Aggressive sales of smaller tablets triggered a revised tablet sales forecast today by IDC, which upped its projections by 11% for 2013 and said Android would supplant Apple's iOS as the dominant operating system this year. "The shift to ...
As 115 Roman Catholic cardinals meet behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, the historic tradition has focused a lot of attention on modern technology. During the papal conclave, which lasts until two thirds, or ...
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Enterprises that use mobile device management (MDM) systems to protect their corporate data on employees' mobile phones are not safe from attacks from spyphones, researchers warned at BlackHat Europe on Thursday. Over the next five years, ...
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Microsoft will issue security fixes for its Windows Store apps on the fly, not just on the familiar monthly Patch Tuesday, the company said this week. At the same time, Microsoft spelled out how it will alert customers of security ...
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Chip makers STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments have announced partnerships with Swedish vendor Thingsquare, which has developed a tiny operating system designed to make it easier to connect a broad variety of things, from street ...
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BlackBerry today announced technology designed to securely separate work and personal data on Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, as its Balance software does for new BlackBerry 10 devices. The new Secure Work Space for iOS and ...
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Improving Windows 8 is Microsoft’s best bet for grabbing a larger share of tablet sales over the next four years, but there doesn’t seem much it can do to accelerate the projected slow growth of Windows RT over the same time ...
Microsoft‘s two-pronged push into the tablet market, consisting of the Windows RT and Windows 8 operating systems, confuses customers, an IDC analyst said on Wednesday. The company should instead focus on the more robust Windows 8 ...
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Dell has introduced the versatile XPS 18 PC, an 18-inch all-in-one PC that can double as a supersized tablet. The XPS 18 runs Windows 8, and with a large touchscreen, has the look of a mammoth tablet. At 2.2 kilograms, the machine is not ...
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By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, director, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics, San Jose, CA USA Despite difficult times, growing demand for mobile devices (such as tablets and phones) inspires an improved outlook for chip sales in ...
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Strategies Unlimited has issued new figures since the first edition of this article. Solid State Technology now brings you updated figures and additional information on the worldwide LED market. LED component revenue for lighting ...
NanoMarkets issued a new white paper on LED phosphors, "LED Lighting Driving Demand for New Phosphors," that covers the shifting use of phosphors, which modulate the light emitted by LEDs, from LCD backlighting to solid-state lighting. ...
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Small tablet computers are marketplace hits, with economically-priced devices powered by Google's Android software taking share from Apple iPads, according to International Data Corporation. "One in every two tablets shipped this quarter ...
IT spending remained broadly strong throughout a difficult end to 2012, as business confidence waned in the shadow of the "fiscal cliff," economic growth declined in much of Europe, and economies in Asia/Pacific struggled to cope with ...
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Like Design by JKE Design JKE Design is launching the new kitchen New Life. It's thought to suit modern families which like to be online in the kitchen. Discreet loud speakers have been integrated in the kitchen's base and wall outlets ...