The idea behind the little Lytro camera's magic has been around for 20 years or so, but this is the first time we've seen it in a commercial camera. And it could change digital photography dramatically.
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CES 2013: What We Want To See
January 04, 2013
Forget 500-inch, green smart 3-D TVs. Here are a few exciting new trends I'll be examining at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
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CES 2013: T-Mobile Places All Its Chips On LTE
January 09, 2013
T-Mobile announced a slew of changes headed to its network in the coming months, including LTE 4G, HD Voice and yes, the iPhone.
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Samsung At CES: TVs, Tablets And Even Refrigerators
January 08, 2013
Huge TVs dominated Samsung's offerings at CES, but the company also demoed cutting-edge cameras, refrigerators, and laptops.
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CES 2013: PaperTab Tablet Boasts Flexible Display
January 08, 2013
U.K. display technology researchers join Intel and Canada's Queen's University to develop 'paper' tablets.
In Depth Reports-
Research: 2012 Mobility/BYOD Staffing Survey
IT is forging ahead with mobile computing plans but may not be able to find the desired skills--or the budget to pay for them. While 15% of respondents to our survey say they plan to increase staff in the area of mobility in the next year, 38% of those who identify it as a top area of staffing increase say a shortage of workers is holding them back from adopting mobile tech, and 19% worry that salary demands will exceed their budget or that they won't be able to afford the people they need. -
Research: 2013 IT Budget Outlook
Forty-seven percent of companies expect an increase in IT spending in 2013 and just 18% expect a cut. But budget tactics aren't changing to recognize shifts in IT's strategic role, with just 22% saying their IT governance board has a major influence on budgets. -
Research: 2012 InformationWeek 500 Full Report
The rules for IT are changing: While 29% of participants in our annual ranking of business technology innovators say lowering business or IT costs is a priority, that’s down sharply from 47% just three years ago. Today's focus is on the customer, with 37% citing widespread deployment of customer-facing mobile apps. Add cloud computing and big data analytics to the mix, and you can see it's a whole new game. Find out how the very best companies are changing to play by the new rules. -
Research: Innovation Mandate: Take II
Is the U.S. rising or falling as a global IT innovation leader? An update of the exclusive research we conducted two years ago shows that business technology pros think the country is making modest progress in some areas. -
Strategy: SaaS, Social and Your ESB
As software-as-a-service and social media become more popular, IT needs to ensure that the enterprise service bus infrastructure is ready for hybrid systems--and the orchestration thereof.