Microsoft's update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses and consumers. "The ...
Supercomputer manufacturer Cray has expanded its portfolio of systems for the technical enterprise market. The company’s newest machine, the Cray XC30-AC, starting at $500,000, was built for mid-sized organisations that need some ...
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Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up won't be released to consumers and ...
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Microsoft has admitted that it's prepared to make alterations to Windows 8 in order to make it easier to use. At the same the firm has released new figures that show that 100 million licences for the operating system were sold in its first ...
EMC today announced that it is preparing the next version of its EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out NAS operating system. Building on the late-2012 launch of OneFS 7.0, the next version of Isilon's operating system will extend customers' ability ...
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Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today. Microsoft's radical overhaul of Windows has been cited by some to explain plummeting PC shipments, but the very ...
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Most people just want their smartphones to take great pictures of their dogs or their kids' soccer games. NASA is a bit more ambitious. The space agency today released photos that three smartphones took from their orbit around Earth. ...
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Google's move this week to make it easier for Chrome browser users to find "packaged apps," Chrome OS's souped-up Web apps, is part of its strategy to turn any Internet-capable device into a Chromebook wannabe loyal to the company's ...
A Qualcomm executive Friday defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is "very optimistic with the future of Win RT." Qualcomm currently supplies ARM-based Snapdragon processors for ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Monday kicked off a series of upcoming PC announcements with new ProBook 400 series laptops, including a 15.6-inch model with a touchscreen. The new laptops are 36 percent thinner and 18 percent lighter than their ...
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Samsung has had its security-enhanced smartphones and tablets approved for use by the U.S. military. The U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) says it is now happy to use Samsung Android devices in the field after its Defence Information ...
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Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by ...
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Toshiba plans to expand its tablet offerings in the U.S. later this year as it explores more screen sizes and price points. The company will introduce new Windows 8 and Android tablets at multiple price ranges in the U.S., said Carl ...
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Apple may delay the release of OS X 10.9 because it's pulled engineers from the team to help in a final push on the next version of iOS, according to online reports. A delay won't affect Mac sales, and by all measurements, shifting bodies ...
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Jolla, the smartphone operating system start-up set up by refugees from Nokia, is to announce the availability of new mobile devices running its Sailfish operating system this month. The devices will be available, according to the ...