Security researchers have presented proof-of-concept code capable of accessing the database driving a Microsoft ERP system and then diverting …
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Cloud under the sea: Microsoft previews the future of data centres
Microsoft on Wednesday has installed a massive data centre prototype on the seafloor near Scotland’s Orkney Islands.0 7971
Apple taps up former Microsoft hacker to work on Mac OS X
Apple has quietly hired Kristin Paget, a former Microsoft security expert who worked as a hacker for the company to …
Windows 8 tablets not expected to be major player until 2016
The worldwide tablet market is exploding with demand as people jettison laptops for smaller, touch-based devices. But even as tablets …
5 ways the iPad beats the Surface RT
This isn’t the first year that tablets are a hot gift item, but it is the first holiday season that …
Motorola denied injunction over standards patents on Microsoft products
A District Judge in Seattle denied Motorola Mobility an injunction on Microsoft’s products that allegedly infringe its H.264 and 802.11 …
Microsoft Surface and Amazon smartphones on horizon
Microsoft and Amazon will launch own-brand smartphones mid-2013, including a Windows Phone 8 Surface. iPhone maker Foxconn has apparently received orders from Microsoft and …
Microsoft commit to fix Windows Phone 8 issues
Microsoft plans to issue an over-the-air fix next month for a problem that has caused some Windows Phone 8 handsets …
Microsoft sells 40 million Windows 8 licenses
Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses of the Windows 8 OS since its launch a month ago. “We believe Windows …
Red Hat rolls out private PaaS
Red Hat officially jumped into the cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) market yesterday. Last year the company announced an initial version of OpenShift, an application …
Windows 8’s early uptake trumps Vista’s, not Win 7
Microsoft’s Windows 8 may be lagging far behind Windows 7 in its usage uptake, but it’s easily topping the low …