Shipments of PCs are expected to fall by almost eight per cent this year, as users move towards tablets and smartphones. That's according to research by analysts at IDC, who expect total combined worldwide shipments for desktop and ...
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As the PC desktop and laptop market slumps and the tablet market grows, it might seem obvious to tablet users why that's so. However, details shared by analysts dramatically highlight three reasons behind robust tablet growth. Tablets are ...
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Manuel Araoz, a 23-year-old developer in Argentina, has an idea for Bitcoin that doesn't focus on money. Araoz, who works in game development, launched a service this week called Proof of Existence. It's essentially a notary public ...
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Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online and on mobile gadgets is growing ...
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Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has temporarily shelved plans to support a competing currency, litecoin, the company said Thursday. Mt. Gox, which is the largest bitcoin exchange, has been battling ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) ...
Once a white-hot PC product that sold in the tens of millions of units annually, netbook computers are now marking their final days, with the rise of tablets causing their shipments to wind down to virtually zero after next year, according ...
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WITH $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink struck a deal that's joining thousands like it in a virtual revolution. The Argentine software developer was dealing in bitcoins - getting an injection of ...
The Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) will upgrade its supercomputer with Nvidia graphics processors so the system can more accurately predict the weather in the Swiss Alps. By upgrading the Cray XC30 system, the CSCS wants to ...
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DDoS attacks like the one that resulted from an altercation between a Dutch company and Spamhaus this week are on the rise, according to a statement from Kaspersky Labs. The security vendor was responding to the huge DDoS attack that ...
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Nvidia wants to bump up graphics and application performance on tablets and smartphones with the two new Tegra mobile processors it announced on Tuesday. The new Tegra processors will be called Logan and Parker, and will succeed the Tegra ...
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More companies are complaining of unfair competition from Amazon Web Services (AWS), suggesting that Amazon has created AWS-based services similar to their own, pricing them aggressively in a bid to win market share. The claims come less ...
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It's a win-win: The smaller and faster computers get, the less power they use. The new rankings of notebook and non-expandable desktop computers from TopTen USA exemplify the potential for energy savings through technology—many of ...
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Sony is expected to reveal its vision of the future of home entertainment today by providing a glimpse at a new-generation PlayStation console that streams games, films, music and more. "Sony needs a big hit with this game console," ...
The head of IBM's mainframe group is looking to bring mobile and social workloads into the platform in another move that would help the mainframe stay relevant and fend off competition from lower-cost systems. The mainframe has confounded ...
The Mega file-sharing service has launched a vulnerability reward program that will pay up to 10,000 euros (around $13,600) for every serious security flaw found in the platform and reported responsibly. The rules of the program were laid ...
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