Oracle hasn’t even officially released its 12c database yet, but CEO Larry Ellison has already revealed plans for the version that will follow, 12.1c, which apparently will be Oracle’s most direct response yet to SAP’s HANA in-memory platform.
How to protect your PC from PRISM surveillance
Thursday afternoon, a bombshell dropped: Two leading reports claimed that the U.S. government has been spying on emails, searches, Skype calls, and …
Commission wants to turn tables on IP thieves by crippling PCs
Buried in a 100-page report issued last week by the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property was a …
Dell’s thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July
Dell’s thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for …
Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales
Dell reported another quarter of declining profits and revenue Thursday as CEO Michael Dell continues his fight to take the …
PC makers see lower prices, less touch in Windows’ future
Change is in the air for Microsoft in response to ho-hum sales of Windows 8, and it sounds like PC makers …
AMD thinks beyond PCs with new custom chip business unit
Armed with a contract to build chips for Sony’s PlayStation 4 gaming console, Advanced Micro Devices has now officially established …
Mobile working and the cloud leads to decline in demand for PC apps
U.K. and U.S. companies are focusing more on mobile app strategies in the cloud than traditional PC app strategies as …
Can you work effectively without a PC?
There’s plenty of doom and gloom surrounding the PC industry right now. Research firm IDC recently reported a “perfect storm” …
Struggling PC market causes Intel profit plunge
Intel reported a drop in profits and revenue for the first quarter, as the biggest PC market slump in recent …
Microsoft stock takes beating amid declining PC shipments
Microsoft’s stock took a beating over the weekend after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first …
‘Perfect storm’ leads to PC market free fall
A “perfect storm” of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC …
3D printers to cost less than PCs by 2016
Widespread adoption of 3D printing technology may not be that far away, according to a Gartner report predicting that enterprise-class 3D printers …
Don’t nail the lid on the PC coffin just yet
Mobile is the ultimate craze sweeping across the IT galaxy, but even though IBM recently announced its first MobileFirst software …
The era of PC+
Oliver Ebel, Executive Director and General Manger, Lenovo Middle East and Africa, explains why rumours of the PC’s demise are …
30 years of PCWorld, 30 pivotal moments in PC history
Talk about longevity. Thirty years ago to this month, PCWorld published its very first print issue, a 310-page magazine loaded …
PC shipments will decrease in 2013, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments dropped in 2012 on an annual basis for the first time in more than a decade and …
Tech stocks rise despite declining PC sales
Despite PC giants HP and Dell reporting significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other …
Dell pushes Office 365 on new PCs
Some major computer makers are pushing Office 365 with their new PCs, but others have stuck with a more traditional …
‘We mean business’ – Whitman’s war cry at HP’s GPC 2013
Meg Whitman, CEO and President of HP, walked out on stage today at HP’s Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas to a huge roar from over two thousand global partners and boldly stated that HP means business.