Microsoft will not sell Windows 8 as a physical boxed product in China and instead will only distribute the OS through downloads and pre-installs on devices,in a move that could help the company drive consumers away from pirated copies of ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, China, software piracy
Microsoft's Windows 8 is seen by many as representing an evolutionary jump for the operating system (OS), but what about security? Has there been an evolutionary leap there? In the run-up to the launch, much has been said about the new ...
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Software defined datacentres, cloud management and automation, virtualisation licensing, mobile virtualisation, heterogeneity and the need for IT executives to develop new skills in the cloud era were some of the themes of the VMworld ...
Tags: VMworld Europe 2012 conference, Software, Cloud, cloud computing
Windows 7's malware infection rate climbed by as much as 182% this year, Microsoft said today. But even with that dramatic increase, Windows 7 remained two to three times less likely to fall to hacker attack than the aged Windows XP. ...
Tags: Windows 7, Malware Infection, US, Microsoft
Mobile phone group O2 is gearing up to introduce a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme to its operations in Europe and South America, following a successful roll-out in the UK. O2, part of Spain's Telefonica, said the policy has helped ...
Microsoft is taking a"big gamble"with its new Windows 8,one that will see the operating system peak at just 20%to 25%of corporate PCs,Gartner analysts said today. "Microsoft is taking a big gamble over the next few months with Windows and ...
Tags: Microsoft, Gartner, Windows 8, analysts, Michael Silver, Steve Kleynhans
Unless businesses plan to deploy larger numbers of tablets,they should avoid moving directly from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows 8. With support for Windows XP due to end in April 2014,many organisations face the task of migrating to a ...
Tags: Gartner, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows XP
Apple yesterday quietly released a security update for OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, effectively extending support for the three-year-old OS beyond the normal lifecycle. The Snow Leopard update shipped alongside larger updates for Lion and ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft on Wednesday released a stopgap defense that protects Internet Explorer (IE) against attacks until the company issues a patch on Friday. The update will fix five flaws, including one revealed by a security ...
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers are common in enterprise networks to offer centralized authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) for access control. But RADIUS servers can also be useful in small and ...
Tags: wireless networking, RADIUS, Wi-Fi net, Elektron
To benefit from a growing Chinese market, Microsoft on Thursday said it is increasing its investment in the country, with new hires, more research for local requirements, and an expansion to additional cities and provinces to bring cloud ...
Tags: Microsoft, Cloud Services, expansion, China
Computerworld-The two best-known virtualization products for the Mac,Parallels Desktop for Mac and Fusion,have both now produced updates optimized for the upcoming Windows 8. Parallels released Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac today as an ...
Tags: Mac users, virtualization products, Windows 8, Parallels Desktop
Windows 8 may be the most disruptive operating system upgrade in 17 years,but the learning curve isn't as steep as some have claimed,enterprise support company PC Helps said today. "It will be very difficult to adjust to,no doubt of ...
The government may struggle to deliver its end-user device strategy due to limited resources and a lack of centralised planning, Computer Weekly has learned. The EUD strategy intends to create a more flexible approach to working by ...
Tags: end-user device, EUD strategy, smartphones, laptops, tablets
Starting yesterday,Microsoft began releasing the final code of Windows 8 to developers,IT professionals and businesses that license the company's products in volume. That's all well and good for them,but how can you get your hands on ...
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