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Ultra mobile device use set to soar

Ultra mobile device use set to soar

The number of ultra mobile devices (UMDs) is set to reach 200 million by 2013, with the industry worth around $27bn, according to new research by market analyst ABI Research.
Phil Muncaster Sep 26 2008 2:20PM Hardware
Otellini: PCs are the new time machines

Otellini: PCs are the new time machines

Intel chief executive Paul Otellini has hailed the PC as a 'time machine', which allows users to predict the future and examine the past.
Iain Thomson Sep 26 2008 2:20PM Hardware
Supercomputing now dominated by X86 architecture

Supercomputing now dominated by X86 architecture

High performance computing (HPC) may be the pinnacle of the computer speed pyramid, but not its profit pyramid.
Nebojsa Novakovic Sep 26 2008 9:33AM Hardware
Intel to train 150,000 African teachers

Intel to train 150,000 African teachers

Intel has the emerging African market in its sights and in efforts to win it over, says it will train 150,000 African teachers in tech by 2012 in the “Intel Teach Programme”.
Sylvie Barak Sep 25 2008 3:07PM Hardware
Nortel launches 'frequent flyer' program for channel partners

Nortel launches 'frequent flyer' program for channel partners

Nortel has launched a new ‘frequent flyer’-style loyalty program for its nForce channel partners.
Staff Writers Sep 25 2008 3:05PM Hardware
Intel claims big bucks from low-power chips

Intel claims big bucks from low-power chips

Intel is claiming that its Core line of processors has allowed for $2bn in savings since release.
Shaun Nichols Sep 25 2008 2:34PM Hardware
IBM tapped for Nasa supercomputer

IBM tapped for Nasa supercomputer

IBM has landed a deal with Nasa to build the space agency's newest supercomputer cluster.
Shaun Nichols Sep 25 2008 9:20AM Hardware
Dell pledges greener laptops

Dell pledges greener laptops

Dell has made a commitment to switch its entire laptop range to LED screens by 2010.
Iain Thomson Sep 25 2008 9:20AM Hardware
Intel gets behind smart grids

Intel gets behind smart grids

Speaking at his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld, Intel chief executive Paul Otellini told delegates that his company was supporting a new effort to build an intelligent electricity grid.
Iain Thomson Sep 24 2008 3:06PM Hardware
Dell tries new method to conquer developing markets

Dell tries new method to conquer developing markets

Dell has said it will sell PCs in stores rather than just online, in a move to cater specifically to emerging markets.
Sylvie Barak Sep 24 2008 9:26AM Hardware
Intel ships first dual core Atom processors

Intel ships first dual core Atom processors

Intel has begun shipping the first of its dual-core Atom line of chips.
Shaun Nichols Sep 23 2008 4:04PM Hardware
LHC could be shut until next year

LHC could be shut until next year

A new fault on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could see the device shut down until next year.
Iain Thomson Sep 23 2008 4:04PM Hardware
Japan sets out plans for space elevator

Japan sets out plans for space elevator

A consortium of scientists and industrial firms has formulated a plan to build a space elevator that would drastically lower the cost of getting into orbit.
Iain Thomson Sep 23 2008 9:34AM Hardware
IBM unveils technology for 22nm chips

IBM unveils technology for 22nm chips

IBM has unveiled its strategy to produce future chips using a 22nm fabrication process.
Daniel Robinson Sep 20 2008 12:20PM Hardware
LHC shut down by transformer

LHC shut down by transformer

Researchers at Cern have confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) managed only a few hours of operations before being shut down.
Iain Thomson Sep 20 2008 12:20PM Hardware
Mass layoffs coming at Nvidia

Mass layoffs coming at Nvidia

Nvidia will be reducing its global workforce by six-and-a-half per cent.
Sylvie Barak Sep 19 2008 9:11AM Training & Development
Samsung launches hostile takeover of SanDisk

Samsung launches hostile takeover of SanDisk

The American flash memory supplier rejects "inadequate" proposal made by the Korean conglomerate.
Daniel Inman Sep 18 2008 4:20PM Hardware
Dark days ahead for component makers

Dark days ahead for component makers

The chips will stay down for the tech industry until at least the end of 2009, say component suppliers.
Sylvie Barak Sep 18 2008 9:47AM Hardware
Opinion: iPhoney

Opinion: iPhoney

Would you buy a computer if you could only run the applications the vendor approves? Probably not.
Ian Yates Sep 18 2008 9:40AM Hardware
62,000 phones and PDAs left in London cabs

62,000 phones and PDAs left in London cabs

During the past six months, dozy Londoners have left a whopping 55,843 mobile phones and 6,193 other handheld devices in the back of black cabs, according to a report.
Sylvie Barak Sep 17 2008 3:26PM Hardware

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