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Steve Ballmer’s Nightmare Is Coming True Almost one year ago today, we laid out the nightmare scenario for Microsoft (MSFT) that could lead to its business collapsing. After laying it all out, we concluded, “Fortunately for Microsoft, none of this is going to happen.” We were wrong. A lot changed in the last year. Microsoft’s…
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Security firms warn of spreading Windows AutoRun malware Antivirus vendors are warning customers of a spreading malware that can infect computers through a well-known bug in the Windows AutoRun software used to automatically launch programs on a DVD or USB device. The significant increase in infection is curious because Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs…
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Mozilla suspends work on 64-bit Firefox for Windows Unlikely to restart x64 development in 2013 Mozilla this week suspended development of a 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows, citing add-on incompatibilities and low priority for the project. In a message posted to Bugzilla, the company’s bug- and change-tracking database, Benjamin Smedberg, a developer with consulting…
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In certain configurations, Windows Server 2012 is cheaper than vSphere Which is cheaper: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or VMware vSphere 5.1? Well, that depends on who’s doing the math. A Microsoft general manager recently wrote a blog post pointing out that a cost calculator on VMware’s website shows that if a system is configured in…
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IT jobs on the other side of the cloud As companies turn increasingly toward the cloud, corporate IT staffers wonder if the grass is greener working for a service provider. Jake Robinson remembers the day when he really understood what it means to work on “the other side of the cloud.” It was Thanksgiving, a…
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Office 365 email conks out twice within a week Antivirus issue, infrastructure failures to blame Microsoft’s Office 365 service has suffered two email outages within a week of each other that affected some customers in North and South America that stemmed from different causes but ended in the same result: failed email delivery. The first…
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12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros How do you keep your job — or get a better one — in an era when hiring is slow and budgets are squeezed? Follow these 12 maxims. Some are practical advice you’ve heard before (and ignored). Being familiar with how technology can improve the bottom line is…