Special Feature: HP Houston Labs Tour – A Focus on Quality Part 1

Photo courtesy of Mario Nagano of www.ztop.com.brText and photos by Alex Davies

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of touring HP’s Houston Labs, where they put their commercial hardware through the wringer to test its durability and quality. This large facility was the former headquarters of Compaq before the merger with HP, and it was interesting to see the relics of the former company everywhere we went. Many of the engineers we spoke to on the tour were former Compaq employees who have been working in these labs for years.

One of the mantras that we heard during the tour is that they “freeze it, bake it, shake it, break it”, and as we walked around the facility, we really did see HP’s engineers  subject desktops, notebooks and tablets to all manners of torture – the job wasn’t done until the product broke.  Hit jump for our report on HP's Houston Labs.

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Apple and IBM forge global partnership to transform enterprise mobility

Apple and IBM announced an exclusive partnership that teams the market-leading strengths of each company to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps—bringing IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone and iPad. The groundbreaking partnership brings together Apples' expertise in mobile devices and IBM's strength in cloud systems as well as enterprise deployment. 

The landmark partnership aims to redefine the way work will get done, address key industry mobility challenges and spark true mobile-led business change—grounded in four core capabilities:

• a new class of more than 100 industry-specific enterprise solutions including native apps, developed exclusively from the ground up, for iPhone and iPad;

• unique IBM cloud services optimized for iOS, including device management, security, analytics and mobile integration;

• new AppleCare service and support offering tailored to the needs of the enterprise;  and  

• new packaged offerings from IBM for device activation, supply and management.

Hit jump for the full details of the announcement. 

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McAfee: Superman is the most toxic superhero in terms of malware

He may be the Man of Steel but he also leads the pack in vulnerable search results and malware. As comic fans begin preparing for Comic-Con, McAfee today released its second annual 2014 Most Toxic Superheroes list, with Superman coming in at number 1. McAfee researched superheroes to find out which ones are kryptonite on the Web and result in bad links, including viruses, malware, and sites laden with malicious software designed to steal passwords and personal information. 

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Charge your iPhone with a case thanks to inserts for Henge Docks Gravitas dock

Henge Docks announces the release of its new iPhone Case Compatible Inserts for the company’s award-winning Gravitas dock.  Supported by Henge Docks’ Life After Device Program, this new case insert for iPhone 5/5s and 5c allows easy synching and charging of iPhones without removing the case off the device.  More than 70 percent of top iPhone cases on the market will fit into the new insert. This is highly convenient for anyone who wants to charge their iPhone without taking them out of the case.

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