A research firm on Friday said that more than a third of surveyed consumers who once used personal computers to access content said they had switched to tablets and smartphones. But unlike others, who, noting the same trends, have said it ...
Tags: personal computer, tablets, smartphones, Windows 8
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been using to hijack Windows PCs and Macs. The out-of-band, or emergency, update was Flash’s first of the year ...
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The release of Microsoft's Windows 8 touchscreen-enabled operating system in October saw manufacturers scurry to release a spate of new notebooks, all-in-one computers and tablet devices capable of using it. With Windows 8 you can open ...
Tags: HP, Lenovo, Windows 8, Touchscreen Ultrabooks
Apple Australia says it is making some MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models more affordable with faster processors and lower starting prices. In Australia,the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display will now cost from $1,649 for a device ...
Tags: Apple, Processors, Consumer Electronics
According to Gartner, by the end of next year, Apple laptops and notebooks will be just as accepted by IT professionals as Windows-based ones. Driven by Apple’s efforts to make its OS X operating system more compatible with the ...
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IDG News Service - Sony has started shipping two new Vaio ultrabooks with large screens starting at US$699 as the company expands its lineup of thin and light laptops. The Vaio T Series 14 and 15 ultrabooks have Intel's Core processors ...
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Office 365 Home Premium for Windows 8 brings with it massive change, possibly the biggest since Office 2003. But the change is not so much about adding Windows 8 touchscreen capability to Office. Sure, it's there, but Office 365HP is ...
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Lenovo showcased its ThinkPad Tablet 2 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, and within days had it on sale globally, including through its online store. At 10mm thick and weighing from 565g, it is a stylish, ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft today announced that it would open five new retail stores by summer, including one it's transmuting from a "pop-up" outlet created last year to drive holiday sales. The new stores will be in Honolulu (Ala Moana ...
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Microsoft's XNA development environment-a platform popular with independent videogame programmers for the Xbox 360 console-has been marked for retirement by the company. In an email sent to Microsoft MVPs(most valued professionals)on ...
Office 365 Home Premium for Windows 8 brings with it massive change, possibly the biggest since Office 2003. But the change is not so much about adding Windows 8 touchscreen capability to Office. Sure, it's there, but Office 365HP is ...
Windows 8 fell further behind the pace of Windows Vista's uptake last month, a metric company said today, even as usage share of the new operating system continued to slowly climb. Statistics from Net Applications showed that Windows 8's ...
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Net Application’s January desktop usage data was released last week, showing that Windows 8 adoption has been worse than Vista’s was after just three months of it being released. However, Microsoft found a silver lining in the ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
Tags: tablet sales, tablet market, Apple
Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced the beta release of version 6.50 of Panda Cloud Office Protection Advanced, the first cloud-based endpoint security solution with protection for Exchange Server. Main new ...
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