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Chinese Company Continued to Make Gains in The PC and Smartphone Markets
May 22, 2014Lenovo's net profit grew 25 percent year-over-year in the first quarter as the Chinese company continued to make gains in the PC and smartphone markets.? During the period ended 31st March, Lenovo's net profit reached US$158 million, up ...
Tags: Lenovo, IT, Computer Products, Smartphones, PC
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A Slowdown Are Putting a Damper on Global IT Spending,According to IDC
May 21, 2014A slowdown in the growth rate for tablet and mobile phone sales and economic uncertainty in emerging markets are putting a damper on global IT spending, according to IDC. Worldwide IT spending will increase 4.1 percent in constant ...
Tags: Tablet, Mobile Phone, Computer Products
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BlackBerry Is Allowing Rivals AirWatch,Citrix,SAP and IBM to Directly Manage Smartphones
May 15, 2014BlackBerry is allowing rivals AirWatch, Citrix, SAP and IBM to directly manage its smartphones with the Blackberry 10 operating system as part of its strategy to open up management of its devices to third parties. The move by BlackBerry ...
Tags: Blackberry, cellphone, Smartphones
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Suspected Iran-Based Hacking Group Has Shown Increased Ambition Over The Past Few Months
May 14, 2014A suspected Iran-based hacking group known for defacing websites has shown increased ambition over the past few months, targeting U.S. defence contractors and Iranian dissidents, according to a new report from security company FireEye. ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT
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Alcatel-Lucent's Revenue Remained Flat During The First Quarter
May 12, 2014Alcatel-Lucent's revenue remained flat during the first quarter, although the company made a smaller loss than a year earlier. Sales for the quarter totalled €3.1 billion (US$4.29 billion as of 31 March, the last day of the period ...
Tags: Computer Products, Cellphone, IT
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Falling Hardware Sales and The Cost of Layoffs Hit IBM's Profit Hard in The First Quarter
Apr 18, 2014Falling hardware sales and the cost of layoffs hit IBM's profit hard in the first quarter, sending it down 21 percent from a year earlier.? Sales also fell, sliding 4 percent from last year's first quarter to US$22.5 billion. The ...
Tags: IBM, Hardware, Computer Products
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Intel Is Trying Desperately to Grow Its Share of The Tablet Market
Apr 18, 2014In case it wasn't clear already, Intel and Microsoft are no longer joined at the hip. Intel is trying desperately to grow its share of the tablet market, and with Windows flunking out on those devices, Android is the flavour of the month. ...
Tags: Intel, Microsoft, tablet market
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Google Reported a 19% Increase in Revenue for The First Quarter
Apr 17, 2014Google reported a 19 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter, but results from its advertising business were mixed. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was US$15.42 billion, Google?reported?Wednesday. That was a healthy jump ...
Tags: Computer Products, Google
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Secretive Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is a 64-Year-Old Man Living Near Los Angeles
Mar 9, 2014Secretive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is a 64-year-old man living near Los Angeles who has declined to talk about his role in the digital currency, according to a report from Newsweek.? Newsweek found Nakamoto, the alleged Bitcoin ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Computer Products
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Oracle Has Released an Adapter That Allows Organisations to Copy Data
Jan 19, 2014Kicking off an initiative to better bridge cloud services with its own software, Oracle has released an adapter that allows organisations to copy data between their Salesforce.com accounts and Oracle software. The?Oracle Cloud Adapter for ...
Tags: Computer Products, Electrical, Electronics
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New Attack Campaigns Have Infected Point-of-sale Systems Around The World
Dec 10, 2013New attack campaigns have infected point-of-sale (PoS) systems around the world with sophisticated malware designed to steal payment card and transaction data. Researchers from security firm Arbor Networks found two servers that were used ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Oracle's Copyright Case Against Google's Android OS Appeared to Gain New Life This Week
Dec 10, 2013Oracle's copyright case against Google's Android OS appeared to gain new life this week after a federal appeals court judge poked holes in Google's defence. A U.S. District Court judge in California ruled last year that Oracle's Java APIs ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Symantec Plans to Close Down Its Backup Exec.Cloud Service
Nov 28, 2013Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn't be the right platform for delivering them. Backup Exec.cloud is a pure cloud-based offering designed to make it ...
Tags: Symantec, Backup Exec.Cloud, Shut Down
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Attorneys Took a California Jury Back to The Phone's 2007
Nov 19, 2013While the impact of Apple’s iPhone is obvious to anyone who follows the tech industry, attorneys took a California jury back to the phone’s 2007 unveiling to remind them of the device’s importance. Wednesday, Apple and ...
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ZTE Is Planning to Launch a Smartwatch Next Year
Nov 19, 2013Chinese handset maker ZTE is planning to launch a smartwatch next year, making it the latest company to throw its hat into the emerging gadget segment. ZTE said on Monday that it was preparing the device, and pointed to the first quarter ...
Tags: ZTE, launch, smartwatch