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Apple hints at launch of Nehalem-based Xserve
An Apple online store is set to take preorders of new Xserve servers carrying Intel#39;s new Xeon chips, hinting at launch of the devices in the near future.
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IBM continues push for Sun, but will the deal kill Solaris?
The high-stakes, but still under-the covers battle by IBM to take over Sun Microsystems is still in play, but IBM may be rethinking what it is willing to pay for the enterprise vendor.
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Dell frees latest Vostro laptops of bloatware
Dell on Thursday introduced small-business laptops that will be free of bloatware, which could help improve system performance and protect storage space.
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Palm opens Pre mobile phone to developers
Palm is taking what it hopes is the next step in to make its Palm Pre a viable iPhone competitor. On Wednesday, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Palm opened up its Mojo Software Development Kit (SDK) program to a quot;broad group of developers.quot;
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Developers stunted by fragmented mobile market
Reducing the number of mobile software platforms, but not by too much, is the key to unleashing pent up creativity in the mobile market, executives said on Wednesday.
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Atom netbook chip propels Intel to top of market
The success of Intel#39;s Atom microprocessor, used mainly in netbooks, helped the chipmaker gain market share in every quarter of 2008 and could carry the company this year as well.
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World's most efficient supercomputer gets to work
Satellite launches are a noisy affair especially for the satellite atop the rocket. Vibration and noise, unless compensated, could render it useless before it reaches orbit so researchers spend a lot of time on complex computer simulations that help them insulate the delicate craft. Now those simulations are about to get much more accurate thanks to a new supercomputer that began work this week in Japan.
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Squeeze more life out of your battery
Long-life batteries from Dell and HP can keep laptops running for as many as 20 hours at a stretch. But you don't need a powerful external battery to get more use out of your current battery. There are several things you can do now to extract precious additional minutes from the basic six-cell battery found in most laptops.
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The Energizer laptop: 20 hours on a single charge
Many competing factors enter into the choice of a specific laptop: weight, size, price, battery life, expandability, and so on. Of these, battery life is rarely a primary concern until the system is actually purchased. The unspoken expectation is that standard batteries will get 3 to 4 hours of useful life from a single charge, while batteries with more cells can add a couple of hours of working time to this number.
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Symbian Foundation faces up to challenges
What was billed as a roundtable discussion for members of the new Symbian Foundation turned into an opportunity for them to lay out the challenges and threats to their fledgling group.
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Rackable buying SGI for $25 million
Rackable Systems said Wednesday it plans to buy the assets of bankrupt SGI (Silicon Graphics) for roughly $25 million in cash, and will also assume certain liabilities.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Forrester now says '09 U.S. IT spend to drop 3.1 percent
Forrester Research is now predicting that U.S. IT spending will drop by 3.1 percent this year, shattering its previous projection of a 1.6 percent increase.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Alcatel shows off IP core for LTE networks
Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday was set to introduce its Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a set of network components that will help to power the LTE network of Verizon Wireless and other mobile operators.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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AMD readying 'very low-power' Shanghai processors
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it would release quot;very low-powerquot; Shanghai processors within three months, a move that could intensify its ongoing chip battle with rival Intel.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Update: HP may offer Android in netbooks over Windows
Hewlett-Packard confirmed Tuesday that it is testing Google#39;s Android operating system as a possible alternative to Windows in some of its netbook computers.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Gartner: IT spending drop-off worse than after dot-com bust
Global IT spending is expected to decline nearly 4 percent#160;in 2009 over the previous year as industry watchers confirm the current recession will see more losses than the dot-com bust in 2001, Gartner reports.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Update: Google bans tethering app from Android Market
A developer is reporting that Google has banned his tethering application from the Android Market, one of the first hints that the store may not be as open as Google has promised.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Evoke QA4 is Motorola's best iPhone-like handset yet
Motorola has announced its latest offering the Evoke QA4 -- a touch-screen cell phone which represents the company#39;s second attempt at offering an iPhone-like handset.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Intel, Microsoft look away as beefed-up netbooks blur lines
Microsoft#160;and Intel#39;s attempts to confine netbooks to the low end of the market to protect mainstream notebook PC sales have taken another hit.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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Update: IBM, HP, Dell aim to cut costs with new Xeon servers
The world#39;s top server vendors on Monday updated their product lines, launching new servers to coincide with the release of#160;Intel#39;s next-generation Xeon processors.br clear=both style=clear: both;/
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