Toshiba said Tuesday it will soon begin mass production of a new line of hybrid disk drives equipped with flash memory, touting them as a low-cost replacement for the solid-state drives used in ultrabook and laptop computers. Hybrid ...
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Apple yesterday unveiled the iPhone 5, the nameplate everyone wanted last year before they settled, sometimes only after a lot of griping, for the iPhone 4S. The rumor mill nailed most of the feature set -- one analyst said Apple could ...
Elan Microelectronics Corp. plans to roll out system-on-chip (SoC) version of touch-sensor ICs for Windows 8 laptops in line with demands for less expansive chips from brand-name suppliers of the computers, which are struggling to boost ...
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Taiwanese PC maker Acer reported a small profit in the third quarter, after a larger loss a year earlier. However, revenue decreased as the company transitions to selling new PCs running Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system, it ...
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Intel hopes security features from McAfee will help the company differentiate its mobile chips from its rivals', according to Intel's software chief Renee James. The security threats posed to handheld devices are escalating, and chip ...
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Microsoft has seen strong initial demand for Windows 8, exceeding that of its predecessor Windows 7, CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday. Speaking at an event to launch Windows Phone 8, a new operating system for smartphones, Ballmer said the ...
The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a certification program for its Miracast video transmission specification, offering a seal of approval that should ensure many different phones, tablets, laptops, TVs and other products can send video to each ...
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Future warfare could be fought by soldiers using bullets and bombs as well as people hunched over laptops according to experts in cyber conflict. The analysis comes in response to a recent article, titled “U.S. Admits to Cyber ...
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Over half of Android devices are vulnerable to known security flaws that can be exploited by malicious applications to gain complete access to the operating system and the data stored on it, according to a report from mobile security firm ...
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As Microsoft launches Windows 8, and with it, an attempt to stabilise a precipitous decline in its share of operating systems for “personal devices,” 2013 is going to be a tough, very tough year, research firm Forrester said ...
Lenovo has announced it will open its first computer manufacturing plant in the U.S., where it will make laptops, PCs and tablets sold under its Think brand. Lenovo will open the factory early next year in Whitsett, North Carolina, where ...
Lenovo has announced a new range of Windows 8 and RT hybrid computing devices that can function as tablets or laptops. The devices include the IdeaPad Yoga 11, which is the company’s first hybrid laptop/tablet with an ARM processor ...
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Lenovo’s highly anticipated ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 will be priced starting at US$629, the company said. The tablet will have a 10.1-inch screen and become available on Oct. 26, alongside Microsoft’s launch Windows 8 ...
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Looking beyond PCs and tablets, Lenovo yesterday announced the first server from the newly formed Enterprise Product Group, which deals in servers, storage, networking and software. The ThinkServer TD330 is a tower server based on ...
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Lenovo has stripped HP of its title as the world’s top seller of PCs, research firm Gartner said in a study released Wednesday. Lenovo took the top spot during a quarter in which PC shipments dropped due to a weak economy and ...