Sustainability consultancy ERM has used a combination of 1E's Nomad Enterprise software and Microsoft's ConfigMgr platform to distribute Windows 7 in a matter of hours. The company is rolling out Windows 7 and has been using the 1E ...
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Microsoft today launched a security toolkit preview that includes anti-exploit technologies created by one of the three finalists in the company's$250,000 BlueHat Prize contest. Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit(EMET)3.5 features new ...
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Intel is porting the Android 4.1 operating system,also called Jelly Bean,to work on smartphones and tablets using low-power Atom processors,the company said this week. The company did not provide a time frame for when the Android 4.1 port ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an off-handed remark in calling Office 2013"magical,"a comment often cited of Apple products.But this time around it seems Microsoft got some stuff right,according to testers. Microsoft's latest version of ...
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Intel isn't actively porting Android to work on tablets based on the upcoming Atom chip code-named Clover Trail,which is purpose built for Microsoft's Windows 8,according to a source familiar with the company's plans. Initial tablets ...
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Quarterly earnings from some of the biggest tech companies in the world this week were decidedly mixed,but showed some signs of strength,particularly in enterprise IT spending. Tech vendors with exposure to the hardware market have ...
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Microsoft reported its first operating loss since the company went public, during its results call last night. The software giant made some revenue gains in the fourth quarter of 2012, rising 4% year-on-year to $18.06bn, but it also ...
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Nokia has announced its second quarter results for 2012 - and they didn't make pleasant reading. A 19% drop in sales, a 39% fall in smartphone shipments and just four million Lumia devices shipped – compare with Apple, which sold 35 ...
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Dell has laid out a plan to dramatically grow its software business by targeting mid-sized companies that it says are under-served by rivals such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. Its plan is to target four key areas: security, ...
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Advanced Micro Devices will detail its upcoming low-power CPU for tablets code-named Jaguar at the Hot Chips show in August, and share the stage with IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu, which will provide further insight into next-generation server ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled the next version of Office as the company launched previews of the suite for consumers and businesses. "This is designed from the get-go for Office as a service,"said Ballmer as he ...
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Microsoft will introduce Office 2013, the likely official label for the next version of the company's money-making suite, on Monday, according to a report from USA Today. CEO Steve Ballmer will host a news conference July 16, said the ...
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Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee being charged by Microsoft on certain Windows 7 PC models purchased by buyers. Acer will refund consumers who purchase the Aspire ...
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If Chinese-based computer manufacturer Lenovo keeps moving at its current pace,the company will surpass Hewlett-Packard as the world's largest PC maker by the beginning of 2013,industry analysts say. That would represent a big shift for ...
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It was just a few days ago when Japan-based LED maker, Toyota Gosei Co., Ltd., announced its plan to manufacture new LED products using gallium nitride substrates as base components. Measuring up to several hundred µms in thickness, ...