Windows 8 uptake slows for third straight month

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	Windows 8 uptake slows for third straight month Windows 8's uptake pace slowed in February for the third straight month, Net Applications said today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Announcing exciting new server flash products You don't want to miss this live broadcast featuring extreme flash product testing! Join EMC on Tuesday, March 5 when we announce exciting new server flash products. Find out how your environment can benefit from extreme flash performance. Get real-time answers to all your product questions from our flash technology experts. In this Issue HP halfway through restructuring, 15K layoffs to go IT security managers too focused on compliance, experts say Researchers warn of new Java exploit being used by attackers Facebook set to launch new look for News Feed Western Digital claims HDD capacity doubled with nanotech breakthrough Return of CISPA: Cybersecurity boon or privacy threat? Update: NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon but glitch delays power supply Microsoft: We can update Office-by-subscription every 90 days Federal CIOs still say no to BYOD New SPEC tool to ID most energy-efficient servers Tech groups question new do-not-track bill Oracle ports DTrace to Oracle Linux Google publishes Zopfli as open-source compression algorithm to speed up Web downloads HTML5 Web Storage loophole can be abused to fill hard disks with junk data JR Raphael: Asus MeMO Pad Smart: Hands on with the new $300 10-inch tablet Jonny Evans: Is our children learning? The Apple effect Preston Gralla: ARM CEO: We like Windows RT, but Chromebooks may point the way to the future WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Winning Strategies for Omnichannel Banking Research reveals new ways for banks to prosper. Customers are ready for omnichannel experiences. Respond now-learn how to manage the transition to omnichannel banking and reap the rewards of delivering innovative services. Read Now HP halfway through restructuring, 15K layoffs to go HP has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target by the end of next year, according to CEO Meg Whitman. Read More IT security managers too focused on compliance, experts say Companies with IT security strategies that focus mostly on complying with key standards are dangerously unprepared for emerging cyber threats, said security experts at the RSA Conference 2013 here this week. Read More Researchers warn of new Java exploit being used by attackers A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. Read More Facebook set to launch new look for News Feed Facebook is about to launch a redesign of its News Feed feature. Read More Western Digital claims HDD capacity doubled with nanotech breakthrough Western Digital's HGST Labs announced a breakthrough in the ability to double HDD capacity through two innovative nantechnologies -- self-assembling molecules and nanoimprinting. Read More Return of CISPA: Cybersecurity boon or privacy threat? Rights groups fear widespread sharing of personal information; security managers see threat information sharing as key part of corporate cyber defenses Read More Update: NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon but glitch delays power supply After a successful liftoff this morning, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is on its way to rendezvous with the International Space Station. Read More Microsoft: We can update Office-by-subscription every 90 days Microsoft may upgrade Office 2013 as often as four times a year, the company's top Office executive said this week, a massive change from decades of more measured development. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud Computing for Midsize Business Read this paper to see what IBM discovered about how companies like yours are adopting, implementing and using cloud computing solutions. Learn about the current rate of adoption, as well as drivers, barriers, and considerations that are influencing the adoption of cloud computing. Learn More Federal CIOs still say no to BYOD Government IT leaders who oversee sensitive or classified information require firm device-management policies to address security concerns before they will even consider allowing workers' personal smartphones and tablets behind the firewall. Read More New SPEC tool to ID most energy-efficient servers SPEC, the standards body for performance benchmarks, has released a new toolkit that should help customers choose the most energy-efficient server for the workloads they need to run. Read More Tech groups question new do-not-track bill New legislation in the U.S. Senate that would allow Internet users to tell companies to stop tracking them is unnecessary and could slow e-commerce growth, some tech groups said. Read More Oracle ports DTrace to Oracle Linux Oracle has ported one of its most coveted Solaris tools to the Linux platform, a real-time debugging tool called DTrace, though the company has made it officially available only for its own Oracle Linux distribution. Read More Google publishes Zopfli as open-source compression algorithm to speed up Web downloads Google is open-sourcing a new general purpose data compression library called Zopfli that can be used to speed up Web downloads. Read More HTML5 Web Storage loophole can be abused to fill hard disks with junk data A security researcher has found a loophole in how the HTML5 Web Storage standard is implemented in the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari browsers that could allow malicious websites to fill visitors' hard disk drives with large amounts of junk data. Read More JR Raphael: Asus MeMO Pad Smart: Hands on with the new $300 10-inch tablet Asus's new MeMO Pad Smart offers solid performance at an affordable price. There's just one little problem. Read More Jonny Evans: Is our children learning? The Apple effect How children are educated, enabled and empowered to understand what's around helps determine the future of any nation. Investment in education is investment in the seeds of future prosperity, and technology is playing an active part in this, with Apple solutions leading the way. Read More Preston Gralla: ARM CEO: We like Windows RT, but Chromebooks may point the way to the future ARM, which makes the chips used for the Microsoft Surface and other Windows RT tablets, isn't particularly worried that Windows RT hasn't set the world on fire. ARM CEO Warren East expects that eventually Windows RT will become popular. But he also believes that Chromebooks may point the way towards how future PCs will work. Read More
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