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  • Gartner: Microsoft sells more tablets in 2013, still lags far behind Android, iOS

    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 […]

  • Ultimate cloud speed tests: Amazon vs. Google vs. Windows Azure

    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 […]

  • Are You Too Old to Land a New IT Job?

    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 […]

  • So Long IT Specialist, Hello Full-Stack Engineer

    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 […]

  • FIRST LOOK: HP takes giant leap in server design

    Moonshot hyperscale server brings high density and low power consumption to the data center When it comes to data center servers, the goal is to pack the most power into the smallest, most efficient package. HP has leapfrogged past traditional blade servers with its new Moonshot line that delivers high […]

  • Microsoft to offer free 8GB of OneDrive storage if you refer friends

    Microsoft has rebranded Office Web Apps as Office Online and SkyDrive as OneDrive, with upcoming refer-a-friend free cloud storage bonuses. By Ms. Smith on Mon, 02/10/14 – 2:30pm. Rumors circulated about Microsoft’s plan to rebrand Office Web Apps as Office Online, but it’s no longer a rumor since Microsoft has […]

  • Did Microsoft reach into your PC to stomp a botnet?

    Report claims the company turned off botnet software on user’s PCs. Is that their right? Microsoft took down yet another botnet, but its method for doing so many not sit well with a lot of people, as the company removed software from their computers without their knowledge. In October 2013, […]

  • 10 Chrome offline apps for business

    10 Chrome offline apps for business With the latest release of Chrome for Windows (and Chrome OS on Chromebooks), you can install apps that will work even if your computer is not online. These apps work essentially like native desktop OS applications: Their code is installed locally on your computer. […]

  • How time is spent on web development

    How time is spent on web development Dear reader, Ok, the image above is pretty… and pretty hilarious as well. I must say that some of these time lines are true though. No, I don’t hate 100% IE, I still think it was the first browser that introduced the XmlHttpRequest […]

  • Data scientists: IT’s new rock stars

    Data scientists: IT’s new rock stars These days, just showing up to work as a data scientist will get you attention. The evolution of the data scientist role is making even those who are successful in IT wish they could go back. In an interview with Network World last month, […]