Apple CEO scoffs at tablet-laptop hybrid
Is the future of computers a hybrid gadget that will combine the battery life and computing heft of a laptop with the portability and ease-of-use of a tablet?Some in the industry are leaning toward 'yes.' But Apple CEO Tim Cook pointedly says
A life online: I flew to San Francisco to spend the weekend with someone Id only met on the net
Poppy Dinsey set up her What I Wore Today blog on 1 January 2010, uploading and sharing one photo of herself in a different outfit every day. But having grown up to be familiar with computers, she already had a well developed online presence. 'I started blogging when I was 12 or 13 on forums. I don't remember using the internet for
Apple readies Flashback malware removal tool: but how big is the risk?
Apple says it will develop a tool to remove the Flashback malware reckoned to have infected more than 600,000 Macintosh computers worldwide, most recently via a flaw in Oracle's Java software, following the worst attacks against the platform in the past decade. But in a brief document posted on Wednesday, the company did not offer any
Flashbacks Mac Malware Mess
The Trojan is being planted on the Macs by owners who've been lured to infected Web pages that send a malware downloader to their computers as soon as they land on the page. 'It's not about the operating system anymore; it's about the browser,' Trend Micro (Nasdaq: TMIC) Threat Research Manager Jamz Yaneza told TechNewsWorld. 'Browsing
Flashback Infection Hits 700,000 Mac Users
The Flashback Trojan, which plants an executable file on a Mac that fetches additional malware, was uncovered earlier this week by Doctor Web. The infection has reached 700,000 computers, but its growth has slowed down, Doctor Web CEO Boris Sharov told MacNewsWorld. 'If the current numbers are correct, this would be largest infection
Size matters: Why tablets are shrinking, growing
When it comes to tablet computers, size matters -- a lot. But these devices are definitely not one-size-fits-all. And like Alice in Wonderland, the 'right size' for tablets keeps shifting. That's making the tablet market curiouser and curiouser.
Barcelona Supercomputer ARMed For Assault on Worlds Fastest Machines
The Barcelona Supercomputer Center is building one of the greenest high-performance computers on the planet, but if Alex Ramirez gets his way, it could also be the most powerful. Ramirez, a manager with the center, is in the midst of building a new supercomputer, called Mont-Blanc, that will use the same kind of low-power chips that you
Faster than 50 million laptops -- the race to go exascale
A new era in computing that will see machines perform at least 1,000 times faster than today's most powerful supercomputers is almost upon us. By the end of the decade, exaFLOP computers are predicted to go online heralding a new chapter in scientific discovery.
Testing row delays delivery of Raspberry Pi machines
Confusion over how much testing Raspberry Pi computers need has caused fresh delivery delays. UK suppliers of the Raspberry Pi machines are only willing to send out the gadgets once they have undergone electromagnetic testing. Before now Raspberry Pi's creators believed it did not need these checks because it was a 'development
Dell views space to confront Apple in tablet computers
A crescent dissatisfaction between office workers using the clunky computers their employers require them to utilize, in contrast to the sleek Apple products many have at residence, could but benefit incumbent suppliers such as Dell, a top Dell executive stated. As Apple's third-generation iPad proceeded to go for sale on Friday,
Chicago hospital doctors say iPads increase their effectiveness
When doctors-in-training at the University of Chicago have been offered iPad
tablet computers to make use of on the times, they identified that using
the system assisted all of these end up being more efficient at ordering tests and
procedures for his or her patients. The research in the school plan,
No show scarcity observed for brand new iPad: Jefferies
Supply concerns above Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) new iPad are 'overblown', Jefferies stated in a note, incorporating how the organization is predicted to create 12-15 million tablet computers this kind of quarter. The 3rd era iPad sports a crisper show, dubbed the Retina Display, and several factory commentators and technology blogs have
Microsoft Raises Red Flag Over OnLive's Windows for iPad
The OnLive Desktop, a tool that streams a digital Windows desktop computer on to Apple iPads and Android tablet computers, is seemingly in infraction from the licensing conditions for Microsoft's flagship operating-system. ' We are actively involved along together using OnLive using the expect of getting all of these right in to a
IPad nick designer ARM really desires to crush Intel
Chips created by ARM( ARMH), the British chip organization you've presumably by no means noticed of, are in the spectacular 95% of the earth's mobile telephones and tablet computers, such as the brand new iPad Apple introduced this particular week. ARM's chips signify 30% of the whole semiconductor market product revenue, that is almost
IPad chip designer ARM really desires to crush Intel
Chips created by ARM (ARMH), the British microprocessor organization you've presumably never noticed of, are inside a spectacular 95% of the earth's mobile telephones and tablet computers, such as the brand new iPad Apple introduced this particular week. ARM's chips signify 30% of the whole semiconductor market product revenue, which can
Microsoft Raises Red Flag Over OnLive's Windows for iPad
The OnLive Desktop , a tool that streams a digital Windows desktop computer on to Apple iPads and Android tablet computers , is seemingly in infraction of the licensing conditions for Microsoft's flagship operating-system . 'We tend to be actively involved along together using OnLive using the expect of getting all of these in a properly
Microsoft Company Raises Red Flag Over OnLive's Windows for iPad
The actual OnLive Desktop , a tool that streams a digital Windows desktop computer on to Apple Company apple ipads and Google android os tablet computers , is actually seemingly in infraction of the licensing conditions for Microsoft's flagship os . 'We're actively involved along together using OnLive using the expect of getting all of
News of the World hacking suspect jailed for blagging in separate case
A private detective at the centre of allegations that computers were hacked for the News of the World has been jailed for illegal 'blagging' in a separate case. Philip Campbell Smith was one of four investigators who have become the first to be jailed for accessing private information for cash. Along with Daniel Summers,
