Tag: design
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Apple iPhone 4 Reception Problems a Lesson in Antenna Design
The iPhone 4 has a very good antenna design as long as you let it do its job. The antenna design demonstrates that the best antenna design from an engineering standpoint isn’t necessarily the best design from a usability standpoint. Imagine, if you will, a day when the term “wireless” had a lot to do… Read more
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Cisco Acquires Consumer Device Design Firm, Moto
Cisco Systems is continuing its push into the consumer space with the acquisition of Moto Development Group, a privately held company with a history of helping create consumer devices, including Cisco’s Flip video camera. Cisco officials said Moto’s 35-member team will complement Cisco’s own consumer business and enhance its product road map. The consumer space… Read more
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HP Introduces New PCs with AMD Chips
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co is rolling out a back-to-school lineup of notebook personal computers in what will be its largest single launch of laptops featuring processors from Advanced Micro Devices. HP said it refreshed or overhauled its Envy, Pavilion and Mini netbook consumer lines, and ProBook enterprise PCs. They will go on sale later in… Read more
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Google Chip Design Firm Founded by Former Apple Employees
Categories: News and TrendsGoogle has quietly purchased a stealth company founded by former Apple employees called Agnilux, the search engine confirmed for eWEEK April 20. Agnilux allegedly makes a server chip, but no one has been able to confirm this and the Website is bare aside from some @symbols and shadow figures of office workers. The acquisition was… Read more
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Jericho Forum Launches Free Security Assessment Tool
Categories: SecurityChannel partners have a new, free tool at their disposal for testing IT security products, courtesy of an assessment framework launched this week by Jericho Forum. Known for its revolutionary ideas—it was one of the first organizations to announce the death of perimeter security years ago—Jericho Forum is an international IT security thought-leadership association. Its… Read more
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Cisco, VMware, NetApp Join Forces
Just over a year ago Cisco fired a bold shot across the data center market with its Project California initiative and its intent to enter the server market. Following various product announcements and sweeping realignments by competitors like HP and Brocade, Cisco created a new alliance called the Virtual Computing Environment coalition with VMware and… Read more