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BlackBerry 10 mobile OS looking good, says SAP CIO
Company plans to offer and support BlackBerry 10 devices within the first quarter of 2013 read more »
Windows 8 passes 60 million licences sold, according to Microsoft
But company acknowledges some miscalculations in availability and distribution of Windows 8 computers read more »
Hacker finds way to run desktop applications on Windows RT
Method exploits a kernel vulnerability to bypass the restriction Microsoft built into Windows RT, the hacker said read more »
Windows 8 discounts will end by February
Price of Windows 8 Pro upgrade may quintuple after 31 January read more »
Tizen mobiles to be released by Samsung this year
The OS will rival Android and compete in a crowded market read more »
Windows 8 lagging behind Vista in early uptake
New OS finishes 2012 strongly, but remains listless compared to Windows 7's rocket-like climb in 2009 read more »
Canonical prepares Ubuntu for smartphones
Ubuntu for smartphones will run on both x86 or Arm-based processors read more »
First Tizen smartphone set for 2013 release
Japan's NTT DoCoMo has signed on to help develop the Linux-based OS, according to a Japanese newspaper read more »
Windows XP's retirement is in doubt, say some experts
Microsoft will continue to distribute bug fixes to enterprises that pay for high-priced support contracts read more »
Samsung devices vulnerable to dangerous Android exploit
Exploit could be incorporated into app that would have root-level permissions on a device read more »
Google's Eric Schmidt: 'Android is clearly winning against Apple'
Former CEO says platform change means Google's Android is winning the platform war read more »
Stallman Ubuntu attacks are childish, argues Canonical community manager
Jono Bacon also accused Stallman of ideological inflexibility, while presenting Canonical's own stance on privacy as a way of catering to different groups of users read more »
RIM to offer free BlackBerry 10 smartphone to enterprise customers
New phone will be available to customers of new BlackBerry 10 online training program read more »
Enterprise Linux 6.4 beta released by Red Hat
Version 6.4 includes new features for interoperation with Microsoft products and file system improvements read more »
Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade not released until 2013
Users are quickly posting their dissapointment on a Microsoft blog read more »
Microsoft quietly increases license and server option prices
User Client Access License costs will increase by 15 percent on 1st December read more »
Microsoft preparing fix for Windows Phone 8 random reboots
An over-the-air software update is coming in December read more »
Microsoft says 40 million Windows 8 licences have been sold
Microsoft's head of Windows marketing Tami Reller says Windows 8 Pro will be available in January read more »
Fedora 18 beta finally released
Fedora 18 will include completely revamped installer software read more »
Windows 8 early uptake easily trumping Vista launch
New OS beats perception-plagued Vista even as it fails to match Windows 7 read more »
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Texas drone bill sparks a battle
Media groups, and even some privacy advocates slam Texas effort to limit drone use as a threat to free speech read more »
Hospitals offered £260m fund to help adopt safer e-prescriptions
Errors are said to be present in eight percent of hospital prescriptions read more »
Tech City start-ups offered 'wibre' to quickly connect to cloud
Optimity can connect firms to their cloud-based applications via antennae on rooftops read more »
Broadband speeds on planes and ships to double with new satellite
ViaSat-2 will be "double the bandwidth economics of the ViaSat-1 read more »
Tibco offers free R to the enterprise
A new free edition of Tibco's R runtime engine might entice more organizations to use the programming language read more »
Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales
Dell reported another weak quarter as its founder fights to make it a private company read more »
Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says
The new OS isn't expected to ever reach 50 percent adoption in workplace PCs, according to the IT research firm read more »
Mozilla postpones default blocking of third-party cookies in Firefox
A patch to only allow cookies from sites visited still needs more work, Mozilla's CTO said read more »
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