Vista peaks, starts decline in share as Windows 7 surges
Microsoft's Windows Vista lost market share last month for the first time in almost two years, a sign that users are already abandoning the oft-ridiculed operating system in favor of the new Windows 7.
According to Web metrics firm Net Applications, Vista dropped 0.2 percentage points during September to end the month at an 18.6 percent slice of the operating system pie. It was the first decline for Vista since a 0.3 percentage-point slip in January 2008.
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Microsoft security, identity integration plan lags
Microsoft is on the verge of finally providing some pieces of software to back up its ambitious plan to integrate its security and identity technologies, but the company admits it is moving slower than it had anticipated.
"It is fair to say that getting this done in non-trivial," says Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's server and tools business. "It is taking us perhaps a little longer in some areas then we would like, but we are pretty excited about the progress that we are seeing."
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Netbook gets speed boost from dual Atom chips
A Colombian computer maker has designed a netbook that aims to provide the performance of a standard laptop at a lower price.
Haleron combined two of Intel's Atom processors in its new netbook, which it says provides better performance than existing models. Most netbooks today use a single Atom chip.
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IBM aims at Google, Microsoft with new low-cost enterprise Webmail
IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, an on-demand e-mail, calendaring, and contact management system meant to compete with the likes of Gmail and Microsoft Exchange, the company said Friday.
Pricing starts at $3 per user per month, undercutting Google Apps Premier Edition, which costs $50 per user per year.
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Cloudera simplifies Hadoop with easy-to-use GUI
Startup Cloudera is introducing a set of applications on Friday for working with Hadoop, the open-source framework for large-scale data processing and analysis.
Cloudera, which provides Hadoop support to enterprises, developed the new browser-based application suite to simplify the process of using Hadoop, according to CEO Mike Olson.
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Business users no longer drive smartphone adoption
Gone are the days that smartphones -- the BlackBerry, for all intents and purposes -- were a mark of the user being an executive or business traveler. Today, smartphones are now bought mainly by individual consumers and used for mostly personal needs, according to a new survey of more than 1,000 users by the consultancy CFI Group.
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Business users no longer drive smartphone adoption
Gone are the days that smartphones -- the BlackBerry, for all intents and purposes -- were a mark of the user being an executive or business traveler. Today, smartphones are now bought mainly by individual consumers and used for mostly personal needs, according to a new survey of more than 1,000 users by the consultancy CFI Group.
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Red Hat files brief in Supreme Court patent case
Red Hat is adding its say to the Bilski patent case, filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court emphasizing practical problems with software patents.
Red Hat argues that the patent system is supposed to foster innovation, but in software it does the opposite, slowing and discouraging innovation. Software products may involve thousands of patentable components, leaving developers to risk defending costly patent infringement claims.
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Apple iPhone users: It's all good -- except AT&T
Everyone is supposed to love their iPhones, lest they be branded an Apple hater. But Apple's comeuppance is at hand.
In the latest going-gaga-for-iPhone customer satisfaction study, CFI Group reported that the iPhone took top honors among smartphones after surveying more than 1,000 users. The iPhone scored 83 on a 100-point scale. Android and the Pre tied for second at 77, followed by BlackBerry (73) and Palm's Treo (70).
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Anger up, visas down: Top 10 H-1B stories of last 12 months
Even though demand for H-1B visas fell sharply this year, the debate over the program that lets employers temporarily hire foreign technology and other specialty workers has continued to intensify, especially in Congress.
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Nortel set to sell off GSM business
Nortel Networks is preparing to auction off its division that makes equipment for GSM networks early next month, continuing the unloading of its businesses under bankruptcy reorganization.
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New ICANN agreement runs into criticism
A new agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the U.S. Department of Commerce that creates international oversight of the nonprofit operator of the Internet's domain name system may not provide enough accountability, some critics said.
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