IDG Reporter

HP joins Nvidia's Grid alliance

Hewlett-Packard has joined Nvidia’s growing Grid alliance, equipping a Gen8 Proliant blade server with graphics boards that can speed up and lower the cost of virtual desktop deployments.

5 high-end special effects to spruce up your iPhone camera shots

In the rivalry between digital-camera and smartphone-camera shooting, traditionalists like to say that you still need a digital SLR and Photoshop for certain kinds of effects, such as splash color, tilt shift, and other advanced tricks that were generally impossible to do natively on a phone.

Why does IT exist?

When Bill Clinton successfully ran for US President in 1992 his campaign strategist James Carville summed up their strategy in its totality as this: “It’s the economy, stupid.”

The last days of Unix

Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline. IDC predicts that Unix server revenue will slide from $10.2 billion in 2012 to $8.7 billion in 2017, and Gartner sees Unix market share slipping from 16 percent in 2012 to 9 percent in 2017.

Review: Lenovo ThinkPad Helix flips Ultrabook expectations

“Convertible” Ultrabooks – full-fledged laptops that can also function as touch-driven tablets – have become something of a commodity these days, so my attention goes to the manufacturers who can do something flashy and new with the idea. Enter Lenovo’s ThinkPad Helix, a highly usable tablet-laptop aimed at “businesses, vertical and educational markets, as well as the technology enthusiast.”

Best new apps for iPad, iPhone

Welcome to our best new apps for iPad, iPhone article. Here, we’ll bring a selection of new & noteworthy apps available in the iOS App Store for you to discover. We’ll be updating this article on a regular basis, so bookmark this page and check back next month for even more new apps.

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