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PC Sales Rise Despite Market Fears
The global PC market in the third quarter posted growth of 7 percent sequentially and 10.3 percent year-over-year, meeting expectations despite a “growing chorus of negativity regarding the market,” iSuppli reported Nov. 5. While netbooks and tablets tend to dominate the consumer conversation, it was desktop sales, following strong business demand, that kept figures swinging…
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Kaseya Buys Accounting Suite Developer ObjAcct
IT systems management software developer Kaseya announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of ObjAcct, maker of the ObjAcct XML Accounting Suite. The acquisition, according to Kaseya, will allow IT professionals to analyze and report combined technical and financial data to assist in the alignment of IT with the overall business goals of…
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Database Security’s Biggest Threat: You
From insider attacks to patching, database security has its challenges—but even so, many database administrators are confident in their organization’s ability to address them. That is one of many takeaways from a sweeping survey performed by Unisphere Research and sponsored by Application Security. The report features data culled from a survey of 761 members of…
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Why Windows Tablets of Yesteryear Failed 10 Reasons
Why Windows Tablets of Yesteryear Failed 10 Reasons 1. It Was the Wrong SoftwareThe vast majority of those who owned tablet PCs throughout the years were running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Although the software performed relatively well for simple tasks, it wasn’t as viable for tablets as it could have been. And most quickly…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Video Chat App Via Samsung, Polycom Partnership
Unified communications software vendor Polycom has entered into a deal with Samsung to develop standards-based video applications for the Android-based Samsung Galaxy tablet PC. The applications will be embedded on the tablet PC and will allow users to participate in video conversations from the mobile devices, combining directory and chat capabilities. “Polycom’s differentiated strategy is…
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Microsoft CEO Sells $1.3B in Shares
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer sold $1.3 billion worth of shares in the company, cutting his stake by about 12 percent, but said his first stock sale in seven years should not be taken as a lack of confidence in the world’s largest software firm. Ballmer said he will sell more shares…
