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HP projection technology could take a page from Star Wars
In the future, business meetings might seem like a scene out of the movie “Star Wars,” if technology envisioned at Hewlett-Packard comes to fruition. Stars Wars-like 3-D projection technology is on the drawing board at the company, with the poten…
IBM unleashes 256-core Unix server, its biggest yet
IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new servers based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scales to 256 cores. The Power 795 is IBM’s biggest Unix server to date. It’s aimed at companies that run …
Oracle provides ambitious five-year plan for Sparc
Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun’s Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse a pattern of declining sales. John Fowler, the former Sun executive who runs Oracle’s systems business…
Game-changers: 12 technologies that changed everything
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New technologies emerge all the time, but only a handful — such as these — change everything that follows in their wake
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Future tech: Retro visions revisited
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Dude, where's my flying car?! We look at 11 venerated visions of future technology that totally missed the mark
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InfoWorld review: An IP KVM for servers that haven't come out of the closet
If you thought you could get advanced features like remote media mounting, remote power reset, and ultraquick screen refreshes in only the big KVM boxes, think again. The $385 Lantronix SpiderDuo stuffs these features, advanced authentication (LDAP, RA…
Is Apple losing its quality magic?
Apple has long basked in a glowing reputation as a purveyor of high-end, well-designed products. Sure, the company’s wares typically cost more than those of its competitors, but such is the price of quality.
Apple sued over iPad overheating
Apple was sued last week over claims that its iPad easily overheats, then suddenly switches itself off. In a complaint filed with an Oakland, Calif. federal court last Friday, a trio of plaintiffs accused Apple of everything from fraud and deceptive ad…
Microsoft signs big licensing deal for Arm chip technology
Microsoft signed a new agreement to license technology for the Arm microprocessor architecture, opening the potential for the software giant to follow in Apple’s footsteps and design its own Arm-based chips.
Desktop PCs gone wild
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Bored with your old beige box? These enterprising modders have you covered. Gorgeous, unwieldy, and rarely pragmatic, here are 15 cases that blur the line between workhorse and work of art …
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