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Could 64-bit Vista finally be taking off?

News It's a dramatic shift even from last quarter, in which only about 5 per cent of its total desktop and laptop models had a 64-bit OS installed. Among the factors leading to the shift are the fact that 64-bit machines, unlike their 32-bit brethren...

Tags: desktops, cent, models, gaming

5 August 2008, 9:19

Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour

News The watchdog claims this marks an important shift for Blighty as, back in 2000 when broadband was introduced, urban households were first to sign up -- prompting fears of a digital divide opening up based on high speed Internet connectivity.

Tags: rate, cent, points, connected

23 May 2008, 9:50

Facebook execs explain profile redesign

News This shift is meant to make it easier for people to see dynamically changing information from friends and applications first, according to Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook's vice president of product marketing.

Tags: beta, feed, feeds, distribution

22 May 2008, 9:58

News.blog: Dell to cut back on XPS gaming PCs

News Dell will shift all of its gaming energies at Alienware, including providing Dell R&D resources. As the Journal also noted, this shift will mirror the move that HP made when it acquired Voodoo, although in that case HP immediately involved Voodoo...

Tags: gaming, hp, dell, alienware

14 May 2008, 8:40

News.blog: OLPC to get XP?

News Negroponte cited weaknesses in the XO's current open-source operating system -- right now the XO can't support the latest versions of Flash animation -- as well as the Linux community itself -- for being too "fundamentalist" -- as the reasons for...

Tags: operating system, laptop, source, linux

24 April 2008, 9:13

O2 knocks £100 off iPhone price

News The price cut will also fuel speculation that O2 is trying to shift stock before the much-rumoured launch of a 3G version of the iPhone in June. The price of Apple's UK iPhone has been slashed by mobile operator O2 -- fuelling speculation that a 3G...

Tags: cent, customers, stock, apple

16 April 2008, 8:12

Male-targeted mobiles hogging market

News Gartner are predicting a shift in the workplace make-up, with more people working later in life in developed countries and a wider mix of gender and ethnicity among staff worldwide. Mobile phones are designed by men for men, with women and children...

Tags: products, mobiles, children, men

11 April 2008, 9:37

3 to heavily promote VoIP and IM

News The smallest mobile-phone operator in the UK, 3, is to heavily promote IP telephony and instant messaging on its network, its chief executive has said. Speaking at a mobile-broadband roundtable on Tuesday, Kevin Russell said the operator was "not...

Tags: traffic, messaging, broadband, voip

9 April 2008, 9:57

Windows-based cashpoints at risk of hijack

News Gyan Chawdhary, senior security consultant with IRM, told silicon.com the shift among cashpoints to modern PC infrastructure means it now only requires minimal programming knowledge to hack ATM machines successfully once access had been gained to...

Tags: machines, cash, face, encrypted

5 March 2008, 9:16

News.blog: Microsoft tunes in to open-source world

News This is a very important strategic shift in terms of how each and every engineer at the company views what their mission and job is," he said. Microsoft's top executives on Thursday detailed steps they say will help the software giant comply with...

Tags: value, documentation, requirements, commercial

22 February 2008, 9:29

McDonald's serves up instore Wi-Fi

News The move is in line with McDonald's strategy to shift the brand into a more upmarket space, currently occupied by trendy coffee bars such as Fast food chain McDonald's is about to roll out a free Wi-Fi service across its 1,200 outlets and claims it...

8 October 2007, 8:32

Intel prepares massive multicore CPUs

News It also can prevent the emergence of 'hot spots' -- if a single processor core starts to get warm because it's been performing non-stop, the scheduler can shift computing jobs to a neighbour. Ants and beetles have exoskeletons -- and chips with 60...

15 June 2007, 9:21

Get set for a summer of Apple

News But before it gets to the iPhone launch, Apple will pause next week to shift the spotlight back to its core Mac business. Apple is preparing for one of the most pivotal summers in its history. On 29 June, the company is expected to release the...

11 June 2007, 10:10

BBC zooms in on mobile content

News It looks like the shift we saw when broadband took off," Highfield added. The BBC is banking on mobile for its future -- and is already eyeing up the possibilities of location-based services to boost its offerings.

16 May 2007, 9:55

News.blog: iPod surgery in a flash

News Apple is expected to eventually shift the entire iPod line-up over to flash as costs come down, but if you can't wait, check out the tips. Want an iPod nano, but you're stuck with a fourth-generation iPod?

4 April 2007, 8:58