Amazon may be entering the semiconductor business.The company is in talks with TI about buying TI's wireless chip business. TI supplies the chip-sets for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet.It is thought that TI's wireless chip business could be ...
Computerworld-Microsoft has exhausted its initial supply of the lowest-priced Surface RT tablet,which now is backordered by three weeks. On Wednesday,the company's pre-order website noted,"Order now for shipment within 3 weeks"for the$499 ...
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UL(Underwriters Laboratories),a world leader in advancing safety,announced the enhancement of UL LightSmart in the latest version,1.3.The popular app helps users see the many benefits gained through LED and other more energy-efficient ...
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British Gas chief information officer(CIO)David Cooper likes to keep things low-key.But the scale of his multimillion-pound technology transformation,and the impact his team's work has on customer spending,makes his one of the ...
Tags: British Gas, 26 IT workstreams, CRM, UK
Running app Runtastic is using Compuware Dynatrace software from Compuware to ensure the software performs properly. The cloud-hosted mobile application supports over 1,000 devices.It provides sports data such as elapsed ...
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Reader Adam Spelbring is unsure of exactly what limitations the Lightning connector places on iOS devices,particularly in their relationship to iTunes.He writes: I've heard that the Lightning connector doesn't carry a video signal to ...
The iPhone 5 is producing a higher volume of web traffic than the Samsung Galaxy S III,after less than three weeks on the market. That's according to research by Chitika Insights which monitored web impressions of the two devices and ...
Tags: Iphone 5, Samsung Galaxy S III, Chitika Insights, touchscreen
Apple is set to officially unveil the iPad Mini at an event on 23 October,sources close to the company say. Details of the upcoming device have previously been leaked online,and it is expected to ship on 2 November.If correct,the reported ...
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Apple is set to officially unveil the iPad Mini at an event on 23 October,sources close to the company say. Details of the upcoming device have previously been leaked online,and it is expected to ship on 2 November.If correct,the reported ...
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Network World-There has been much debate about the preferred wireless platform for application developers.Every platform has its own advantages and challenges,and there are key points developers need to keep in mind when choosing the most ...
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The US Court of Appeals has overturned a ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone granted in June after an application by Apple in the patent dispute war between the rival companies. The court found that the district court in ...
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Apple supplier Foxlink,a maker of iPhone cable connectors,disputed claims on Friday that a company worker committed suicide after being denied a leave of absence,instead suggesting that drug use may have played a role in the worker's death. ...
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Frank Modruson joined Accenture in 1987. He worked initially as an analyst on complex IT projects at customers. For the last ten years, he has been Accenture's CIO responsible for the outsourcing giant's own IT operation. Modruson says as ...
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This is the first in a three-part series of the behind-the-scenes story of the compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL). A Brighter Idea: The Untold Story of the CFL, originally featured in the October 2012 issue of Electricity Journal, is a ...
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CIOs will look to new manufacturers for their work mobiles over the next five years, leaving behind the traditional default of Research in Motion (RIM), according to a new study published by Virgin Media Business today. The study showed ...
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