Windows on verge of dropping below 90% market share

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	Windows on verge of dropping below 90% market share Windows is on the verge of dropping below 90% market share, with smartphones and tablets posing an increasingly serious threat to Microsoft's dominance of the operating system market. Read More WHITE PAPER: PacketMotion Frost & Sullivan Internal Segmentation Internal Segmentation has been a growing trend over the last ten years. These solutions control data within the corporate network and actively enforce data access policies for internal staff and systems. This white paper outlines Internal Segmentation, and the benefits of using PacketSentry for Virtual Segmentation. Read now! In this Issue 1 in 4 AT&T iPhone users say they'll switch to Verizon 15 Google Earth and Street View Mysteries Watchdogs sniff out 6 critical cybersecurity challenges facing the electrical grid Gartner's Magic Quadrant disses Amazon cloud Microsoft to Use Privacy in Battle with Google With thick skin, Google CIO finds job rewarding RIM plans cloud-based BlackBerry Enterprise Server Three fired for accessing records of Tucson shooting victims Apple is Professional Linux Mac sales climb as rivals lose U.S. share Hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft takes first flight WHITE PAPER: ParAccel The Problem with Data Warehousing Tackle the most complex analytic challenges and glean insight from vast amounts of data. Learn how a columnar-based, massively parallel processing analytic database can provide high performance analytics against complex SQL workloads the most challenging analytic queries. Read now! 1 in 4 AT&T iPhone users say they'll switch to Verizon A new ChangeWave Research survey of 4,050 consumers, completed just days before Verizon announced plans to offer Apple's iPhone, reveals that the carrier will be able to draw significant numbers of new subscribers from its rivals. Read More 15 Google Earth and Street View Mysteries We've collected some of the weirdest sights in Google Earth and Street View. Read More Watchdogs sniff out 6 critical cybersecurity challenges facing the electrical grid As the country's electricity grid undergoes a transformation and moves toward a more intelligently networked, automated system, it faces an increasing amount cybersecurity issues. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Data Center Evolution Without Revolution While many companies understand the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing, they struggle to prepare their data center for such a transition. Discover how to avoid a "rip-and-replace" approach by utilizing a phased network architecture upgrade that helps control risk and costs. Read now! Gartner's Magic Quadrant disses Amazon cloud Gartner's Magic Quadrant calls Amazon's cloud computing service 'visionary' but 'unproven.' Read More Microsoft to Use Privacy in Battle with Google Microsoft seems ready to battle Google by competing on privacy, but not ready enough to protect your privacy from government surveillance. Read More With thick skin, Google CIO finds job rewarding When Ben Fried left his post as IT managing director at Morgan Stanley and took over as Google's CIO in May 2008, he knew what he was getting into: supporting a user base full of technology experts and computer industry stars, like co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, CEO Eric Schmidt and Vice President Vint Cerf. In a recent interview with IDG News Service, Fried spoke candidly about his job and shared tips and advice for fellow CIOs. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Join the Cloud without Reinventing the Wheel Cloud computing is making significant changes to IT, from its infrastructure to corporate culture. Making the move to the cloud doesn't mean an organization must start from scratch though, as many already have the technological tools they need in place. Read Now RIM plans cloud-based BlackBerry Enterprise Server Research in Motion will launch a cloud-based capability for its popular BlackBerry Enterprise Server by the end of 2011, RIM officials said. Read More Three fired for accessing records of Tucson shooting victims Three employees at Tucson's University Medical Center have been fired for improperly accessing the medical records of some of the victims in Saturday's shooting spree that killed six people and wounded 14, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Gifford. Read More Apple is Professional Linux I am spending the week in San Antonio, TX at a training course filled with Linux system administrators with a wide range of professional experience supporting large and small enterprise environments. In speaking with many of these admins I am struck by one common theme: "I used Linux to learn about computers growing up but now that I am a professional I run a Mac." Read More Mac sales climb as rivals lose U.S. share Analysts say Apple sold nearly 2 million Mac desktops and laptops in the fourth 2010 quarter, but still dropped two places to the fifth spot in U.S. computer sales. Read More Hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft takes first flight A hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight recently, flying four hours and climbing to an altitude of 5,000 feet. Read More
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