Tech

  • Why Xbox One gaming has been an afterthought

    Microsoft took some criticism for pushing gaming to the back burner with its Xbox One announcement, but isn’t game quality a given? Microsoft may not have wowed hardcore gamers with its initial Xbox One announcement, but I’m not sure it wanted to. All of the exclusive game titles and advanced […]

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    How Microsoft will change forever and thrive again

    As PC prospects decline, the tech giant moves toward a hybrid, cross-platform future with opportunities in the server closet and the cloud Microsoft has been in business, in one form or another, for 37 years. In the tech world, that’s an eternity. Which isn’t to say Microsoft has remained static […]

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    Microsoft’s Enterprise Windows 8: A true business OS, for once

    Business users will find actual IT-oriented features, rather than the consumer OS adorned with extras. Microsoft recently introduced a trio of consumer Windows 8 SKUs, two for desktop and the ARM version. Lost in the hoopla was Windows 8 Enterprise edition, which wasn’t outlined in great detail. Well, Microsoft has […]

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    Microsoft Hyper-V starts turning more heads

    Microsoft virtualization technology still has uphill battle vs. VMware, but third-party support making Hyper-V more alluring to customers About three years ago Embotics jumped into developing support in its private cloud management platform for Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor, hopeful that the VMware virtualization challenger would take off. When that takeoff initially […]

  • Obviously, that should have been the Tab key

    Excel power user flags down this passing pilot fish to help with her PC, where she has a spreadsheet open. “She was trying to copy out information from this spreadsheet someone had sent to her,” says fish. “When she pressed Ctrl+C, the spreadsheet flickered a few times, and all the […]

  • Cloud-based 60fps App, Game Streaming with ORBX.js

    If you’ve heard about Cloud based onDemand Gaming service OnLive, you might already understand what Future of Cloud based apps and games would look like. OnLive is a step forward in earadicating requirement of high-end PC hardware for Gaming. All the complex graphics, computation and memory intensive processes from 3D […]

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    Microsoft’s Windows Blue to be available later this year

    The update to Windows 8 will be delivered across a variety of form factors and display sizes Microsoft’s update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses […]

  • Hackers increasingly target shared Web hosting servers for use in mass phishing attacks

    Nearly half of phishing attacks seen during the second half of 2012 involved the use of hacked shared hosting servers, APWG report says Cybercriminals increasingly hack into shared Web hosting servers in order to use the domains hosted on them in large phishing campaigns, according to a report from the […]

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    Windows XP decline stalls as users hold onto aged OS, flaunt 2014 deadline

    A third of all Windows users could still be running XP when Microsoft pulls patch plug in 53 weeks The decline in usage share of Windows XP, which is slated for retirement in 53 weeks, has slowed significantly, hinting that millions of its users will hold onto the operating system […]

  • How valuable are security certifications today?

    When it comes to education, most people agree, more is better. No one embodies that principle at least in regard to IT certifications better than Jerry Irvine. CIO of IT consulting firm Prescient Solutions and member of the National Cyber Security Task Force, Irvine holds more than 20 IT certifications, […]