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Will Windows 8 Survive in the Post-PC World?

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April 4, 2012
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Will Windows 8 Survive in the Post-PC World? A new IDC research report offers little faith in Windows 8's success on connected mobile devices, concluding that in the next four years the Windows OS in general will lose share to iOS and get overtaken by Android.
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McAfee Updates MOVE AV with Agentless Deployment McAfee is making it easier to secure and protect virtual systems with new agentless deployment and VMware integration for MOVE AV.
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Sony's New Head of Consumer Products to Lead Unit Formed From Sony Ericsson Sony said Wednesday that the newly installed head of its consumer electronics business will also lead the mobile unit formed when it acquired Sony Ericsson...
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Study: Geolocation Apps Draw Users, Despite Privacy Concerns Nearly 60 percent of smartphone users employ apps that access their location data despite having concerns about risks to their privacy and even personal safety...
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Megaupload Lawyer Says Case Could Affect Other Storage Services A verdict against Megaupload in the U.S. would mean other cloud storage providers can be held criminally liable for illegal content stored by customers on their...
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Microsoft Boosts Virtualization Capabilities in Desktop Optimization Pack Microsoft is boosting the virtualization components of its Desktop Optimization Pack suite of IT management tools.
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Former Intel CFO Bryant to Become Chairman Next Month Intel's former chief financial officer and current director Andy Bryant will take over as the company's board chairman next month after the retirement of current...
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Rogue US Airways-themed Emails Distribute ZeuS-based Malware Cybercriminals are distributing a new piece of malware that's based on the ZeuS computer Trojan through rogue emails that masquerade as US Airways online...
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OpenStack Essex Release Is Most Stable Yet, Supporters Say The latest version of the cloud operating system OpenStack, known as Essex, will be released on Thursday, and supporters say that its stability should encourage...
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Sophos Buys Mobile Device Management Vendor Dialogs Sophos has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Dialogs Software, a mobile device management vendor based in Dortmund, Germany, the security firm announced...
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Option Releases Quad-band LTE Modem for Europe Option has introduced a quad-band LTE USB modem called the Beemo that can fall back on 3G networks at 42Mbps, the company said on Wednesday.
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Senators Press FTC to Begin Investigating Software Piracy Sixteen U.S. senators have called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to focus on the use of pirated software by foreign manufacturers on the grounds that those...
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FTC Reaches Privacy Settlement With Upromise College Savings Site Upromise, a Web service accused of collecting extensive information about its users without their consent, will be required to clearly disclose its data...
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