Microsoft today said that a free Windows 8 and Windows RT Skype app will be ready for downloading from the Windows Store on Friday, Oct. 26. The long-rumored app -- bloggers have been posting leaked screenshots of Skype for Windows 8 for ...
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Here's how the iPad Mini's announced tech specs stack up against popular 7-inch tablets from Google and Amazon. (Of course, while the specs are important, there's more to a tablet than a data sheet. Computerworld will have a hands-on review ...
Tags: iPad Mini, Google, Amazon, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire
Is your memory as sharp as it used to be? If you sometimes need a nudge to remember things, that nudge might someday come from a wearable device the size of a brooch or a Bluetooth earpiece that records your daily activities and ...
Tags: Intel, Tiny Chips, Wearable Computers, Bluetooth
Even before Apple sent invitations for the Tuesday launch event where it will likely unveil a smaller iPad, consumers were unloading their old tablets in increasing numbers so they can trade up to Apple's latest, according to gadget ...
Tags: Apple, smaller iPad, tablets, iPad Mini
The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
Tags: Western Europe, PC market, Dell, IT consumerisation
In its latest attempt to boost advertising revenue as uses move to mobile devices, Facebook is trialling ads for apps in the social network's mobile news feed. The ads will appear in a limited number of beta users' feeds during the trial ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products, App Ads, Mobile
MasterCard is testing new ways to make online transactions more secure with its PayPass application and a mobile phone, including using QR codes to secure the transactions. The card company is cooperating with Dutch bank ING Group on a ...
Tags: MasterCard, online transactions, PayPass application, mobile phone
Acer on Thursday announced a low-cost tablet starting at $230 with a 7-inch screen and Google's Android 4.1 OS, code-named Jelly Bean. The Iconia Tab A110 weighs 453 grams and provides up to 7.5 hours of battery life. It joins a growing ...
Tags: Acer, tablet, Google, Android 4.1 OS, Nexus 7
Smart Home Labs has launched the RoboSmart wireless LED lighting system that enables smart lighting control via smartphone, tablet or computer over Bluetooth Smart wireless with customizable apps for both iOS and Android. And the new LED ...
Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said Apple had ...
Tags: Apple, 4G iPad Case, watchdog, 4G network
An IT education programme run by supplier organisation CompTIA is targeting CFOs and other senior business executives to teach them about the business benefits of IT. Trade organisation CompTIA is creating what it calls a "boot camp" to ...
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In a September survey of 599 C-level executives and IT decision-makers in 19 countries, managed services provider Avanade found that 61 percent of companies now report that employees are using personal devices in the workplace. More than ...
Tags: Windows 8, Business Use, Tablets, Smartphones
Google's product unveiling event next Monday will feature a 10-in. tablet running Android 4.2, possibly named the Samsung 10, and an LG Nexus 4 smartphone, according to reports. The Next Web said it learned of the new tablet from an ...
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Microsoft's top executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer and the head of Windows, Steven Sinofsky, took the stage in New York today to launch Windows 8 and its sibling, Windows RT. Analysts' impressions were mixed, with some asking, "Is ...
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Microsoft officials on Thursday demonstrated that the vendor's new Surface tablet can withstand a fall from several feet onto a carpeted floor and is strong enough to be used as a skateboard. Steven Sinofsky, the president of ...
Tags: Microsoft, Surface tablet, carpeted floor, skateboard