A 110-core chip has been developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology as it looks for power-efficient ways to boost performance in mobile devices, PCs and servers. The processor, called the Execution Migraine Machine, tries to ...
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Microsoft has today released Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT to hardware partners, with the company declaring the patch "a significant update" that provides an "intuitive and fluid computing experience". Fresh from Friday's sudden ...
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VeriClaim, an operating subsidiary of T&H c, has acquired Property Claims Services (PCS) for an undisclosed amount to improve its loss adjusting presence in the south and central US. The acquisition will also expand property and casualty ...
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The world's number one PC manufacturer Lenovo has announced that a replacement Start button for Windows 8 will be installed on many of its devices, beginning in the next few weeks. Windows 8 has struggled to make an impact in businesses, ...
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HP's revenues are continuing to fall, with its third-quarter results showing a decline of eight per cent to $27.2bn - as expected by analysts' (well managed) consensus estimates. All sectors registered falling revenues compared to the ...
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The German government has recommended that Federal Administration and other high profile public sector departments in the country do not use Windows 8 because, it warns, it contains security backdoors that cannot be controlled or trusted, ...
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China plans to bring gigabit Internet speeds to its major cities by 2020, part of its effort to expand broadband among households in the nation.? The Chinese government set out the target in its new broadband strategy announced on ...
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Hewlett-Packard has joined Nvidia's growing Grid alliance, equipping a Gen8 Proliant blade server with graphics boards that can speed up and lower the cost of virtual desktop deployments. Nvidia's Grid boards consist of multiple graphics ...
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RnRMarketResearch.com adds latest market research report on "Global LCD Glass Market 2012-2016" to its store. This report forecasts the Global Liquid-crystal Display (LCD) Glass market to grow at a CAGR of 6.6 percent over the period ...
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“The Ultimate Driving Machine” was Bayerische Motoren Werke’s (BMW.FRA) iconic advertising slogan for years. The German automaker’s exclusive China partner Brilliance Auto (1114.HKG) should swap “driving” ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that MediaTek (a fabless semiconductor firm for wireless communications and digital multimedia) is using several Skyworks front-end solutions in its dual-core MT6572 ...
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After a closed beta for a few months, Lenovo has opened for public preview its Reach consumer cloud service, which is a “cloud desktop” service through which applications can be launched without downloading and installing them ...
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Lenovo’s sales of tablets and smartphones were higher than that of PCs in its fiscal first quarter, reflecting the company’s efforts to reduce its dependence on the ailing PC business. The company reported on Thursday that net ...
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The market for x86 open-source PCs is now a two-horse race, with GizmoSphere releasing schematics and design documents for hobbyists to build from scratch a Windows 8 computer based on open design. The barebones PC runs on an Advanced ...
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Intel is looking to use light and lasers to shuffle data faster among servers, and is proposing a new optical interconnect, MXC, that could change the way servers are implemented in data centres. The chip maker is pitching MXC as a ...
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