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Box Upgrades Windows 8, Windows Phone App, Adds Powerful Previews, Office Support
Box is going to very busy over the next year or so as it prepares for its IPO. In the meantime it needs to keep users happy -- after all, happy users generally means happy investors. Last October Box launched Box for Windows 8. This week it is tweaking
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Syncplicity's Next Step in Letting Users Work from Anywhere: Windows 8 Support
Maybe Yahoo doesn't want its people working from home, but plenty of other companies do. It saves employees commute time, keeps them out of ridiculously long meetings and allows them to focus on their work versus office politics.
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Internet Explorer 10 Finally Available For Windows 7 Users
Having led the way as a smart new browser for Windows 8 users, Microsoft's faster, neater, more secure IE10 is finally available for the hundreds of millions of Windows 7 users. Windows XP folk, however, are still out of luck.
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Microsoft Surface Pro Tablets Sees Weak Launch, 128GB Out Of Stock
Despite having its launch event cancelled due to Blizzard Nemo, Microsoft managed to get people queueing for its new Surface Pro tablet. But, poor stocks left many users frustrated according to reports.
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HP Enters the Chromebook Market, Pavilion-Style for $330
While HP's Pavilion Chromebook is effectively one of Google's low-spec PCs cased in the usual Pavilion stylings, the message to Microsoft is clear, 'You aren't the only game in town.' And with Chromebook sales on the rise, it could be a smart move as Google's OS gains momentum.
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Microsoft Confirms February 9 as Release Day for Surface Windows 8 Pro
With anecdotal evidence suggesting that many potential Surface buyers were avoiding the Surface RT version and holding out for Surface Windows 8 Pro, all that was missing was the release date. This week, Microsoft confirmed that the professional version will finally be released on February 9.
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Microsoft Q2 Profits Down By 3.7%, Windows 8 Sales Slow, Still No Figures for Surface
Anyone hoping that the information supplied at Microsoft’s Q2 earnings announcement last night would answer some of the questions hanging over the Redwood giant are going to be disappointed. Microsoft Performance We still don’t know how many Surface tablets it sold, whether Windows 8 is truly lighting up the market
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YouSendIt's New Mobile Apps Aim to Close BYOD Security Gap
Last week, YouSendIt, the cloud file collaboration service, bought Found, a system for enabling file search across devices and clouds. Today, YouSendIt is beefing up its mobile offerings with the launch of some new mobile apps for the iPhone, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
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Microsoft Offers Cloud OS for Management of iOS, Android, Windows Devices
Looking to boost the versatility of its growing Cloud OS offering is Microsoft, with a new plan for cloud-based management of devices using various operating systems -- iOS and Android as well as Windows 8, RT and Phone 8.
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Android Dominates Burgeoning US Smartphone Market
Android was the dominant smartphone operating system in the US during Q3 2012 according to data from Nielsen, commanding 52 percent of the market. This put Android substantially ahead of any other smartphone OS, including Apple, which held 35 percent of the market.
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OpenText On Windows 8, New Tempo Box, eDOCS DM Mobile Apps
We’re heading into earnings territory at the end of the month, and we’re expecting a good show from OpenText again. We only mention this because OpenText has a habit of introducing something tasty before earnings release.
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Lenovo's Horizon PC and NVIDIA's Shield Demonstrate Evolving PC Trends at #CES2013
It looks like the tower case can finally be laid to rest outside the IT environment as Lenovo, NVIDIA and others shoehorn the PC, or streaming access to it, into all kinds of new formats.
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[Infographic] Mobile in 2012
Looking back, as we do in December, it's hard to imagine what life would have been like had there been no mobile. During 2012, our smartphones became smarter, faster, slimmer. Tablets multiplied. Operating systems expanded.
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Karma Alert: Google Will Not Adapt Apps for Windows 8 or Phone
Perhaps it’s karma, because Google, whose Android operating system has become as dominant on mobile devices as Microsoft has been on desktops, has announced that it will not be adapting its apps for Windows 8 or Windows Phone.
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