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• Article | 2/05/2012 German court grants Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox

  Motorola Mobility won an injunction on Wednesday preventing distribution of Microsoft products including Windows 7 and the Xbox in Germany, but it can...
• Article | 13/04/2012 Opinion: Microsoft, instead of turning the lights off on XP, make it open source

  To state the obvious,, Microsoft is hugely important economically and culturally, and as Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) was told by his grandfather: "Wi...
• Article | 14/12/2011 Tech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10

  In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars s...
• Article | 27/10/2011 Why Are You Still Using Windows XP?

  A lot has happened since 2001. Technology evolves rapidly, and you won't find many instances of someone using the same technology today that they used...
• Article | 22/09/2011 Windows XP to Windows 8: Don't go there

  A majority of enterprises have migrated to Windows 7 or are planning to do so. But for Windows XP holdouts ready to side-step Windows 7 for the upcomi...
• Article | 7/09/2011 Six big Windows 8 features for small business

  With Microsoft's big BUILD conference right around the corner on September 12, people are buzzing about the Windows 8 news that's sure to come, and fo...
• Article | 10/08/2011 Gartner: 94% of new PCs will ship with Windows 7 in 2011

  The Apple Mac is steadily grabbing market share, but Windows-based systems continue to dominate the worldwide personal computer market, according to a...
• Article | 10/08/2011 Windows 7 migrations: Don't get distracted by XP, Windows 8

  Enterprises planning a Windows OS migration are at a bit of a crossroads. There's a lot to consider.
• Article | 2/08/2011 Internet Explorer gains among Windows 7 users, despite Microsoft's overall losses

  Microsoft's long and steady decline in browser market share continued in July, but there is one bright spot for Redmond: Among Windows 7 PC owners, In...
• Article | 6/07/2011 The iPad: Epic success for users

  You read last week's Backspin (you did, didn't you?) so you'll know it included a riposte from my old friend and verbal sparring partner, Winn Schwart...
• Article | 2/06/2011 Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8

  Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes...
• Article | 2/06/2011 30 days with...Ubuntu Linux

  30 days with...Ubuntu Linux: Day 1
• Article | 27/05/2011 An old hard drive and OS in a new PC

  Terry Marshall asked if he could move his old hard drive, unchanged, to his new home-built PC, boot his existing, "very stable" XP installation, and s...
• Article | 27/05/2011 Oklahoma City using SIEM to crack down on hackers - and wayward employees

  Oklahoma City is using technology that not only watches for signs of any hacker activity on its municipal government network, but monitors employee on...
• Article | 21/05/2011 10 things IT groups need to know about The Rapture [The End!]

  First the background. Harold Camping, founder of the Family Radio network, has been insisting for months, via broadcasts and billboards, that on Satur...