Microsoft's decision to put two user interfaces (UIs) inside Windows 8 was a strategic mistake that fails novice and experienced computer users alike on both tablets and traditional PCs, a usability expert said Monday. "That was the true ...
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Recently, Everlight has enjoyed considerable business for its infrared (IR) LEDs from many mainland Chinese suppliers of touch-screen modules for Win 8 PCs. Based on these orders, industry executives estimated IR LEDs as a percentage of ...
HP has reported almost across-the-board declines in revenue in its fourth-quarter and full-year results,which were capped by claims of accounting irregularities at Autonomy,the intelligent-search software vendor it acquired ...
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Cisco futurist Dave Evans has predicted that the technology to "print" food will be available in the relatively near future. Answering questions in a Twitter interview this afternoon under the hastag '#AskFuturist', Evans provided a ...
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One Laptop Per Child has cancelled plans to release its XO-3 tablet,although technology from that project could still be used in other products,OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said. "The XO-3 is by no means gone.It may emerge in its ...
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Cyber criminals targeted users of Skype,Facebook and Windows using multiple Blackhole exploits in October,according to the latest threat report from security firm GFI Software. Researchers uncovered a large number of Blackhole exploits ...
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IDG News Service-Though U.S.political leaders managed to spark some good news for the economy Friday,technology stocks are down for the week,showing a continued lack of confidence in the sector. The problem has been earnings.Tech ...
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Japanese consumer electronics firm Panasonic is to axe 8,000 jobs by the end of March 2013 as it continues its restructuring plans. The company has already axed 38,800 staff in a bid to return to profit, and the additional cuts will mean ...
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SAP has introduced its first cloud-based financial application for the enterprise, which provides real-time data based on the company's Hana in-memory database system. The product is part of SAP's wider One Cloud strategy, which brings ...
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Just two weeks after revealing its plans for adopting ARM for low-power server technology,chip designer AMD has put itself up for sale–with a slew of industry companies,including Intel,Google,Samsung and Facebook–mentioned as ...
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After leaving--or losing--his job at Microsoft.Steven Sinofsky will probably not be standing in an unemployment line. The 23-year veteran of Microsoft,and until Monday,its top Windows executive,has nearly 650,000 shares of company ...
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Hewlett-Packard has twice revised its message to customers about downgrading new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the older Windows 7 in an attempt to clarify its position. In the revisions, HP left open whether it would provide drivers to ...
Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)is denying reports that executives have taken steps that could lead to the company's sale. Speculation began to spread Tuesday afternoon after Reuters reported that AMD has hired JPMorgan Chase&Co to explore ...
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Taiwanese PCB (printed circuit board) makers reported mixed operation results for the third quarter, with Compeq Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Witnessing after-tax net income surging the most sequentially and Unitech Electronics Co., Ltd. ...
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Web users and people shopping online during the upcoming holiday season should watch out for a new crop of scams, some of them targeting users of mobile devices, cybersecurity vendor McAfee warned. Many of the scams in McAfee's 2012 ...
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