Brazilian regulators are to investigate Google after claims by Microsoft and Brazilian search rivals that the firm is involved in anti-competitive practices. Brazil's antitrust watchdog Cade said that it was looking into accusations that ...
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VMware has acquired desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) firm Desktone for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition was announced today in Barcelona at VMworld Europe 2013, as part of the opening keynote. Desktone, which is an existing partner of ...
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The chief of US spy organisation, the National Security Agency (NSA), Keith Alexander, believes that the US government needs to speed up the process of getting cyber security legislation in place in order to defend the US from attacks. ...
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The Scottish Government is set to equip civil servants with Windows 8 tablets in an effort to improve their ability to work on the move. An initial pilot for key staff offered a choice of tablets from a selection comprising the Samsung ...
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Microsoft has joined Google and Facebook in plotting a replacement for the cookie. For many years the humble cookie, a small text file that browsers download when they visit a web site, has been one of the mainstays of online advertising, ...
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Valve, the company behind the popular Steam games website and portal, has released the technical specifications of its Steambox, a games console intended to take the popular service from the desktop PC to the living room. Valve started ...
As anticipated, the latest round of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday monthly release of security fixes addresses a widely known Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability already being exploited by malicious hackers. Overall, for October’s ...
The PC market remained weak in the third quarter, but the expiration of Microsoft’s support for Windows XP in April next year may have prompted users to look at upgrades, which eased the slump. About 81.6 million PCs shipped during ...
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The PC market moved into its sixth straight quarter of declining sales, analysts reported on Wednesday, although the dip was less pronounced than one firm expected. Market research firm Gartner reported that third-quarter PC sales dipped ...
Microsoft will offer discounts on its Azure cloud service next month as part of a cloud computing push that also includes new releases of its Windows Server and Systems Center software. Customers on Enterprise Agreement licenses will be ...
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Microsoft Gulf has announced plans for GITEX 2013 to provide visitors with access to its latest technologies in-line with the IT industry’s current disruptive trends. The next generation Microsoft solutions will be available on ...
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FineLine Technologies, Inc. and Scanbuy, Inc. announced a broad and comprehensive agreement that will enable retailers to easily implement a QR Code, Microsoft Tag, and/or an NFC mobile-enhanced packaging solution across their global supply ...
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Delta Air Lines is equipping its 11,000 pilots with Microsoft Surface 2 tablets, as it aims to replace paper-based flight kits with "electronic flight bags". The US airline is to trial the tablets - which will be available in the UK for ...
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Research released today by the Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB) reveals that just 11 of the UK’s 100 highest spending advertisers now have websites designed to automatically display content in the most appropriate way, for ...
Mobile devices will be able to talk to wireless charging platforms through a partnership between the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the backers of Bluetooth. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group and the A4WP announced a memorandum ...