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Firefox 4 beta 3 accommodates Windows 7 multi-touch

Published on: 17th August, 2010

Mozilla has recently announced the release of Firefox 4 beta 3, which accommodates Windows 7 with multi-touch input from the operating system provided by Microsoft. Web developers are now able to write code directly for touchscreen interfaces instead of considering the use of a mouse.
There is an upgraded JavaScript engine for every platform, which helps [...]

Toshiba’s Libretto W100 to start shipping in Japan on August 11

Published on: 11th August, 2010

Toshiba has recently declared that its twin-screen Libretto W100 Windows 7-based tablet PC will start shipping on August 11. Even if the final prices have not yet been announced, the tablet will most likely be priced at $1,099 when reaching the USA. This remains, however, a special edition and will probably sell quickly.
The new device [...]

Apple’s iPads allegedly used by 23 percent of IT managers

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

About a quarter of the managers working in the IT area are already using the Apple’s iPad, as ITIC claims in a study. At this moment, 23 percent of them have their own iPad and another 18 percent are planning to buy one this year. This does not mean giving iPads to employees, but suggests [...]

Windows XP still used by 74 percent of workplace PCs, according to Microsoft

Published on: 14th July, 2010

Tammi Reller, Corporate Vice President of Windows at Microsoft, during the Windows Partner Conference, admitted that 74 percent of workplace PCs are still utilizing Windows XP. Although both Vista and 7 versions have been released, many users refused to upgrade. Some of them are even keeping systems a longer time than they would normally have. [...]

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will keynote CES 2011 in spite of failed releases

Published on: 14th July, 2010

According to sources from the Consumer Electronics Association, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will continue what is already a tradition and will keynote CES for next year. His presentation on the 5th of January will continue the series of openings made by Microsoft CEOs but this time will come after a few promises that failed to [...]

Toshiba’s first Windows tablet with dual-screen

Published on: 25th June, 2010

Toshiba marked its notebooks’ 25th anniversary with the unveiling of the first dual-touchscreen tablet computer powered by Windows. The Libretto W100 is equipped with twin multi-touch displays, seven-inch sized and with a resolution of 1,024×600, which virtually control the whole Windows 7 interface. One of the displays can either work separately, acting as a keyboard [...]

Amtek prepares iTablet for Computex conference

Published on: 2nd June, 2010

Amtek has made ready several iTablet- and T23-series of its tablets for the next Computex conference in Taiwan.
The iTablet Speed-Lite has a 10.1-inch display with wither 1,024×600 or 1,024×768 choice for the resolution. Windows 7, Windows CE, Linux, or Android 2.0 can be chosen as the operating system. The tablet has 1GB of DDR2 RAM [...]

Intel to release dedicated tablet processors next month

Published on: 29th May, 2010

Intel has promised, together with the unveiling of the ultra-low voltage 32nm processors, to launch processors optimized for tablets. The chips were not detailed but they are expected to debut at the Computex show that starts on the 1st of June. It is believed to be a variant of the Atom Z600 processor, with speed [...]

Toshiba will ready its tablets late in 2010

Published on: 14th March, 2010

Jeff Barney, Toshiba’s US notebook lead, has said the company would develop its own tablets. He said a line of devices is scheduled for late this year or early in 2011. Details of how the devices would look like were not revealed. Jeff Barney said that Toshiba would have to move very fast to get [...]

Google’s Chrome was the champion browser in February

Published on: 6th March, 2010

The only important web browser to gain market share in February was Google’s Chrome, according to Net Applications. The WebKit browser has gained four tenths last month, reaching 5.61 percent of web use, while all the other significant browsers dropped. There was another drop for Internet Explorer to the lowest level in history, 61.58 percent. [...]

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