Friday, January 13, 2012

5 key takeaways from CES

IBM smashes Moore's Law, cuts bit size to 12 atoms | Buyers hang on for cheaper, faster Windows 8 ultrabooks

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5 key takeaways from CES
As is often the case, the expectations of what will be the big story at the Consumer Electronics Show are different from what actually becomes the big story. Read More


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IBM smashes Moore's Law, cuts bit size to 12 atoms
IBM researchers have discovered a way to create a bit of data using only 12 iron atoms, which compares to today's magnetic data storage technology requiring about one million atoms for a single bit. Read More

Buyers hang on for cheaper, faster Windows 8 ultrabooks
Ultrabooks are attracting admirers at the Consumer Electronics Show, but some attendees are waiting to buy the thin laptops until prices drop and Windows 8 is released later this year. Read More

How a Baptist pastor in Florida became the go-to IT guy
As a Baptist pastor, Terrill Gilley says his work calls for him to help worshippers and provide support to the senior pastor at his Florida church located in a rural area outside Orlando. And oh, he's also the network administrator for the church and the school it established. Read More

Survey: Tell us how you're handling the BYOD trend
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Reducing Hidden Operating Costs Through IT Asset Discovery
After reductions in headcount and procurements have been made, cost-cutting strategies are now turning to internal operations, and many IT decision makers are taking a closer look at indirect, or "soft," costs within these departments. Learn More

Tech roadmap for 2012
Despite economic uncertainty at home and abroad, enterprises IT budgets grew in 2011, although not by very much. So, what's on tap for 2012? In this package of stories, Network World and IDG News Service reporters provide a roadmap for the new year. Read More

Eggs thrown at Beijing Apple store after iPhone 4S sale canceled
Apple abruptly canceled first-day sales of its iPhone 4S at one of its Beijing stores, prompting an irate customer to throw eggs at the building, and leaving others disappointed after waiting for a number of hours. Read More

CES 2012: Entreprenuers bet it all in Vegas
Inside Eureka Park, first-timers can spent $1000 for a booth, though that price doesn't tell the whole story. Stephen Harris-Smith just stuck a $20 thousand dollars into a business for his invention, that he's here displaying for the first time. Read More

CES 2012: D-Link shows cloud router, mobile hotspot and powerline hybrid router
At CES 2012, Keith Shaw gets a tour of some new D-Link networking offerings at the CES 2012 show, including a cloud router, an app for monitoring the router, a mobile hot spot and a hybrid powerline and wireless router. Read More


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Big Data: Managing Explosive Growth
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CES 2012: Buffalo demos 802.11ac wireless speeds
At CES 2012, Buffalo Technology was showing off a public demo of 802.11ac speeds, providing about 6x the speeds of current high-end 802.11n gear. Products with the draft standard of 802.11ac are expected by the end of 2012. Read More

CES 2012: Actor Seth Green talks video apps, robots, Robot Chicken
Computerworld's Sharon Gaudin chats at CES 2012 with actor Seth Green about Shodogg, a company he's investing in. The app allows for aggregation of video content to multiple monitors and devices. Green also chats about robots and Robot Chicken. Read More

For $1000, a chance for tech glory in Vegas
This year, CES opened up a new section for startups, which it is calling Eureka Park. Entries are limited to first-time exhibitors at the show and come with a 10-foot by 10-foot space, table and rear wall for hanging displays. They cost $1,000, a bargain for a major exhibition. Read More

Is insourcing the new outsourcing?
It would be a stretch to insinuate that outsourcing of all manner of work outside the US is subsiding substantially. Read More

U.S. CIO Unveils Mobile Strategy for Federal Government
Obama administration tech chief Steven VanRoekel looks to narrow mobile gap between feds and private sector, also cites consumerization of IT and the migration to the cloud as key areas. Read More

Windows 8 How To: Quick OS Reinstalls
A standout feature in early demos of Windows 8 is the ability to quickly restore the OS to its original state while keeping your data intact, thus speeding up a process that has long been tedious and unsteady. Read More



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CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets
Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy!

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