Features

• News feature: How Intel became famous

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 May, 2012 08:27

  Intel is a household name and one of the most recognisable brands in the world, but there was a time when neither the company nor its products were seen as very exciting.

• The new iPhone 5: rumours, tech specs, Liquidmetal, 3D cameras, 4-inch display and more

  By Mark Hattersley | 20 May, 2012 11:46

  The iPhone 5 launch is rapidly approaching. At least we all think it is, Apple is famously secretive regarding new products: launching new iPhones, computers and whizz-bang devices on an (largely) unsuspecting public out of the nowhere.

• WWDC 2012 forecast: Cloudy with a chance of new MacBooks

  By Ian Paul | 16 May, 2012 04:16

  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than one month away, and speculation is high about whether Apple will announce new iCloud features, refreshed MacBook Pros, overhauled versions of iOS and OS X and maybe even a new smartphone during the conference.

• Where did I come from? The origin(s) of my MacBook Pro

  By Josh Fruhlinger | 08 May, 2012 06:52

  I remember when I bought my first new Mac. The label on the box read something like "Assembled for Apple in California." Famously, that has now changed: Apple computers (and iPhones, and iPads) are assembled in China, and the conditions of the workers there came under scrutiny when Mike Daisey's one-man show about his trip to Foxconn factories there was featured on NPR's This American Life -- scrutiny that continued despite revelations that Daisey fabricated some of the incidents he described.

• The IT paradox: A diminished role in technology, but greater clout in the business

  By Nicholas D. Evans | 08 May, 2012 00:08

  There is a paradox in the technology that IT employs and deploys. As it becomes easier to use and simpler to manage, it is actually increasing in complexity. And there is a paradox within this paradox concerning how IT relates to the business. More on that in a bit.

• Opinion: Windows RT may be Microsoft's answer to Apple and Google in the BYOD game

  By Rob Enderle | 04 May, 2012 23:42

  There is an interesting post from the Microsoft Windows team on the Windows On ARM (WOA) version of Windows 8 that was recently renamed Windows RT-which reminded me why I'll never do Microsoft naming again. Windows RT is targeted directly at the iPad users who are bringing that product into the enterprise today on a wave of trend we are alternatively calling consumerization of IT or Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD) because we evidently can't come to a consensus on just one term.

• Smartphone screens are getting bigger

  By Matt Hamblen | 03 May, 2012 20:11

  Smartphone screens are getting larger, although vendors will likely continue to offer many sizes to woo a wide variety of users.

• The enterprise app store: 10 must-have features

  By Shane O'Neill | 26 April, 2012 06:52

  Is 2012 the year app stores will break out in the enterprise?

• Asus Transformer Pad TF300 review: Value tablet delivers a solid, but mixed, experience

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 23 April, 2012 01:06

  The 10.1-inch Asus Transformer Pad TF300 aims to reshape the tablet market by delivering top-tier performance at a value price. It largely succeeds in this mission, delivering performance that's on a par with its pricier Transformer Prime sibling.

• BYOD battle: A tale of two opposing IT viewpoints

  By Ellen Messmer | 19 April, 2012 20:33

  EdSouth is a bank holding company active in the student-loan arena, and Arrow Container Corp. manufactures cartons and containers. Their ideas about letting employees use their own mobile devices at work for business — what's often called "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) — couldn't be more different.

• Hot for this quarter: The best smartphones

  By Brad Reed | 19 April, 2012 08:45

  Device manufacturers are starting to roll out some of their marquee smartphones in an effort to generate some buzz before Apple inevitably drops its newest iPhone this (northern) summer.

• Open for business: It's the year of the corporate app store

  By Paul Krill | 16 April, 2012 20:11

  With more employees using smartphones and tablets for business, enterprises are setting up their own app stores for application distribution, leveraging a consumer model for mobile application access that is tuned to the workplace. Instead of saddling already overburdened IT personnel with getting applications to individual devices, these app stores provide a central distribution mechanism for employees to download applications themselves.

• Is iOS secure enough for the enterprise?

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 15 April, 2012 02:11

  iOS is making inroads into the enterprise right now, largely thanks to the growth of the BYOD (bring your own device) trend.

• In depth: Nokia's great Windows Phone hope - Beauty without brawn

  By Galen Gruman | 10 April, 2012 20:13

  Nokia may sell more cellphones than any other company in the world, but it's been all but excluded from the United States for years -- and it's seen its global sales steadily shrink as the iPhone and Android smartphones have become the darlings of buyers in an increasing number of countries. Nokia's relevance has been fast receding, and its Symbian, Maemo, and MeeGo efforts became a pattern of failure for a company that just didn't get it. In response, a year ago, Nokia bet its future largely on Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

• Embracing the educational iOS device

  By Christopher Breen | 11 April, 2012 03:03

  I recently offered some advice on how to configure an old iPad for a child, and while the subsequent reaction was largely positive, there were the few (and expected) replies that suggested exposing a child to an iPad would lead to a machine-dependent future, devoid of fresh air, firm muscle tone, and true human interaction.