Google today announced its first tablet product, the Nexus 7, fitted with a powerful quadcore processor and specifically designed to work with the expanding Google Play, the online media and apps site.
Somehow in this day of insider rumors being leaked out, Microsoft kept its latest creation under wraps until just before its Surface tablet was announced. Remarkable in this day.
IT budgets are expected to increase an average of only 3 percent this year, down from 6 percent reported last year, according to CIOmagazine’s latest Tech Poll of 200 IT leaders. The survey, conducted in April, showed that budget increases are in store for nearly half of CIOs, up from 32 percent roughly 9 months ago. Just one in five CIOs anticipate IT budget cuts. There is also a big shift underway in terms of where IT spending is being targeted. CIOs are increasing spending on outsourced IT services, including cloud, plus mobile/wireless and applications. To see the full survey results, register here.
Flame malware is considered ingenious by network security researchers. They say the botnet has the most complex command and control structures ever seen.
The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) survey was completed with the goal of gaining a better understanding of current and future UC&C investments. The survey highlights the uptick in UC&C adoption and investments in the coming three years — specifically in enterprise organizations — demonstrating the value organizations place on technologies that enable consistent and connected communications between employees, customers and partners.
Android device activations have skyrocketed lately, and now average around 850,000 a day. That's quite a leap from the first quarter of 2010, when Android activations were averaging a mere 65,000 per day. Android is currently the most popular mobile operating system in the world, as research firm Gartner reported late last year that Android devices accounted for more than half of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2011.
The first hands-on reviews of the new iPad make it clear not only that Apple keeps the tablet crown but why it continues to do so.
The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a> today reported record quarterly revenues and profits to start its 2012 fiscal year. The results reflect strong demand for the new <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/120101-iphone-quiz.html">iPhone</a> 4S and the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a>.
Silicon Valley-based airline Virgin America named one its jets after <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a> co-founder Steve Jobs. But the jet isn't named "Steve Jobs."
2011 could be described as “The Year of …” many things. The tablet market heated up beyond the Apple iPad. 4G wireless took off with the emergence of big-time LTE networks. Governments and hackers screamed for attention by taking down networks, while IPv6 generated interest for giving the Internet a way to carry on.
Network World's own Indiana Shaw goes through more than just the temple of doom to find gifts suitable for you or other techies on your list. Just like his more famous archeologist cousin who digs up ancient artifacts and treasures from around the globe, Indiana Shaw scours the globe and the Internet to dig up the greatest technology treasures.
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The U.S. Postal service has launched a BlackBerry version of its smartphone app that lets users quickly find a post office or post box, look up ZIP codes and track packages.
Apple, AT&T, Microsoft, Google and others are givens for being among the top newsmakers of 2011. Others will no doubt surprise us as we go along.