Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers

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	Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers Microsoft's Windows XP lost a big chunk of usage share last month as users continued to desert the aging operating system for Windows 7. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft declares demise of IE6 in U.S. Preston Gralla: Microsoft celebrates as Internet Explorer 6 dies, Windows XP wilts Microsoft sues U.K. retail chain for pirating Windows Preston Gralla: Upcoming CES news: Microsoft, partners to spend hundreds of millions to market Windows Phones Flaw in web app frameworks pushes Microsoft to patch ASP.net promptly Preston Gralla: Former Windows Phone 7 general manager explains why the platform is failing -- consumers can be easily fooled WHITE PAPER: Numara Software The Convergence of IT Operations Management In this white paper, read about new research from IDG that explores these challenges, and learn about a cost-effective approach to managing PCs, mobile devices, software, and IT infrastructure that simplifies and automates the entire ownership experience. Learn more Microsoft declares demise of IE6 in U.S. Microsoft today said its campaign to drive Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) into extinction had done its job in the U.S., where fewer than 1% of users ran the decade-old browser last month. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft celebrates as Internet Explorer 6 dies, Windows XP wilts It's rare that a company celebrates when one of its products bites the dust, but that's what Microsoft just did with the news that Internet Explorer 6 is essentially dead in the U.S. with less than 1% of market share. And they're no doubt celebrating in Redmond with the news that users are abandoning Windows XP in near-record numbers.   Read More Microsoft sues U.K. retail chain for pirating Windows Microsoft today sued a U.K. electronics retail chain for selling Windows recovery discs to customers, claiming that the practice amounts to piracy. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Empowerment with Mobile Real-Time Analytics IT managers are gearing up to rapidly deploy mobile business intelligence and empower their front-line workers. In this webcast, we'll hear from experts on the challenges and driving forces behind creating BI reports in the field, and how to successfully deploy mobile analytic tools to increase productivity with minimal operational disruptions. Learn More Preston Gralla: Upcoming CES news: Microsoft, partners to spend hundreds of millions to market Windows Phones Determined to make 2012 a breakout year for Windows Phones, Microsoft and its partners will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to market Windows Phone devices, including a bounty of up to $15 for every Windows Phone sold by retail sales people. So says Paul Thurrot on his blog, and those numbers wouldn't surprise me at all.   Read More Flaw in web app frameworks pushes Microsoft to patch ASP.net promptly Many web app frameworks are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack targeting the way they handle hash tables, researchers revealed Wednesday, prompting Microsoft to announce an "out-of-band" patch for its ASP.NET platform just hours later. Read More Preston Gralla: Former Windows Phone 7 general manager explains why the platform is failing -- consumers can be easily fooled Despite years of development and countless millions in marketing, Windows Phone 7 still has gained no traction with consumers. Charlie Kindel, former general manager of Windows Phone 7, recently blogged about why the device remains a failure -- and he says it has absolutely nothing to do with technology, and everything to do with the malleability of consumers.   Read More
	SHARK TANK OF THE DAY So THAT'S what the PC nobody uses is for! Pilot fish's wife, the IT consultant, gets an alert at 10 p.m., and he drives with her to the client site. But when he walks in, there's a shriek of disgust. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL IT made headlines throughout 2011, from social media's role in Arab Spring to the popularity of Google's Android and Google+ and more. What was the top story of this year? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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