IDG News Service - Researchers at the User Interface Software Technology conference this week demonstrated unique projects that took advantage of a new, pressure-sensitive "forcepad" that could debut in ultrabooks as soon as next year. ...
Tags: ultrabooks, Software Technology, Software, touchpad
Computerworld - Saying that a spokeswoman "misunderstood" questions from Computerworld, Microsoft today backtracked and confirmed that Mac owners who subscribe to the upcoming Office 365 Home Premium will be able to acquire Office for Mac ...
Tags: Microsoft, Macs, Office, Computerworld, Windows
Dell will continue offering Windows 7 even after the release of Windows 8 at the end of October, the company said. The Windows 7 OS, which reached PCs in October of 2009, will be offered as an option to commercial and gaming customers, ...
BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, July 12, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In a world in which people have become entirely dependant on their iPhones and Smartphones for personal and professional use, it goes hand in hand that they take their essential ...
Tags: Smartphones, iPhones, key motivator, Monetary Value
New Consumer Analytics research from Parks Associates indicates U.S. consumers plan to spend over 33 percent more on CE devices this holiday season compared to last year, with the total amount increasing from $793 per household in 2011 to ...
Tags: Market Research, CE Devices, tablet shoppers, Consumer Electronics
Mobile payments are expected to be worth $730bn by 2017 with high street purchases driving growth, according to a study from Juniper Research. The report: Mobile Payments for Digital & Physical Goods: Opportunity Analysis 2012-2017 ...
Tags: mobile payments, analysis, shopping, online
Organizers played "Eye of the Tiger" and "We are the Champions" over the loudspeakers as participants in the SANS Institute's NetWars Tournament of Champions sat down at their laptops and prepared for action. About 200 cybersecurity ...
Tags: SANS Institute, NetWars, Cybersecurity, Peers
FEDERAL WAY, WA, August 25, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released "Funding the Shift to Digital Learning: Three Strategies for Funding Sustainable High-Access Environments," the first in the DLN Smart Series ...
Tags: DLN Smart Series, interactive papers, smartphones, tablets, laptops
An enduring disconnect between information management and infosecurity plagues corporate organizations,say data management experts. This has been a recurrent theme of SearchDataManagementUK interviews with people familiar with the state ...
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The worldwide chip market dropped from being labeled "stagnant" to "in a slump" this year, with one analyst firm downgrading its forecast to a level that puts the entire year in a decline. IHS iSuppli announced Monday that it is ...
Tags: chip market, IHS iSuppli, chip sales, tech transition
Intel on Monday announced its latest SSD 335 solid-state drive, which is being pitched as a hard-drive replacement for laptops. Newegg is offering the 240GB drive for US$209.99. The SSD 335 will slot into 2.5-inch laptop bays. The SSD ...
Tags: Intel, SSD 335, solid state drive, hard drive, laptops
Apple today cut Mac laptop prices up to 10% and iPad prices as much as 9% during its typically tightfisted one-day "Black Friday" deals. But some resellers again offered more aggressive discounts. Apple's sale reduced Mac laptop prices ...
Tags: Apple, Mac laptop, prices, iPad, Black Friday
Telefonica Digital is investing in a cloud-based HR system to manage its 6,500 worldwide workforce in a project that is expected to pay for itself in under two years. Telefonica Digital is to spend several million on Workday's cloud-based ...
Tags: Telefonica Digital, HR system, worldwide workforce, HR platform
Dell, once the world's biggest PC maker, has seen its quarterly profits slump by 47 per cent year on year to $475m (£300m), with sales to both consumers and businesses down. Third-quarter revenues from consumers were hit ...
Tags: Dell, PC, profits slump, sales
Cyber crime has continued to become more professional in 2012, with the barriers to entry becoming ever lower with the emergence of increasingly powerful toolkits and exploits for sale online. In the past year, cyber criminals have used ...
Tags: Protection, Cyber Crime, Products