announced the consumer and small-business prices for the new Office suite, which will be sold both via traditional single-device, perpetual licenses and via a new annual, multi-device cloud subscription. ...
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Computerworld - Apple's rumored November launch of a smaller, less-expensive iPad will put the company in a tight spot -- tighter than usual -- if it's not able to build up and maintain adequate supplies through the holiday season, analysts ...
Tags: Apple, iPad, iPad Mini, tablet, company news