Aiming to emulate its success and dominance in the Chinese IT market, PC powerhouse Lenovo is looking to replicate the accomplishments in China and apply these in other parts of the emerging markets region. Although the vendor continues to hold the number spot in market share in China, the same cannot be said about… Read more »
Apple Inc. sent out invitations to journalists inviting them to a Jan. 27 press event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco — a move sure to fuel growing speculation about the prospect of an Apple tablet . The invitation to the event, which begins at 10 a.m. PT, offers… Read more »
Nokia first revealed details of it’s upcoming mobile operating system (OS), Symbian 4, during the summer of last year, however the communications company submitted a proposal on Friday with a visual guide to how the new mobile OS may look. A posting on the Symbian Foundation forum brought the new ‘User Interface Concept Proposal’ to… Read more »
The popularity of netbooks has been so appealing that Chinese PC powerhouse Lenovo is weighing in on the options of possibly unveiling a Think branded netbook later in 2010. If that happens, it will equip its channel partners with more ammunition to address the SoHo and consumer space. Although the vendor already offers,… Read more »
Like clockwork, IBM/Lotus and Microsoft are throwing punches at each other’s product lineup just as Lotusphere and its near 7,000 attendees are set to kickoff a weeklong conference. IBM/Lotus, which opens its annual user conference Monday, said that Panasonic is rolling out its LotusLive suite of online collaboration software and dropping Microsoft Exchange among other… Read more »
Intel plans to release next-generation Xeon server processors based on the Westmere microarchitecture in the next three months, the company said. Intel plans to refresh its line of Xeon server chips as it ramps up chip production to the 32-nanometer process, said Paul Otellini, Intel’s CEO, during a financial earnings call. Intel last week released… Read more »
Acer launched two new laptops today labeled by the environmental group, Greenpeace, as being virtually free of two toxic substances, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFR). Greenpeace praised the Acer Aspire 3811TZ and Aspire 3811TZG as part of a program to encourage companies to produce more environmentally friendly products. The laptops are both… Read more »
A Silicon Valley startup has combined the technology underlying WiMax with a software-defined radio to build smart grids for electric utilities. The startup, called Full Spectrum, is teaming up with a company that holds licenses to TV channels in order to offer high-speed infrastructure to help electric companies better manage their power. Full Spectrum’s FullMax… Read more »
The popularity of netbooks has been so appealing that Chinese PC powerhouse Lenovo is weighing in on the options of possibly unveiling a Think branded netbook later in 2010. If that happens, it will equip its channel partners with more ammunition to address the SoHo and consumer space. Although the vendor already offers, IdeaPad as… Read more »
Alcatel-Lucent wants the telecommunications industry to turn a little more green by developing new equipment that cuts power consumption by a factor of 1,000. On Monday, the company is announcing a global research and development consortium that will tap brainpower from Samsung, China Mobile, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other participants. The goal of… Read more »
The Nexus One smartphone might be a fun phone for consumers, but Google is aiming for the business-minded customer with its handset, says Google’s Andy Rubin, quoted by Reuters. Manufactured by HTC, maker of other Android phones (G1, MyTouch 3G, Hero), the Nexus One is a nice addition to the consumer line-up of Android smartphones,… Read more »
R&M upgrades fibre optic cables for data centres
R&M on Sunday announced that it had upgraded its entire range of fibre optic cables for data centres to bend-insensitive multimode fibre (BIMMF) standards.
AMD previews ‘world’s first’ 5 GHz CPU processor
At the E3 conference this week, AMD unveiled what it says is the world’s first commercially available 5 GHz CPU processor, the FX-9590.
Imation unveils Nexsan Assureon next-gen object store
Imation this week unveiled its next-generation object store, the Nexsan Assureon secure automated archive solution, which, the vendor said, cost-effectively consolidates storage tiers, secures data and simplifies storage management.
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