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10 questions for Skybox Security CFO Lior Barak

Posted January 16, 2012 - 8:09 am

Name: Lior Barak
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10 questions for Palo Alto Networks CFO Michael Lehman

Posted January 9, 2012 - 2:31 pm

Name: Michael Lehman
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Lenovo unveils quad-core IdeaTab K2 multimedia tablet

Posted January 8, 2012 - 7:08 pm

Lenovo on Sunday announced the 10-inch IdeaTab K2 gaming and multimedia tablet, which has a quad-core ARM processor and a premium IPS display like the one found on Apple's iPad.
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Acer shows laptop with Intel's Ivy Bridge at CES

Posted January 8, 2012 - 7:02 pm

Acer on Sunday became one of the first PC makers to show a laptop with Intel's upcoming Core processor code-named Ivy Bridge, which will deliver better appplication and graphics performance than current Core processors.
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DataWind plans to sell 6 million low-cost tablets in India this year

Posted January 6, 2012 - 7:14 am

DataWind is targeting sales of about 6 million units of its low-cost tablet in India this year, but it has to arrange additional manufacturing capacity and strengthen its support network to meet what looks like an unexpected surge in demand, an executive of the company said.
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LG to show new ultrabooks in Las Vegas

Posted January 5, 2012 - 6:24 am

LG Electronics has introduced two new ultrabooks -- the Z330 and Z430 -- which will be on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week, the company said on Thursday.
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HP unveils consumer PCs and display ahead of CES

Posted January 4, 2012 - 9:23 am

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday launched the company's first 27-inch all-in-one PC, its most powerful HP Pavilion PC to date, and a monitor that connects to and charges some of its laptops using USB.
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Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo

Posted December 22, 2011 - 8:48 am

Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic, the companies said on Thursday.
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Cisco to introduce larger Cius tablet next year

Posted December 1, 2011 - 12:19 pm

Cisco Systems in the first half of next year will release a tablet with a larger screen than the current Cius, the first move in the company's long-term plans to introduce tablets in multiple sizes, an executive said this week.
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Acer sees Ultrabook shipments on track for Q4, with price drop in 2013

Posted November 30, 2011 - 4:24 am

Acer expects to meet its target of shipping 250,000 to 300,000 ultrabooks in the fourth quarter, it said Wednesday, after struggling with declining PC sales this past year.
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HP unveils its first business ultrabook

Posted November 16, 2011 - 2:18 am

Hewlett-Packard introduced Wednesday its first business ultrabook, offering nine hours of battery life, a solid-state drive, and a security chip that protects data in email and information on the hard drive.
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Hard drive shortages will result in more expensive PCs, says Gartner

Posted November 14, 2011 - 9:30 am

Enterprise users and consumers who have held off buying new PCs recently may come to regret their decision as a hard-drive shortage following floods in Thailand is expected to result in higher prices, according to Gartner.
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HTC details first round of Android 4.0 upgrades

Posted November 7, 2011 - 8:54 am

Early next year, seven smartphones from HTC will be upgraded to Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, the company said on Monday.
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Foxconn's parent may be planning to make robots

Posted November 3, 2011 - 11:57 pm

The parent of Apple supplier Foxconn has broken ground on a new R&D (research and development) facility in Taiwan to produce what could be robots that will be used in the company's manufacturing facilities.
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10 questions for CDW CFO Ann E. Ziegler

Posted October 24, 2011 - 1:45 pm

-- Name: Ann E. Ziegler
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Battle between Samsung and Apple heats up

Posted October 13, 2011 - 10:02 am

The legal battle between Apple and Samsung has reached fever pitch, with Apple getting an injunction to stop the sale of the Galaxy 10.1 tablet in Australia as Samsung launches new versions of its smartphones to keep them on sale in the Netherlands. Both companies are also preparing for a hearing in California scheduled for Thursday.
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What you get with $199 tablets

Posted October 11, 2011 - 1:46 pm

The demand for low-priced tablets has gone up in recent months, as witnessed by the mad rush to buy Hewlett-Packard's US$99 TouchPad tablet. Tablets priced at $199 with Google's Android OS are now becoming available from companies like Amazon and Lenovo. The devices have a simple user interface and provide basic multimedia playback, gaming, application execution and e-reading capabilities. However, at such low prices, these devices lack the speed and graphics found in Apple's iPad or Samsung's Galaxy Tab, which have the latest processors and graphics hardware. But at that price, the tablets are decent entry-level devices for first-time users.
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Close to half the iPads sold in China are from the gray market

Posted October 11, 2011 - 4:47 am

While Apple's iPad reigns as the top-selling tablet in China, half of the sales for the iconic device have come from unauthorized resellers, according to a Beijing-based research firm.
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Dell launches new ultrathin laptop first in China

Posted September 30, 2011 - 1:35 am

Dell launched a new ultrathin laptop in China on Friday called the XPS 14z, which is slated to arrive in other markets later this year to take advantage of the coming holiday shopping seasons.
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Samsung, Motorola tablets get Skype video

Posted September 29, 2011 - 5:43 am

Skype has released version 2.5 of its application for Android, which allows Android-based tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Motorola Xoom to use its video calling feature, it said in a blog post on Wednesday.
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ZTE releasing new tablets, one with Nvidia Tegra 3 chip

Posted September 28, 2011 - 11:09 pm

ZTE, one of China's largest network and phone suppliers, is working on several new tablets, including one built with Nvidia's newest quad-core Tegra 3 processor.
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Interview with BurstPoint CFO Terenzio Volpicelli

Posted September 26, 2011 - 10:38 am

Name: Terenzio Volpicelli
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Huawei's MediaPad to arrive in US by year's end

Posted September 21, 2011 - 8:33 am

Huawei's 7-inch tablet will be launched in the U.S. during this year's fourth quarter, according to a company spokeswoman.
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Huawei's MediaPad tablet slated for China release in Oct

Posted September 14, 2011 - 9:11 am

Huawei's 7-inch tablet, which it unveiled in June, will be released in China and several other markets in the Asia-Pacific region in October, according to a company spokeswoman.
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Big is not always better with smartphone screens

Posted September 5, 2011 - 11:22 am

Product launches at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin are giving consumers an unprecedented choice of screen sizes. But analysts are questioning whether consumers can learn to love them all.
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