Categorised as: Computers & News
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IBM reports US$23.4bn Q1 revenues as profits miss analyst estimates News
19.04.2013 IBM has reported a lower profit for the first quarter, with net income falling by 1pc as a result of delays in several of the technology company's large software and mainframe... -
Microsoft’s bold bet on cloud pays off as software giant reports US$20.49bn Q3 revenues News
18.04.2013 Microsoft said the bold bets it took on cloud are beginning to pay dividends. The company today reported third-quarter revenues of US$20.49bn and a US$6bn profit. -
Toshiba targets MacBook market with high-resolution display Kirabook News
18.04.2013 Toshiba is hoping to make waves in the high-end laptop market with its new Kira range, starting with the 13.3-inch Kirabook featuring a high-resolution 2,560 x 1,440 PixelPure...Categories: Consumer Tech, Computers -
Glass owner shares pictures of Google’s smart specs online News
18.04.2013 Now that the first Glass ‘explorers’ are starting to receive their smart glasses from Google, we can see what comes in the box for US$1,500.Categories: Consumer Tech, Computers -
Profit and revenue slip at Intel amid decreasing PC sales News
17.04.2013 Computer chip maker Intel’s revenue and profit declined during the first quarter in the face of declining PC sales as consumers snap up mobile devices, such as tablets and... -
Facebook brings Chat Heads to the iPhone and iPad News
17.04.2013 Owners of iOS devices who worry they might be losing out by not being able to get Facebook's new Chat Heads shall fear not! Facebook has brought its game-changing Chat Heads... -
Google reveals the tech specs behind Glass – 16GB storage, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth News
16.04.2013 The tech specs for Google’s forthcoming wearable computing device Google Glass are out. The first big revelation is that the eyewear won’t actually be cellular but will interact...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Microsoft is the latest tech giant believed to be working on a smartwatch device News
15.04.2013 Software giant Microsoft has become the latest addition to the coterie of tech giants working on the next frontier of form factors – the watch. As well as its own smartphone,...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
The week in gadgets: PayPal for smart TVs and Microsoft’s shrinking Surface News
15.04.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Microsoft tries to keep up by sizing down in the tablet market, Sony continues its efforts to build a 4K ecosystem, Panasonic has a new digital...Tags: Digital Cameras, Panasonic, Sony, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Surface, Microsoft, PayPal, LG, TV -
Weekend news round-up: Throwing ice on Google Glass; Facebook’s second coming News
15.04.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, the privacy issues that will come with the arrival of Google Glass wearable devices are highlighted; many of...Categories: Security, Search, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Computers -
More than US$64bn worth of tablet computers will be bought in 2013 News
12.04.2013 The march of tablet computers and the slow, steady demise of the PC industries continues and the latest figures from ABI Research indicated that some 150m tablet devices will...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Trilogy Technologies in IT services deal with Aura gym chain News
12.04.2013 Trilogy Technologies has deployed IT equipment and software across the fitness chain Aura’s eight sites around Ireland following a competitive tender. -
The technology business week: PC sales fall off a cliff, Enteprise Ireland trade mission to Turkey success News
15.04.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Firms urged to look at alternatives for a post-XP world News
12.04.2013 With Microsoft announcing the withdrawal of support for Windows XP from April next year, many organisations face a decision about upgrading their PCs still running it: one... -
PC sales fall off a cliff – steepest quarterly decline on record reported News
11.04.2013 The full extent of the decline of the PC industry has been made clear in the latest quarterly analysis from IDC, which revealed a near 14pc drop in the number of PCs sold in the...Categories: Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Intel doubles transfer speed of Thunderbolt to 20Gbps, even while transferring a 4K movie News
09.04.2013 Chip giant Intel has previewed early prototype silicon of its next-generation Thunderbolt technology, which doubles the speed of transfer between devices from 10Gbps to 20Gbps...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Dublin multi-touch firm RAPT Touch raises €4m to disrupt the display industry News
08.04.2013 A Dublin-based technology company called RAPT has raised €4m in an investment round that will enable it to rollout affordable multi-touch technologies to global original...Categories: R&D, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Facebook reveals ‘Home’ – it’s not a phone but could transform all smartphones News
04.04.2013 Facebook didn’t reveal a brand new phone today per se, but an Android-based feature set called ‘Home’, which it expects to sit on the home screen of all smartphones and will...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
HP board chairman Raymond J Lane and two directors to step down News
05.04.2013 Computer maker HP’s acquisition of software firm Autonomy has appeared to come back to haunt its chairman of the board, Raymond J Lane, who is to step down from the role, in... -
iPad price reductions suggest new iPads are coming News
04.04.2013 Despite Apple releasing its fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini in October, around March/April has traditionally been the launch point for new iPad products since the first one...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers