Demand grows for Internet-capable mobile devices as prices fall
The growing demand for online applications could push the number of mobile devices accessing the Internet past 1 billion by 2013, IDC said in a survey issued on Wednesday.
But the numbers could have been even worse, according to Computer Economics
Forty-six percent of North American IT shops are planning to cut positions this year, up from 24 percent last year, with one-quarter planning to slash staff by 10 percent or more, according to a newly released study by Computer Economics.
Lower cost cited as chief reason for using Linux
Half of the businesses that have deployed Linux on the desktop have rolled it out to less than 20% of their workers due to perceived and real obstacles, according to a survey released today by UK analyst firm, Freeform Dynamics.
12% of IT managers surveyed say they have cut a laptop or desktop rollout since October, despite recession
IT managers have canceled outright fewer client computing projects during the recession than expected, preferring instead to postpone or scale them back, according to a Gartner Inc. survey of 475 IT administrators at large companies in nine countries.
At a lab at the University of Cambridge in England, Microsoft is studying networking, energy use and home broadband
Even as the world economy languishes, Microsoft is putting an increasing focus on its research efforts in areas well beyond its traditional desktop and office software domain.
Researchers at Princeton University have discovered a way to take unique 'fingerprints' of paper using inexpensive scanners.
Think two blank sheets of paper are the same? Look closer.
In just a few years if you forget to brush your teeth, you may get a gentle reminder -- from your bathroom mirror.
In just a few years if you forget to brush your teeth, you may get a gentle reminder -- from your bathroom mirror.
Microsoft expects to launch Viveri, an experimental search site that will let its researchers more easily roll out new search ideas.
In the next several months Microsoft expects to launch an experimental search site called Viveri, designed to allow the company's researchers to easily roll out new search ideas.
Microsoft demonstrated new technologies, including a system for recognizing conference-call participants, at its annual TechFest event.
If you've ever been frustrated with trying to determine who is speaking when listening to a conference call, help may be at hand.
Algorithm will become an integral part of a scientist’s toolbox to answer questions about data.
Scientists have more data at their disposal than ever before -- often more than they can properly examine. But a new algorithm should make it easier for them to visualize huge data sets. And cheaper, too; software based on the algorithm can run on personal computers with as little as 2GB of RAM.
Intel on Sunday is expected to detail advances in silicon nanophotonics technology that could boost optical communication speeds.
Intel on Sunday detailed advances in an emerging field of technology that it said will boost optical communication speeds, allowing for faster data transfers between devices.
IBM Research wants to bring the brain's processing power to computers, making it possible for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time.
IBM Research on Thursday uncovered work it is doing to bring the brain's processing power to computers, in an effort to make it easier for PCs to process vast amounts of data in real time.
Researchers at UC Berkeley and Nokia will test a new system, called Mobile Millennium, which uses GPS phone data to monitor traffic conditions.
Researchers from Nokia and the University of California in Berkeley will go live with a new project this week that aims to cull GPS data from thousands of mobile phones in order to tell drivers which San Francisco Bay Area roads are backed up and which are moving along.
Scientists cross key barrier in quantum computing research
Someday, you might take business data off a disk drive and move it into the nucleus of an atom.
McGill scientists say quasi-3-D electron crystal could be key to shrinking transistors
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have discovered a new state of matter that they say could greatly extend Moore's Law.
