Microsoft: 40M Windows 8 licenses 'in line' with early Windows 7 sales

	In a symbolic shift, IBM's India workforce likely exceeds U.S. | Nearly half of IT shops ignore BYOD
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	Microsoft: 40M Windows 8 licenses 'in line' with early Windows 7 sales A senior Microsoft executive said the company has sold 40 million licenses for Windows 8, essentially matching the first month performance of Windows 7 in late 2009. Analysts put the numbers in context. Read More WHITE PAPER: Service-now.com Drive More Value from Your IT Assets You can make your life simpler when you automate your entire IT Asset Management (ITAM) lifecycle and Software Asset Management (SAM) in one system of record. Read Now! In this Issue In a symbolic shift, IBM's India workforce likely exceeds U.S. Nearly half of IT shops ignore BYOD Google CEO Page said to meet with FTC Lawsuit possible in NASA laptop theft Samsung to issue firmware fix for printer security flaw on Friday RIM preps developers for BlackBerry 10 QWERTY smartphone Worldwide server shipments rose in Q3, but revenue fell, Gartner says Windows Phone 7.8 coming next year, and users aren't happy Apple's iPhone 5 cleared for sale in China Richi Jennings: Google Nexus 4 sold out again? Yes and no... WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level By viewing this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. View Now In a symbolic shift, IBM's India workforce likely exceeds U.S. It has been widely expected over the past year or two that IBM's India workforce was on track to exceed its U.S. workforce, if it hadn't exceeded it already. Read More Nearly half of IT shops ignore BYOD A multinational survey of more than 3,000 workers revealed that they believe their IT shops turn a blind eye toward the use of mobile devices for business purposes, either because they're unaware of it or because they're actively ignoring it. Read More Google CEO Page said to meet with FTC Google CEO Larry Page met with officials from the Federal Trade Commission this week in an attempt to convince regulators that the company hasn't broken antitrust laws, reports say. Read More Lawsuit possible in NASA laptop theft A group of current and former contractors at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are considering whether to file a lawsuit due to the possible exposure of personal information stored on an agency laptop stolen from a locked car, their lawyer said. Read More Samsung to issue firmware fix for printer security flaw on Friday Samsung Electronics will close a security hole in the firmware of some of its printers by issuing an update on Friday, and said they could be protected by disabling SNMP. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Online New Technology to Your Users: A Make-or-Break Moment Join this interactive webinar to learn: - How to assess what users expect from technology - Common missteps and omissions in the QA process - What you can do to make uses feel more confident and supported - And more… Learn More RIM preps developers for BlackBerry 10 QWERTY smartphone Research In Motion has introduced the BlackBerry Dev Alpha C, a smartphone developers can use to test their applications and get ready for the launch of the BlackBerry 10 QWERTY device next year. Read More Worldwide server shipments rose in Q3, but revenue fell, Gartner says Worldwide server shipments went up in the third quarter of 2012, but revenue from those sales dropped due to economic uncertainty in some parts of the world, research firm Gartner said in a study released on Wednesday. Read More Windows Phone 7.8 coming next year, and users aren't happy Microsoft's next OS update for Windows Phone 7 handsets won't be available until sometime in 2013. Read More Apple's iPhone 5 cleared for sale in China Apple's iPhone 5 appears to have cleared the last hurdle in a series of Chinese regulatory checks, opening the way for the device to finally be sold in one of the company's largest markets. Read More Richi Jennings: Google Nexus 4 sold out again? Yes and no... Has Google's Nexus 4 sold out again? It certainly looks that way, but with the unexpected instability of Google's cloud-based Play Store, it's hard to tell. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers compare notes to crowdsource the truth. Read More
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