SCO, the low-end Unix software vendor that sought to claim intellectual property rights over the popular open-source operating system Linux, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the first stage in its winding up and liquidation. Further ...
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Computerworld - A final copy of Windows 8 leaked to the Internet on Thursday, just a day after Microsoft stamped the new operating system as finished. Identified as Windows 8 Enterprise N -- the "N" marks it as aimed at European users -- ...
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled its new range of PlayBooks, with the devices being launched in Canada on 9 August, followed by rollouts in the US, Europe, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Like the ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft today announced that it's wrapped up Windows 8 and declared that the operating system has met the "release to manufacturing" (RTM) milestone. "A short while ago we started releasing Windows 8 to PC OEM and ...
Rackspace is formally launching its OpenStack open-source infrastructure-as-a-service platform in the UK in mid-August. Further reading IT skills gap has led to a'talent war',says Rackspace CEO Rackspace CTO:Oracle and SAP are starting ...
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Macworld - Reader Nick Hamilton finds himself stuck between old hardware and a new operating system. He writes: I have an older AirPort Express Base Station. I recently installed Mountain Lion and have found that its version of AirPort ...
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Security researcher Jonathan Brossard created a proof-of-concept hardware backdoor called Rakshasa that replaces a computer's BIOS (Basic Input Output System) and can compromise the operating system at boot time without leaving traces on ...
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A widespread spam attack linking to malware has broken out on Twitter, according to the security firm Sophos. The malicious tweets often read "It's you on photo?" or "It's about you?" The tweets and URLs often include a user's Twitter ...
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IDG News Service-Motorola does not infringe a Microsoft patent related to technology for monitoring events in mobile phones,the lower regional court of Munich ruled on Thursday,according to a court spokesman. Microsoft sued Motorola ...
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Researchers have confirmed the existence of new Mac malware just hours before the release of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system. Within hours, researchers at security company Sophos also confirmed an iOS ...
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Upgrading to Windows 7 is having little effect on IT departments' PC purchasing decisions Businesses are actively moving off Windows XP, as support for the legacy operating system (OS) is due to end in 2014. But, according to researcher ...
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Apple giveth,and Apple taketh away.As it released Mountain Lion through the Mac App Store Wednesday,the company simultaneously removed Lion from the store:You cant find Lion if you search for it,its no longer listed as one of Apples apps in ...
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Sustainability consultancy ERM has used a combination of 1E's Nomad Enterprise software and Microsoft's ConfigMgr platform to distribute Windows 7 in a matter of hours. The company is rolling out Windows 7 and has been using the 1E ...
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Intel is porting the Android 4.1 operating system,also called Jelly Bean,to work on smartphones and tablets using low-power Atom processors,the company said this week. The company did not provide a time frame for when the Android 4.1 port ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an off-handed remark in calling Office 2013"magical,"a comment often cited of Apple products.But this time around it seems Microsoft got some stuff right,according to testers. Microsoft's latest version of ...
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