Features

• Would you use a Cloud-based version of Windows?

  By Ian Paul | 02 May, 2013 22:24

  It's been two years since Chromebooks running Google's Chrome OS appeared on store shelves. So far, Google's plan - to turn your Web browser into an operating system and websites into desktop-app replacements - does not appear to be catching on

• What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind

  By Bob Brown | 23 April, 2013 15:06

  As someone who spent billions with HP over 20 years while in IT leadership roles at Boeing and Verizon Wireless, John Hinshaw knew the big hardware, software and services company from the outside as well as anyone. In the year-and-a-half since becoming executive vice-president of technology and operations at HP, he's been putting that knowledge to use on the inside.

• What IBM's x86 exit may mean for rivals

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 April, 2013 18:32

  IBM's reported interest in selling parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo may bring major changes to the global market.

• Dell offers glimpse of its post-buyout life

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 07 February, 2013 11:15

  There is a lot yet to be told about how going private will change Dell, but one thing it won't change is its enterprise strategy.

• HP's woes persist as Autonomy deal goes bad

  By Chris Kanaracus | 03 December, 2012 11:16

  Hewlett-Packard vows to 'aggressively' seek recompense for alleged fraud on the part of U.K. software vendor Autonomy, which HP acquired in a $US10.3 billion deal last year.

• In a symbolic shift, IBM's India workforce likely exceeds U.S.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 29 November, 2012 11:15

  It has been widely expected over the past year or two that IBM's India workforce was on track to exceed its U.S. workforce, if it hadn't exceeded it already.

• Europe looks to ARM chips for supercomputing edge

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 15 November, 2012 11:13

  The European Union is moving to build a high-performance computing industry to challenge U.S. dominance, but it doesn't want to play catch-up. It wants to leapfrog, and it is seeing whether ARM Holdings technology can give it that edge.

• High-performance computing turns to apps to cut cost and frustration

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 14 November, 2012 11:18

  Steve Jobs was right about apps in more ways than perhaps he ever knew. The concept of using apps to make software easily available and affordable to large numbers is arriving in high performance computing.

• After a tough year, Intel and HP push ahead on Itanium

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 12 November, 2012 11:13

  It has been a rough stretch for Itanium. HP and its customers were startled after Oracle abruptly announced its intent to discontinue software development on HP's Itanium servers. But neither HP nor Intel has backed away from Itanium, and last week's announcements appear to affirm that.

• Guide: How to print anything from anywhere - Your ultimate guide to mobile printing

  By Melissa Riofrio | 05 November, 2012 14:48

  Printing anything from anywhere is no longer fantasy. In fact, it's often a necessity if using a smartphone, tablet, or laptop is an essential part of your daily workflow.

• SPECIAL REPORT: Hybrid transformation of the cloud

  By Jennifer O'Brien | 09 August, 2011 11:12

  For one of the world’s largest producers of zinc as well as a substantial producer of copper, lead, gold and silver, moving towards a hybrid cloud computing environment was a no-brainer.

• Tablets: iPad 2 vs. Xoom vs. PlayBook vs. WebOS slates

  By Tony Bradley | 21 January, 2011 11:07

  It may seem like 2010 was the year of the tablet, but the reality is that 2010 was really just the year of the iPad with 15 million units sold and no real competitors for the Apple tablet. However, 2011 will be very different with a diverse variety of tablet options emerging--including some particularly relevant entries from major players.

• More WebOS rumors: What we know so far

  By Jared Newman | 20 January, 2011 08:55

  The leaked details on HP and Palm's WebOS tablet keep on coming, though HP has said we haven't seen everything yet.

• Tablet revolution reality check

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 17 January, 2011 17:41

  With so much chatter about tablets this year, you might think that the handheld, rectangular devices being unveiled represent a significant innovation. The reality is that so much of what we're seeing is not a whole lot different than what we saw in previous years; these products offer only a few new twists. But those new twists could make the difference between tablets' remaining a niche item and their finally busting out to the mass market in a meaningful way.

• How HP and Palm's WebOS tablet could 'blow away' iPad

  By Jared Newman | 15 January, 2011 07:00

  We haven't seen HP hype a tablet since last year's flirtation with Windows 7, but that could change after February 9, when the company has all but confirmed that it will introduce its first WebOS tablet.