Hitachi GST claims its latest Ultrastar solid state drives are the first enterprise-class SSDs to use 25 nanometre SLC NAND flash memory technology.

How can you test composite systems realistically without running a complete test system? CA subsidiary ITKO seems to have found the answer: simulation.

Intel is the latest company to buy up some patents, but rather than spending billions upon billions of dollars, it seems to have picked up a relative bargain, snapping up RealNetwork’s patents for just over one tenth of a billion, at $120m.

Global shipments of ultrabooks are predicted to grow at three times the rate of tablets over the next five years, but despite the strong growth, tablet volumes will remain higher with a forecast of 253 million to be shipped in 2016 compared with 178 million ultrabooks.

Way back in 2007 I remember seeing Intel demonstrate “slider” tablet PCs where the screen slid down from a vertical to a horizontal position over the keyboard to create a tablet – long before the iPad hit the scene.

IBM was granted a record number of US patents during 2011.

The Dell XPS 13 appears to be the company's answer to Apple's MacBook Air.

Vendors in the global mobile device market have been warned that to be consistently successful they must shift their focus to designing mobile products or building server infrastructures ready to support mobile users, bundling products with useful, relevant software or services whenever possible, and making products adaptable to the changing and increasing demands of consumers and enterprises.

With 2012 here and the iPad 3 already presumed to be in manufacturing and but weeks away from their global unveiling, many are sure to be tempted by what will be the first new truly must-have tablet of the year, several months before Google or Microsoft are truly ready to respond.

A new 50:50 joint venture is being established by General Electric and Microsoft to pool their talents in order to go after the ballooning healthcare IT market. Due to go live in the first half of next year, the as yet un-named venture mirrors GE’s arrangement with Intel in aged care.