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Article | 9/05/2013 Galaxy S4's U.S. version needs added image processor for eye-tracking
Samsung has built several different Galaxy S4 smartphones, including a U.S. version running a Snapdragon processor that requires an extra image proces...
Article | 9/05/2013 FCC moves toward new airplane broadband service
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a major step toward helping more airlines offer in-cabin wireless broadband, with the agency voti...
Article | 8/05/2013 Facebook to design an open source switch
As part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook's network engineering team is leading a project to develop an open source networking switch.
Article | 8/05/2013 More support for Windows RT, this time from Nvidia
Nvidia will stay on board with making Tegra ARM-based processors for Windows RT tablets despite sluggish early sales of the devices, making the same c...
Article | 8/05/2013 VMware: Faster app provisioning makes SDN a keeper
Software defined networking (SDN) is generating a lot of buzz these days, but the technology will ultimately make itself useful in the enterprise larg...
Article | 7/05/2013 Caesars Palace deals Google Glass out of its game
A year before Google's futuristic-looking, computerized eyeglasses are even expected to hit the market, they have been banned -- again.
Article | 6/05/2013 Windows 8 update: Gates - Windows 8 is about the iPad
Windows 8 is Microsoft's best effort to catch up with Apple and grab tablet sales away from the iPad by including things iPads just don't have, accord...
Article | 6/05/2013 Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013, NPD says
New tablet shipments will outnumber laptops for the first time in 2013, as touch display capabilities drive buying patterns rather than new operating ...
Article | 4/05/2013 A telecom landmark gets wired for the cloud
The Pacific Bell tower in San Francisco, the high-rise headquarters of the phone company through eight decades and several name changes, was a monumen...
Article | 3/05/2013 iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 3
Almost overnight, thanks to posts finally resembling "news," the iOSphere has become an expert in industrial design, contemplating an iPhone 6 or 5S o...
Article | 2/05/2013 Hope you like Jelly Bean, because you're not getting Key Lime Pie
I'll kick off this roundup by eating a little crow -- I pooh-poohed the notion that Google might not be rolling out Key Lime Pie at this year's I/O co...
Article | 2/05/2013 Windows 8 Update: 2nd-generation Surface tablets may debut next month
Microsoft may be revealing the second generation of its Surface tablets during its developers' conference next month, according to a printed report.
Article | 1/05/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 1
The truth is out there, in blurry, "leaked" photos of the iPad 5 rear shell, which is just the right size for the compost pile of iOSphere rumors. One...
Article | 1/05/2013 Is Twitter broken?
Twitter, the increasingly popular micro-blogging service, has come under quite a bit of criticism in the past few weeks. Users of the platform, which ...
Article | 1/05/2013 Think tablets are popular? Shipments explode in first quarter
Tablet shipments exploded by 142 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 year-over-year as all Android tablets, including low-budget white box versions,...