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8 Features That Could Make Windows 8 Great
Microsoft's next OS is loaded with features like eight-second boot times and better file management that could make it the best version of Windows...
Microsoft Windows 8 Unification Plan: Grand, But Risky
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 appear to look very much alike. That's great news for users, but can Redmond pull off one OS across desktops, mobile...
Nokia Numbers Show Microsoft’s Mobile Madness
Every Windows Phone 7 device Nokia shipped in Q4 cost Microsoft $250, minus a royalty. But Microsoft is burning this cash with good reason.
Microsoft, Intel Face Their Kodak Moment
Unless they embrace radical change, the once dominant Wintel partners will follow the photography giant's unenviable path into decline.
Windows Phones To Flood Market In 2012
Microsoft failed to gain much ground in the mobile phone market in 2011, but its partners should help it grab a piece of the market this year.
Windows Phone: Microsoft's Comeback Kid?
Microsoft is all-in with Windows Phone and believes all the pieces are in place for a successful 2012.
2012 Tablet Race: Where's Microsoft?
As I watch startup CloudOn and the hordes of Android mutants, I can't help noticing that CES isn't the only place Redmond is AWOL.
Ballmer's CES Keynote: Nothing To Seacrest Here
Microsoft's last appearance at Vegas tech fest underwhelms, even as consumer misses become a clear and present threat to its enterprise business.
Lumia 710 Review: Nice, But No Windows Phone Savior
Nokia's first Windows Phone for the U.S. market is a solid entry, but not enough to lift Microsoft's mobile fortunes.
Microsoft Azure In 2012: Watch Out Amazon?
Look for Linux and Hadoop twists as Microsoft bolsters its cloud platform. Some observers say the changes could move Azure into more direct...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Date Confirmed
February 08, 2012Microsoft is set to release a trial version of its touch-centric operating system to everyday computer users.
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Is Server-Based Storage Tiering Right For You?
February 08, 2012Maybe we're making the whole job of improving network performance more complicated than it has to be.
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Shopper Market Research Firm Taps Social Community
February 08, 2012Core4 brings customer research panels online while also putting a mobile app in the hands of secret shoppers.
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Interior Department Tries Again With Cloud Email
February 08, 2012After a failed attempt to award Microsoft the contract to move to hosted email and collaboration services, the department is shopping for a new...
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VA Division Saves $742,000 With Telehealth
February 08, 2012Northwestern Veterans Affairs network deploys videoconferencing, remote monitors to care for far-flung wounded warriors, extend reach of specialists.
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GSA Details Federal Cloud Security Program
February 08, 2012The General Services Administration on Tuesday released extensive new details on FedRAMP, a program the Obama administration hopes will accelerate...
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iOS Social Apps Leak Contact Data
February 08, 2012Some apps send iPhone address books in unencrypted format to software vendors' servers--a practice that may not be obvious to all users.
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Major Telemedicine Roadblock Could Clear With Proposed Bill
February 08, 2012New law would set up national credentials database so telehealth providers would no longer need multiple state licenses.
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Jive Financials Show Social Software Momentum
February 08, 2012Following IPO, Jive reports a bigger loss but also bigger deals--and a new user self-provisioning cloud option on the horizon.
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Oracle Rejects $272 Million SAP Award, Demands Retrial
February 08, 2012Five-year-old copyright infringement lawsuit will continue, as Oracle seeks to put SAP execs back on the witness stand.
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Have Your Users' Passwords Already Been Hacked?
February 08, 2012If employees use their same password at work and in their personal lives, another company's breach may weaken your security. Five steps to...
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Phoenix Suns Pick Samsung Galaxy Tab Over iPad
February 08, 2012The NBA's Phoenix Suns are adopting Samsung's 10.1-inch Android tablet with Verizon 4G for use by players, coaches, and staff.
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Altaro Rolls Out Enhanced Backup For Hyper-V
February 08, 2012New software allows backup of virtual machines in clusters, external drive support.
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iPhone Subsidies Hurt Sprint's Bottom Line
February 08, 2012Sprint broke its own records for new subscribers and revenue per user, but still lost $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter, thanks in part to iPhone...
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Nokia To Cut 4,000 Manufacturing Jobs
February 08, 2012Microsoft’s mobile partner says it will move smartphone assembly to Asia to better compete with rivals like Apple and Google.
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Amazon Drops S3 Storage Pricing
February 08, 2012Amazon Web Services' users will get up to 13.5% off their bill, depending on how much they store.
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8 Features That Could Make Windows 8 Great
February 08, 2012Microsoft's next OS is loaded with features like eight-second boot times and better file management that could make it the best version of Windows...
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Oracle Analytics Package Expands In-Database Processing Options
February 08, 2012New Oracle Advanced Analytics package speeds and scales R-language-based analyses inside the 11g database.
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3 Things To Remember Before Investing In Facebook
February 08, 2012Zuckerberg letter makes one thing perfectly clear: Investing in Facebook is about more than business--it's about funding a new worldview.
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Tablets In Business: Hard Lessons From Early Adopters
February 08, 2012From garbage trucks to cruise ships, companies are putting iPads and Android tablets to work. Here's what they're learning.
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6 Steps To Maximize Your Unified Communications ROI
February 08, 2012UC vendors don't like to admit how complicated it is to deploy today's systems. Follow our plan to get the most out of your UC deployment.
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10 Strategies To Fight Anonymous DDoS Attacks
February 08, 2012Preventing distributed denial of service attacks may be impossible. But with advance planning, they can be mitigated and stopped. Learn where to...
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CIO Profiles: Steve Haindl Of Automotive Resources International
February 08, 2012Technology is giving fleet managers more access to real-time data, says this CIO.
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Project Management Gets Lean
February 08, 2012IT can't afford to do projects the old way. Lean project management gives a better picture of success or failure.
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Smartphone Owners Lament 4G Battery Woes
February 08, 2012As we transition to 4G mobile, many people are having problems with battery life. Come see what TeamBYTE has to say about it all.
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App Stores Create 500,000 U.S. Jobs
February 07, 2012Almost half a million Americans can thank the rise of the "app economy" for their jobs, according to TechNet study.
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Feds To Employees: Use Your Own Devices At Work
February 07, 2012Survey finds that 62% of agencies encourage staffers to bring their own mobile devices to work to save the agencies money. Close to half of...
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Federal Standards Body Focuses On Big Data, Cloud
February 07, 2012National Institute of Standards and Technology's new IT Lab Director Chuck Romine says agency is focusing on big data, cloud computing, mobility,...
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Google Releases Chrome For Android
February 07, 2012Google says mobile version of Chrome delivers more speed and access to desktop browser data.
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Google Bouncer Won't Block All Android Malware
February 07, 2012Security expert says Google Bouncer malware checks are a step in the right direction, but not a complete solution. Meanwhile, Google excised more...
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Air Force Command To Buy Tablets
February 07, 2012Military unit will replace paper manuals and navigational charts with up to 18,000 iPads or other tablet devices.
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Utilities Facing Brute-Force Attack Threat
February 07, 2012SSH attack warning from ICS-CERT just the latest in a series of high-profile vulnerabilities affecting critical infrastructure of power plants,...
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Siemens Targets North American Unified Communications Market
February 07, 2012Siemens Enterprise Communications challenges market leaders Cisco, Avaya as revamped company pushes corporate networking and communications gear...
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Wajam: New Alternative To Google Social Search
February 07, 2012Google factors Google+ into search results, but Wajam makes connections with all of your social networks
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VeriSign Breach May Reaffirm Certificate Authority Security Model
February 07, 2012Alternative Internet security proposals simply just transfer trust to entities equally vulnerable to attack, experts say.
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Award-Winning Healthcare CIO Rick Schooler Honored
February 07, 2012Hospitals still ran on mainframes when Rick Schooler, named CIO of the Year by CHIME and HIMSS, started in healthcare. Now, business analytics and...
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Extortion Plot Behind Anonymous Release Of pcAnywhere: Symantec
February 07, 2012Symantec says Anonymous hackers tried to carry out an extortion plot before releasing source code to pcAnywhere; law enforcement agencies involved...
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Halliburton Adopts iPhone, Casts BlackBerry Aside
February 07, 2012A big and important, long-time customer abandons RIM's BlackBerry in order to standardize on iPhones for employees.
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RIM To Developers: You'll Make Money With Us
February 07, 2012Research In Motion touts profitability, Qt developer framework, as it woos devs to build the apps that draw smartphone, tablet buyers.
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E-publishing, Part 3: E-looters 101
February 07, 2012The moral simpletons who copy other people's intellectual property don't appreciate that anything they'd want to copy is the result of someone's...
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SMB Builds $10 Million Business With No Marketing
February 07, 2012ConnectAndSell used its own "live conversation automation" service to go from zero to $10 million in annual revenue without spending a dime on...
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iPhone 4S Propels Apple To Smartphone Lead
February 07, 2012Device launch helped Apple surpass Android specialist Samsung in the fourth quarter, which proved to be a rough period for Nokia and RIM.
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Verizon, Health Evolution Partners To Promote Health IT
February 07, 2012Communications giant teams with Health Evolution Partners, a healthcare buyout company, to sell Verizon's data-management technologies to health...
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Health IT's Newest Ideas: HIMSS12 Preview
February 07, 2012Take an early look at 14 of the most interesting health IT products and services that will be displayed at the annual HIMSS conference, happening...
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IBM Adds Speed, Flexibility To Big Data Storage
February 07, 2012XIV Storage Systems, tuned for cloud, virtualization, big data implementations, get solid state drives to triple storage speed, plus iPhone app...
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Tablet Shootout: Which Fits Your Enterprise?
February 07, 2012Take a close look at six tablet options, from Apple to Android, with a focus on pros and cons for enterprise users.
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Socialcast Brings Fast Answers To Far-Flung Nonprofit Workers
February 07, 2012Enterprise social network enables international health agency workers to get immediate answers from peers, rather than waiting for the home office...
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VMware Rapidly Expands Cloud Partner Network
February 07, 2012VMware users who want to run virtualized workloads in the cloud now have 94 cloud service providers to choose from in a wide variety of worldwide...
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Wolfram Alpha Learns Image, Data Tricks
February 07, 2012Wolfram Alpha adds paid subscription service that provides new image and data analysis capabilities.
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Qualcomm's Vision For Next-Gen Airplane Wi-Fi
February 07, 2012Qualcomm is pitching the idea of "4G on a plane" to the U.S. government. But its 300Gbps Next-Gen AG has some hurdles to clear before takeoff.
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