Apple has sacked Richard Williamson,the executive in charge of Apple Maps,following months of embarrassment for the company surrounding the application's performance. A report from Bloomberg claimed Williamson was forced out of Apple by ...
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BT is deploying the Windows 8 operating system(OS)to 5,900 engineers in its Openreach division in one the largest roll-outs of the most recent Microsoft OS. Speaking at the Dubai launch event for Windows 8,Peter Scott,director of end user ...
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VMware has confirmed that the source code for its enterprise-level virtualisation platform – ESX hypervisor – has been leaked online and is urging users to apply security patches. This is the second time the ESX source code ...
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Unlicensed copies of popular software Keep up to date Patch applications with security updates Conficker still a threat Malicious key generation(keygen)software is one of the fastest-growing types of a malware,according to the latest ...
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Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 8,its latest operating system(OS)for smartphones. Microsoft intends Windows Phone 8 to take market share away from the likes of Apple and Google's Android,which currently dominate the smartphone ...
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Holland-based LeaseWeb has opted for storage software from Nexenta on commodity hardware as a platform for its cloud computing platform. The company chose Nexenta over HP, IBM, NetApp and open source storage products for the project, which ...
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Samsung has almost doubled its profits in its third quarter of 2012,thanking the performance of its smartphone division for the significant rise. Net profit for the three-month period hit KRW6.56tn(GBP3.7bn),which represented a ...
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Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8 ahead of the commercial release of its operating system (OS) and Surface tablet worldwide on Friday. The new OS has been designed for use on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones ...
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Enterprise IT on the go with Windows 8 Windows 8 and the XP legacy What next for Windows 8 With the launch of Windows 8,Microsoft is taking a step into the unknown.In a bid to stop its lucrative PC operating system(OS)business losing ...
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Google's Android mobile operating system(OS)is under siege by attackers,with malware and information stealing adware targeting the platform up 483%in the last quarter. While Apple's relatively rigorous approach to vetting apps before ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 is seen by many as representing an evolutionary jump for the operating system (OS), but what about security? Has there been an evolutionary leap there? In the run-up to the launch, much has been said about the new ...
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Oracle is pushing its combined hardware and software product range as a way for CIOs to avoid costly consultant fees. Speaking in the UK, Oracle president Mark Hurd, said open systems were more costly because they were not ...
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HTC has released financial figures showing a massive drop in profits as it struggled to keep up with rival mobile manufacturers. For the third quarter ending in September 2012, net profit after tax fell to NT$3.9bn (£82.76m) for the ...
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Research in Motion(RIM)will launch its upcoming mobile operating system(OS)–BlackBerry 10 or BB10–in January 2013. Rob Orr,RIM managing director UK and Ireland,let the date slip in an interview with Computer Weekly,but denied ...
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More than 50% of devices running Google's Android mobile operating system (OS) have unpatched vulnerabilities, opening them up to malicious apps and other attacks. Security provider Duo Bulletin assessed 20,000 Android devices worldwide ...
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