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Doctors’ Offices to Emerge As Heavy Tablet Buyers in 2012: NPD Group
Tablets will be a fixture in many doctors’ offices in 2012, research firm NPD Group reports. About 75 percent of small and midsize medical practices plan to buy tablets over the next year, according to a recent survey by the company. The results were part of NPD’s third-quarter "SMB Technology Monitor." Released Dec. 29, the…
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Symantec Confirms Hackers Stole Outdated Code, Downplays Impact
Symantec has confirmed that a group of hackers has stolen source code to two Symantec products, but downplayed the possible impact on users as a result of the theft. The attackers stole source code for two older Symantec products for enterprise customers, and not on the consumer-focused Norton product line as had been previously reported,…
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Mobile Client Devices Spur Solid State Storage Growth
Technology advancements, changing dynamics in the PC industry, new enterprise server and storage architectures, and near-term hard disk drive shortages are all combining to propel the worldwide solid state storage market higher from 2011 through 2015, according to research from IT anayltics firm IDC. The worldwide solid state storage industry revenue reached $5 billion in…
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CES: Windows Phone, Windows 8 Likely Focus of Ballmer Keynote
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage for his Jan. 9 keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, he ll almost certainly whip the curtain back from a few company projects in development. Chief among those will be Windows 8, the long-gestating operating system due to arrive sometime in the latter half of 2012.…
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Smartphones, Tablets, Ultrabooks to Make Splash at CES: Canalys
A report from IT analytics firm Canalys predicted the key themes likely coming out of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, anticipating that Intel’s ultrabook category will capture most of the mobile product announcements, with up to 50 new devices expected. Tablet devices are expected to take a back…
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Mobile Workers to Number 1.3 Billion by 2015: IDC
By 2015, the world’s mobile worker population will reach 1.3 billion, representing 37.2 percent of the total workforce, according to an updated forecast from IT analytics firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The report projects the most significant gains will again be in the emerging economies of Asia/Pacific thanks to continued, strong economic growth. The Americas…