Tech spending expected to escape the recent doldrums

Follow:   01.06.2013  View in a Browser Tech spending expected to escape the recent doldrums 01.05.2013 12:39 PM As the economy improves and at least some of the concerns about the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" are resolved, desire for new mobile, analytics, and storage technology will drive IT spending this year, according to market researchers and economists. Windows 8 notebooks aren't selling partly due to price 01.06.2013 6:24 AM The average sale price of touchscreen notebooks was about $700 and accounted for only 4.5 percent of Windows 8 sales -- a disappointment for Microsoft and its partners, considering the operating system is optimized for touch. -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Reader Survey Take a quick survey and enter to win a $500 Amazon gift card. Better Backup Secure data and devices - in and out of the office.   Patent fights rage on in 2013 01.06.2013 10:48 AM Over the past year, patent battles have been fought by tech companies in courtrooms all over the world. The litigation is far from over though, however, and will continue throughout 2013. This is what's at stake on the patent battlefield in the near future. Microsoft licensing deal with US military offers $100M in savings 01.06.2013 9:21 AM The Army, Air Force and Defense Information Systems Agency banded together to exact a good high-volume deal from Microsoft based on the 2 million users who will be supported by the contract. Self-driving cars will debut at CES from Toyota and Audi 01.06.2013 10:18 AM Move over, big-screen TVs, cell phones and tablets, because cars might steal the show at next week's International CES. T-Mobile said to be launching unlimited 4G data plan for prepaid users 01.06.2013 9:06 AM Carrier to offer all you can eat voice, text and data for $70 a month.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: messi1927@gmail.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107