Microsoft yesterday pitched its Outlook.com email service to users of Gmail dismayed by Google's decision to abandon a popular enterprise synchronization service next month for new customers. Last week, Google announced it would phase out ...
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Microsoft claims Windows 8 is"a better Windows"than Windows 7.In particular,the company has focused on improving security to ensure users of Windows 8 tablets can securely connect to corporate networks. It is building antivirus(AV)and ...
Microsoft today announced it will deliver seven security updates next week to patch 11 vulnerabilities, including the first that apply to Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), the company's newest browser. As it did last month, Microsoft will also ...
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Tablets are hot-- so hot that IDC just bumped up its global market forecast for the tablet market for 2012 and beyond. The proliferation of Android tablets of various sizes, the trend toward lower prices and the launch of the Apple iPad ...
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Fewer than half of U.S. consumers have heard of Windows 8, hinting that Microsoft faces a tough task convincing buyers that they need to jump on the bandwagon. According to a telephone survey of almost 1,200 U.S. adults conducted by the ...
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The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet have raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device? Some analysts say that Microsoft can't afford to have smashing ...
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Microsoft has revealed the pricing details of its new operating system (OS) Windows 8, due to be released on the 26th of this month. An upgrade edition of Windows 8 Pro is now available for $69.99 in the US, or £49.99 in the UK. ...
Microsoft today briefly posted prices of $499 to $699 for the Surface tablet, but then pulled the listings from its online store. "If true, this is aggressive and right where it needs to be priced," said Patrick Moorhead, principal ...
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Google has been dragged into adopting rival Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, fallout from an Adobe move last month. Earlier this week, Google updated its Chrome browser, quashing six bugs and as it often does, also updating Adobe's Flash ...
Software developers maintain a high level of interest in Apple's mobile devices, but they are finding the company itself is not getting any easier to deal with, according to a survey conducted by mobile tools provider Appcelerator. In the ...
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Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro tablet sums up the company's seeming strategy with Windows 8: That business users can do with one device what they currently accomplish with two. "The Surface Pro is designed for people who want a premium, ...
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Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has signed new licence agreements with seven of its long-term Chinese partners. CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) has been a Wärtsilä ...
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An upgrade of Microsoft's Office Web Apps has been finalized, and a combination of enhancements makes this Web-hosted Office version work much better on iPads than previous iterations. As a result, Microsoft, which has been reticent to ...
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Microsoft today said that a free Windows 8 and Windows RT Skype app will be ready for downloading from the Windows Store on Friday, Oct. 26. The long-rumored app -- bloggers have been posting leaked screenshots of Skype for Windows 8 for ...
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Visual Studio is no longer simply an IDE, no longer a place you go just to write and debug C/C++ code. It has long since become something of a development mashup. It's where you go to tackle any task in the development process, regardless ...
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