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Say good-bye to Windows RT. The introduction of the Surface Pro 3 just killed it, if not sooner, then later. Here’s why the operating system has not future. With the Surface Pro 3, Microsoft has finally clarified its tablet strategy: Build productivity tablets that do double-duty as ultrabooks, and charge […]
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CEO Nadella will unveil new tablets Tuesday, but can he stop the bleeding? Microsoft has lost more than $1.2 billion so far on its Surface tablet business, an expensive experiment that makes tomorrow’s revelations of new hardware an important milestone for the “devices” side of its corporate-refashioning strategy. On Tuesday, […]
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From Ceylon to Egison, these 10 languages tackle tough programming problems in unique and increasingly popular ways Beyond the usual suspects: 10 programming languages on the rise The sheer number and diversity of programming languages in use today is immense. For better or worse, however, most organizations settle on a […]
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There’s a wireless battle brewing, with Bluetooth mesh just the latest contender Vendors will tell you that the Internet of Things (IoT) is here today. We’re here to tell you that it isn’t. This is your warning label. It’s the small print on the prescription that outlines all the nasty […]
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Since news of the OpenSSL bug started to spread on Monday, administrators and vendors have made a mad scramble to patch the Heartbleed bug. Since news of the OpenSSL bug started to spread on Monday, administrators and vendors have made a mad scramble to patch the Heartbleed bug, named for […]
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In a bid to increase licensees and gain some badly needed market share, Redmond won’t charge for its phone OS anymore. Rumors and speculation have swirled on this for months, but now it’s official: Microsoft is giving away Windows Phone for free, at least to a pair of Indian handset […]
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2014 offers some hope to Microsoft as ultramobile sales are expected to rise Microsoft sold more than double the tablets last year than it did the year before but still wound up with just 2.1% of total sales, according to Gartner. Windows 8/8.1 likely had a lot to do with […]
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A diverse set of real-world Java benchmarks shows that Google is fastest, Azure is slowest, and Amazon is priciest If the cartoonists are right, heaven is located in a cloud where everyone wears white robes, every machine is lightning quick, everything you do works perfectly, and every action is accompanied […]
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Age really is just a number. If you’re keeping current on new technologies and advancement, and show a willingness to keep learning and growing, there’s no reason it should be an impediment to your job search. Looking for a job or a promotion and worried that your age might be […]
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At GE Capital, the business is focused not simply on providing financial services to mid-market companies but also selling the company’s industrial expertise. They might help franchisees figure how to reduce power consumption or aid aircraft companies with their operational problems. “It’s our big differentiator,” says GE Capital CTO Eric […]