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  Windows 8 touchscreen devices to be priced higher: Dell

  Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, according to Dell's CEO, Michael Dell.

  By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 09:43

  Tags: Windows 8, Windows, tablets, software, operating systems, laptops, hardware systems, displays, dell, Components

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  Dell's profit shrinks in the first quarter

  Dell has reported a drop in profits for the first quarter, weighed down by a revenue decrease and slower sales of consumer products.

  By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 06:51

  Tags: financial results, dell, business issues

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  Microsoft reprises free Xbox back-to-school PC promo

  Microsoft will repeat last year's back-to-school promotion, kicking off the deal Sunday with an offer of a free Xbox 360 game console to eligible U.S. students who buy a new Windows 7 PC.

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 May, 2012 02:58

  Tags: Windows, Staples, software, PCs, operating systems, Newegg, Microsoft, hewlett-packard, hardware systems, desktop pcs, dell, Best Buy, Apple

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  Ethernet switching gets specialized

  Growth in the Ethernet switch market is now being driven by specialized devices for specific applications, rather than evenly across all customer deployments.

  By Jim Duffy | 18 May, 2012 02:32

  Tags: vendor market share, LAN & WAN, HP Ethernet switching, hardware systems, Ethernet Switch, Dell'Oro Group, Dell'Oro, dell, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Cisco, 10G Ethernet

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  Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation

  At the same time EMC was in Israel trying to strike a deal to buy XtremeIO, NetApp and Dell were also there vying for the flash storage array maker's intellectual property.

  By Lucas Mearian | 17 May, 2012 19:48

  Tags: storage, netapp, Microsoft, IT industry, iSuppli, Intel, IHS, hardware systems, Google, Emerging Technologies, EMC, dell, Apple

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  China's Baidu unveils new low-end smartphone with latest cloud platform

  Baidu, which runs China's most popular search engine, has unveiled its newest smartphone, featuring the company's own mobile platform and priced to target the country's low-end handset segment.

  By Michael Kan | 15 May, 2012 22:29

  Tags: smartphones, search engines, Mobile OSes, mobile, internet, dell, consumer electronics, baidu

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  SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors deal

  SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a "loosely coupled suite" of business applications to data integration and PaaS (platform as a service) Tuesday during the Sapphire conference in Orlando.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 15 May, 2012 22:06

  Tags: VMware, SuccessFactors, Software as a service, software, sapphire, sap, salesforce.com, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, HR, enterprise resource planning, development platforms, dell, customer relationship management, cloud computing, boomi, applications

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  Dell, IBM announce servers with new Intel Xeon chips

  Dell and IBM announced servers with Intel's latest Xeon server chips, which will bring faster throughput and memory allowing servers to take on more complex workloads while reducing data center costs.

  By Agam Shah | 15 May, 2012 01:09

  Tags: servers, processors, Intel, IBM, hardware systems, dell, Components

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  Google shares Codie award for best cloud application/service

  This evening's annual Codie awards for business software features a three-way tie in cloud computing, with Google, Keynote Systems, and Scribe Software all winning in the Best Cloud Application/Service category.

  By Paul Krill | 11 May, 2012 10:30

  Tags: Venafi, The Industry Standard, Technology Business, software, Red Hat, Keynote Systems, internet, Google, Flexera Software, dell, cloud computing, boomi, applications

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  Apple's e-store satisfaction score jumps, thumps Microsoft's

  Apple's online store scored the highest satisfaction rating of any computer-related company, and handily beat rival Microsoft, a consumer pollster said today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 09 May, 2012 21:35

  Tags: sony, Mobile and Wireless, Microsoft, IT industry, internet, HP, e-commerce, e-business, dell, Apple

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  Red Hat, Dell announce OEM partnership

  The announcement Tuesday of a new partnership between Dell and Red Hat could mark a further expansion of open-source software use in the enterprise.

  By Jon Gold | 08 May, 2012 23:37

  Tags: software, Red Hat, operating systems, oem, Linux, dell, corporate issues, business issues

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  Dell announces first server with Intel's Ivy Bridge Xeon chips

  Dell on Tuesday announced a new microserver with Intel's first Xeon server processors based on the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture, which has not been officially announced by the chip maker yet.

  By Agam Shah | 08 May, 2012 23:04

  Tags: servers, Intel, hardware systems, dell

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  IBM on oath to cut internal apps by 85 per cent

  IBM has reduced the number of applications it uses internally by 70%, but that's not enough for CIO Jeanette Horan.

  By Patrick Thibodeaau | 07 May, 2012 23:36

  Tags: software, it management, IT Leadership, IBM, HP, hardware systems, dell, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Computer Economics, CIO role, applications

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  Extreme Networks adds heavy dose of copper to 10G switches

  Extreme Networks Monday unveiled 10G Ethernet copper modules for its BlackDiamond X8 core switch and new fixed copper versions of its Summit X670 top-of-rack switch.

  By Jim Duffy | 07 May, 2012 20:33

  Tags: LAN & WAN, ITC, Interop 2012, Interop, Intel Romley servers, Intel, hardware systems, extreme networks, Ethernet Switch, Dell'Oro, dell, data center switching, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, 40G Ethernet, 10GBase-T

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  Dell XPS 13: Gray with MacBook Air envy

  Lately I've been changing things up a bit. For several months I used a little Lenovo ThinkPad X220 running Windows 7 and had a great experience -- it felt rock solid and responsive, with fantastic battery life. Then I switched to a MacBook Pro, and now that I've gotten used to it, I actually find it more or less a wash between the two (sorry, Apple fanboys).

  By Eric Knorr | 04 May, 2012 20:12

  Tags: software, operating systems, mobile technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft, Lenovo, dell, Computer Hardware, Apple