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Gartner: -14% Decline for Devices in 2020

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According to Gartner, global device (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) shipments are set to reach 1.9 billion units in 2020, a decline by -13.6% brought about by the coronavirus (aka Covid-19) pandemic.

Gartner market devices

“The forecasted decline in the PC market in particular could have been much worse,” the analyst says. “However, government lockdowns due to Covid-19 forced businesses and schools to enable millions of people to work from home and increase spending on new notebooks, Chromebooks and tablets for those workers. Education and government establishments also increased spending on those devices to facilitate e-learning.”

Dell and Cloud Take on Hybrid Cloud Storage

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Dell partners with Google to announce Dell Technologies Cloud OneFS for Google Cloud, a hybrid cloud storage offering the two companies say will help organisations control exponential data and application growth.

Dell Google cloud

"Data and workloads exist everywhere-- at the edge, in core datacentres and public clouds. And, while data and apps are multiplying, IT resources and budgets are not. For companies to turn their data into competitive differentiators, they need a way to manage it seamlessly and consistently, no matter where it resides," Dell says. "Dell Technologies Cloud brings the best of the public cloud to the data center and the best of the data center to the public cloud, removing complexity so companies can spend less time managing their infrastructure and more time delivering value to their customers."

Durabook Puts 10th Gen Core in U11l Tablet

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Durabook launches the U11l, a rugged tablet the company claims is the first powered by a 10th generation Intel Core processor, an upgrade bringing a performance boost of up to 206% over the previous model.

Durabook U11l

The U11l retains the same fanless design as previous Durabook tablets, and retains the signature quick release PCIe SSD storage drive. It also includes an embedded smart card reader, and customers can add a second smart card and RFID reader via expansion module. Such an addition allows for secure user authentication and safe collection and transfer of sensitive data and information. Construction features MIL-STD-810G and ANSI certifications, as well as an IP65 fating for temperature, shock, vibration and drop resistance. The 11.6-inch FHD display offers 1000 nits brightness and allows for finger, glove and stylus input, even in case of rain.

Asus Offers Google Meet Hardware

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Companies making use of Google Meet for videoconferencing get dedicated Asus hardware-- the Google Meet Compute System, a Mac Mini-stye machine running on Chrome OS in a magnetic chassis users can mount to the back of monitors.

Google Meet hardware

Previously known as the Chromebox, the Google Meet Compute System includes an Intel Core i7 processor and 128GB of SSD storage. It handles 4K video and connectivity with multiple displays, and includes dual-band 802.11ac wifi capability. On the video side, the Starter Kit includes a 4K UHD Huddly camera with 120-degree field of view, a remote control with an integrated keyboard on the back for joining/ending meetings and adjusting volume and a speakermic with echo-cancellation, noise-suppression and daisy-chain support.

European Supercomputers Hacked to Mine Bitcoin!

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Supercomputers all across Europe have been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware, leading to a number of shutdowns during the crucial period where such machines should be dedicated to research on the coronavirus (aka Covid-19) pandemic.

Archer supercomputer

Security incidents come from all over the continent, including the UK, Germany, Switzerland and, at least rumours insist, Spain. According to a ZDNet report, the first supercomputer to be affected by the malware is the ARCHER system at the University of Edinburgh. The organisation shut down the ARCHER system following a "security exploitation on the ARCHER login nodes," before resetting SSH passwords to prevent further intrusion.

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