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  IN PICTURES: The gizmos of Computex 2011

• HP's new x86 servers attack management, power costs

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 14 February, 2012 08:15

  Hewlett-Packard's new x86 server line, announced Monday, aims to wring out as much management overhead as possible through automation and improved energy management.

• Preston Gralla: Apple Will Never Unseat Microsoft in the Enterprise

  By Preston Gralla | 13 February, 2012 22:15

  Apple is riding high these days, not just in the consumer market with the iPhone and iPad, but increasingly in the corporate market as well. Some people envision the day when Apple will challenge Microsoft in the enterprise. That will never happen.

• Factory Conditions Elicit Little Outcry

  By Kerry Davis, Agam Shah, Grant Gross | 13 February, 2012 22:15

  Amid renewed reports of poor working conditions in China at factories making products for Apple and other companies, it's unclear whether users will demand change.

• FAQ: WOA vs. x86, which Windows tablet to pick?

  By Matt Hamblen | 12 February, 2012 03:40

  IT managers weighing the pros and cons of picking either an upcoming Windows on ARM (WOA) tablet or an x86-based Windows 8 tablet still face a number of unknowns.

• Phoenix Suns deploy Galaxy Tab 10.1 for use on and off the court

  By Matt Hamblen | 09 February, 2012 09:06

  The Phoenix Suns have deployed more than 100 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets over Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network for use by the team's business personnel, players and managers in the current basketball season.

• U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 February, 2012 23:10

  In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.

• India builds a mega data center

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 07 February, 2012 23:39

  IBM has designed and helped to build a 900,000-square-foot data center in India that it says is the largest in that country in terms of size and power. It's also among the largest in the world.

• AMD execs tout firm's tablet plans

  By Sharon Gaudin | 07 February, 2012 10:04

  With new CEO Rory Read at the helm for about six months, Advanced Micro Devices has turned its attention to the lucrative and burgeoning tablet market.

• In crowded tablet market, brand identity will matter

  By Matt Hamblen | 15 January, 2011 06:59

  When it comes to the bevy of new tablet computers coming to market, a tablet maker's brand will take on more significance than ever.

• Print 2011: margins and opportunities

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 22 October, 2010 11:49

  As much as we’d like to think we’re headed towards a paperless office (for the environment’s sake, if nothing else), printing will still be a significant part of normal office life in 2011.

• A daughter follows her father into a mainframe career

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 05 August, 2010 05:59

  Kristine Harper and her father, Tom, both work on mainframe computers. BOSTON - Kristine Harper was about 12-years-old when her father took her to his office to take part of a "take your daughter to work day." Tom Harper said his daughter was less than enthusiastic about his profession that day.