Windows 8 brings zero 'pop' to consumer PC sales

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	Windows 8 brings zero 'pop' to consumer PC sales Windows 8 has delivered no bump to flagging consumer PC sales in the U.S., a retail research analyst said. 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 White House opposes GOP STEM visa bill, as heat rises Surface Pro tablet pricing starts at $899, Microsoft says Probe finds U.S. e-health program lacks oversight NASA blunts reports of history-making Mars discovery AT&T to sell rugged flip phone with push-to-talk Dec. 14 for $100 Syria suffers nationwide Internet blackout; charts show dramatic traffic collapse CompTIA opinion: A technology agenda for Obama's second term RIM releases Mobile Fusion management software upgrade OLPC cancels XO-3 tablet, downplays need for new hardware Survey: Google Play gains on Apple App Store Satellite carrier may open new Wi-Fi channel for US Google Play grows in Japan, other Asian countries Jonny Evans: Forstall 'got what he deserved' says iPod father Fadell Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sales are sluggish, not booming, say analysts and Asian PC makers Barbara Krasnoff: One month with Microsoft's Surface: A mixed verdict WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Five Myths of Cloud Computing Cloud computing continues to grow in popularity among the IT industry. And more businesses are advertising that they are the front runner for providing the best cloud services. However, in this race to remain top dog, IT pros remain unsure of what cloud computing is and the benefits it can bring to their organization. Read Now! White House opposes GOP STEM visa bill, as heat rises The White House is all for the idea of a STEM visa, just not the one proposed in a bill proposed by House Republicans. Read More Surface Pro tablet pricing starts at $899, Microsoft says Microsoft on Thursday set pricing for its Surface Pro 10.6-in. tablet with a starting price of $899 for a 64 GB version and $999 for a 128 GB version. Read More Probe finds U.S. e-health program lacks oversight Federal investigator's assessment of the Medicare eHealth records program, shows a lack of fiscal oversight. Read More NASA blunts reports of history-making Mars discovery NASA today blunted reports of a potentially history-making discovery on Mars. Read More AT&T to sell rugged flip phone with push-to-talk Dec. 14 for $100 In a sign that the flip phone and walkie-talkie functionality are still popular with some workers, AT&T said it will sell the rugged Samsung Rugby III exclusively for $99.99 with a two-year agreement starting Dec. 14. Read More Syria suffers nationwide Internet blackout; charts show dramatic traffic collapse Internet access in Syria has been shut off nationwide, and network watchers Akamai and Renesys have issued charts illustrating the dramatic traffic collapse. Read More CompTIA opinion: A technology agenda for Obama's second term Among the issues that Congress and the president can tackle are taxation, STEM education and the need for a national standard on data breaches. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec IT Security Management: Chaos Theory Download this white paper to learn how Software as a Service (SaaS) has great potential to help create and maintain order in that chaos. Read Now! RIM releases Mobile Fusion management software upgrade Research in Motion Thursday released an upgraded version of its mobile management software designed to help its users prepare for a "simple and straightforward upgrade" to the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 release slated for early next year. Read More OLPC cancels XO-3 tablet, downplays need for new hardware One Laptop Per Child has cancelled plans to release its XO-3 tablet, although technology from that project could still be used in other products, OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said. Read More Survey: Google Play gains on Apple App Store But iOS app sales still outpace Android app sales 4 to 1 Read More Satellite carrier may open new Wi-Fi channel for US A plan by a satellite carrier to make better use of its spectrum could open up an extra channel for Wi-Fi in the U.S., though how and when consumers would get to use it isn't yet clear. Read More Google Play grows in Japan, other Asian countries Apple's App Store generates four times the revenue of Google Play, but Google's sales of apps are growing fast in South Korea, Japan and India, according to a new monthly index. Read More Jonny Evans: Forstall 'got what he deserved' says iPod father Fadell iPod inventor Tony Fadell has welcomed Apple's move to fire Scott Forstall, saying the former iOS chief, "got what he deserved". It's a rare admission from an ex-Apple exec, who it is alleged left the company because of his conflict with the iPhone OS ex-leader. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sales are sluggish, not booming, say analysts and Asian PC makers Microsoft has been touting its claim of 40 million Windows 8 licenses sold as evidence of a booming launch. But analysts and Asian PC makers beg to disagree, and say sales of the new operating system have been sluggish. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: One month with Microsoft's Surface: A mixed verdict When I learned that Microsoft was coming out with a snazzy new Windows 8 tablet offer an innovative keyboard cover to boot, I looked forward to it with a great deal of anticipation. TSo when I was offered a loaner Surface, I grabbed at the opportunity. It went well -- but not as well as I had hoped. Read More
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