Apple is growing increasingly confident that its own chip designs will be used to replace Intel processors in its Mac personal computers. Apple engineers, who began using Intel chips for Macs in 2005, believe that the ARM-based ...
Government spy agency GCHQ has unveiled a cyber incident response scheme that is intended to help public-sector organisations that form part of the UK's critical national infrastructure in dealing with cyber attacks. The pilot scheme, ...
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Samsung's recent licensing of 64-bit processor designs from ARM suggests that the chip maker may expand from smartphones and tablets into the server market,analysts said this week. Samsung last week licensed ARM's first 64-bit Cortex-A57 ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft is building a 7-in.mini Surface tablet focused on gaming,possibly called the Xbox Surface,according to various reports. The device would likely run a custom ARM processor with fast RAM for gaming or possibly an ...
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IDG News Service-British chip designer Imagination Technologies plans to acquire the operating business of processor maker MIPS Technologies,as well as some of its patents,in an effort to strengthen its position on smartphones.At the same ...
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The government has published its Digital Strategy document this morning,promising to improve online experiences for service users,and move rapidly towards"digital by default"access channels to replace telephone and in-person transactions. ...
The Weightless wireless standard has this week won the backing by a number of UK companies to try and establish it as the way forward for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. ARM, Vodafone-owned Cable and Wireless Worldwide (C&WW) and ...
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Computerworld - Apple yesterday updated its iWork suite -- Pages, Numbers and Keynote -- for the iPad and iPhone, beefing up compatibility with Microsoft's Office. The Cupertino, Calif. company may be trying to get the jump on ...
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US convenience retailer 7-Eleven has confirmed hundreds of its stores remain closed after Hurricane Sandy caused havoc in the eastern part of the country. 7-Eleven had "close to" 280 outlets closed as of 1600 ET yesterday afternoon, a ...
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IDG News Service - Consumers in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy may not get wired phone, Internet and video service back for as long as two weeks, Verizon Communications warned on Friday, while the FCC reported continued slow ...
IDG News Service - There's been a lot of talk from about 64-bit ARM servers, but without software the fledgling platform won't get very far. Several big vendors made announcements this week that show software support is on its way. Red ...
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Xerox is restructuring its European services business which will see senior staff and sales people let go as the company shies away from growth in preference for protecting what it has. As exclusively revealed by ComputerWeekly the ...
Japanese electronics firm Sharp has issued a profit warning,expressing"material doubt"that it will be able to stay in business. Expecting to end the financial year in March 2013 with a net loss of Y450bn(3.5bn euros),Sharp's main problems ...
Huawei has admitted to working closely with government security arm GCHQ as part of the agency's ongoing review into the Chinese kit-maker's security practices. Tim Watkins,Western Europe vice-president at Huawei,said GCHQ was monitoring ...
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Food manufacturers in the US,including Hershey and Nestle,have kept sites closed after Hurricane Sandy hit the east of the country last night. Confectionery giant Hershey confirmed to just-food its facilities in Pennsylvania remained shut ...
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