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Microsoft’s Kinect and Xbox business picked up the slack as its core Windows division faltered, but pressure is intensifying on its mobile initiatives to propel the company forward The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant’s revenues went up 5 percent this quarter to $20.5 billion, pointing to the success of CEO Steve Ballmer’s strategy to refocus energies [...]
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Massive HP Touchscreen Wall Shows Future of Computing
January 17th, 2012 
admin Hewlett-Packard has lifted the curtain on the VantagePoint, a 132-inch multi-touch wall, as the company features innovations likely to find their way into consumer devices. The VantagePoint is composed of six HP LD4730 47-inch touchscreen displays covered in Gorilla Glass with a complete resolution of 4,098 by 1,536. Behind the scenes, an HP z800 workstation [...]
T-Mobile Mulls Uncertain Future, Despite $4 Billion Consolation
December 20th, 2011 admin T-Mobile is expected to earn a $4 billion consolation prize for losing out on its expected merger with AT&T, but the carrier’s future remains up in the air. AT&T earlier this year agreed to pay T-Mobile $3 billion in cash and another $1 billion worth of spectrum and roaming agreements if its planned merger didn’t [...]
Apple Faces Questions on Future as Earnings Disappoint
October 20th, 2011 admin Apple uncharacteristically failed to reach analysts’ expectations in the fourth quarter, as the company faces questions about its directions under new CEO Tim Cook. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s sales of the iPhone were its main point of weakness. Apple sold a little more than 17 million iPhones from July to September, after analysts predicted the [...]
Cyber-Warfare Is Future of International Conflict
August 5th, 2011 admin Terrorists are entering the cyber-realm, warns a counterterrorism expert, predicting sophisticated attacks like “Operation Shady RAT,” uncovered yesterday, will only continue. Cyber-terrorism will be the world’s next major headache, according to former CIA official Cofer Black in his speech to several thousand hackers at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. He equated its [...]
LG Pinning Future Profits on Smartphones
July 30th, 2011 admin LG’s profits grew by half compared to a year ago, underscoring how its strategy to shift away from feature phones may help the struggling electronics company turn around its fortunes. The South Korean company’s wireless division lost over $50 million in the April-June period, less than a $76 million experts had projected. Although LG faired [...]
Google+ App Allows Mobile Payments, Hints at Future NFC Plans
July 7th, 2011 admin Google’s new Google+ app for Android includes a mobile payment component, suggesting intriguing possibilities for its new social media service. Nexus S and 4G owners can now scan near-field communications, or NFC, tags and post the information as a status update on their Google+ accounts. Even though the capability is in its fledgling stages, NFC [...]
Apple Patent May Signal Future Without Prying Eyes
May 23rd, 2011 admin Apple is patenting technology that restricts snooping bystanders from viewing what’s on a computer or mobile device screen, in a move that would reduce prying eyes and boost privacy in situations where it’s critical. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently released details of the Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s patent for technology that could narrow a [...]
Apple Buys "ICloud" Domain, Hints at Future Plans
May 3rd, 2011 admin Apple now reportedly owns the “iCloud.com” domain name, hinting at designs for a cloud-based music and storage service to rival Amazon and Google. Apple purchased the domain name from Swedish company Xcerion for $4.5 million today, according to an anonymous source. The domain name purchase follows other hints at Apple’s larger plans for cloud-based services, [...]
Sprint CEO Says Clearwire in Its Future Plans, Amid T-Mobile Talks
March 11th, 2011 admin Sprint CEO Dan Hesse today said it will involve Clearwire and its 4G WiMax network in any future plans, amid reports that the carrier is in talks to buy T-Mobile. In fact, Hesse added that Overland Park, Kan.-based Sprint expects to share more network with Clearwire, which provides its 4G service, after making contradictory remarks [...]
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