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PCWorld Digital Magazine Enhanced Android Edition out now, and available to subscribers for free
We’re happy to announce that PCWorld Digital Magazine is now available in an Enhanced Android Edition-and along with the Enhanced Kindle Edition, we’re launching the Enhanced Android Edition free for print subscribers! The Enhanced Android Edition is available now for free download from Google Play, and supports...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
PCWorld Digital Magazine now available in a variety of Enhanced formats, and offered free for...
At PCWorld we work hard to stay on the cutting edge of technology, both in our reporting and with our publication. With that in mind, we’re proud to announce the launch of our newest PCWorld Digital Magazine Enhanced Editions, the Enhanced Android Edition and the Enhanced Kindle Edition-and, just as with the...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Intel loses ground as world's top semiconductor company, survey says
As Intel mulls a plan to expand its contract-manufacturing operations, the company has lost ground as the world's top semiconductor company to chip suppliers benefitting from the success of mobile devices, according to a study by IC Insights released on Monday. Based on revenue, Intel remained the top semiconductor...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Review: Metro: Last Light is the most fun you'll have in post-apocalyptic Russia
Following in the footsteps of 2010’s Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light improves upon the gameplay of its predecessor without destroying what made the series great in the first place: the setting. Last Light takes you back to the post-apocalyptic Russian wasteland, employing an excellent soundtrack and bleak, desolate...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
New York calls on phone makers to help deter theft
The New York State attorney general has sent letters to the chief executives of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Samsung asking them for help in combating cellphone theft and hinting he may pursue legal action if they don't cooperate. The theft of expensive smartphones is on the rise across the U.S., and police chiefs...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
HP updates IT automation suite for cloud deployments
Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management tools with more capabilities to work with public and private clouds. The updated software addresses "the new style of IT, where [IT shops] no longer support a monolithic...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
France should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report
France should stop cutting off the Internet access of those accused of illicit file sharing, and close down the agency that polices online copyright breaches, according to a government-commissioned report. The report also recommended imposing a copyright levy on smartphones, tablets and other connected devices to...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Harmon.ie aims to bridge the mobile device gap in Office 365
A new mobile application from Harmon.ie promises to improve the way people use Microsoft Office 365 from iOS, BlackBerry and Android tablets and phones. Users will be able create, edit, share and store documents using Harmon.ie 4.0 to tie together Office 365 components like SharePoint Online, Yammer, Office Web...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Review: SynciOS takes over for iTunes
I recently tried Wondershare's MobileGo for iOS, a handy tool for managing your iOS devices from your PC. MobileGo for iOS gives you a lot of freedom over your iOS device-something noticeably lacking when you use iTunes. I liked it a lot, but was admittedly turned off by its $40 price tag. That's why I'm so fond of...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Samsung takes first 5G steps with advanced antenna
Samsung Electronics plans to use advanced antennas to boost the bandwidth in mobile networks by what it said was "several tens of Gbps per base station", but the improved bandwidth won't be commercially available until 2020. The company said it can now transmit data at up to 1.056Gbps over distances of up to 2...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
London's Unruly snaps up viral video firm Shareifyoulike
LONDON (Reuters) - Unruly, one of London's hottest tech companies, has made its first acquisition, buying Germany's Shareifyoulike to gain the leading position in viral video marketing in the country.
reuters.com (7 days ago)
Lookout will intercept privacy-invading mobile ad networks, apps
Mobile security vendor Lookout plans to start flagging as adware mobile apps that use aggressive ad networks if they don't obtain explicit consent from users before engaging in behavior that potentially invades privacy. Ad networks, advertisers and app developers have until June 24 to start conforming to the...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Hitachi helps Schiavello rebuild system
ISCHIAVELLO Group identified the need to upgrade continuity plans and undertake a storage area network (SAN) refresh.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Trade fair seeking new venue
THIS year's CeBIT technology show at Sydney's Darling Harbour will be about 20 per cent larger than last year.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Adobe fails to make friends on pricing
ADOBE, the design software company, must think there is no pleasing many of its users.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Power and portability compute
THE Surface Pro carries a little more weight, but a lot more grunt.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Sales nosediving as tablets take off
DESK-BASED personal computer shipments in Australia have plunged 20.2 per cent in a year.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
How Microsoft is shaping post-PC world
MICROSOFT is in the process of turning itself inside out as it struggles to adapt to a post-PC world.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Allianz app puts callers in the loop
DRIVERS could be able to report their stranded cars and track, in real-time, the location of their recovery vehicle.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Fear of the unknown haunts contractors
DRILLING contractors are declining to work on the NBN, saying the risk involved is too high for the rates being offered.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Sense-T to deliver from the inside
SENSORS will provide data from the farm to the supermarket shelf.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
iPad rollout pays off for Woolworths
STORE managers now spend more time with customers and less in the back office.
news.com.au (7 days ago)
Dell board warns Icahn bid could leave the company short of cash
A plan proposed by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management last week as an alternative to Michael Dell's proposal to take his namesake company private would leave it short of cash, Dell's board warned the bidders on Monday. It wants to know more about the proposal -- including who the bidders plan to put in...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Maho Beach planes: Jets come into land just metres above beachgoers' heads
Startling pictures show tourists basking in sun just metres below jets flying into Princess Juliana International Airport
mirror.co.uk (7 days ago)
Sony to launch super-thin, flexible e-reader for universities
Sony will soon launch a flexible e-reader device that is less than 7mm thick and weighs 358 grams, targeted for use in university classrooms. The company's grayscale "Digital Paper" device has a 13.3-inch touch capable screen, which it says is the size of an A4 document without margins. It has a Wi-Fi connection,...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Japan's DoCoMo to use mobile data to monitor traffic jams
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile carrier, will use location data from its 61.5 million subscriber devices to build a platform that monitors traffic conditions across the country. DoCoMo said it will leverage its access to massive amounts of location data to build a cloud platform of traffic information on which...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
The care and feeding of SSDs: what makes these speedy drives hum
Your solid-state drive sits there in silence. It’s sleek. Elegant. More than a little mysterious. The hard drive it replaced was easy to understand: A soft hum assured you that its platters were spinning. A quiet mechanical click informed you of its read/write operations. You’d groom it with the occasional defrag....
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
Networks in 2020: More traffic, less energy
Networks could use far less energy by 2020 even though they'll be carrying much more traffic, an industry group says. The GreenTouch consortium, formed in 2010 to speed up progress on more efficient networks, says it has identified technologies that together could cut network power needs by 90 percent even in the...
pcworld.com (7 days ago)
In legal fog, Kim Dotcom removes 3D gun design
Kim Dotcom has ordered the removal from his Mega file-storage service design plans for a controversial one-bullet plastic gun. The decision seems an unlikely one for Dotcom, who has become somewhat of an Internet folk hero for fiercely contesting criminal copyright infringement charges levied by U.S. prosecutors...
pcworld.com (8 days ago)
Yahoo acquires Loki Studios as part of acquisition spree
Yahoo has acquired a mobile gaming company, Loki Studios, taking its total acquisitions this month to four. The company said over the weekend it welcomed Loki, Astrid, GoPollGo and MileWise to its growing mobile team. "We recently added 22 entrepreneurs to our growing mobile team," the company said in a Twitter...
pcworld.com (8 days ago)
