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Last month, Microsoft’s legal department proclaimed it doesn’t consider itself bound to the terms of version 3 of the General Public License, with respect to certificates it distributed for software, services, and support from Novell. Today, the Free Software Foundation responded by saying if Microsoft distributes software covered by GPLv3, […]
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Wi-Fi Direct certification has begun. The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that products from Atheros, Broadcom, Intel, Ralink, Realtek, and Cisco will be the first Certified Wi-Fi Direct hardware in the test bed for the new wireless networking standard. The key feature of the new Wi-Fi Direct standard is that it […]
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Corel said Thursday that its WinDVD playback software had received certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association to playback discs that use the Profile 1.1 standard. Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com With the certification, WinDVD would become the first non-hardware playback option available on […]
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Following last week’s report by University of California, Davis engineers on the integrity — or lack thereof — of electronic voting machines used in statewide elections, the California Secretary of State late last week revoked the approval of systems from Diebold, Hart InterCivic, Sequoia, and Elections Systems and Software, Inc. […]
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Microsoft’s new certification program, Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA), which has been in beta testing for over a year, went live Tuesday. MCA is a system of certification based on seven competencies as displayed to a four-member peer review board. Microsoft says it has striven for an objective, vender-agnostic system that […]
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Scott, and other CIOs, are also dealing with the changing roles of IT workers as the move to the cloud progresses. David Stephens, director of technology services for Plano, Texas, recently moved to BPOS, Microsoft’s hosted services offering that includes Exchange and SharePoint. The move created anxiety among IT workers […]
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During an address to other CIOs, Tony Scott shared details of his efforts to move various Microsoft systems to the cloud He may run IT for one of the best-known names in technology, but even Microsoft’s CIO is grappling with new technology challenges like moving to the cloud and handling […]
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Despite ever-increasing Mac sales, Microsoft still has an undisputed dominance over the computer industry. With such a vast presence, much has already been written about Microsoft: Its history, its products, even its former CEO Bill Gates. For those itching to know even more, we’ve dug up 10 snippets of info […]
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is set to reveal his own rival to the Apple Tablet, according to The New York Times Bits Blog. We first learned about a Microsoft tablet device in September. We believe tomorrow’s announcement will be about the same device, currently called the Courier. Best Microsoft […]
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Given the parade of Apple iPad competitors—Motorola’s Xoom, BlackBerry’s PlayBook, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab and tablets from Dell and HP—and the lack of traction the have it’s almost too easy to dismiss a player like Lenovo. Don’t. Lenovo reportedly has an interesting Android 3.0 ThinkPad tablet slated for June. Big deal? […]