Report: Microsoft and Nokia talked acquisition Recent discussions aimed at a deal aren’t likely to be revived, a Wall Street Journal report said Microsoft and cellphone maker Nokia were in advanced talks about an acquisition of the Finnish company’s device […]
Retailers didn’t do Windows 8 any favors
Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today. Microsoft’s radical overhaul of Windows has been cited by some to explain plummeting PC shipments, but the very organizations […]
Hey, Microsoft: It’s the apps, stupid
Analysts applaud changes to Windows 8 UI, but wonder when, or if, Microsoft will kick app development into high gear Microsoft today revealed some of the changes in Windows 8 due to reach customers in a month, but didn’t address […]
Windows 8 is an enterprise ‘non-starter’ because IT sees no value in changes
Sticking with Windows 7, but companies must prep for BYOD presence, says Forrester Windows 8 faces a number of hurdles in the enterprise, but the biggest reason it won’t replace the current corporate champion, Windows 7, is simple. “Enterprises just […]
Smartphones driving violent crime across US
An IDG News Service investigation finds guns and knives are used in a quarter of all robberies of cellphones in San Francisco On Feb. 27th in the middle of the afternoon, a 16-year-old girl was walking through San Francisco’s Mission […]
How big data will save your life
Even as patient information moves to electronic records, important data is often siloed Dr. Robert Walker, director of health innovation for the U.S. Army Surgeon General, has been more a frustrated data entry clerk in recent years than a physician, […]
Wireless networks may learn to live together by using energy pulses
The university-developed GapSense system could help prevent interference between Wi-Fi and other networks Researchers at the University of Michigan have invented a way for different wireless networks crammed into the same space to say “excuse me” to one another. Wi-Fi […]
Five Ways to Improve Your Enterprise Social Networking Strategy
Enterprise social networking software, which offers social media capabilities adapted for workplace collaboration like employee profiles, activity streams, microblogging and document sharing, has evolved from a “nice to have” to a “should have” status in enterprises. Picking up on that […]
Microsoft, Google swap April Fools’ jabs
Microsoft spoofs Google’s minimalist search site, Google knocks Outlook.com with ‘Gmail Blue’ Microsoft today took another shot at rival Google, the target of its “Scroggled” campaign, with an April Fools’ Day prank that turned its Bing search engine into a […]
Microsoft to sunset Windows Phone 8 support in July 2014
Microsoft’s support for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8 will end in the second half of 2014, according to the software maker. Microsoft listed the sunset dates on its Web site recently, with WP8 support ending July 8, 2014, […]