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IT Spending to Suffer Due to European Debt Crisis
Gartner analysts trimmed their worldwide IT spending forecast for 2010, saying they now expect spending increases to reach 3.9 percent, not the 5.3 percent predicted earlier this year. The European debt crisis is the primary culprit. The economic woes in Europe will have a negative impact on worldwide IT spending for the rest of the…
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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…
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10 Motorola Droid X Features the iPhone 4 Should Have
The Motorola Droid X is ready to hit store shelves on July 15. And when it does, the device will be carrying the Android OS banner as Google’s operating system tries to compete against Apple’s iOS 4. It won’t be easy. Apple’s new mobile operating system is arguably the best version of the software the…
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U.S. Search Share Increases for Google
Yahoo dropped from 14.96 percent in April to 14.43 percent in May; Bing fell from 9.43 percent the prior month to 9.23 percent. The numbers stand out against the May search statistics from comScore, which used two data sets. One showed Google gaining in search, the other showed Google losing share to Yahoo and Bing.…
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AMD, Intel Continue to Up Chip Core Count
At the upcoming Hot Chips conference in Palo Alto, Calif., Intel officials will talk about “Westmere EX,” which could include up to 10 cores per chip. For its part, AMD will discuss its upcoming “Bulldozer” platform, which will offer up to 16 cores per chip. Sally Steven, Dell’s vice president of Dell’s Server Solutions business,…
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10 Things Missing from the Apple iPhone 4
Steve Jobs has left the stage at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference, and now it’s time to evaluate what he showed off. The Apple CEO’s announcement was headlined by the iPhone 4, the latest in the long and venerable line of Apple smartphones that have revolutionized the mobile market and effectively changed consumer desire. But there…