Just two weeks before researchers are to disclose bugs in Windows "gadgets" at Black Hat, Microsoft acknowledged unspecified security vulnerabilities in the small pieces of software supported by Vista and Windows 7. To deal with the ...
Microsoft today patched 16 vulnerabilities, including one in Windows that's been exploited for weeks and two in Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in the first-in-years back-to-back browser update. Of Tuesday's nine security updates, three were ...
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Microsoft today said it will officially launch Windows 8 in late October when it starts selling upgrades and its hardware partners begin selling PCs,tablets and hybrid devices powered by the new operating system. Windows 8 is also on ...
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Windows 8,the next major upgrade of Microsoft's operating system for PCs,tablets and laptops,will be released to manufacturers in August and will ship commercially in October,the company announced on Monday. Microsoft had previously said ...
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Ultrabooks are failing to take off in Western Europe because consumers are not prepared to spend a premium on expensive thin and light devices. At the same time,the configuration of these devices mean they lack a docking station,making ...
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Laser vendors weigh uncertain prospects 04 Jul 2012 Longbow Research finds lowered expectations in Germany,but not for everyone. Coherent sees microelectronics growth ahead Macroeconomic concerns continue to vex laser vendors in ...
Lite-On Technology has indicate order visibility of LED lighting is clear to September. Nevertheless, the introduction of the second generation of ultrabooks with Windows 8 in second-half 2012 is likely to increase shipments of power ...
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Computerworld-Apple will launch OS X Mountain Lion July 25 if it repeats what it did last year when it announced the then-new Lion a day after its quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts. Monday,Apple scheduled its next earnings ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft on Monday announced a promotion that later this year will let users of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 PCs upgrade to the new Windows 8 Pro for $39.99. Even though he declined to label the price as "aggressive," ...
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Qualcomm does not rule out the possibility of fabbing its own ICs if the current shortages of 28nm product persist,according to the Taiwan Economic News. The newspaper reports that Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said that the restricted supply ...
Microsoft will support full upgrades to Windows 8 only from the three-year old Windows 7,according to a report Thursday. Yesterday,ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley,citing unnamed sources,said that Microsoft has informed select partners of ...
In the second day of its annual TechEd developers conference in Amsterdam,Microsoft presented the case for Windows 8 in the enterprise. Unlike its predecessor,Microsoft has introduced the concept of a runtime(RT)environment,available on ...
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During the Windows 8 preview day in Amsterdam, Microsoft explained how it plans to change the way everyone uses computers in its so-called "beautiful experience". This will inevitably affect the way corporates use the Windows operating ...
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Computerworld-European Union(EU)antitrust regulators today threatened Microsoft with more fines,potentially massive ones in the billions of dollars,after the company failed to make good on its promise to offer consumers there a choice of ...
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Asus has introduced an Intel x86/Windows variant of its Transformer tablet-cum-netbook to run alongside ARM/Android versions. Called the Transformer Book"it is the world's first convertible ultrabook-allowing users to instantly switch ...
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