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Microsoft Will Speed up The Release Cadence of Windows

Dec 31, 2012

Computerworld - Microsoft will speed up the release cadence of Windows, starting in 2013, to issue annual OS upgrades, according to reports on the Web today. But analysts believe that the new pace will be both difficult for Microsoft to ...

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Analysts Are Divided Over Whether The Changes Would Be Bad for Users.

Dec 31, 2012

Computerworld - Despite calls for Facebook to stop planned changes to the way it makes privacy policy, analysts are divided over whether the changes would be bad for users. Last week, Facebook announced that it's making an adjustment to ...

Tags: Facebook, privacy policy, company news, IT industry

Visa Expanded Its Digital Wallet Service V.me to an Additional 53 Banks and 23 Partners

Dec 31, 2012

Visa said Tuesday that it has expanded its digital wallet service V.me to an additional 53 banks and 23 merchant partners. About 55 million cardholders now can use V.me for their online shopping. V.me is a wallet service that aims to make ...

Tags: Mobile Payments, Visa, US, digital wallet service

Brightcove's Native Plug-in Architecture for Its App Cloud and Launch of Mobile Build

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - Brightcove's native plug-in architecture for its App Cloud and Application Craft's launch of Mobile Build are the latest examples of how cross-platform development tools for mobile apps are becoming increasingly ...

Tags: Brightcove, App Cloud, mobile apps, comoany news

Hewlett-Packard Is Taking a Step Away From Traditional Server Design with The New Server

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard is taking a step away from traditional server design with the new Proliant SL4500 server, which mixes processing, networking and storage units to optimize performance of applications like OpenStack and ...

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This Was Not a Good Development for The Data Center Operated by Peer1 Hosting

Dec 31, 2012

When seawater flooded streets in lower Manhattan Monday night, it filled the bottom floors of the basement of an office building at 75 Broad St. and its lobby up to four feet. This was not a good development for the data center ...

Tags: Data Center, US, NYC, Customer Effort

Oracle Has Agreed to Acquire Selectminds

Dec 31, 2012

Oracle on Monday said it has agreed to acquire SelectMinds, a maker of "social talent sourcing software," in a bid to flesh out the capabilities it gained through this year's US$1.9 billion acquisition of Taleo. Terms of the deal, which ...

Tags: Oracle, SelectMinds, Taleo acquisition, Computer Products

Japan's Softbank Is Also Mulling a Competitive Bid for MetroPCS

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - Japan's Softbank, which is in negotiations to make a major investment in U.S. operator Sprint Nextel, is also mulling a competitive bid for MetroPCS, Japanese media reported Friday. The reports from sources such as the ...

Tags: Japan, Softbank, Sprint Nextel, MetroPCS

Cisco Today Announced Its Intent to Acquire Privately Held Cloupia

Dec 31, 2012

Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held Cloupia, a software company that develops products for automating data center operations for the deployment and configuration of physical and virtual resources. Cisco will pay ...

Tags: Cisco, acquisition, software development, US

Microsoft Has Sold 40 Million Licenses of The Windows 8 OS Since Its Launch a Month Ago

Dec 31, 2012

Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses of the Windows 8 OS since its launch a month ago. "We believe Windows 8 is shaping up is as one of the company's most successful products," said Tami Reller, Microsoft's chief marketing officer and ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, US, IT industry

Asus Delays Taichi Dual-Screen Ultrabooks

Dec 31, 2012

Asustek has delayed U.S. shipments for its dual-screen Taichi ultrabooks, which were available for order from retail sites like Amazon, Newegg and TigerDirect. The Taichi tablet-laptop hybrid has an innovative design with two screens, one ...

Tags: Asustek, Taichi ultrabooks, electronical product, US

Baosteel Wins Zhejiang Zhoushan Shuguang Hotel Engineering Design Project.

Dec 31, 2012

Recently,Baosteel Engineering&Technology Group's Engineering Division wins Zhejiang Zhoushan Shuguang Hotel engineering design project.This is the first five-star hotel design project bid which Baosteel Engineering wins. Zhoushan Shuguang ...

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Research in Motion Wednesday Released a BlackBerry Playbook OS Update

Dec 31, 2012

Computerworld - Research in Motion Wednesday released a BlackBerry PlayBook OS update that adds full device encryption to secure personal data stored on the device to go along with the already-available encryption for corporate data. The ...

Tags: BlackBerry PlayBook OS, personal data, corporate data, company news

A Hunt Is on for Its Chief Financial in Advanced Micro Devices

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday that its chief financial officer, Thomas Seifert, has resigned from his post and that a hunt is on for his replacement. AMD has appointed Devinder Kumar, senior vice president and ...

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The Consumer and Small-Business Prices for The New Office Suite in Microsoft

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - Microsoft has announced the consumer and small-business prices for the new Office suite, which will be sold both via traditional single-device, perpetual licenses and via a new annual, multi-device cloud subscription. ...

Tags: Microsoft, cloud subscription, new Office suite, software, company news