News: Hardware

• Dell's Q3 profit slides 54 percent
  James Niccolai
  Nov 19 2009

  Dell reported third-quarter profits on Thursday that were down 54 percent from this time last year, though the company said it was encouraged by a slight uptick in sales from the prior quarter.Dell's ...

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• 27-inch Core i5 iMac (with Core i7 option)
  James Galbraith
  Nov 19 2009

  When Apple announced new iMacs last month, it included a major step forward amid the subtle-but-welcome refinements in most of the models: the first ever iMac to offer a quad-core processor. The new ...

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• Telstra, NSW education department sign $280m broadband deal
  Trevor Clarke
  Nov 19 2009

  The NSW government has signed a $280 million deal with Telstra for the rollout of an optic fibre network to public schools and TAFE institutes. More than 4500 kilometres of optic fibre will connect ...

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• The 5 best, and 5 worst, features of Google Chrome OS
  Julie Bort
  Nov 19 2009

  Today, Google released the source code for Chrome OS and promised that devices will be shipping in about a year, in time for the 2010 holiday season. Chrome OS will run only on devices specifically ...

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• Google's Chrome OS stands to make waves
  Dan Moren
  Nov 19 2009

  Google is ambitious, there's no question about that. It has both the privilege and necessity of being so and, given its position as a major player in multiple facets of the technology arena, it's ...

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• BMC takes service desk to the cloud via Salesforce.com
  Denise Dubie
  Nov 19 2009

  BMC Thursday positioned itself to lead the market in cloud-based service desk technology when the company announced it had partnered with Salesforce.com to deliver its IT management software the ...

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• 10G in data centers driving Ethernet switch market
  Jim Duffy
  Nov 19 2009

  The Ethernet switch market grew for the second consecutive quarter during the third quarter of this year, driven by continued strength in data center deployments, according to Dell’Oro Group. The ...

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• 100G Ethernet cheat sheet
  Network World Staff
  Nov 19 2009

  With enterprises and carriers moving beyond 1G and 10G Ethernet to 40G and 100G Ethernet, we thought it might be handy to bundle up our most recent coverage of high-speed Ethernet in one tidy ...

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• Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020
  Sharon Gaudin
  Nov 19 2009

  By the year 2020, you won't need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel Corp. researchers. Instead, users will open documents and surf the Web using nothing more than their brain ...

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• Gov't sticks to plans to disconnect illegal file sharers
  Leo King
  Nov 19 2009

  The government is sticking to its plans to disconnect illegal file sharers. The announcement was made in the Queen's Speech today, and is part of the new Digital Economy Bill, following on from the ...

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