Tag Archives : personal computer

Canonical, the official distributor of the Ubuntu operating system, announced that the new version will be available from April 28. The Ubuntu version 11.4 will bring the new interface Unity, with modern graphics and visually reminiscent of the design used in tablets and smartphones.  In older PCs Ubuntu will detect if the graphics processor has support [...]

  Who carries notebooks out there living with the fear of having it stolen. The problem is not so much material (except for Mac-users), but more for the files that go into the hands of the bandit. This problem is serious and to lighten it, there are several solutions implemented via software. Microsoft, for example, offers BitLocker, an encryption [...]

Dell announced on Tuesday a 10-inch tablet with Windows 7 at business users this year. The company also plans to sell another 10-inch tablets based on the Android system. The news was disclosed during an event in San Francisco for press and analysts, in which Dell also had 24 systems for corporate use, including laptops, PCs and workstations. The company [...]

The IT industry will reach $ 3.6 trillion in investments this year, an increase of 5.1% compared to last year, Gartner said. According to the consultancy and technology research, the figures for 2010 were $ 3.4 trillion, 5.4% more compared to 2009. In 2010, the areas of Telecommunications and IT services led the investment with $ 1.59 trillion and [...]

The new models of the Core are not exactly a guarded secret. But although the specifications were leaked months ago, which is clear in the Sandy Bridge is that Intel is concerned with the content. The new breed of processors i3, i5 and i7 – twenty new products in total, including chipsets and adapters – seek to resolve complaints against [...]

One of the most popular voice over IP and chat service, Skype is off the air for millions of users throughout the day. On Twitter, hundreds of messages are sent every minute for people who cannot connect to the platform. Apparently the problem affects all platforms, whether PC or smartphone. The American site ReadWriteWeb reported that the number of [...]

Google began offering on Thursday Google Instant in some devices such as Android and iPhone, as promised when it launched the service in September. Google Instant displays the results as the user types the search term, instead of waiting for click the Search button. Although in theory can save time for mobile users as it does in the case of PCs, the [...]

Windows 7, released just over a year, has sold over 240 million units – an average of seven units per second, according to Microsoft. However, the system will still have to go a long way to overcoming Windows XP, although it seems to move in the right direction. The chief executive of the company’s marketing, Rich Reynolds, noted that the [...]

Microsoft said the beta version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) was downloaded by 10 million internet users in the first six weeks after launch, according to figures from the manufacturer. Also according to the study, users utilize only 12 of the regular features of the browser. According to Microsoft, the IE9 promises to speed up web browsing. For this, [...]

The vice president of Microsoft’s software, which is leaving the company, encouraged the company to abandon its roots in Windows and Office to imagine a “post-PC” world of simple devices connected to the web. Five years after Ray Ozzie has established its presence with a memorandum on software as a service via the Internet, seen as [...]