In the battle for the hearts and minds of enterprise mobile developers, Apple's iOS has taken a commanding lead as businesses show concern over Android, according to a recent survey of mobile developers by Appcelerator and IDC. Does ...
Tags: Apple, app devs, Android, consumer devs, Microsoft
Google today announced it had wrapped up work on a stronger Flash sandbox in the Windows version of Chrome, and would soon ship the same for its OS X browser. Chrome 21, which launched July 31, completed efforts to ditch the aged NPAPI ...
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One Laptop Per Child is redesigning its venerable XO-1.75 laptop, by adding a touchscreen, the nonprofit organization said in a blog post late last week. The next version, called XO Touch, will have a "tablet mode," the organization said ...
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New Mac owners took their frustration with Apple onto Twitter today as they groused that they have not received redemption codes for the free copy of OS X Mountain Lion they were promised. "36 hours later still no redemption code for ...
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Microsoft on Monday announced new keyboards and mice optimized for tablets and laptops running the Windows 8 operating system. The new devices are lighter and more mobile, and will work with tablets running the latest versions of Windows ...
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It's been just 60 days since Dell completed the acquisition of thin-client company Wyse, but the business unit is moving forward with plans to release new thin clients designed to work with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS. The devices ...
Tags: Dell, thin client, Wyse, Microsoft, Windows 8 OS
Acer on Thursday announced the Oct. 26 availability of the Iconia W700 tablet, which will come with an 11.6-inch screen and Windows 8, and will start at $799. The Iconia W700 is less than 0.5 inches (1.27 centimeters) thick and weighs ...
Tags: Acer, Iconia W700 tablet, Windows 8
AT&T will exclusively carry two Windows tablets for the holidays -- the Asus VivoTab RT and Samsung ATIV Smart PC, the carrier said Thursday. Pricing was not disclosed, however. The Asus machine is the first quad-core tablet that will ...
Tags: Windows, tablets, holidays, Asus VivoTab RT, Samsung ATIV Smart PC
Tech stocks have been climbing recently as key vendors such as Cisco and Lenovo report positive quarterly earnings and the U.S. economy offers glimpses of good news. So far this year, shares in IT companies rose steadily until April and ...
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When Apple switched to Intel processors, Windows switchers as well as Mac users who needed to run the occasional Windows app rejoiced. That's because the chip switch was soon followed by the release of virtualization software that would ...
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EMCO Software, a leading provider of remote software distribution solutions for Windows, has announced full compatibility of the latest version of their EMCO MSI Package Builder software with Windows 8 and Windows 8 Server platforms. EMCO ...
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Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows sales. In a document ...
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Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months, and again reminded customers that the still-strong Windows XP will retire in April 2014. Windows watcher Mary Jo Foley, a blogger for ZDNet, first reported ...
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Google has put Windows XP users in a tight spot by dropping support for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), analysts said today. The search giant's decision also smacks of competitive pushiness, one expert added, and will be seen by some Windows ...
Tags: Google, Windows XP, IE8, Chrome
Elan Microelectronics Corp. plans to roll out system-on-chip (SoC) version of touch-sensor ICs for Windows 8 laptops in line with demands for less expansive chips from brand-name suppliers of the computers, which are struggling to boost ...
Tags: Elan Microelectronics Corp., roll out system-on-chip, touch-sensor ICs