According to Connected Intelligence, a New York-based analytic group that studies the consumer handheld market, 44 percent of current smartphone users are considering buying a Windows Phone 7 device in the future.
Google's Android and Apple's iOS will be the dominant tablet operating systems in the market through 2015, with Microsoft's Windows 8 OS trailing at a distant third, according to the latest Gartner projections.
Microsoft's new extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8 has already been implemented by 5nine, Broadcom, Cisco, inMon and NEC, among others.
Microsoft last week released a community technology preview version of Windows Management Framework 3.0.
Attacks based on an implementation flaw of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocol will be demonstrated on Friday by two security researchers.
According to former presidential adviser Richard Clarke, the U.S.'s cyber defense is falling behind the resources and expertise of attackers, which leaves critical infrastructure and data vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated attacks.
- By William Jackson
- 09/20/2011
In a NASA project named Ride the Light, the government organization is researching ways to refuel spacecraft from earth using microwave or laser energy.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 09/20/2011
Microsoft re-released Security Advisory (2607712) yesterday to replace a previous flawed update that failed to include all blocked Web certificates from a Dutch certificate authority firm.
HP's board is meeting on Wednesday to discuss replacing CEO Leo Apotheker, according to several published reports citing unnamed sources that are apparently informed on the matter.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/20/2011
IT professionals wondering what x86 applications "Windows 8" will support in the near future probably will have to wait.
Microsoft provided more details about its upcoming Windows To Go product running Windows 8 at its Build conference on Thursday.
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Microsoft outlined some Windows Azure advances today on Day 2 of its Build conference for developers.
Microsoft described improvements in its next-generation server technology, code-named "Windows Server 8," at its Build conference for developers today.
Five "important" security bulletins arrived as scheduled for September's Patch Tuesday, after an unintentional leak of early details last week from Microsoft.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/13/2011
Microsoft handed out 5,000 Windows 8 tablets to developers today during its Build conference, currently being held in Anaheim, Calif.
Microsoft kicked off the preliminaries of its Build conference by previewing just how its new code-named "Windows 8" operating system will make the case for IT professionals, developers and users.
Microsoft launched its long-awaited Build conference earlier today with a Windows 8-focused keynote led by Steven Sinofsky.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/13/2011
An eight-core AMD FX CPU achieved a Guinness World Record by hitting 8.429 GHz in an extreme overclocking test.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 09/13/2011
PC shipments for the last quarter were lower than expected, according to market researcher group IDC.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/12/2011