No, Microsoft isn’t opening Windows or Office source code to the general public. But, [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]Microsoft is trying to reinvent itself to compete in a new era of technology[/inlinetweet], and part of that effort includes adopting open source […]
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News flash: Some Uber, Lyft, or other ridesharing experiences are less than perfect. Some drivers are better than others, and some criminal behavior also occurs. And, if you believe Who’s Driving You?–a public relations and lobbying campaign backed by the
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One of the fundamental problems with the traditional model of network and computer security is that it is reactive. While most security solutions include some element of heuristic defense capable of identifying new threats based on suspicious behaviors, the reality
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Microsoft shared its earnings yesterday for Q4 of fiscal year 2014. Overall, the numbers were solid, although earnings missed Wall Street estimates. The one thing that stands out for me about the earnings, though, is how little bearing those “trends”
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Microsoft issued six new security bulletins for the July 2014 Patch Tuesday. One of them is a Critical update for Internet Explorer that fixes 24 separate vulnerabilities. For those keeping score, that makes 83 flaws fixed in Microsoft’s Web browser
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There is a lot of good news for Microsoft in the most recent Net Market Share data. The silver lining is overshadowed, however, by the fact that the current flagship operating system–Windows 8–actually declined in market share over the last
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There are already plenty of smartphone options out there, and more than enough companies fighting with each other to make the next great smartphone. It is understandable that the response to news of Amazon jumping into the fray with a
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There’s a new threat in town. A white paper from F-Secure provides intimate detail of a malware threat researchers have dubbed CosmicDuke. CosmicDuke combines elements of a popular APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) Trojan called MiniDuke, and a notorious information stealing
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It’s official! I received notification yesterday that Microsoft has awarded me the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) designation for the ninth consecutive year. The email proclaims: “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2014 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award
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Facebook is taking a lot of heat after revelations that it conducted experiments with user’s social network newsfeeds. The outrage is unjustified, though. All Facebook really did is AB testing. It’s Marketing 101, and it’s used by a variety of
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