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  • What makes IBM Watson so smart?

    If you have seen any of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12rNbGf2Wwo">video</a> of its preliminary bouts on "Jeopardy!" you know that IBM's Watson computer is pretty amazing. One of the main reasons it turns out is that IBM enlisted the intelligence of eight of the country's top universities to make sure Watson has superb question answering ability.

  • iPads storm the enterprise

    As global accounts director at Altus, Inc., Michelle Klatt's job is to visit Fortune 500 companies and demonstrate her firm's video management software. When the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> came out a year ago, she was all over it.

  • iPad 3 rumor mill powers up

    Despite efforts by Google, HP, Dell and others to grab center stage in recent weeks with tablet computer announcements, Apple and its market leading iPads remain the chief attention getters.

  • HP TouchPad vs. Apple iPad tablet showdown

    How does <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020911-hp-launches-first-run-at.html?hpg1=bn">HP's newly announced webOS-based TouchPad</a> stack up against the market creator, Apple's iOS-based iPad?

  • Apple reportedly cranking out iPad 2 tablets

    Apple has reportedly started manufacturing iPad 2 that might just have enough improvements to get tablet computer holdouts to jump on board, though might not have enough new bells and whistles to prompt massive upgrades from early adopters.

  • Motorola ATRIX 4G: A new stage for smartphone, PC integration

    With the release of the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/010611-ces-4g-wireless.html">Motorola ATRIX 4G</a>, the line between <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/061510-smartphone-history.html">smartphones</a> and personal computers will become a little blurrier.

  • Research roundup: Mobile apps here to stay, Android piques developer interest

    This week has seen a flurry of research released on the mobile world. Among the key findings: the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/70979">mobile app market is set to explode</a>, Android is narrowing the gap with <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/120101-iphone-quiz.html">iPhone</a> for developer <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/14-year-olds-bubble-ball-1-itunes-app-shoots-">interest</a> and tablets are driving increases in computer shipments.

  • HP exec hints at larger role for webOS

    A recent CNBC interview with an HP executive is focusing attention on the company's expected webOS device news, including a possible tablet, on Feb. 9 in San Francisco.

  • Tablet usage explodes in enterprise

    A new survey of business IT buyers shows demand for the new-style tablets is exploding in the enterprise. One big surprise is the willingness of enterprises to use tablets such as the iPad to replace laptops, for years the main mobile computing platform for companies.

  • Start-up transforms unused desktop cycles into fast server clusters

    When you consider technologies that make corporate IT more efficient by improving utilization of computing resources, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/060710-tech-argument-citrix-vmware-microsoft.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2010-06-18">VMware</a> and its x86 virtualization software may be what that comes to mind.

  • 6 sets of useful Apple iPad resources

    Apple says it sold more than 3 million iPad tablet computers during the first quarter they were on the market and nearly 5 million in the quarter ended Sept. 25.

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