After Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance during a Qualcomm keynote at International Consumer Electronics Show(CES),some analysts wondered how married the company is to Snapdragon chips and the ARM-based ecosystem. ...
Tags: Microsoft, Intel-based Windows Phones, CES
IDG News Service - Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named ...
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Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named Bay Trail and ...
Tags: Intel, quad core Atom processor, tablet market, ARM processors
With Lenovo moving up the ranks of the global PC market, the company is looking to solidify its momentum at the International CES trade show this week. Lenovo, which is vying with Hewlett-Packard for the top spot in the PC market, is ...
Infoworld - If you're searching for a fountain of youth, the easiest way to get that feeling of continual rebirth is to hang around a few tech product launches. Every new rollout comes with the fresh, unabashed feeling that this has never ...
Tags: Computer Programmers, Computer, Apple, computer industry
Sprint will make two handsets available by this summer. Sprint will offer its 3G and 4G LTE service on both the Samsung and HTC smartphones. The phones will also features like dual cameras for video chat, enhanced speed between ...
Computerworld - The holiday slump in PC sales -- down 11% compared to 2011 -- means that PC makers must raise prices, not continue a race to the bottom, an analyst argued today. Windows 8 failed to turn around slumping PC sales during the ...
IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard is rebooting its tablet strategy with the ElitePad 900, but faces challenges as it tries to overcome past tablet failures and deals with the slow adoption of the Windows 8 OS, analysts said. The ElitePad ...
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Advanced Micro Devices showed off a Windows 8 tablet running the company's upcoming tablet chip code-named Temash,which the company hopes will reverse a string of past failures and provide enough ammunition to compete with tablet chip ...
Tags: AMD, Windows 8 tablet, upcoming Tamesh chip
The official Dropbox app has arrived for Windows 8.It's been close to two months since Microsoft announced at the Build developer conference that the online file storage and sharing app was coming. Dropbox for the Windows UI is almost ...
A hacker claims to have found a method of bypassing the code integrity mechanism in Windows RT,therefore allowing for desktop-style programmes to be installed on the platform. The hacker,who uses the online moniker"clrokr",documented the ...
IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has priced its new Pavilion Touchsmart Sleekbook laptop at $699, claiming it's the most affordable device in its category. HP's Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook starts at $699 The laptop has a ...
Tags: HP, touch Sleekbook, TouchSmart Sleekbook, laptop
Microsoft’s C# has been crowned the number one programming language of the year by the PopularitY of Programming Language (PYPL) index. Although Java is still the most widely used programming language in the world, C#’s ...
Tags: Microsoft, C#, programming language, PYPL index, 2012
Computerworld - Touchscreens of all sizes and jumbo TVs promise to be a big draw at International CES. Viewers get their hands on the 84-in. table-top touchscreen from 3M Touch Systems. The biggest touchscreen on display at a preview ...
Tags: touchscreens, TVs, CES, Touch Systems
Computerworld - Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro upgrade discount will expire in about three weeks, at which point the company will triple or even quintuple the current price of the new operating system, according to several online retailers. On ...
Tags: Windows, operating system, Microsoft, PCs, Windows 8