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Windows 8
Windows 8: The next major release for the Microsoft Windows operating system, Windows 8 is expected to make its debut in the first half of 2012. While many of its features and capabilities are not known at this point, Windows 8 is expected to be a completely redesigned operating system that's been developed from the ground up with touchscreen use in mind as well as near-instant-on capabilities that enable a Windows 8 PC to load and start up in a matter of seconds rather than in minutes – although it should be noted that this is a feature that's been promised in countless previous releases of Windows as well. (Source: Webopedia)
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The consumerisation of IT continues to grow as the latest study from analysts at Gartner has proved. The research has found that household adoption of technology products, which are favouring gadgets and mobile services and those that offer networking capabilities, is shifting faster than expected.
This is for the most part due to the way that mobility is shaping consumer behaviour in "fundamental ways”, Gartner say. This is changing the way in which people organise their lives ... read more
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2013 will see modest spending on enterprise technology, a
report from CNN’s Fortune magazine has predicted.
Whilst many in the sector are predicting stronger growth
than last year, this is only because 2012 was such "a dismal year”, the report
says. As the PC
market declines, enterprises will be spending more on cloud services and
mobile devices such as tablets and whilst th ... read more
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The founder of PC manufacturer, Dell, has said that he intends
to buy back the company in a bid to improve the firm’s sales, which are
currently struggling due to the smartphone and tablet boom.
Michael Dell currently owns around 14% of Dell Computers and
it’s thought that he and other senior executives will retain their stakes, with
the buyout of the remaining shares being bought out by Mr Dell’s investment
fund consortium and read more
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On top of the news this morning that Microsoft has reported its first quarterly loss in its history, a new survey has found that large enterprises are "less than enthusiastic” about the introduction of Windows 8 into their organisations.
This could come as something of a blow to Microsoft’s tablet sales when Surface is released in October, as it’s commonly thought that the device is specifically aimed at the enterprise market.
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Gartner have predicted that Apple's iPad will continue to dominate the tablet market in 2012 and will account for 61.4% of all tablet sales this year, despite the introduction of Windows 8 based tablet devices and the roll out of the Kindle Fire internationally.
Worldwide, tablets sales are expected to total around 118.9 million units, which represents a whopping 98% increase on tablet sales in 2011. The read more
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The latest figures from analysts Gartner have found that the
PC market in Western Europe dropped by 11.7% in the final quarter of 2012, with
France seeing the strongest decline in the region.
Overall in 2012, the market saw a dip of 8.4% compared to
2011, with total PC shipments for the year reaching 58 million units. In the
final quarter of the year, all PC segments, including mobile and desktops, saw a
decline in sales.
In the corporate sector, decline wasn’t as bad a ... read more
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HP has added a further 2000 staff to its redundancy program,
making for a total of 29,000 of its workers threatened with job loss. The redundancies
are part of the tech company’s restructuring as it looks to invest more heavily
in R&D.
"The restructuring plan includes both a voluntary early
retirement program for eligible US employees and non-voluntary workforce
reductions and is expected to result in 29,000 employees exiting the company by
the end of that period," HP reve ... read more
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Researchers at IDC have found that slower than expected growth was experienced in Q1 2013 for PC sales in China, which is the largest PC market in the world.
Whilst it’s thought that there were contributing factors to the decline, such as the Chinese New Year, budget cuts and anti-corruption measures, the reduction in growth still came as something of a surprise. It’s thought that the market will recover slightly in March, although not enough to offset a weak February.
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Leading chip makers Intel and telecommunications firm Qualcomm are carrying out
talks to invest in ailing Japanese electronics firm, Sharp Corp. Whilst details of the discussions have not yet been released, it’s thought that the
two firms may jointly invest around 30bn yen ($378mn).
Sharp produces the
displays for Apple products iPads and iPhones sees an opportunity to further
expand on the display market as screens get smaller. Intel, who produces
Ultrabooks, sees the potentia ... read more
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Microsoft has said that Google continue to carry out bad
business practice, despite the scrutiny of "antitrust investigations”, as they
are refusing Windows Phone owners the opportunity to use YouTube as an app on
the Microsoft Platform.
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to Dave Heiner read more
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Ahead of the launch of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet, which the new OS was designed for, Microsoft has also announced the introduction of the latest version of Office, which is to include apps such as SkyDrive enabling cloud services.
It’s also been announced that the latest version of Windows will be available to the public on October 26th this year, which coincides nicely with the launch of their new tablet device.
According to one report, "cloud and social ... read more
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Microsoft has issued a security update for Windows 8,
despite the fact that the latest version of Windows has not yet been
commercially released.
The security advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Flash for
IE 10, where Flash is included as a component of the browser, rather than a
third-party plugin. This means that security updates for Flash now come from
Microsoft, rather than Adobe.
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Microsoft has suffered a 4% fall in profits compared to this
time last year, despite the launch of Windows 8. However, regardless of this it’s
reported that the Windows "branch” of the company performed well.
Sales for Surface were not released and it’s thought that
the fall in profits is for the most part due to an increased spend in sales and
marketing. According
to The Register ![]() read more
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Microsoft has finally released its own social network "Socl” (renamed from so.cl) and invited consumers to give it a try. Socl was actually launched a few months ago but began as "an experiment in social search for students and learning”.
Socl allows users to create posts as collages, perhaps learning from the success of image-driven social network Pinterest that people are attracted to images online. Microsoft has been redesigning ... read more
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There are lots of companies of all sizes still using Windows XP – and they seem relatively happy with it. According to W3Schools (an online education resource), over 38% of desktops are still running Windows XP - an impressive show of loyalty for Microsoft, but one that is causing problems in its drive to move people to a more modern platform.
Those still on Windows XP should have that decision under review.
In this anal ... read more
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A new form of malware has been discovered that infects Mac
OSX, Windows and VMware. The infection was first reported last month as malware
for Mac which the makers of Norton, Symantec, dubbed OSX.Crisis.
It seems that following this initial discovery, Kaspersky found that the infection arrives via a JAR file and is also designed to infect
Windows-based machines. It appears ... read more
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The latest figures from Gartner show that PC sales in Europe continue to decline rapidly, with a drop of 20.5% for the first quarter of 2013, when compared to 2012.
France had the weakest PC shipments, whilst Germany showed a decline for the eleventh consecutive quarter.
"The first quarter of 2013 brought the worst quarterly decline in Western Europe since Gartner started tracking PC shipments in this region," read more
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The latest analysis from IDC has revealed that worldwide PC
shipments even lower than expected in the final quarter of 2012, down by 6.4%
on the previous year.
In total, 89.8 million units were shipped worldwide in the
final quarter, which is worse than the forecast decline, which was 4.4%. Sales
were expected to show a dip due to the increase in the tablet and smartphone
market, but it was thought that the launch of Windows 8 may bolster the market
somewhat.
IDC said ... read more
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The public beta of is
now available for download and includes a variety of new features, including
ones that more fully integrate social into the software and better
collaboration tools. SharePoint has extended its own user profiles in order to
ensure that you can track what colleagues have been working on and documents,
as well as discussions, which can be shared and tracked more easily.
There are also plans to integrate LinkedIn and Facebook so
that users of the social ... read more
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Worldwide PC sales have declined at the steepest rate in one quarter ever, with sales figures 13.9% down on this time last year and worse than the expected decline forecast of -7.7%.
The first quarter of 2013 saw a total figure of 73.6m units shipped according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This means t ... read more
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