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 ...
Tags: PC, PC sales, smartphone, tablet sales, researcher and Intel Fellow
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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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 ...
IDG News Service - SAP on Monday is set to unveil a line of cloud-based EPM (enterprise performance management) applications that run on top of its HANA in-memory database platform. EPM software is a subset of the broader BI (business ...
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If the PC industry can't come up with a better way to make the PC a part of our Internet-crazed lives, then it will continue down its current path to becoming a has-been in the high-tech world. That's the message from Intel CTO Justin ...
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Infoworld - Hewlett-Packard may be best known for its ubiquitous printers and laptops, but in the enterprise world, it is just as recognized for its servers. Now that the idea of the cloud is taking over, HP is joining the marketplace and ...
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Microsoft updated its Visual Studio software Wednesday so that the IDE reflects many of the changes that challenge developers, including mobility and cloud computing. "From our perspective, the world of software development is changing, ...
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IDG News Service - Lenovo's ThinkPad team plans to release more ultrabook models, and remains "bullish" about the upcoming release of Microsoft's Windows 8, according to company executives, who also said on Monday that the famed PC unit ...
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PC Advisor - Camtasia Studio 8 is able to create powerful, professional and interactive videos and multimedia projects that can be used for education, training, marketing and sales. The number of file formats supported for both import and ...
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PC Advisor - The P3 by Bowers & Wilkins are a more affordable pair of headphones than the P5 but still ooze with class and offer good sound quality. Priced at APS169 the P3 headphones are more attainable than the P5 model which is priced ...
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Computerworld - Western Digital on Monday announced what it said is the industry's thinnest hybrid drive for Ultrabooks, a 5mm-thick model with 500GB of storage capacity. The drives, equivalent to about one-fifth of an inch thick with a ...
Tags: Ultrabooks, hybrid drive, storage capacity, spinning disk, NAND flash
IDG News Service - New Windows RT tablets announced at the IFA trade show in Berlin have intensified competition among ARM-based chip makers, which are adding unique capabilities to processors so tablets become more attractive to buyers ...
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Apple retained the top spot in a survey released Tuesday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which also found that the tablet market is spurring PC makers to improve the quality of their products. The satisfaction rate for ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft revenue rose slightly but due to several one-time items, it posted a net loss during its fourth fiscal quarter, when the Windows division's sales fell 13%. Revenue in the quarter ended June 30 came in at ...
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PC World - There's been plenty of excitement surrounding Firefox OS ever since Mozilla announced its first hardware partners earlier this year, but now it looks like there's yet another open-source operating system entering the scene. Now ...
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