Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has re-organised Microsoft, as expected, eliminating the ‘silos’ of product groups and giving responsibility to key executives in charge of key technologies.
India to overtake US on number of developers by 2017
The US may be the global centre of the IT universe, but India will exceed the US in the number of software developers by 2017, a new report notes.
Yahoo says release of secret FISA court order will prove it resisted directives
Yahoo wants the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to order the public release of a secret order in a 2008 surveillance dispute.
Hitachi brings high-end flash to mid-range HUS VM storage line
Enterprises are gaining the ability to turn existing storage platforms over to flash even as solid-state media remains mostly a tool for caching and for applications with special requirements.
BYOD breeds distrust between workers and IT
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement is supposed to boost worker productivity but a study released on Monday said it can also breed distrust between employees and IT departments.
Amazon slashes prices up to 80% to lure public cloud-weary enterprises
Amazon Web Services Wednesday dropped the price of its dedicated instances, which are virtual machines allocated to individual customers and that do not run on shared hardware.
PC shipments drop 11.4% in Q2 as Lenovo surpasses HP
Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter.
Google: Critical Android security flaw won't harm most users
A security flaw could affect 99 percent of Android devices, a researcher claims, but the reality is that most Android users have very little to worry about.
July's Patch Tuesday fixes 6 critical Microsoft flaws
On Tuesday, Microsoft pushed out seven new security bulletins – along with their accompanying patches – as well as a new policy that affects both third-party apps and those developed by Microsoft itself.
SMBs should pay attention to ransomware, as they may be a target: Lumension
Trending cyber-attacks such as ransomware may be typically overlooked by SMBs, but Lumension chairman and CEO, Pat Clawson, warns that they are actually in the line of fire.
5 security-bolstering strategies that won't break the bank
Security experts offer five tips for enhancing security that don’t cost a lot of cash – and sometimes no money at all – so companies can spend their security dollars on the hard stuff.
Dell buyout wins support from shareholder advisory group ISS
Prominent shareholder advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services has given a stamp of approval to Dell founder Michael Dell’s bid to take the company private.
Apple iOS battles back in market share struggle
Apple’s iOS is closing the gap on rival Android in the US market, according to new statistics released today by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.
Microsoft: PC manufacturers will get Windows 8.1 in August
Microsoft will hand over its most recent version of the operating system Windows 8.1 to OEMs in late August, Microsoft’s Windows marketing chief told its partners on Monday morning.