MICROSOFT is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It's making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar format designed for personal ...
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Microsoft and Apple last week kicked off promotions that may signal inventory clearing as they prepare their next generations of hardware. On Friday, Microsoft debuted a deal that hands a free keyboard-cover to buyers of its Surface RT ...
All that new data flowing into enterprises can bring along an expensive partner: multiple copies. For better or worse, many types of data are copied multiple times for multiple purposes, including backup, archiving and development work, ...
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The decline in PC spending has hit Dell hard, but the company’s server business is growing, said IDC in its first quarter report on the worldwide server market. Dell’s share of worldwide server revenue reached 18.5 percent ...
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Former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky on Thursday defended Windows 8′s performance in the market, saying, “It’s hard for me to look at selling 100 million of something and not feeling great about it.” Microsoft ...
After months of teasers, Intel kicked off shipments of fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell, with the first batch being quad-core chips for laptops and desktops. The Haswell chips, which also include dual-core chips to be ...
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Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has set up a Japanese research center devoted to display and touch technologies that could end up hiring staff away from Sharp. The new center, called Foxconn Japan RD Co., represents a major ...
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HTC has canceled plans to develop a larger Windows RT tablet because demand for tablets based on the Microsoft operating system has been weak, unnamed sources told Bloomberg. HTC will still release an ARM-based 7-in. Windows RT tablet in ...
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Enterprises must innovate and adapt to the emerging trends, or be left behind. This was the message imparted by IT solutions provider Dell during the Philippine leg of its Solutions Tour 2013. The company said that cloud computing and ...
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Server revenue worldwide was down 7.7 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, as weak economic conditions and server consolidation by customers slowed sales, according to research firm IDC. Revenue in the market dropped to US$10.9 ...
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Despite dismal forecasts for PCs and servers, tech stocks have been doing well on optimism about cloud technology and mobile devices. A fresh batch of dire forecasts for the hardware market came out this week, yet tech stocks have ...
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Intel's latest chip, its 4th generation Core processor code-named Haswell, will take a 6 hour battery and make it last for 9 hours. The 4th generation Core may be the first chip from Intel that can extend -- in a single generation -- PC ...
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Shipments of PCs are expected to fall by almost eight per cent this year, as users move towards tablets and smartphones. That's according to research by analysts at IDC, who expect total combined worldwide shipments for desktop and ...
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Microsoft customers clamoring for the incorporation of the Start button and menu into Windows 8 will get their wish partially fulfilled in the upcoming update of the OS. Windows 8.1, which will be released in preview mode next month and ...
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Want to find out what's next in smartphones, tablets and PCs? The latest trends in hardware will be on display at the giant Computex trade show, which kicks off in Taipei next week. The 2013 Computex kicks off in Taipei next week ...
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