Savi Technology,a leading logistics informatics solution provider,has been acquired by affiliates of LaSalle Capital of Los Angeles.The acquisition reflects the strong market for logistics informatics solutions worldwide and will allow Savi ...
Recognizing that developers are working with an increasing number of browser technologies to build their Web applications,Google engineers,along with contributors from other companies,have posted a new test suite for browsers. ...
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JPMorgan, Forrester and IDC all recently lowered their IT spending forecasts for the year. Gartner did so in June. Analysts don't agree on the extent of the problem, but most broadly blame Europe and a slowdown in China, along with a ...
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Energy supplier EDF has made an app that enables customers to submit meter readings by using the camera on a smartphone. Customers can take a snap of their electricity and gas meters and send it directly to EDF,which will automatically ...
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Utility giant E.ON has outsourced application services to Capgemini as part of a five-year restructure of its IT services in a deal worth about €50m. The deal will see Capgemini provide application lifecycle services for E.ON's ...
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Samsung will announce a 5-in.Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next February,according to company officials and executives at parts suppliers quoted in The Korea Times. While an S4 announcement early next year was long ...
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Computerworld-For more than 50 years,hard disk drives have run on air.That's about to change. Western Digital is preparing to launch a line of hard drives filled with helium gas that is said to drastically reduce internal friction and ...
Yesterday's launch of Apple's iPhone 5 has drawn the usual line in the sand among industry commentators. Further reading Apple reveals iPhone 5 Apple to launch new iPhone,among other products The fall of the house of Apple Between ...
Advanced Micro Devices has launched the first new products from its SeaMicro acquisition earlier this year, including a server that can be linked to a massive, 5-petabyte storage cluster for running large-scale big data and cloud computing ...
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A souped-up version of the Galaxy S III from Samsung Electronics and Nokia's Lumia 920 and 820 are among the LTE smartphones that will go on sale in Europe during the fourth quarter. The availability of smartphones with LTE in Europe has ...
IDG News Service-Worldwide IT spending remains on course to grow by 6%in 2012 despite the grim economic situation in Europe,thanks to strong software,storage,smartphone and tablet sales,according to IDC. While 2012 has been a tough year ...
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Amazon's new tablet lineup, ranging from a $159 repriced Kindle Fire to the all-new $499 Kindle Fire 8.9-in. HD 4G, pose little threat to Apple's tablet dominance, several analysts said. On Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled several ...
Amazon on Thursday heated up the tablet competition with the introduction of new Kindle Fire HD tablets, including a model with LTE capabilities and another model with an 8.9-inch screen that can display images at a resolution of ...
Computerworld - China will overtake the U.S. as the global leader in smartphone shipments this year, according to IDC. China will receive 26.5% of all smartphone shipments for 2012, compared to 17.8% for the U.S. In 2011, the U.S. had ...
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IDG News Service-Google may be moving too slowly in building up Google Apps'enterprise social networking(ESN)features,at a time when this type of software has become a key component in workplace collaboration suites. On Wednesday,the ...
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