Windows 8: Training Required | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Every new version of Windows has included at least a few changes to the interface. Most of these have been minor; an icon moved here, a toolbar added there. Windows 8 will be different, using a completely new Metro interface as […]
Five Ways Apple’s IBooks 2 Can Influence Your Business | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Apple today revealed iBooks 2, its version of “GarageBand for e-books”. Targeted primarily at textbooks, the effort will include tools that make it easier to create multimedia textbooks, and provide students with learning material that is […]
Will Intel and Microsoft Use Netbook Lessons to Compete with IPad? | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Apple is winning the tablet battle in business, and the only way for the competition to succeed is to have better functionality, or to have similar features to the iPad but beat it on […]
Would Business IPad Users Stick with it? Survey Says Yes | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) When it comes to tablets, Apple defined the category with its iPad. Visit an electronics store and you’ll find plenty of similar looking competitors, yet with as many as 60 million iPads sold, you might […]
Three Benefits of Windows 8 Storage Spaces | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Small and medium sized businesses often can’t afford file servers, and struggle with the best way to provide their users with enough space to store data, while ensuring it is safe from hardware failure. Windows 8 will offer […]
What to Watch From Five Tech Giants in 2012 | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) With 2011 almost behind us, it’s time to look forward to 2012, and ponder what the top tech companies might have up their sleeves. Though a few of them have made announcements, most of what we […]
7 Ways to Protect Your Business Printers | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Can a hacker burn down your business by remotely starting one of your printers on fire? Researchers recently proposed such a scenario, and HP quickly denied that it’s possible. Even if your printers can’t be used as remote […]
6 Reasons Your Work Phone Deserves Ice Cream Sandwich | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Android phones now make up over half of all smartphone sales. Each year, Google updates Android with new features, as well as cosmetic changes. This years update to Android 4.0, referred to as Ice Cream Sandwich […]
Need to Redesign Your Flash-Based Website? Adobe Still has the Edge | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Despite recently saying that Flash was “critical” for mobile communication, Adobe today announced that it will no longer continue to develop Flash for mobile devices. For some, the writing has been on the wall […]
Do You Need a Quad-Core Mobile Device for Work? | CIO. (No longer available online. Original text included below.) Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual-core processor powers many of the phones and tablets on the market today, and is similar to the one found in Apple’s iPad2. That could change soon, as Nvidia has announced their Tegra […]