The Electronic Frontier Foundation has revealed that both Apple and Dropbox have joined the Digital Due Process coalition — a group whose mission is to pressure Congress into updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The EFF notes: In April we launched “Who...Apple Joins Digital Due Process Coalition, Along With Dropbox
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has revealed that both Apple and Dropbox have joined the Digital Due Process coalition — a group whose mission is to pressure Congress into updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The EFF notes: In April we launched “Who...Still on Windows XP? Don’t wait until Windows 8 to upgrade!
Businesses have dragged their feet on upgrading from the ten-year-old Windows XP to newer versions of Microsoft’s operating system. First, they skipped Windows Vista en masse after the OS was the target of scorn from...
The iPad has this Christmas nearly to itself, says Gartner
Expected to account for 73.4% of a market that has grown more than 260% since 2010
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Gartner Inc. is a lot better at telling you what's already happened than predicting what's about to.
Witness Thursday's report on worldwide tablet sales in which it describes Apple (AAPL) as having a "free run" in the tablet market...
Google: 2/3rds of our mobile search comes from Apple’s iOS
As part of the Senate Judiciary hearings today, former FTC official (and new Google employee) Susan Creighton, testified under oath today that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! all bid to become the default search engine on iOS’s Mobile Safari Web Browser. As we know, Google won, and as we can infer, Apple get’s some revenue from...
Windows 8 secure boot could complicate Linux installs
PC users who run Windows and Linux on the same machine will want to do some research before purchasing a Windows 8 computer. That's because systems with a "Designed for Windows 8" logo must ship...
Microsoft: Botched upgrade caused by DNS problem led to Windows Live outage
The Windows Live outage that took down Hotmail and SkyDrive on Sept. 8 was caused by a failed upgrade to a tool that balances network traffic, Microsoft has explained. The update went awry because of a corrupted file in...
Apple zigs while the Dow zags. Hits intraday high of $422.86
When the rest of the market is tanking, the company's shares offer a relatively safe haven
On Monday, when the Dow opened down $250, Apple (AAPL) rose $11.13 (2.78%) to close at a new record $411.63. On Tuesday, Apple opened at $415.35 and hit $422.86 shortly after noon.
UPDATE: Apple closed Tuesday nearly where it started, at...
Cisco plans virtual switch for Hyper-V in Windows Server 8
Cisco is collaborating with Microsoft to bring its virtual switch to Hyper-V next year when Windows Server 8 is released. While Cisco’s Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch already supports VMware software, Hyper-V ...
AAPL closes the day at all time high of $411.63, up 2.8%
We’re not sure exactly what caused today’s spike, but Apple stock had a huge day ending up 2.8% at $411.65 a share for a Market Cap of $381.62B against a down market. It had reached as high as $413.23 from a morning low of $395.20. Notably, Apple is now worth over $23B more than Exxon...
Only enterprise and developers can bypass Windows Store for Metro apps
Microsoft will restrict general distribution of Metro apps to the Windows Store, but grant exceptions to enterprises and developers, allowing them to side-load applications onto Windows 8 devices. While Windows 8 will be an opera...
The antitrust case against Google
The Senate hearings scheduled for Wednesday will only scratch the surface
Source: Google
Apple (AAPL) is conspicuously absent from the witness list for Wednesday's hearing on "The Power of Google" before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition and Consumer Rights. Yelp! and Nextag will be represented, but Google (GOOG) has stepped on a lot more toes than...
Making the lives of IT easier: Windows 8 Refresh, Reset, and Windows To Go
Though aimed primarily at software developers, last week's BUILD conference introduced a few new Windows 8 features that will make the lives of enterprise IT departments easier. Windows 8 Refresh and Reset will both make it easie...
