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Fewer businesses standardizing browser use on Internet Explorer, but the practice isn’t gone yet. Just as Internet users in general have defected in huge numbers from Microsoft Internet Explorer over the past several years, the business world, as well, is becoming less dependent on the venerable browser. Companies that used […]
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The “Bring Your Own Device” phenomenon, largely driven by Apple iPhones and iPads, is changing the face of IT departments, perhaps reaching a tipping point. If CIOs thought mobile devices presented challenges before, they haven’t seen anything yet. [ALSO: BYOD keeps expanding and IT needs to deal with it] “IT […]
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Microsoft adds document-sharing link feature Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service now has one billion Office documents stored in it, the company announced today. While a billion may seem like a lot, the most popular consumer cloud storage service, Dropbox, has more than 100,000,000 users. According to the company’s information site, […]
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IE vulnerabilities offered hackers a one-two punch, expert says. Microsoft says Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10 are subjects of two critical Patch Tuesday updates for February that could address recent Java woes. Both critical patches address vulnerabilities that could give attackers access to client browsers and from there access […]
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Or do they? If you listen to some analysts, Surface, and other slates running Windows 8 or RT, started slow out of the gate. Considering how much tablets sapped PC shipments in Q4, slow forebodes trouble ahead. Or does it? “There is no question that Microsoft is in this tablet […]
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Thirteenth in a series. Microsoft released the company’s fiscal second-quarter results on January 24 and to the surprise of many the company’s Windows division did well despite PC shipments being down during the same period. Windows Store has recovered from last week’s low number of new store apps. This week, […]
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Former Microsoft senior VP says Windows 8 on ARM tablets is a “scale 9 earthquake” Windows 8 is just what Microsoft needs to take advantage of the ongoing irreversible shift from PCs to handheld devices including iPads, iPhones and other form factors yet to be designed, according to the company’s […]
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A quick look at the two latest versions of the biggest non-Microsoft browsers on the market With major new releases of both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox happening within days of each other, it’s been a big week for the browser market. Chrome 24 began to be rolled out to […]