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Microsoft Must Aggressively Price Its Office 365 Subscription Plans

Dec 26, 2012

Microsoft must aggressively price its Office 365 subscription plans, perhaps as low as $2 a month, to convince consumers that it's better to rent software than to buy it, analysts said today. When CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives ...

Tags: Microsoft, Office 365, subscription plans, software

Prices Are Dropping on Tablets Running Android 4.1 OS

Dec 26, 2012

Prices are dropping on tablets running Android 4.1 OS, with Indian company Karbonn Mobiles announcing a tablet priced at around $125 and using Google's latest OS, code-named Jelly Bean. The Smart Tab 1 tablet is the second with Android ...

Tags: tablets, Android 4.1 OS, Google, Jelly Bean

An American and a Frenchman Have Won The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - An American and a Frenchman have won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on quantum optics, which could one day lead to faster computer processors, better telecommunications or more accurate timepieces. ...

Tags: Nobel Prize for Physics, quantum optics, computer processors

Tokyo's New Governor Announced The City Would Subsidize Companies with a Project

Dec 26, 2012

Tokyo’s new governor, Naoki Inose, announced the city would subsidize companies with a project to mine rare earth elements from the seabed off Minami-Torishima Island, to the southeast of Tokyo. The Asahi Shimbum reports that ...

Tags: Asia, China, Japan, Rare Earth

Lenovo and EMC Will Team up to Develop and Sell Server and Storage Technology

Dec 26, 2012

Lenovo and EMC will team up to develop and sell server and storage technology, with an eye to the Chinese market, the companies said Wednesday. The partnership will improve Lenovo's standing in the server and storage space, while giving ...

Tags: Lenovo, EMC, server and storage technology, Chinese market

China Is Looking to Allocate a Value-Added Tax Permit

Dec 26, 2012

China is looking to allocate a value-added tax (VAT) permit to all rare earth companies in a desperate effort to curb resource plundering, dangerous artisanal mining and widespread pollution, as well as collecting revenue. By forcing rare ...

Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy

To Keep Hackers at Bay There Must Be Changes in Security Budgets and Privacy Regulations

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - In order to keep hackers at bay there must be changes in security budgets and privacy regulations, RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello said on Tuesday. Coviello opened the RSA Conference Europe 2012 with a keynote that ...

Tags: Coviello, hackers, security budgets, privacy regulations, RSA

China Is Responsible for More Than 90% of The Global Supply of Rare Earths

Dec 26, 2012

China is responsible for more than 90% of the global supply of rare earths and a few years ago embarked on a crackdown on illegal rare earth mines and consolidation of the industry under a few large producers. Controversially the country ...

Tags: China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy

The Mac Suite Will Sport Few Changes

Dec 26, 2012

Computerworld - Although customers who subscribe to Office 365 will be able to install and run Office for Mac as part of the five-copies-per-plan deal, the Mac suite will sport few changes, Microsoft has said. Unlike Office on Windows, ...

Tags: Mac, Microsoft, Windows, Office 2013

Box Announced on Tuesday an HTML5 Framework

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - Box announced on Tuesday an HTML5 framework that makes it possible for customers and other vendors to fully integrate features of its file sharing and cloud storage software into websites and enterprise applications. ...

Tags: Box, HTML5 framework, cloud storage software, pre-built code

The Launch of The First Commercial Services VoLTE Took Place Last Week

Dec 26, 2012

IDG News Service - The launch of the first commercial Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services took place last week, but most operators are likely to take a cautious approach as they face technical and business challenges. U.S. operator MetroPCS ...

Tags: VoLTE services, cautious approach, MetroPCS, SK Telecom

The Latest Version of Its VCS Adds The Ability to Reduce Virtual Machine Recovery Times

Dec 26, 2012

Computerworld - Symantec Tuesday announced the latest version of its Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), which adds the ability to reduce virtual machine recovery times by using VMware's vMotion data migration capabilities. The new version of ...

Tags: Symantec, Veritas Cluster Server, virtual machine, VMware's vMotion

The Paradox: The Talent Pipeline Is Being Squeezed at Both Ends

Dec 26, 2012

Like it or not, we are in the midst of yet another technology talent crisis, and when your CEO is demanding more out of your team, you really need good people. But here's the paradox: The talent pipeline is being squeezed at both ends. ...

Tags: technology talent crisis, CEO, team, paradox

It's a Scratch Card Christmas at Winner Casino

Dec 26, 2012

It's a scratch card Christmas at Winner Casino! To celebrate our recent $1,000,000 Monty Python's Spamalot slots jackpot winner, the 5 star online casino is encouraging players to try the scratch card version of Spamalot! NICOSIA, CYPRUS, ...

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What Do The Gold Market and The Weather Have in Common?

Dec 26, 2012

What do the gold market and the weather have in common? You can forecast both, but predict neither, according to Brien Lundin, chief executive of Jefferson Financial and publisher of Gold Newsletter. Lundin, who also organizes the New ...

Tags: Finance, Gold, Rare Earth, Metallurgy

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