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Article | 6/03/2013 Adaptec demos 12Gbps Serial Attached SCSI

The arrival of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) at 12Gbps will be a boon for demanding applications such as databases, according to Adaptec by PMC, which is...

Article | 6/03/2013 OCZ aims to improve SQL Server performance with new acceleration card

OCZ Technology has started offering to beta testers is ZD-XL SQL Accelerator, a card that uses solid state drive (SSD) storage to improve the performa...

Article | 5/03/2013 Fraunhofer shows off shareable smartphone door keys

Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) has taken the concept of using NFC-equipped smartphones as keys one step further by allow...

Article | 5/03/2013 Vasco card reader gets bigger screen to combat social engineering

By displaying more information on the screen of the new Digipass 870 card reader about transactions the device is used to secure, Vasco Data Security ...

Article | 5/03/2013 VMware ships Horizon Mirage with application layering for modular desktops

VMware's Horizon Mirage 4.0 allows IT departments to be more flexible when they put together centrally managed desktop images using separated applicat...

Article | 4/03/2013 Copper still has a lot to offer broadband users, carrier exec says

Thanks to the higher speeds possible using a technology called vectoring, copper networks are still a viable option to cable and fiber, Deutsche Telek...

Article | 4/03/2013 Vodafone uses M2M to find parking spots

Vodafone has developed an intelligent parking guidance system called MyPark Space, which keeps track of available parking spots via M2M communication.

Article | 4/03/2013 Fon and Deutsche Telekom hope to cover Germany with Wi-Fi

German operator Deutsche Telekom is joining forces with Fon to help expand its network coverage, as it does its best to keep up with growing data volu...

Article | 28/02/2013 Five smartphone and tablet trends from Barcelona

This year's MWC may have been lacking in high-end smartphone launches, but the "W" stands for "world" and lower-cost models shown this week are needed...

Article | 27/02/2013 Regulator calls for phone makers to come clean on radio quality

A top European regulator wants operators and vendors to work together on a grading system that tells consumers how good the antennas in their smartpho...

Article | 27/02/2013 Cost of LTE smartphones dropping surprisingly fast, analyst says

Products from several smartphone vendors and processors from the likes of Nvidia are helping drive down the cost of LTE-enabled devices.

Article | 27/02/2013 Sony releases Firefox OS software for developers

Sony Mobile will provide an experimental version of the Firefox OS on one of its smartphones so that advanced developers can try it out and start work...

Article | 27/02/2013 Tizen mobile OS shows some teething issues

Mobile operators are passionate about the Tizen OS, but it appears there's a lot of work to do before the smartphones running it will go on sale later...

Article | 26/02/2013 Jolla CEO hopes to put an end to smartphone spec war

Finnish company Jolla and its CEO Marc Dillon are hoping to convince consumers that buying a new smartphone isn't just about the number of cores avail...

Article | 26/02/2013 RACO adds Sprint and Telefónica to its M2M mangement platform

RACO Wireless has signed deals with Sprint Nextel and Telefónica to give users of its Omega machine-to-machine platform more choices when connecting t...