There appears to be no end to the Chromebook phenomenon, which has seen PC maker after PC maker jump onto Google‘s Chrome OS-powered bandwagon. Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, and HP have all joined the fray, and this week Acer expanded its ...
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A new Sophos survey has found that the average technology user carries 2.9 devices. The vendor’s Naked Security site conducted a survey of more than 2,200 users worldwide, asking readers how many devices they carry, and which ...
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Andy Rubin, the brains behind the Google Android operating system which has become the dominant mobile platform, is stepping down as head of that division, the company said on Wednesday. Google chief Larry Page announced that Sundar ...
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As demand for PC processors plummets, Advanced Micro Devices has borrowed technologies from mobile devices and gaming consoles as a way to perk up sales for its latest A-series laptop processors that were introduced on Tuesday. AMD's ...
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Saholic.com, Spice Group's e-commerce company, is providing theft insurance along with its mobile handsets, in an effort to enhance sales worldwide. Insurance will be provided by New India Assurance for a duration of one year, as reported ...
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The average annual growth of DRAM content per PC will decline to a record low of 17.4% this year says IHS. This is some way down from the peak growth year for DRAM content growth in PCs which was 56% in 2007 followed by 50% in 2008. ...
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Although the average amount of DRAM shipping with PCs has continued to grow since its peak in 2007, the annual increases are getting smaller, which indicates a historical drop in what PCs need, according to a report by IHS iSuppli. While ...
Less than six week after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a civil rights impact assessment stating that the government needed no warrant or cause to search laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders, a federal ...
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Saholic.com, Spice Group's e-commerce company, is providing theft insurance along with its mobile handsets, in an effort to enhance sales worldwide. Insurance will be provided by New India Assurance for a duration of one year, as reported ...
Tags: theft insurance, mobile handsets, Insurance
A day after researchers hacked Chrome and Firefox at the Pwn2Own contest, Google and Mozilla patched their browsers Thursday. The contest also wound down yesterday after hackers had earned a record $480,000 over two days. The update to ...
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Research company IDC has estimated a second year of decline in the PC desktop market. "IDC now expects 2013 PC shipments to decline by 1.3 percent in 2013," says IDC's report, pointing to a shipment of 142.1m units this year compared to ...
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Esurance, a US-based direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, has introduced renters coverage to its customers in Indiana, US. Provided as an add-on to an Esurance car insurance policy, the renters coverage is available for both ...
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The grumbling of PC makers is getting louder with Windows 8 doing little to spark laptop sales. The latest complaints come from Jun Dong-Soo, President of Samsung‘s memory chip division, who had no kind words for Windows 8 during a ...
Is the den an endangered species? Some designers think it might be. Thanks to technology like tablets, lightweight laptops, and cloud computing, many home owners no longer want to dedicate a whole room in their house to office space. Enter ...
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IT administrators now have more control over the usage of Chrome OS devices in their organizations, with new settings covering areas like Web browsing, cookie acceptance and plug-in management. IT staffers will find the new controls in ...
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