by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
A third of all Windows users could still be running XP when Microsoft pulls patch plug in 53 weeks The decline in usage share of Windows XP, which is slated for retirement in 53 weeks, has slowed significantly, hinting that millions of its users will hold onto the...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 22, 2013 | Blog Entry
Mandiant report citing Chinese government's role in cyberattacks might give more pause to some U.S. companies China has for years been developing an IT outsourcing industry aimed at bringing in business from the U.S. and Europe. It has succeeded, but then again...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog Entry
One of the biggest ongoing challenges for Linux advocates has always been that there is such a paucity of data available to demonstrate the preferences of the people who are actually using the free and open source operating system. That’s especially true on the...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 6, 2013 | HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technical Support
from the next-month-back-in-the-old-dorm-room dept. Dell is going private again, as the result of a $24.4 billion deal involving private-equity investors and Microsoft. The deal will close before the end of the second quarter of Dell’s fiscal 2014, according to...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 30, 2013 | INTERNET, NERD NEWS
One subscription serves up to five Windows computers Microsoft today rolled out its New Office software, presenting it as a family plan for its Office 365 cloud service for five machines rather than as a download or disk for just one machine. Called Office 365 Home...
