A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one “Metro” app a day, signaling that they’re spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style Desktop, according to data released this week.
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While Google Glass is currently being viewed as a consumer technology, IT shops and mobile workers are likely already champing at the bit to be able to use a hands-free technology to do their jobs. “The same way that tablets followed smartphones into the enterprise on the backs of employees bearing the cost, Google Glass will also flow the same way,” said Chris Hazelton, research director for Mobile & Wireless at 451 Research. “This will also drive acceptance. So, you may see tools that will directly manage Google Glass.”
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Open source developers launched 15,000 Android mobile projects in 2012, representing a 96 percent increase over 2011.
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Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud IaaS (infrastructure as a service) for use in data reporting and analysis. “We’re the only player in the marketplace that has [a cloud service] for data-in-motion — being able to analyze data in real time,” said Bob Picciano, IBM’s general manager for Information Management.
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Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday. “Mobile platforms, for a lot of attackers, represent a new target-rich environment,” said Chris Doggett, senior vice president, North America, at Kaspersky Lab. He was addressing a panel discussion at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas at which officials from government and industry laid out the dangers of mobile malware and steps being taken to fight it.
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Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices. The tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3, will have a 10.1-inch display and run on a version of Intel’s Atom chip known as Clover Trail+, the source said. Samsung hasn’t announced such a product, but a Galaxy tablet running Android 4.2 appeared on several benchmark websites this month, sparking rumors of its existence.
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A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyber attacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report.
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Long hours? Likely. A healthy work-life balance? Probably not. Despite the challenges of working in tech, most IT pros are satisfied with their demanding jobs, according to new survey data. Ninety-five percent are proud they chose IT as a career, and 81 percent would do it all over again given the chance, reports TEKsystems, which offers IT staffing and talent management services.
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With Windows PC sales falling like Steven Tyler at an Aerosmith concert, all the major PC manufacturers are unleashing a brace of innovative, competitive products based on Google’s Android platform.
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VMware has launched its long-anticipated public IaaS (infrastructure as a service), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud offerings. VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service will be based on the company’s vCloud architecture, allowing customers to shift their VMware encoded workloads between in-house and the VMware hosted service, a practice known as running a hybrid cloud.
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