This year vendors will ship 1.1 billion Android-based devices, while Windows will stage a small comeback and the number of Apple machines, percentage-wise, will increase the most, according to estimates from market research company Gartner. ...
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Global medtech giant Becton, Dickinson and Co. is boosting its point-of-care testing offerings through its $40 million acquisition of Alverix Inc., a privately-held diagnostic instrument company. Known for its optoelectronics expertise, ...
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LG has officially kicked off the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas with the opening press conference of the show, presenting a suite of new consumer electronics products including Ultra HD and curved OLED displays, a curved smartphone and ...
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More choice-and confusion-is coming to the next generation of TVs. At least three new software systems were announced Monday for Internet-connected television sets, which let viewers watch Internet video and interact with friends online on ...
LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will bring the software that once powered Palm's smartphones to majority of its new smart TVs this year. The South Korean firm unveiled webOS-based smart TVs at a trade fair in Las Vegas, less than a ...
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Worldwide computer monitor shipments increased for the third quarter, despite the market being depressed year over year, according to IDC. IDC reported that monitor shipments were up 4.5 percent, with 35 million shipped worldwide. This ...
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Apple said Tuesday it had no "backdoor" in its products after a security researcher and a leaked document suggested the US National Security Agency had unfettered access to the iPhone. Apple said in an email to AFP that it "has never ...
Struggling US computer giant Hewlett-Packard plans to slash 5,000 more jobs than previously announced because of a difficult business environment, a regulatory filing shows. HP will eliminate 34,000 positions by the end of its fiscal year ...
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Printers have come a long way since 1984 when Hewlett Packard introduced the ThinkJet, the firm's first personal inkjet printer grinding at a snail's pace of two pages a minute and priced at a whopping $495. Nowadays you can have full ...
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A new specification focused on a charger that can work on notebook computers from different manufacturers was announced on Monday. The IEC Technical Specification 62700: DC Power supply for notebook computer will be available in early 2014. ...
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Dell customers have given a mixed reception to its recent privatisation deal, causing some to re-evaluate their future relationship with the vendor. Dell became a private company in October as part of a $25 billion buyout deal, after a ...
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Tech Mahindra today announced the launch of its Global Centre of Excellence with HP in Bangalore. The centre will focus on IT Application and IT Infrastructure Performance Management solutions that transform customers’ IT Operations ...
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The growing popularity of 10 Gigabit and 40 Gigabit Ethernet in data centres helped the Middle East Ethernet switch market record the highest third quarter increase, according to IDC.? In the MEA region switch sales increased by almost 23 ...
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IBM is developing software that will allow organisations to use multiple cloud storage services interchangeably, reducing dependence on any single cloud vendor and ensuring that data remains available even during service outages. Although ...
Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted, IDC reported Wednesday. HP expanded its share of the market only modestly from a year earlier but IBM’s portion declined 4.5 points ...