Want to stretch the battery life of your netbook and not worried about voiding your warranty in the process? Low-power display startup Pixel Qi is readying a do-it-yourself kit that will allow you to swap out your netbook's existing LCD screen for one of theirs.
Wilson Electronics, a maker of cellular signal boosters, has launched a website to share customer testimonials and give consumers a way to fight to keep the devices legal.
Group mentoring is a key component of the CIO Executive Council's Pathways leadership development program. In contrast to a more traditional one-on-one relationship, the group environment provides participants a unique, ongoing opportunity to tap the wisdom of a seasoned CIO, as well as to network with small groups of their peers. Most CIOs, however, are accustomed to that more traditional connection--either through prior experience as mentors or as former protégés themselves. A group environment creates
There is plenty of hype around 4G technologies but beyond the rhetoric are happening. 4G technologies basically represent the next stage of wireless data technologies and generally deliver average download rates of 3Mbps or greater. In contrast, today's 3G networks typically deliver average download speeds about one-tenth of that rate. Here's a roundup of the latest coverage of the 4G world.
Mary Lou Jepsen and her team at start-up Pixel Qi have their display-screen technology in several products being shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and plan to put a DIY (do it yourself) screen kit on the market early this year.
Just weeks after announcing the deal, Microsoft has closed its acquisition of Perceptive Pixel (PPI), whose large-scale, multitouch displays Microsoft plans to use to boost its collaboration, meetings and presentation products.
Rather than being a time for retreat, the current tough economy presents an opportunity for designers to shine, a Microsoft official stressed Wednesday at the company's Mix09 conference for software designers and developers.
One Laptop Per Child spin-off Pixel Qi on Thursday said it will soon start shipping low-power screens that could increase laptop battery life by up to 50 percent.
Samsung Electronics has launched the ATIV Q, a tablet-laptop hybrid with a 3,200 x 1,800 pixel resolution screen that runs Windows 8 as well as Android. The company also introduced the Windows 8-based ATIV Tab 3 tablet.
LAS VEGAS -- Interop Las Vegas kicked off today with a lecture from a college professor as the keynote address, a stark contrast to the industry luminaries who filled that slot in the past.
As IP telephony transitions into the strategic-value stage over the next 18 to 24 months, the market may move into Avaya's value proposition of software and services. In contrast, all the other major IP telephony vendors are product focused, offering little to no professional services or application development environments.
Mary Lou Jepsen stirred up a controversy when she left the struggling One Laptop Per Child nonprofit effort in December to start her own for-profit company, Pixel Qi, with the goal to create a US$75 laptop using technologies she invented at OLPC.
IT leaders with an eye on the economy may be wondering how their industries are expected to do this year. According to business intelligence researcher IBIS, VoIP subscription growth will boost service provider revenue. In contrast, mortgage and loan brokers are not likely to expand their staffs.
When Microsoft releases new patches, as it does this week with its 10 vulnerability haul, everyone seems to get them installed pretty quickly after they're released. Maybe it's the automatic update feature in Windows or the fact that people are always wary of Microsoft security. Whatever the case, it's a good thing patches are installed quickly. Contrast that to a report from Computerworld that says while Oracle releases patches on a quarterly basis - with 36 delivered this week - database admins are not a
When Microsoft releases new patches, as it does this week with its 10 vulnerability haul, everyone seems to get them installed pretty quickly after they're released. Maybe it's the automatic update feature in Windows or the fact that people are always wary of Microsoft security. Whatever the case, it's a good thing patches are installed quickly. Contrast that to a report from Computerworld that says while Oracle releases patches on a quarterly basis - with 36 delivered this week - database admins are not a
When Microsoft releases new patches, as it does this week with its 10 vulnerability haul, everyone seems to get them installed pretty quickly after they're released. Maybe it's the automatic update feature in Windows or the fact that people are always wary of Microsoft security. Whatever the case, it's a good thing patches are installed quickly. Contrast that to a report from Computerworld that says while Oracle releases patches on a quarterly basis - with 36 delivered this week - database admins are not a
Last time, I reviewed disheartening research showing that in general, our security-awareness efforts don't work. Most people seem to blame poor communications or the obtuseness of users. In contrast with this standard view of the failure of compliance with sensible advice, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have been studying why people fail to follow perfectly good advice on how to avoid phishing scams.
It'aIt's an interesting contrast: Consumers are fast ditching videotape for DVDs and hard disks, but the people who make TV shows are sticking to tape for some cutting-edge applications. When it comes to recording broadcast-quality HDTV today's optical disc systems, just can't spin fast enough to keep up with the video -- but that may be about to change. an interesting contrast: consumers are fast ditching videotape for DVDs and hard-disks but the people who make TV shows are sticking to tape for some cutt
BlackBerry is working on an unannounced smartphone that has a 4.5-inch screen with a 1440 by 1440 pixel resolution, as evidenced by the latest version of the company's SDK (software development kit).