TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
A pair of Microsoft-backed industry groups applauded the ultimatum European Union antitrust regulators issued to rival Google over alleged anti-competitive practices.
By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 20:50
The number of options available for Mac users to buy Thunderbolt cables from outside Apple is growing, with companies announcing longer and competitively priced cables that will also work with upcoming Windows PCs with Thunderbolt ports.
By Agam Shah | 22 May, 2012 04:21
Version 3.4 of the Linux kernel was officially rolled out Sunday, in what maintainer Linus Torvalds called a "calm" release cycle.
By Jon Gold | 22 May, 2012 01:33
Just over two months after its last major release, Linus Torvalds has posted the newest version of the open source Linux kernel, which supports new graphics processors from Nvidia and Intel, improves file system functionality and comes with a new security module.
By Joab Jackson | 22 May, 2012 01:02
Apple has apparently won control of the iphone5.com domain, according to changes in a Web record of the URL.
By Gregg Keizer | 18 May, 2012 02:42
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
Intel announced three major expansions of its Xeon server processor line this week, adding lower-priced Sandy Bridge options for the two- and four-socket market and the Ivy Bridge architecture to workstation-class devices.
By Jon Gold | 16 May, 2012 02:45
Intel today described management and security capabilities that will be part of its new Intel Core vPro processor family used in PCs, tablets, laptops and intelligent systems.
By Ellen Messmer | 15 May, 2012 23:42
Advanced Micro Devices hopes to provide thin-and-light laptops that are less expensive but equally speedy to Intel's ultrabooks with its new A-series chips, which the company officially announced on Tuesday.
By Agam Shah | 15 May, 2012 21:21
The upcoming shift from Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) RAM to its successor, DDR4, will herald in a significant boost in both memory performance and capacity for data center hardware and consumer products alike.
By Lucas Mearian | 15 May, 2012 20:18
Lenovo is working with chip maker Intel on a future ThinkPad tablet based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, a Lenovo executive said.
By Agam Shah | 15 May, 2012 14:06
Apple on Monday issued its first security-related update for OS X 10.5, or Leopard, in nearly a year, to disable long-outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player.
By Gregg Keizer | 15 May, 2012 09:55
Hints that Apple will soon refresh its iMac desktop and MacBook Pro laptop lines accumulated today as several Mac-centric blogs revealed new details gleaned from the Web and unnamed sources.
By Gregg Keizer | 15 May, 2012 04:49
IBM today announced that it will begin rolling out a family of Intel Ivy Bridge-equipped versions of its M4 server expected to reduce data center power costs and offer entry level virtualization servers.
By Jon Gold | 15 May, 2012 04:33
If Intel-based Windows 8 tablets launch in November, as one informed source expects, Microsoft would face a narrow window to play a role in the important holiday sales period.
By Matt Hamblen | 15 May, 2012 01:31
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