More than 17,600 users in U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) are being moved from their BlackBerry devices to Apple's iPhone, after it was found that technology from Research In Motion cannot meet the mobile technology needs of ...
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It's fitting that Spokane-based Imprezzio Inc. is running a software contest for technical students in Cluj, Romania. Many people don't know that Spokane boasts a steadily-growing presence of successful IT and technology companies. It's ...
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As Microsoft launches Windows 8, and with it, an attempt to stabilize a precipitous decline in its share of operating systems for "personal devices," 2013 is going to be a tough, very tough year, research firm Forrester said today. "This ...
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Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 amid great fanfare yesterday left many users wondering whether the new operating system can prove a big boost to the ailing PC market. Analysts said today that while Windows 8 may help keep the business ...
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Was it only six years ago that Windows Mobile was a big part of the cellphone business? That was a time when only programmers thought of a mobile phone as a computer. Now we're heading into the second or third generation of the smartphone, ...
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Texas Instruments Wednesday unveiled its first single-stage wireless charging integrated chip (IC). TI said the new IC is 60% smaller than its predecessors. The company today also added a power controller chip that it said increases the ...
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IDG News Service - The new version of Microsoft Office offers compelling enhancements to its capabilities and interface design, as well as improvements in cloud functionality that should make it a far better product than its predecessor. ...
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AT&T is on pace to sell a record number of smartphones in the fourth quarter, with strong sales of the iPhone 5 and Android phones such as the LG Optimus G and HTC One X, AT&T Mobile CEO Ralph de la Vega said today. AT&T sold 6.4 million ...
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Computerworld - The PC isn't experiencing as dramatic of a decline as many have predicted. It's just becoming part of a new spectrum of computing, according to an Intel executive. PC sales have been sluggish over the past year because of ...
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AT&T is putting the pedal to the metal on its LTE deployments, saying Thursday it has added seven more markets to its list, atop of the four market launches it had announced three days earlier. The carrier now offers LTE service in 120 ...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin a pilot deployment of smartphones running Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 OS early next year. The deal, announced Thursday, is the first major U.S. government agreement ...
Tags: ICE, Motion, BlackBerry 10, RIM
Computerworld - Google's decision to cut 20% of the workers from its Motorola Mobility unit re-ignited fears that Google was primarily after the 17,000 patents Motorola held when it was acquired in May. "Everyone at Motorola is asking [if ...
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Computerworld - Imagine sitting down at work, plopping a mobile device on the desk and having it wirelessly charge itself while, at the same time, synchronizing new data to your PC. In that world, one could also wirelessly charge a phone ...
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Smartphone shipments to retailers worldwide this year are expected to total 717 million, 45% more than shipped in 2011, IDC said Tuesday. The positive news for smartphones is countered by IDC's projection of just a small increase -- 1.4% ...
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Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. "We're so happy to be here today and to celebrate the global availability of a new era of Windows and Windows-powered PCs," said Steven Sinofsky, president of ...