Samsung Display will terminate its contract to supply LCD panels for Apple due to financial pressures caused by Apple's tight supply chain management, according to a news report published in The Korea Times on Monday. Samsung can't ...
Tags: Samsung Display, contract, LCD panels, Apple, financial pressures
Microsoft today said that a free Windows 8 and Windows RT Skype app will be ready for downloading from the Windows Store on Friday, Oct. 26. The long-rumored app -- bloggers have been posting leaked screenshots of Skype for Windows 8 for ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows RT, Skype app
Here's how the iPad Mini's announced tech specs stack up against popular 7-inch tablets from Google and Amazon. (Of course, while the specs are important, there's more to a tablet than a data sheet. Computerworld will have a hands-on review ...
Tags: iPad Mini, Google, Amazon, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire
Is your memory as sharp as it used to be? If you sometimes need a nudge to remember things, that nudge might someday come from a wearable device the size of a brooch or a Bluetooth earpiece that records your daily activities and ...
Tags: Intel, Tiny Chips, Wearable Computers, Bluetooth
The double-dip recession is offsetting some of the concerns associated with cloud-based services as the global cloud industry is set to be worth an extra $2.2bn before the end of the year, according to KPMG. Concerns around security, ...
Tags: cloud-based services, medium-sized enterprise, cloud computing
Even before Apple sent invitations for the Tuesday launch event where it will likely unveil a smaller iPad, consumers were unloading their old tablets in increasing numbers so they can trade up to Apple's latest, according to gadget ...
Tags: Apple, smaller iPad, tablets, iPad Mini
Simon Moorhead began his career as the Bank of England’s CIO with a baptism of fire, having started in November 2008 – just two months after Lehman Brothers collapsed and a year after Northern Rock was rescued by the government. ...
Tags: CIO, Computer Products, Simon Moorhead
The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
Tags: Western Europe, PC market, Dell, IT consumerisation
Polycom today revealed new software capabilities for its RealPresence ‘Video as a Service’ platform to encourage more developers to work with the system. The crux of announcement was more open application programing interfaces ...
Tags: Polycom, APIs, RealPresence, Computer Products
Acer on Thursday announced a low-cost tablet starting at $230 with a 7-inch screen and Google's Android 4.1 OS, code-named Jelly Bean. The Iconia Tab A110 weighs 453 grams and provides up to 7.5 hours of battery life. It joins a growing ...
Tags: Acer, tablet, Google, Android 4.1 OS, Nexus 7
The year 2012 will go down in history as the year when people voted with their wallets and decided that tablets are good enough for work. The success of tablets has driven people to bring their own devices to work. Supporting these ...
Tags: tablets, managed desktop estate, PC suppliers, desktop virtualisation, IT
MobileIron, a company that specialises in security and management for mobile apps, has introduced a suite of products for enterprise smartphones and tablets. To tackle apps provisioning, the company has developed the MobileIron ...
Tags: MobileIron, mobile apps, smartphones, tablets, Microsoft ActiveSync
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 ...
Tags: Windows Phone 8, smartphones, apps, Data Sense app, data usage
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 ...
Tags: Windows 8, Business Use, Tablets, Smartphones
People will spend more than £1,200 to buy their own devices, which questions the need for IT departments to continue purchasing and supporting desktop and laptop PCs. In a recent study by analyst Forrester, 33% of respondents ...
Tags: desktop, laptop PCs, self-service app, smartphones, VPN software