Dell reimagines its All-in-One line-up as consumers opt to save space

Dell reimagines its All-in-One line-up as consumers opt to save space:

Moving to where the desktop PC market is hot, Dell is launching several new All-in-One computers for consumers today.
The new machines are targeting consumers looking for family entertainment machines that fit in a smaller, uncluttered space. These machines, which combine a monitor and computer in one flat-panel device, are increasingly popular as old-style desktops go by the wayside.
The products include the Dell XPS One 27, a 27-inch PC that is Dell’s largest All-in-One ever, the Inspiron One 23 (with a 23-inch screen), and the Inspiron One 20 (with a 20-inch screen). The devices are slim and reflect Dell’s newfound emphasis on design aesthetics. The designs are reimaginings of prior All-in-One designs that focus on energy efficiency and performance.
The 27-inch is aimed at creative users who want a big-screen experience. It has a resolution of 2560 x 1440 in full high-definition. The widescreen format works with movies, games, photos, and digital content creation. It has optional discrete graphics from Nvidia, Waves Maxx Audio 4, and Infinity-branded speakers. It has a metallic silver color housing, a single “clutter free” cord design, a wireless keyboard and mouse, and Intel’s new generation of quad-core processors.
The Inspiron models use the latest Intel processors. The XPS One 27 starts at $1,399 and is available today in Asia and in the U.S. in the coming weeks. The Inspiron models are $749 for the Inspiron One 23 and $529 for the Inspiron One 20.
Dell chose not to put touchscreens on its All-in-Ones as rival Hewlett-Packard has done with some of its models.

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17 percent of PCs are “walking around naked,” says McAfee

17 percent of PCs are “walking around naked,” says McAfee:

Seventeen percent of personal computers around the world are not using anti-virus software, or as McAfee’s co-president Todd Gebhart puts it, “walking around naked on the Internet.”
The anti-virus creator and research firm recently performed a study of 28 million non-Apple PCs across 24 different countries, finding that one in every six computers has either no anti-virus software installed, or the current anti-virus software has expired. The United States falls into the top five vulnerable countries with 19.32 percent of computers at risk, along with Mexico at 21.57 percent, Spain at 21.45 percent, Singapore at 21.75 percent, and Japan with 19.35 percent.
Finland, however, had the least amount of unprotected computers at 9.7 percent.
This is a surprising statistic as it doesn’t include Apple computers at all. It’s not a secret that Windows PCs are extremely susceptible to malware, and unprotected PCs are almost certain to get a virus over its lifespan.
Indeed, 2011 was widely considered the “year of the hack,” and cyber attacks are only set to rise up in frequency. Not to mention, if this is the number of unprotected PCs around the world, there must be significantly more unprotected Apple computers.
For some time, consumers believed that Mac computers were impervious to the trojans that plague Windows PCs, but this isn’t true. As the market grows, so will the cyber criminal’s interest in attacking the machine.
We’re starting to see malware, such as the Flashback Trojan, crop up for Mac users. The Flashback Trojan used a hole in Apple’s version of Java to infect a computer and steal advertising revenue from Google. At the time, some estimated that the malware creators made $10,000 a day from the scheme. Apple and security research firm F-Secure have both provided detection and removal tools for the virus, and Apple has since plugged the hole in its Java software.

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46M apps are downloaded from Apple’s App Store every day

46M apps are downloaded from Apple’s App Store every day:

Every day, 46 million mobile applications are downloaded from Apple’s App Store, according to Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers partner Mary Meeker.
Meeker spoke today about the ways Silicon Valley is changing almost everything we use in a staggering way the All Things Digital’s D 10 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Indeed, many of her slides included a picture of the way things used to be and the way Silicon Valley has changed it. For instance, one of Meeker’s slides showed a notepad for remembering things and making to do lists. On the other side of the slide was a picture of the Evernote application.
KPCB arrived at this conclusion after looking the App Store’s milestones. In October 2011, the company announced it had hit 18 billion downloads. Later, in March 2012, Apple announced 25 billion downloads.
Many of app developers say that it’s difficult to be found in the sea of billions of apps that live in the App Store. Crawling up to a “top 25″ spot on one of Apple’s app lists, is also difficult, and based on download numbers. Indeed, it seems this 46 million downloads a day is spread thinly amongst iOS apps, who celebrate hitting thousands of downloads, let alone millions.
But it also shows the major interest in smartphone applications. Smartphones are undoubtedly changing the way we communicate, the way we are entertained, the way we organize, the way we listen to music. Indeed, mobile usage itself is growing rapidly with 10 percent of Internet traffic coming from mobile. Monetizing apps is growing as well, but the revenue gained on the desktop still surpasses that of mobile.

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Microsoft sells over 67 million Xbox 360s, 19 million Kinects

Microsoft sells over 67 million Xbox 360s, 19 million Kinects:

Yusuf Mehdi, the CMO of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Division, announced on Tuesday that more than 67 million Xbox 360s have been sold since the console launched in 2005, and it has generated more than $56 billion in sales. The motion sensing input accessory, Kinect, has sold more than 19 million units and the company’s Xbox Live service now boast 40 million members. Xbox users are spending more time on the system and are averaging 84 hours of usage each month. Mehdi also revealed that Microsoft holds a 47% market share of the current-generation console market, however he did note that sales, while continuing to increase year-over-year, are slowing down.
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ZTE teases 6.2mm-thick 'Athena,' crams in 720p IPS display and Cortex-A15 chip

ZTE teases 6.2mm-thick 'Athena,' crams in 720p IPS display and Cortex-A15 chip:

Never mind Huawei's 6.68mm-thick Ascend P1 S or Oppo's 6.65mm-thick Finder, because the record's about to be beaten yet again by another Chinese manufacturer. Codenamed "Athena," this mysterious ZTE phone's been getting a fair bit of attention on Sina Weibo with its 6.2mm slimness claim, all thanks to a keen terminal device strategy director from the company. While Mr. Lu hasn't delved into specifics, what we know so far is that Athena will feature a 720p display, Cortex-A15 chip (a source of ours said it will be multi-core) and up to 64GB of internal storage, as well as a "Miflavor UI" -- something that we've already previewed on the Era at MWC -- to go on top of Android 4.0. Lu also hinted that there will be several color options, but we're more than happy to nab that black kevlar edition in the above shot (and someone should tell Motorola to take a look at this). Two more pictures after the break to keep you busy for the time being.
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