Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at
7:53 pm
From the labs: IT’s future today
For all its promise of revolution, the computing industry often lags behind expectations.
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Technology “sweeping away” books, says Stoppard
LONDON (Reuters) – Books are at risk of being “swept away” by a world of new technology and moving images which are increasingly winning the competition for children’s attention, says British playwright Tom Stoppard.
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010 at
6:54 pm
Tablet computers set to overtake netbooks
By 2015, one in four PCs sold in U.S. is likely to be a tablet, forecast says.
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Steve Jobs’s Touch Is What Ubuntu’s Missing: Rich Jaroslovsky
If you’re put off by Steve Jobs ’s control-freakdom and Microsoft’s long history of buggy bloatware, you might want to spend some time with Dell Inc.’s line of laptops running Ubuntu , the free, consumer-oriented version of the open-source Linux operating system. Cheaper than Apple, cheaper and more stable than Windows, Ubuntu might be a viable alternative were it just not quite so geeky.
Read more on Bloomberg
Friday, June 18th, 2010 at
5:53 pm
Woman’s body found at Adelaide beach
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of a woman whose body was found at an Adelaide beach.
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DJs says no formal action brought
David Jones chairman Robert Savage says no formal action had been brought against the company regarding former CEO Mark McInnes’s behaviour.
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James Hardie finalises move to Ireland
James Hardie Industries SE finalised its transformation to an Irish Societas Europaea company on Friday as part of its previously announced move of domicile.
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at
4:53 pm
HP buys HyperSpace fast-boot Linux
HP, which recently picked up Palm’s WebOS, will pay m for Phoenix Technologies’ instant-on Linux HyperSpace for netbooks and laptops
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HP buys HyperSpace fast-boot Linux
HP, which recently picked up Palm’s WebOS, will pay US million for Phoenix Technologies’ instant-on Linux HyperSpace for netbooks and laptops
Read more on ZDNet Asia
Monday, June 14th, 2010 at
3:55 pm
SlashGear Week in Review – Week 23 2010
Hey gang; it’s time for another week in review. HP debuted its slick web-connected printer service on Monday. The service will let you do some cool things like print from your smartphone by emailing a document to the printer. Ahead of WWDC early Monday, AT&T started to tweak the upgrade eligibility for many iPhone 3GS owners. This was no surprise given that we knew Steve was going to be pulling …
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eTextbooks grant provides for new technologies
Thomasville City Schools officials are excited about the implementation of new technology for some of its older students.
Read more on Thomasville Times-Enterprise
Saturday, June 12th, 2010 at
2:55 pm
YuuWaa Go 4GB USB stick includes 20GB cloud storage
We are spoilt for choice when it comes to USB sticks. Every well-known electronics manufacturer has a range, there’s branded sticks, a multitude of different shapes, and then of course the amount of storage on-board. Storage seems to be the key difference, especially when setting the price, but then there are only so many options [...]
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Morgan Stanley: “IPad on Pace to Become One of the Most Popular Mobile Devices in History”
Apples iPad may prove to be the fastest ramping mobile Internet device ever, and if not that, then the second fastest, after the netbook. This according to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty, who in an adulatory research note this morning says the iPad is on track to become one of the most popular mobile …
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at
1:53 pm
Telling the doc where it hurts – in 100 different languages
The people who lead their industries often do so, not because of one strength, but a combination of strengths that lets them see opportunities where others don’t.
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On Zappa, Linaro and the Potential of ARM
There’s no shortage of industry associations in the tech world today, but when a new one appears focusing squarely on Linux, it’s hard not to sit up and take notice. That, in fact, is just what happened last week with the launch of Linaro, a nonprofit collaboration of high-tech firms led by ARM that aims to propel Linux further into the consumer gadget space.
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AMD, Intel Begin 2011 Chip Combat
The year isn’t half over, and already AMD and Intel are trying to position their processors for 2011. And, perhaps, take a few potshots at each other. That was clearly the subtext of the demonstrations of both companies at Computex last week.
Read more on PC Magazine via Yahoo! News
