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Windows 8's uptake climbs but still trails Vista's
Windows 8's uptake shoved into a forward gear last month for the first time since May, but the OS trailed Windows Vista's tempo of six years ago. Read More
WHITE PAPER: Fortinet
Security Concerns in the C-Suite
Next-generation firewall technology (NGFW) addresses the most prevalent security issues. Fortinet's FortiGate NGFW integrates five crucial security protections, including strong authentication, antimalware and APT detection. View Now>>
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Infographic: Top Use Cases for Desktop Virtualization
A range of business issues are driving IT towards desktop virtualization. One solution—Citrix XenDesktop with FlexCast technology—helps IT teams empower their workforces, one project at a time. See the trends driving the adoption of virtual desktops and the top use cases IT teams are deploying today View now
Attack of the killer Windows laptops: Say goodbye to Chromebooks
A slew of new $200 Windows laptops, including a new Asus EeeBook, are taking direct aim at Chromebooks in the upcoming buying season. Will this kill off Chromebooks for good, or can they survive the onslaught?The just-announced Asus' EeeBook X205 laptop is very clearly targeted at Chromebooks. Available in November, it will have a $199 pricetag, an 11.6-inch screen, have 2 GB of RAM, and be powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor. It will also come with 100 GB of free OneDrive storage.An even better deal may be the HP Stream 14, which is expected to be available in time for the holidays. The $199 laptop will be powered by a quad-core AMD A4 Micro-6400T chip running at 1.6 GB. It will have 2GB of RAM and a AMD Radeon R3 graphics chip. The screen will be a 14-incher with 1366 by 768 resolution. It has an SDXC slot for additional storage with a variety of cards. It's got got an HDMI port, one USB 3.0 port, and two USB 2.0 ports. It also comes with two years of free 100 GB OneDrive storage.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft targets Apple, Samsung with cheaper flagship Lumia
Microsoft will use price in the next round of its battle against Apple and Samsung to grow market share and persuade more users to jump on the Windows phone platform.This month the company will begin selling the Lumia 830, a fully featured smartphone that it believes stands up to Samsung's Galaxy S5 and Apple's iPhone 5S on technical specifications while being significantly cheaper, it said Thursday."We're going to challenge Apple and Samsung and expose the premium they are charging for a phone," said Chris Weber, corporate vice president of mobile device sales at Microsoft. He was speaking in Berlin on the sidelines of the IFA electronics show at Microsoft's first major product launch since it completed the acquisition of Nokia.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Did Microsoft help seed the market for Windows Store scam apps?
Microsoft has finally begun cleaning out the Windows Store by killing 1,500 scams and copycat apps. But by turning the other way when bad apps were uploaded, and maybe even paying for them, Microsoft was part of the problem.Among the 1,500 killed apps are many scams, such as a $4.99 "VLC Player Download," which is not a download, and merely points you to download the VLC Player, which is free. Before the Microsoft crackdown, the How-To Geek published an investigation of the store, finding:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IE users in no rush to discard old versions after Microsoft's support-stoppage mandate
Users of Internet Explorer (IE) were in no hurry last month to discard older versions, even after Microsoft told them that their browsers will drop off the support list in early 2016.In a surprise announcement on Aug. 7, Microsoft said that after Jan. 12, 2016, it would support IE9 only on Windows Vista, IE10 only on Windows Server 2012, and only IE11 on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.IE7 and IE8 will drop off support completely, but others on certain editions of Windows -- like IE10 on Windows 7 -- will also get the patch axe.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
WEBCAST: BMC Software
Boost Productivity with Self Service for Middleware
Middleware continues to play a significant role in the interconnectivity of applications across the enterprise. Find out how BMC Middleware Administration is used to increase productivity and meet ser requests. This session will provide insight into how to provide stakeholders with role-based self-service access to WebSphere MQ. Learn More
Microsoft's StorSimple: A first look at the 8000 series
One problem that the emergence of Big Data and the Internet of Things has highlighted for all of us in IT: There is data everywhere. On desktops, on servers, in databases, in logs, on phones and tablets, in your pants drawer -- you cannot escape it. Its corollary: The volume of data will continue to grow -- and data needs space. Data needs disk capacity. Other than exhausting your budget on spinning disks, where can you as an administrator turn to increase capacity inexpensively and, perhaps most importantly, quickly? Why, the cloud, of course! Or at least that is what Microsoft would like you to believe, as it brings to market its new StorSimple 8000 series of storage appliances.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft begins dropping OneDrive's 2GB file size limit
Cloud storage file size limits were a sad necessity back in the days when Internet speeds were low and storage prices were high. But now that those constraints are inverting, artificial file size barriers are crumbling. Case in point: This weekend, Microsoft began slowly and quietly dropping individual file size limits for OneDrive users, following in the footsteps of Dropbox and Google Drive. Late in August, Microsoft group program manager Omar Shahine took to OneDrive's uservoice forums to address a complaint about the 2GB file size limit, saying that, "It's not arbitrary. It's simply an old limit that we've been working on removing for far too long now. The good news is that we are actively working on this."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft China uses 'Windows 9' as official name of next edition
Microsoft's China division today briefly touted "Windows 9" in a post to the Weibo micro-blogging service, bolstering the speculation that the company will stick to a numerical name for its next OS. Although Microsoft China quickly deleted the post, the Chinese-language website cnBeta.com grabbed a screenshot before it disappeared. The post said, "Microsoft's latest OS Windows 9 is coming soon." cnBeta.com Microsoft China touted the name 'Windows 9' in a post to the Weibo micro-blogging service today, hinting that the company won't dramatically distance the new from Windows 8's lackluster reputation.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Should Microsoft kill Windows Phone?
It's been nearly four years since Microsoft first released Windows Phone, and what it has gotten after many millions of dollars in development and marketing costs, plus its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia, is this: a worldwide smartphone market share of less than 3%. And that number has been going down, not up.Ask any smart businessperson whether that investment is a good one, and you'll get a straightforward answer: no. Over at Microsoft, though, they think differently. Rather than abandoning Windows Phone, they're doubling down and making an even bigger bet on the struggling smartphone operating system. A company with Bill Gates' DNA will never willingly admit defeat, but in this case it may be time to do just that and instead hitch its mobile wagon to Android.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
China orders Microsoft to explain Windows, Office practices within 20 days
Chinese antitrust regulators today ordered Microsoft to explain compatibility and bundling issues with its software and gave the U.S. company 20 days to comply.The brief announcement on the website of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) (Chinese language version) was the latest move in the government's antitrust investigation of Microsoft, which faces an unknown number of charges.Microsoft must reply to the SAIC's demands in writing, the agency said.In a translation by the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), which reported on the SAIC's newest demands, the agency said Microsoft must explain "problems like incompatibility and other issues caused by a lack of released information about its Windows and Office software."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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