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Article | 12/12/2012 2012: The year in quotes
Some of the most memorable IT-related quotes were uttered in courtrooms this year, which involved a steady stream of legal challenges about intellectu...
Article | 11/12/2012 The year in enterprise software: Seven key takeaways
It's been a busy and transformative year for enterprise software. We dug through our story archives, talked to industry experts and put on our thinkin...
Article | 10/12/2012 The scariest US software project horror stories of 2012
Sure, plenty of enterprise software projects go just fine and end up giving customers all the things vendors promise: lower operating costs, streamlin...
Article | 10/12/2012 13 killer Chrome apps to replace your desktop software
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the first Web browser in 1990, it was just an application made to read HTML pages passively. Fast-forward to today, and ...
Article | 4/12/2012 Six awesome built-in Windows utilities no one knows about
Windows 8 may not be the easiest operating system to use, but no one can accuse it of being stingy. If you poke deep inside the new OS, you'll find a ...
Article | 30/11/2012 "The Human Face of Big Data" offers a geek-out-worthy coffee-table book
"The Human Face of Big Data" is an ambitious and attractive new large-format book that aims to give readers, through photography and short articles, a...
Article | 28/11/2012 Analyst, SAP dispute over reported support discounts reveals murky picture
SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, which said that a handful of customers had received substantial di...
Article | 20/11/2012 HP-Autonomy fraud allegations fallout: The winners and losers
Hewlett-Packard's bombshell revelation that it would take a US$8.8 billion non-cash writedown after allegedly discovering major accounting fraud relat...
Article | 12/11/2012 Windows 8 deep-dive: Get to know the People app
Social media is now embedded in our business workflows, our shopping habits, and our news sources. So it's no wonder that Microsoft infused social med...
Article | 6/11/2012 11 winning alternatives to Windows 8's built-in apps
Windows 8 comes preloaded with plenty of apps for basic productivity and entertainment, but they're not necessarily the best you can do. We've already...
Article | 2/11/2012 20 must-know Windows 8 tips and tricks
Windows 8 is rife with features and behaviors that conspire to perplex even the most experienced PC users. Not all of them are bad, per se, but few of...
Article | 22/10/2012 10 things you can get from Windows 8 that Windows 7 just doesn't have
Microsoft's radical shift to touch-centric computing in Windows 8 is far from the only difference between the new operating system and its predecessor...
Article | 19/10/2012 Opinion: The one thing Windows 8 desktops really need
With the official launch of Windows 8 on the imminent horizon, PC manufacturers have announced a diverse array of new hardware. The problem with all o...
Article | 9/11/2011 Want Siri on your Android phone? Try these apps
Wouldn't you like to have your very own gofer dedicated to doing all the menial tasks you hate? That's a big part of the appeal of the iPhone 4S: Siri...
Article | 27/10/2011 Windows XP: Pros and cons of not upgrading
Windows XP users, your favorite operating system is a decade old, and if you're still using it, you're not cool anymore, at least according to Microso...