Microsoft's Windows 8 may be lagging far behind Windows 7 in its usage uptake,but it's easily topping the low bar set by Windows Vista,according to data from Web metric firm Net Applications. Windows 8 accounted for 0.45%of all ...
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Windows XP has fewer than 500 days left to live,according to Microsoft and third-party countdown clocks. Microsoft will end support for XP on April 8,2014,when it will issue a final security update for the 11-year-old operating ...
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UK security services have begun bridging the gap that has stopped open source software getting security clearance for use in government systems. The initiative has come too late to stop the first big contract wins delivered under the ...
The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)has published a data protection code of practice on managing the risks related to anonymisation. It explains the issues surrounding the anonymisation of personal data and its disclosure,along with ...
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Hostess Brands has said last-ditch talks with union officials to try to resolve the dispute that has threatened the existence of the US baker have been"unsuccessful". The company,which owns brands including Twinkies,was set to ask for ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission may seek to make carriers reveal how well their networks withstood major natural disasters so that consumers can compare rival providers. That will be one topic on the agenda at a series of ...
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News that debt-laden giant Premier Foods plans to axe 900 jobs,close two bakeries and restructure its distribution system was greeted with fury by unions and applause by City analysts. Unite the union and the Bakers Food and Allied ...
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Mike Gibbons,CIO of building materials company Aggregate Industries,talks to Computer Weekly about why regulatory intervention made the company realise the importance of its data assets,and the reason investment in IT is more important now ...
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City Cement has revealed that the breakdown caused by a technical failure at its second mill could lead to it losing sales of up to $13.3m (SR: 50m). In a statement to the Saudi stock exchange yesterday, the firm said that it could take up ...
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Evolucia, Inc. (OTCBB & OTCQB: ILED) announces today that it recently received notification from the United States Patent and Trademark Office that four more of the company's LED (light emitting diode) lighting patents have been granted. ...
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General Motors has issued a recall for 2012 Buick Verano, Chevrolet Cruze and Sonic cars today. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a defect may inadvertently prevent the cars' front air bags from deploying ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap a major ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project after spending US$1 billion, concluding that finishing it would cost far too much more money for too little gain. ...
Network World - Microsoft's Office 365 service has suffered two email outages within a week of each other that affected some customers in North and South America that stemmed from different causes but ended in the same result: failed email ...
After leaving--or losing--his job at Microsoft.Steven Sinofsky will probably not be standing in an unemployment line. The 23-year veteran of Microsoft,and until Monday,its top Windows executive,has nearly 650,000 shares of company ...
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With SaaS(software as a service)having become a preferred deployment model for new software purchases,customers should be entitled to a clear-cut set of rights and expectations from vendors,a new report from analyst firm Constellation ...
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