IDG News Service - Microsoft and Nokia will hold a press conference in three weeks, an event that will likely center around Windows Phone 8, the next version of Microsoft's OS for mobile devices. Nokia is a close Microsoft partner in the ...
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Computerworld - As promised, Microsoft today released the final version of Windows 8 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. But it also posted a 90-day evaluation copy of Windows 8 RTM (release to manufacturing) that anyone can download. At ...
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Jewellery chain Beaverbrooks is extending its in-store wireless network to support its mobile till strategy. The connection from Meraki Wireless LAN will support netbooks used by staff to display product details and the company's bespoke ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft today said that Windows RT, the spin-off of Windows 8, has been completed and will power ARM processor-equipped tablets and PCs from Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Samsung. The Redmond, Wash. company had earlier ...
Microsoft has settled on the term 'Modern UI' in its attempt to rebrand the Metro interface on its forthcoming Windows 8 platform. The software giant was forced to dump the Metro name earlier this month following discussions with German ...
Digia,the Helsinki-based software firm,has signed an agreement to acquire Qt software technologies and Qt business from Nokia. Following the acquisition Digia becomes responsible for all the Qt activities formerly carried out by Nokia. ...
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Users dealing with social notification overload might get some relief from the latest version of NewsGator's Social Sites enterprise social networking(ESN)add-on for Microsoft SharePoint. Social Sites 3.0,which will ship this ...
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Qualcomm on Monday said it has appointed a former Intel executive to run marketing as the company expands in the mobile device space. As chief marketing officer, Anand Chandrasekher will handle Qualcomm's global marketing and external ...
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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 -- ...
IDG News Service - Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0, a free tool that can help system administrators, IT security professionals or software developers understand how newly installed applications can affect the security of ...
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 ...
Samsung is to keep the heat on Apple and Google with a new tablet device that was revealed in court documents, while a mystery tablet has been spotted on an HP advertisement. Court documents from Apple and Samsung's patent case have ...
AU Optronics (AUO) president Paul Peng has indicated plans to mass produce 4.3-inch AMOLED panels in the third quarter. The product has resolutions up to 257ppi, the highest AMOLED resolution in the industry. Peng said the company ...
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ARM+TSMC is leading Intel in process technology for highly integrated mobile SOCs,ARM's CEO Warren East tells EW. Asked if it was the aspiration of ARM's physical IP division,working with TSMC,to catch up with Intel in process,East ...
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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