Minicomputers used to be hot — really hot — from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. And one of the leading players then was Data General. Unfortunately, the emergence of the microcomputer led to […]
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ZTE launches energy saving solution for LTE networks
ZTE has launched an energy saving solution to help operators reduce energy consumption in their LTE networks. According to test results, a single site employing this solution can save up to 40 percent in power […]
Mugshot: HP and Apple
HP and printers are synonymous. For more than two decades, HP has been producing and delivering award winning printers — both inkjet and laser. Today, it carries many models that give companies more than just […]
ZTE sells shares in Changfei Investment, invests in China All Access
Telecommunications equipment and network solutions provider ZTE Corporation has agreed to sell its 81 percent stake in Changfei Investment to Guangdong All Access and CCBI (Shenzhen). The disposal will generate between RMB450 million and RMB850 […]
User guide, anyone?
Buy any (or at least most) product and you will get a user guide. In the past, this is something that people will pour over diligently to learn how to use the product. When they […]
Mugshot: Ashton-Tate
Remember Ashton-Tate? Some of us may not have heard of the company but it was one of the top software companies in the 1980s and 1990s — ranking alongside Microsoft and Lotus — and is renowned […]
AMD fights on amidst the rumbles
What happened to AMD? Sean Hollister of The Verge asks this pointed question as he analyses development at the chipmaker in recent years. Fighting the behemoth that is Intel, AMD had done well to carve a […]
NetApp announces Q2 results
Storage and data management solution provider NetApp has reported results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, which ended October 26, 2012. Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 totaled $1.541 billion […]
Fencing your desktop
Saving files on the desktop is supposed to make files easy to access without having to go through multiple clicks. However, if left unattended, this can lead to clutter and finding files may just be […]
Hooked on Swype
The keypad – that’s the main reason I did not make a switch to touchscreen smartphones. Even when I had to make the inevitable switch – because of the dying models of keypad-based phones – […]
NVIDIA releases new drivers
NVIDIA released a new set of GeForce drivers optimized for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Assassin’s Creed III. This beta driver is up to 26% faster than the current driver in Call of Duty: […]
Gartner: Worldwide sales of mobile phones declined 3% in Q3
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached almost 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012, a 3.1 percent decline from the third quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales […]
There is no silver bullet to guarantee merchandizing success
Contributed by Burghardt Groeber, Vice President of hybris Asia Matching your business’ interests with those of your online customers’ is a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, you want the customer to find the product that […]
No more fiddling with flimsy headset on flights
While in-flight entertainment on flights is good for passing time, one of the biggest bugbears is the headset. Most airlines provide flimsy double-jack headsets, unless of course, it’s in the business class or higher. Using […]
GPU Accelerators support enable faster simulations
Seventy more widely used applications have added support for GPU acceleration so far this year, bringing the total number available to researchers, engineers and designers to more than 200, according to NVIDIA. Three of the newest applications to […]
Gartner: Asia Pacific IT spending to reach US$743 billion in 2013
IT spending in Asia Pacific is forecast to reach US$743 billion in 2013, an increase of 7.9 percent over 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2012, IT spending in Asia Pacific is on pace to […]
Titan is fastest supercomputer
The US now has the fastest supercomputer in the world. Running on the newly released NVIDIA Tesla K20 family of GPU accelerators, Titan is the world’s fastest supercomputer according to the TOP500 list released at the […]
A new chapter begins!
Welcome to Entelechy Asia which is dedicated to bringing news, views and reviews of the IT industry — from consumers to the enterprise. Our title has two words “Entelechy” and “Asia”. Entelechy means the realisation […]
