Kicking off what may be the company's most challenging marketing effort yet, Microsoft has launched its next generation operating system, Windows 8, in New York City. "Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is," said Microsoft ...
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IDG News Service - New Windows RT tablets announced at the IFA trade show in Berlin have intensified competition among ARM-based chip makers, which are adding unique capabilities to processors so tablets become more attractive to buyers ...
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Repair Outlook Tool eRepair Outlook specialises in data recovery from Microsoft Outlook pst files. One of the world's most popular mail clients, the Microsoft Outlook mail client is part of the Microsoft Office software suite. Repair ...
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While newly-discovered malware that attacks VMware virtual machines is no cause for undue concern, users can take some basic steps to protect apps and data, says security firm Trend Micro. Earlier this week, advanced analysis of the ...
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Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have finalized the creation of a joint venture that will deliver e-reading applications, and the new company will be called Nook Media LLC, the book seller said on Thursday. Previously called NewCo, the joint ...
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Taiwanese PC maker Acer, revising its estimates, does not expect "explosive growth" for Windows 8 devices when the Microsoft operating system launches in October, with its company CEO citing a lack of consumer interest as one of the ...
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The time has come: Windows 8 has hit the shelves and customers are flocking to buy the latest version of Microsoft's operating system. In the back of everyone's mind is the big question: what do I do to properly set up my Windows 8 ...
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ARM has joined forces with Microsoft to tune the Windows OS to work on processors based on ARM’s 64-bit architecture, the company said this week. Ian Forsyth, programme manager at ARM, could not comment on a specific release date ...
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IDG News Service - Brand-new laptop and desktop computers sold in China contain preinstalled malicious software, which has infected millions of computers around the world, according to an investigation by Microsoft revealed on Thursday. ...
Microsoft has fixed 26 vulnerabilities in its software products, including several considered critical, the company said on Tuesday in its monthly security patch report. The security holes, described in five critical and four important ...
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A new approach to mobile Internet protocols could improve the usability and reliability of mobile applications. At the annual Usenix tech conference last month in Boston, two MIT researchers formally unveiled a new protocol, and a remote ...
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Microsoft and Motorola Mobility will face off in court today for the start of a patent trial that could help establish how royalty rates are calculated for standards-essential patents. Microsoft sued Motorola’s smartphone division, ...
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Microsoft and Motorola Mobility will face off in court on Tuesday for the start of a patent trial that could help establish how royalty rates are calculated for standards-essential patents. Microsoft sued Motorola's smartphone division, ...
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Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is still full of other dangerous vulnerabilities,according to Russian researchers whose presentation at the Defcon security conference earlier this year was cancelled following a ...
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It's a rare year that sees updates to both OS X and Windows,but 2012 marks such an occasion.About a month after Apple released OS X Mountain Lion and two weeks after Microsoft finalized Windows 8(not shipping until Oct.26 but available for ...
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