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Asus Transformer Pad TF300T

The Transformer Pad implements a number of cost-saving measures and consequently lacks the sparkle of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. Still, the Pad is significantly cheaper than the Prime, so you may well be prepared to accept the trade-off. Read more

22 May, 2012 13:01 by Sandra Vogel

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Smartphones run HTML5 a lot slower than PCs

Benchmarks run by Spaceport.io show that HTML5 runs "six to ten times slower" on smartphones than on "a modern laptop" -- in this case, a MacBook Pro... Read more

22 May, 2012 17:05 by Jack Schofield

Google closes Motorola buy

Google has completed its $12.5bn purchase of Motorola's mobile business and immediately replaced the chief executive of the company with a Google executive Read more

22 May, 2012 16:20 by Ben Woods

Primed for 4G: Everything Everywhere ends 3G work

The integration of Orange and T-Mobile's 3G network services is now finished, parent company Everything Everywhere has announced, as a decision from Ofcom on its bid to launch 4G nears Read more

22 May, 2012 16:11 by Ben Woods

ITC: Apple and RIM blameless in Kodak patent dispute

The US International Trade Commission rules that Apple and RIM are not violating a Kodak patent Read more

22 May, 2012 15:30 by Josh Lowensohn

Salesforce: UK datacentre, Amazon-free Heroku coming

When Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff visited London for the company's annual Cloudforce conference back in 2012, he promised it would set up a UK... Read more

22 May, 2012 15:05 by ZDNet UK News Network

EMC gets 'Mavericks' with Isilon file system

The next version of OneFS, code named Mavericks, drastically cuts access times as well as adding data protection and recovery features to complement the Isilon storage OS Read more

22 May, 2012 14:47 by Nick Heath

Twitter to track users through widgets

Twitter has given details about tracking users across the internet, and options for people who don't want to be tracked, in an updated privacy... Read more

22 May, 2012 12:05 by Tom Espiner

Vodafone sees data growth as Euro economy bites

Growth in data service and enterprise revenues have kept Vodafone's results in line with analyst hopes, counterbalancing falling income from southern Europe Read more

22 May, 2012 11:56 by David Meyer

Samsung draws logic-worthy on/off ratio from graphene

Researchers at Samsung’s Advance Institute of Technology have developed a new transistor structure using everyone’s favourite two-dimensional... Read more

22 May, 2012 11:05 by Lucy Sherriff

EMC eyes cloudscape with massive product push

At EMC World, the company has introduced 42 software and hardware products for storage, data management and virtualisation, saying there is no point in taking a 'one size fits all' approach to cloud needs Read more

22 May, 2012 11:25 by Nick Heath

Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake

Microsoft has announced that it will improve multi-monitor support in Windows 8. At the moment, only a small minority of Windows users stand to... Read more

22 May, 2012 10:05 by Jack Schofield 1 comment

AMD takes Trinity tech into embedded systems

AMD has launched an embedded counterpart to its notebook-oriented Trinity chipset, targeting graphics-intensive applications such as digital signage... Read more

22 May, 2012 09:05 by David Meyer

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship successfully launched

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship has successfully taken off, days after a launch attempt was aborted at the last minute. SpaceX's Falcon rocket and Dragon... Read more

22 May, 2012 08:05 by David Meyer

Raspberry Pi to get camera for robotics applications

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is developing an add-on camera module for the popular and cheap mini-computer, and plans to put it on sale later this... Read more

22 May, 2012 08:05 by David Meyer

Apple and Samsung head for talks in patent row

The chief executives of Apple and Samsung are set to meet in court on Monday to try and hammer out common ground in their interconnected series of patent disputes Read more

21 May, 2012 16:51 by Steven Musil

Google gets ultimatum over EC antitrust probe

The European Commission has given Google the chance to avoid formal proceedings by coming up with remedies to antitrust concerns over page-ranking and advertising Read more

21 May, 2012 16:40 by Tom Espiner

NHS patients' health data to be anonymised and shared

The government's NHS Information Strategy sets out plans to enable the reuse of data and give patients access more access to their health details online Read more

21 May, 2012 16:13 by Jo Best

EMC bumps VMAX array to 4 petabytes

EMC has released a new family of its flagship VMAX series of storage arrays, which have huge storage capacities and are backed by the latest... Read more

21 May, 2012 15:05 by Jack Clark

Three not abandoning the UK, says parent company

The parent company of UK mobile operator Three, Hutchison Whampoa, has denied claims that the business will pull out of the UK market if it is not... Read more

21 May, 2012 15:05 by Ben Woods

Microsoft tiptoes into social networks with So.cl

Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, a type of social network, which it describes as 'an experimental research project' Read more

21 May, 2012 14:54 by Steven Musil

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JBDragon

This is just dumb! Forget that I think Windows 8 will bomb, but really, people are going to go out and buy touch Monitors now??? Just pretend...

57 minutes ago by JBDragon on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jake Rayson

@Andy Bolstridge > Unfortunately, we need the majority to work 9-5 And therein lies the lie. I work very hard indeed for my idleness, early starts...

2 hours ago by Jake Rayson on The Idle Self-employed
Burn-IT

What happens when one hosting platform "acquires data" from another? If I forced the first one to remove it, who is responsible for chasing the...

8 hours ago by Burn-IT on Google picks holes in EU's 'right to be forgotten'
JohnTalich

iSpring Pro is a nice tool, that allows PowerPoint to SCORM conversion. They also have free tool, that also generates SCORM compliant courses.

12 hours ago by JohnTalich on How To Convert PowerPoint To SCORM Compliant Course
aaron.sloman

I think the answer to the question requires a deeper analysis of where the income can come from who else is now competing for it, who else will be...

19 hours ago by aaron.sloman on The three big questions about Facebook's IPO
Brent Pieczynski

Your correctness about Government websites not being compliant with their own websites is correct. Most criticism of other people takes so many...

1 day ago by Brent Pieczynski on Privacy watchdog to chase big companies over cookie law
Kelvyn Taylor

802.11ac does promise some tricks to improve range & reliability, but not sure how these will work in practice until I get real products to play...

1 day ago by Kelvyn Taylor via Facebook on Next-generation 802.11ac routers
mrudang009

My wife and I love our new Kindle Fire. It's lightweight, easy to use and has a great interface. The first thing I recommend anyone with a new...

1 day ago by mrudang009 on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers
mrudang009

It basically unlocks all the Android marketplace apps and unlocks the device. I am one very happy Kindle owner!

1 day ago by mrudang009 on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers
Burn-IT

Skittles with tapes and coffee cups. Old tapes so we didn't have to rewind them afterwards.

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Fraud_fighter

What is mildly amusing to me is when someone thinks a strong password is as strong as one may need, when the truth is usernames and passwords are...

1 day ago by Fraud_fighter on Passwords are here to stay: get used to it
Andy Bolstridge

Performance isn't really the big thing at the moment - not when my ADSL connection will only provide a 8mbps bottleneck to the 3.5gbps speeds these...

1 day ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on Next-generation 802.11ac routers
pjc158

So when is Amazon buying Waterstones?

1 day ago by pjc158 on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers
J.A. Watson

@JoshArg - Well, I am writing this from my N150 Plus, running Ubuntu 12.04 and using a Bluetooth mouse (well, to be totally correct it is a...

1 day ago by J.A. Watson on Samsung N150 Plus Netbook - Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04
J.A. Watson

@duncanjmurray - At least n the case of the specific system I put the SSD into, it is not the case. The boot time improvement is substantial, but...

1 day ago by J.A. Watson on Netbook Upgrade - SSD IN, Windows OUT
archerthom

Sounds like only those who have bought their Kindle from Waterstones will be able to use them in-store - very disappointing. I have no intention...

1 day ago by archerthom on Waterstones to sell Kindles with in-store offers
AndyPagin

From my mainframe operating days... 1) Play hoopla with write permit rings & a can of screen cleaner. 2) Make enormous paper chains (Christmas...

1 day ago by AndyPagin on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
61253

An OS X perspective Filenames beginning with a dot/period (.) should not be equated with HFS Plus resource forks; misunderstandings around ._ (dot...

1 day ago by 61253 on SharePoint deployment: Pitfalls of a pioneer
ians1

There are many legal download sites for music at least that do not charge an arm and a leg like itunes or Napster. The "real" cost of an mp3 file...

1 day ago by ians1 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Jon Howells

@Crupal.. How does refusing your websites cookies help my privacy? A quick look at your page script reveals four sets of code provided by 3rd...

2 days ago by Jon Howells via Facebook on Privacy watchdog to chase big companies over cookie law

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