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Sun hardware 'blows,' according to Oracle internal documents

Posted May 27, 2012 - 7:30 am

More precisely, Oracle said Sun hardware baaaallllloooooooows. That description comes from on discovery documents released by HP related ligation between the two tech giants. Columnist Rob Enderle says Oracle treated you and him like 'idiots.'
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Dell Windows 8 tablet specs leak

Posted May 27, 2012 - 7:18 am

Don't expect any big surprises out of Dell's first Windows 8 tablet aimed at enterprise users.
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Aged Windows XP costs 5x more to manage than Windows 7

Posted May 27, 2012 - 7:15 am

Microsoft has added ammunition to its aggressive battle to get users off Windows XP by citing a company-sponsored report that claims annual support costs for the older OS are more than five times that of Windows 7.
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Federal IT reform slower than claimed

Posted May 27, 2012 - 7:08 am

The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as officials have suggested, however, government auditors note steady progress as departments and agencies transition to the cloud and consolidate data centers.
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How to troubleshoot your PC: A hypochondriac's guide

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:35 am

According to the universal law articulated by Edward Murphy--we're not closely related--anything that can go wrong will go wrong. And when the wrong thing happens to your desktop PC, it can plunge you into a nightmare of unknown but seemingly malevolent forces. It's pretty easy to tell that something has gone wrong with your system. What once was fast is now slow; what once worked is now blue-screening; what once smelled okay or sounded fine now imparts the odor of overheated plastic or the screech of grinding metal gears.
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Tech's $20 million CEOs

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:35 am

Eyebrow-raising executive compensation shows no signs of abating, and Network World's analysis of CEO pay finds the tech/telco industry is no exception.
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The week in iOS accessories: travelin', man

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:30 am

This week’s roundup of iOS accessories features devices that let you travel—but without letting your iPad travel too far away from you.
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Academics propose groundbreaking uses for Watson

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:26 am

Three winners of an academic competition at the University of Rochester to create the most innovative and useful applications for IBM's Watson cognitive computing systems were announced yesterday by Big Blue.
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This tiny PC runs Linux and Android 4.0--and costs just $74

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:25 am

Over the past few months there have been no fewer than three tiny, cheap Linux PCs making headlines, and now there's a fourth to add to the list.
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iCloud user tracks down iPhone thief using photo stream

Posted May 26, 2012 - 7:25 am

Because the iPhone was hooked up to Apple’s iCloud, photos taken with the device are being streamed to Katy McCaffrey’s account.
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Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon

Posted May 24, 2012 - 3:23 pm

Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon.
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GAO: US gov't IT reform slower than claimed

Posted May 24, 2012 - 2:42 pm

The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as officials have suggested, a federal auditor said Thursday.
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Can cheap ARM servers do real work?

Posted May 24, 2012 - 10:17 am

ARM servers are inexpensive and use less power than Intel chip-based servers. Do they belong in the data center?
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Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

Posted May 24, 2012 - 6:15 am

Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.
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Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

Posted May 24, 2012 - 2:10 am

PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.
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Windows 8 puts end to endless reboots

Posted May 23, 2012 - 9:25 pm

Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots.
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The HP Way: Shareholders get dividends, employees get pink slips

Posted May 23, 2012 - 1:28 pm

Hewlett-Packard is expected on Wednesday to announce the layoff of up to 30,000 workers, even as it continues to pay out regular dividends on 2 billion shares of common stock.
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Windows 8 touchscreen devices to be priced higher, Dell says

Posted May 22, 2012 - 7:43 pm

Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, Dell's CEO said on Tuesday.
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Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices

Posted May 22, 2012 - 6:44 pm

Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday.
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Via announces $49 PC with Android OS

Posted May 22, 2012 - 1:18 pm

The price bar for PCs keeps dropping, with chip maker Via on Tuesday announcing a US$49 APC computer with a customized version of Google's Android operating system.
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New Leap gesture-controller makes Kinect for Windows seem bulky, expensive

Posted May 22, 2012 - 8:30 am

Leap Motion introduced its tiny, inexpensive Leap gesture-controller yesterday. It claims to be 100 times more accurate than Kinect.
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Thunderbolt cable options open up for Apple Mac users

Posted May 21, 2012 - 2:21 pm

The number of options available for Mac users to buy Thunderbolt cables from outside Apple is growing, with companies announcing longer and competitively priced cables that will also work with upcoming Windows PCs with Thunderbolt ports.
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Windows RT management could be a key to success for Windows 8 tablets

Posted May 21, 2012 - 2:04 pm

IT management executives from large corporations worry most about how to manage employee-owned devices safely and securely, according to clients of the Directions on Microsoft analyst firm.
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The look ahead to a software-controlled world

Posted May 21, 2012 - 1:43 pm

The Interop show in Las Vegas is always a good bellwether for enterprise technology trends, and perhaps the most striking thing about the recent show was how little the term "network fabric" came up.
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How to avoid 5 common email management mistakes

Posted May 21, 2012 - 1:27 pm

Email managers have a lot at stake. After all, the volume of global electronic messages sent via email dwarfs all other forms of electronic communication, including social networking. Since the inception of electronic mail, which, according to some Internet historians, can be traced to a small mainframe app called 'MAILBOX' from the mid-1960s, human-to-human messages have been created, transmitted and stored in electronic format. But early email administrators could hardly have envisioned the complexity of current email infrastructure and the concomitant maze of technical, security, business and regulatory challenges.
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