http://www.arnnet.com.au ARN PC and Components en-us Copyright 2012, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:50:04 +1100 60 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1986172027&rid=-159 Advanced Micro Devices has loosened its commitment to the x86 architecture, announcing a new design strategy that could pave the way for using ARM technology in future AMD chips. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:36:55 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1570177403&rid=-159 Visitors to Germany's online Apple Store may have witnessed an odd sight on Friday, as Apple scrambled to remove the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and all Wi-Fi + 3G iPads, thanks to a temporary injunction banning the sale of those products--a ban that was lifted mere hours later. In addition, iCloud users in the country may have to change how they get their email, thanks to a separate legal issue. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:25:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1380641491&rid=-159 Dell's formation of a new software group, which was announced Thursday, could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:08:52 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=78521106&rid=-159 Apple on Friday removed some of its products from its online store serving Germany due to a court injunction in its dispute with Motorola, but shortly after it removed the products a suspension of that injunction allowed Apple to again start selling them. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:41:08 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1202777813&rid=-159 Smartphone shipments overtook personal computers -- including tablets, laptops, netbooks and desktops -- for the first time in 2011, according to new research from Canalys. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1943358699&rid=-159 AMD is preparing a super-thin laptop that could give Intel-based Ultrabooks a run for their money, with reportedly better graphics performance and battery life. The 18mm-thick reference laptop, which AMD showed at its recent financial analyst day, was built by Compal and showcases AMD’s next-generation Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), codenamed Trinity, which is due later this year. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:56:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1960788393&rid=-159 Navteq GPS maps, VERS certification for business solution, new Gartner leader, and Line of the Year award Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:53:00 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1410528536&rid=-159 If the presidential election were determined by how fast the candidates' Web pages download, President Obama would lose to any of his Republican challengers, according to a review by the president of Web optimizing vendor Strangeloop. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:28:28 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1977739755&rid=-159 Advanced Micro Devices has put the brakes on adding more cores to its server chips, stopping at 16, the company said Thursday during a financial analyst day. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:16:35 +1100 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=936208514&rid=-159 Advanced Micro Devices will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:57:53 +1100