DesktopsI had to chuckle this afternoon when I read Ed Bott's latest Operating Systems piece. It's entitled "How to skip Windows 8 and...
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DesktopsMS hasn't yet made any announcements, but the rumors are flying thick and fast right now that RTM is "in...
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DesktopsOctober 26 is just over three months away as I write this blog, and that's when Windows 8 will become available to the general public -- and to enterprises, corporations, government arms and agencies, and other big buyers of desktop tools and technologies. The question is: Will enterprises jump on...
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1/7/2013 rumored as Windows 8 GA release date, can Windows 8 damp Windows 7 adoptions, Can Windows 8 ever hope to match Windows 7?, Windows 8 offers compelling value, Windows 8 offers incredible desktop customization, Windows 8 offers substantial set-up changes and improvementsListening to NPR this morning, I heard the news that the company is reporting its first-ever quarterly loss in 26 years in business. The loss of six cents per share stems from MS's decision to write off $6.2 B from its unhappy acquisition of online advertising service aQuantive, which failed to...
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DesktopsOK, so now it's official. Tons of sources (see this Google search) confirm the General Availability (GA) date...
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DesktopsLast week, I blogged on my site to report that a pair of security researchers plan to unveil majority security flaws in the Windows Sidebar and Gadgets interface at the upcoming Black Hat convention, DEFCON, to be held in Las Vegas from July 21-26 at Caesars Palace (see
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DesktopsThis title block from Blogging Windows says it all:
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DesktopsApparently, there's been a worldwide conference for Microsoft partners in Toronto recently, because ZDNet Windows maven Mary Jo Foley
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DesktopsRegular ComputerWorld Windows Guy and market observer Preston Gralla got me thinking this morning with his article entitled "
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DesktopsLike many of my professional colleagues who research and write about Windows, I'm an MSDN subscriber. Thanks to some great gigs in the past three years I've actually upped my ante to around $1,600 a year for the MSDN Premium-level subscription so as to gain access to developer tools as well as MS...
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