Windows 8's uptake climbs but still trails Vista's

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	Windows 8's uptake climbs but still trails Vista's Windows 8's uptake shoved into a forward gear last month for the first time since May, but the OS trailed Windows Vista's tempo of six years ago. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Intelligent Imaging for Improved Banking Performance A new generation of "Intelligent Imaging" solutions has emerged that is helping banks remove the burden of paper in legacy processes, like loan origination and new account openings, while extending the power of document and data capture to achieve new levels of case management and business intelligence. 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Learn more Four smartphone OSs fighting for survival The smartphone operating system market is dominated by Android and iOS, but you can never count out Microsoft, so let's say that Windows Phone, despite lagging in market share, rounds out the Big Three. That leaves four other smartphone operating systems fighting for survival. Read More INSIDER How to lure tech talent with employee benefits, perks Companies are vying for IT talent, and they're using benefits and perks to help attract the best and brightest. So what are IT pros looking for? At the top of the list is a flexible work schedule. Read More China gives Microsoft 20 days to answer anti-trust probe Reuters noted that Microsoft's use of verification codes "may have violated China's anti-monopoly law." Those codes are usually used to verify that software is legitimate and not pirated. Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola Solutions Inc. The Next Logical Evolution in WLAN Architecture Motorola Solutions has been the driving force behind the creation and evolution of the wireless LAN (WLAN), from its inception through today's third generation architecture. Today, they are Introducing the world's first scalable, virtualized WLAN controller that brings a new level of scalability, cost efficiency and reliability to the WLAN. Learn more Microsoft unifies OneDrive consumer and workplace versions on Android app Microsoft has consolidated the consumer and enterprise editions of OneDrive under a single Android app, a move it plans to replicate across all the platforms that the cloud storage service runs on. Read More PC vendors fear an Osborne Effect from Windows 9 The Osborne Effect is one of those rules of business even non-B school graduates know all about. Announce a hot new product and watch the sales of the existing version shrivel up and die as consumers hold off for the new commodity. The name dates back to a computer company that effectively killed itself by announcing a new PC so good it killed sales of the existing products on the market, and then they couldn't get the new product out in time. So the PC industry knows this well. And the industry fears it will happen again. Read More Huawei tells the truth: Windows Phone has failed, Tizen is dead Huawei has broken out from the pack of smartphone handset makers to become No. 3 in the world, behind only Apple and Samsung, mostly by focusing on low-cost handsets and emerging markets like China, India and Africa. So the comments from the head of its consumer business group to the Wall Street Journal are not going to sit well with Microsoft and Samsung. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee The Significant Threat of Advanced Evasion Techniques Advanced hacking methods, like advanced evasion techniques (AETs) have become more prevalent and harder to detect. Yet many network security vendors have downplayed the threat they pose as purely theoretical. Learn the false sense of security many IT professionals are under View Now Microsoft finally cracks down on deceptive Windows Store 'crap apps' So-called deceptive "crap apps" have always plagued the Windows Store. But now, Microsoft appears to be finally ready to do something about them. Read More Job solicitations multiply for tech talent Even happily employed IT workers consider jumping ship. Tech pros receive, on average, 34 solicitations per week, according to IT staffing provider TEKsystems. Read More Microsoft frees Visual Studio Online for occasional contributors Responding to the growth of enterprise software development teams, Microsoft will allow occasional contributors to access the Visual Studio Online project development environment at no cost. 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