Businesses should start leaning on vendors now to upgrade applications that use less than 1,024-bit encryption before it's too late. What is currently a voluntary upgrade request from Microsoft is likely to become mandatory within a few ...
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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 ...
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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Computerworld-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled the next version of Office as the company launched previews of the suite for consumers and businesses. "This is designed from the get-go for Office as a service,"said Ballmer as he ...
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Microsoft will introduce Office 2013, the likely official label for the next version of the company's money-making suite, on Monday, according to a report from USA Today. CEO Steve Ballmer will host a news conference July 16, said the ...
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Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee being charged by Microsoft on certain Windows 7 PC models purchased by buyers. Acer will refund consumers who purchase the Aspire ...
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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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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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Driven by a requirement to store e-mail correspondence in an electronic day file, Cystic Fibrosis Trust has implemented CommVault Simpana file and e-mail archiving software. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the UK's only national charity ...
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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 ...
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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