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Intel's Thunderbolt will see slow PC take-up, expert says

...it is currently a "very expensive technology" and PC original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are cost sensitive. Unveiled by Intel in February, Thunderbolt use high-bandwidth... Read more

12 May, 2011 by Liau Yun Qing

RIM: when 35.7% margin looks bad

...cash flow ($1.1 billion), and margin (33.4% -a figure PC OEMs can only dream of) that are all better in the three months... Read more

30 March, 2012
Selecting a Networking Product Platform

Selecting a Networking Product Platform

This paper is written for OEMs that market networking, telecom, and network security solutions to Information Technology (IT... Read more

16 February, 2011
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

The release candidate for Microsoft's SBS 2011 Essentials shows promise, despite the demise of Drive Extender. Read more

18 February, 2011 by Simon Bisson

Windows 8 name and editions revealed

...Windows 8 RT for ARM devices, which will only be available to OEMs, and Windows 8 Enterprise, which adds desktop management tools for System Assurance... Read more

17 April, 2012

Windows 8: Windows To Go

...not be possible on some older PCs, and Microsoft is working with OEMs to improve USB implementations. Currently Microsoft recommends using USB 3.0 drives... Read more

20 September, 2011
Windows 8 Developer Preview

Windows 8 Developer Preview

Windows 8 introduces a new interface, Metro, with an 'immersive' look-and-feel that's designed to scale from smartphones to desktops. It's still pre-beta, but developers now have the tools to start creating applications and services to exploit it. Read more

13 September, 2011 by Simon Bisson
Smartphone operating systems: A guide

Smartphone operating systems: A guide

...show the status of other activity, such as app downloads, and some OEMs and carriers have gone on to add wireless managers, shortcuts to recently... Read more

15 July, 2011 by Bonnie Cha

PCLinuxOS vs. Ubuntu - or - Linux XXX vs. Linux YYY

This blog post was actually written as a comment to my previous post about PCLinuxOS, in answer to a question posted in... Read more

22 September, 2010

Android kit-maker Pegatron inks Microsoft patent deal

...devices for the likes of HTC and Lenovo. Many 'original equipment manufacturers' (OEMs) — companies that tend to turn to ODMs to actually make their kit... Read more

26 April, 2012
SourceUSB 3.41

SourceUSB 3.41

...the market for over three years and is in use by major OEMs such as IBM, HP, Siemens, Intel and Samsung. SourceUSB has powerful features... Read more

11 April, 2012
Eye-controlled arcade games move closer

Eye-controlled arcade games move closer

...the information", she said. For this, the company hopes to partner with OEMs to get its equipment into large single-monitor computers, as with the... Read more

6 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

When did we stop thinking long term about tech?

It's taken me a while to put my finger on what bothers me about the way the world has been treating companies like RIM... Read more

30 January, 2012
Behind Ubuntu's shift into mobile

Behind Ubuntu's shift into mobile

...dealing with [hardware] manufacturers. We have relationships with the top five PC OEMs, from laptops and the mobile perspective, as well as servers. We've... Read more

26 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

CES 2012: Intel's Nikiski concept laptop

...t in a position to dictate hardware form factors to a myriad OEMs. So it does the one thing that makes sense — it designs... Read more

11 January, 2012

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

7 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

8 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

10 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

12 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

12 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

13 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

16 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

17 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

20 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

20 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry