[May 20, 2013] AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, technology briefs Tweet May 20, 2013 (AME Info - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- DELL TO START SHIPPING OPHELIA THUMB PC NEXT JULY: Dell Inc. has announced it will start shipping its thumb-sized PC, which is the size of a USB stick, in July, PC World has reported. The Android-based device, called Project Ophelia, can turn any screen or display into a PC, gaming machine or a TV set-top box, said Jeff McNaught, executive director of cloud client computing at Dell. Ophelia will plug into a display's HDMI port so that it can run applications or access files stored remotely. It will have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities and is aimed at users who do most of their computing on the web. HACKERS TARGET SAUDI WEBSITES: The Saudi interior ministry has said that several government websites have come under attack in a campaign hackers are calling #OpSaudi, the Associated Press has reported. Most of the sites are facing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, in which hackers flood each site with traffic until they collapse under the load. Among the targeted websites are the Saudi finance ministry, General Intelligence Presidency, the ministry of foreign affairs, and the directorate general of passports, as well as sites for several major Saudi provinces, including Makkah and Jeddah. INTEL PROMISES TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE IN MOBILE PUSH: The new CEO of Intel Corp, Brian Krzanich has said that under his leadership the top chipmaker will be more responsive to customers in an intensified focus on the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market where it lags its rivals, Reuters has reported. "Yes, we missed it, we were slow to tablets and some of the mobile computing. We do believe we have a good base," Krzanich told shareholders at an annual meeting. For decades, Intel has called the shots in the personal computer industry but it was slow to react to the explosion of smartphones and tablets, markets now dominated by competitors like Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics, which design their chips using architecture licensed from ARM Holdings. MS WINDOWS 8 IN ENTERPRISES NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL MASS: STUDY: Forrester Research has said Microsoft's Windows 8 will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, PC World has reported. By the time the next major Windows upgrade is released, Windows 8 will be in less than 50 percent of workplace PCs, unable to overtake its predecessor Windows 7, the research firm said. "I have to believe Microsoft expected better enterprise adoption for Windows 8," said Forrester analyst David Johnson, the lead author of the "IT Will Skip Windows 8 As The Enterprise Standard" report. ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at www.ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]