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All-in-One PC Shipments to Increase in 2017
Feb 13, 2017Because of weak demand for all-in-one PCs, worldwide all-in-one ((AIO) PC shipments fell 4.8% on year to total only 12.11 million units in 2016, the third consecutive year of on-year declines. However, the shipment volume is expected to ...
Tags: All-in-One PC, PC
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Merging The Windows Phone OS Could Give Microsoft a Boost in Attracting More Developers
Jun 5, 2013Should Microsoft merge its smartphone and tablet/laptop/desktop operating systems into one substantial OS? It's not just a theoretical question prompted by an older "write once, run anywhere" development mindset. Merging the Windows Phone ...
Tags: Unified Dev Tools, Microsoft, Developers
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Intel's Upcoming Atom Chips with New CPU Architecture Will Be Three Times Faster
May 8, 2013Intel’s upcoming Atom chips with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power efficient than their predecessors and break the “myth” that ARM processors are more power efficient, Intel ...
Tags: Intel, Atom Chips, Computer Products
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Microsoft's Estimate of a 14% Decrease in Worldwide PC Shipments Is The Largest Decline
Apr 24, 2013Microsoft Took another hard knock this month when top tech researchers laid much of the blame for dwindling first-quarter PC sales on the beleaguered Windows 8 operating system. Estimates of first-quarter shipments, from both IDC and ...
Tags: Microsoft
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Linux Users Accused Microsoft of Anti-Competitive Practices
Mar 29, 2013A Spanish association of Linux users today accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices, charging that Windows 8's Secure Boot blocks users from installing rival operating systems on new PCs. Hispalinux, which represents some 8,000 ...
Tags: Microsoft, EU Antitrust Probe, Linux Group
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Microsoft Will Ship Surface Windows 8 PRO Tablet with an Intel Core I5 Processor on Feb.9
Jan 24, 2013Microsoft will ship the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet with an Intel Core i5 processor on Feb. 9, with prices starting at $899. The tablet has a 10.6-in. screen and comes in models with 64GB and 128GB of storage. The tablet will include the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet, Intel Core i5
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Microsoft Take Another Step in Its Ambitious Goal of Helping Customers Manage Their IT
Jan 17, 2013With the release of the first service pack for Microsoft System Center 2012, Microsoft is taking another step in its ambitious goal of helping customers manage their on-premises IT and Microsoft Azure cloud services with a single set of IT ...
Tags: Microsoft System, on premises IT, cloud service, IT management
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Hackers Are Reported to Have Exploited The Security Hole Overnight
Dec 28, 2012A security scare for Microsoft users hit late yesterday, after vulnerability management company Rapid7's Metasploit penetration tool project discovered an Internet Explorer exploit that is said to affect all browsers earlier than IE9, and ...
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Now That Microsoft Has Finally Launched Its Next-Generation Operating System
Dec 27, 2012Now that Microsoft has finally launched its next-generation operating system, Windows 8, it must tackle what may be the most daunting marketing challenge it has ever faced. Once the supreme leader of personal computing, Microsoft is now ...
Tags: Microsoft, operating system, Windows 8, marketing challenge
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Fiberlink Announced a on-Demand Webinar Titled "Windows 8: Where Will Modern Take You?"
Dec 18, 2012PHILADELPHIA, PA, October 28, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Fiberlink, the global leader in software-as-a-service (Saas) solutions for application management and mobile device management security, have announced a free on-demand webinar titled ...
Tags: Fiberlink, software, application management, mobile device
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Windows 8 Has Delivered No Bump to Flagging Consumer PC Sales in The U.S.
Nov 29, 2012Computerworld - Windows 8 has delivered no bump to flagging consumer PC sales in the U.S., a retail research analyst said today. "There wasn't any pop at all," said Steven Baker of the NPD Group. "The hope was that Windows 8 would shift ...
Tags: Windows 8, consumer notebook, U.S.
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Enterprises Won't Move Quickly to Adopt Windows 8
Oct 24, 2012Computerworld-ORLANDO--Enterprises won't move quickly to adopt Windows 8,and most will wait till the year after next,according to market research firm Gartner. Users at Gartner's Symposium/ITexpo conference tended to back up the view that ...
Tags: Windows 8, Gartner, Microsoft operating systems, upgrade
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Half of IT Managers Plan to Standardize Their Company's Mobile Platform on Devices
Oct 16, 2012IDG News Service - Almost half of IT managers in a survey last month said that they plan to standardize their company's mobile platform on devices running Microsoft operating systems, including smartphone OSes Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows ...
Tags: mobile platform, IT managers, investment