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Windows Tablets to Overtake Android, Thanks to Microsoft Office 365

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Chiou issued his forecasts for Microsoft tablets with Office 365, Android and iPad tablets in a Witsview report titled, “2010-2015 Market Shares of Tablet PC Operating Systems.” WitsView is a subsidiary of the Taiwan-based Trendforce. The predictions come from tracking shipments of PCs and LCD panels.

While Office 365 might give Windows 8-based tablets a competitive edge over Android tablets, it’s not expected to dent Apple’s position as the leader in the tablet segment. The iPad currently accounts for 62 percent of the tablet market share. And by 2015, Chiou expects that number to drop to 59 percent, while it will still remain the most popular tablet by far.

The Android tablet market share, however, will drop from 32 percent to 21 percent, while Windows-based tablets rise to 19 percent.

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Brocade Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012

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New Relic Server Monitoring Solution Now Supports Windows

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New Toys from Samsung: The Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Camera, and Windows 8 Tablets and Phone

All in all, Samsung has pulled together a very nice suite of features. But we wonder a great deal about the efficiency of the Note's general size. We've had an original Note in hand for some time, but after the initial deep dive that goes with learning a new device, we haven't exactly put it through any blisteringly detailed use. Our own biggest problem is that it typically falls short in terms of offering enough functionality to make it a device of choice. And it is simply too large to just carry around as a smartphone.

 It will be interesting to see how - or if - sales for the Note II develop. We greatly applaud the "innovation" but we're not convinced the form factor is a winner.

The Galaxy Camera

Samsung next surprised us by debuting a new camera, and specifically an Android-driven camera. The idea of the camera is to marry both video and optical technology with some smartphone capabilities. To date, most smartphones from most vendors (with the possible exception of Nokia) have offered basic camera functionality along with some software capabilities for editing.

Samsung has opted to take a different approach here - start with a very high end camera concept and then add some mobile operating system capabilities to the mix, so that one ends up with a very sophisticated mobile camera. Hence the Samsung Galaxy camera, shown in the accompanying image.



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Windows Phone 8 Handsets Expected for Nokia World Next Month

Even as Nokia fights to have its products on display at U.S. partner AT&T, rumors are surfacing that we'll finally see the first Windows Phone 8 handsets from the Finnish manufacturer at next month's Nokia World.

Bloomberg is reporting that Nokia is planning to unveil its first Windows Phone 8 handsets at the company's annual Nokia World conference next month -- mere days before Apple is rumored to roll out the next iPhone at a media event widely expected on September 12.

While Nokia's Lumia 900 debuted back in April to many rave reviews and enthusiasm from exclusive U.S. carrier AT&T, the report notes that the once-mighty Finnish handset maker may be fighting just to keep its flagship smartphone front and center in the wake of news that existing Lumia models will not be upgradable to Microsoft's latest Windows Phone 8 operating system.

While Nokia officials declined to comment on their plans for Nokia World, the company is expected to reveal one or more new Lumia smartphones at the event, which kicks off September 5, with the devices going on sales before the lucrative year-end shopping season.

The company has lost more than 90 percent of its market share since the January, 2007 debut of the iPhone, and Nokia has lost money for the last five quarters in a row, with its debt now rated as "junk" by three of the largest credit rating firms.

However, at least one analyst believes Nokia can ride out the storm.



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Windows 8 to Offer One-Week Free Trial for Apps

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Paid Windows 8 Apps to Feature Free Trial Period

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Otherwise, Microsoft's earnings report was mostly business as usual with big businesses contributing the majority of the company's revenue. In fact, its Server and Tools division, which logged its ninth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth, was among its top earners at $18.7 billion for the fiscal year.

Another unusual aspect of the earnings report was the fact that Windows sales weren't carrying the company as is usually the case.

“Over the last 10 years, they have weaned themselves off the operating system and

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Nokia Rumored to Pursue Exclusive Carriers for Windows 8 Smartphone Agreements

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Monday Recap: Mountain Lion GM, Twitter Update Leak, Windows 8 in October

she'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes!" We speak, of course, of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple's latest and greatest version of Mac OS X which is expected later this month from the Mac App Store. And the furry gal is now closer than ever, with word that the gold master is now being pushed out to developers today. Didn't hear the news? Then be sure to read on and find out what else is making news for Monday, July 9, 2012...

Just a Matter of Time Now: Apple Releases Mountain Lion GM

We can't say this is much of a surprise, but a "GM seed" of OS X Mountain Lion turned up in the Mac Dev Center today. Tagged as Build 12A269, the "GM" stands for "gold master" -- as in, most likely the final version we'll all be installing when The Artist Formerly Known as Mac OS X 10.8 is released to the public later this month. No clue on exactly when that will be, but now that developers are downloading the gold master, it's looking like sooner rather than later.

Big Twitter Update Leaked via iOS 6 App Store

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Parallels Desktop 7 Updated for Windows 8 Release Preview Support

Mere days after Microsoft pushed out its Windows 8 Release Preview, and along comes a new Parallels Desktop 7 update that makes it easy to download and automatically install it.

Parallels has announced the release of Parallels Desktop 7 build 7.0.15095, available to current users by selecting

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Video: Dutch Developer Runs Windows Phone 7 on BlackBerry PlayBook

We’re big fans of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 here at MacLife.com, but sadly the folks in Redmond don’t seem too eager about moving the platform to the tablet. But that hasn’t stopped a Dutch developer from giving it a go anyway, using RIM’s failed BlackBerry PlayBook.

BGR is reporting (via N4BB) that a developer in the Netherlands has successfully ported Microsoft Windows Phone 7 to a Research in Motion BlackBerry PlayBook. While that may sound like a match made in hades for iOS and Android users, the unholy union actually seems to work pretty well, judging from the YouTube video embedded below.



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Android and Windows Platforms Now Support InterDigital's Smart Access Manager Client

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Windows 8 Will Come in Only 3 Flavors, Including RT for ARM Processors

Maybe Microsoft is finally learning a little something from Apple in the form of fewer versions of its Windows operating system. With the forthcoming Windows 8, the company is showing restraint with only three versions, and one of them is exclusively for ARM processors.

The Windows Blog announced on Monday that Windows 8 will only be available in three flavors, down from the five Windows 7 editions (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate, for those playing the home game). But in reality, there will simply be two versions of Windows 8 for most of us: Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.

That’s because the third version, Windows RT, is an entirely new version of the operating system intended for ARM processors.

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Thursday Recap: Windows 8 on iPad, My First Five Years, Adobe Revel Hits 1.2

New parents: Drop those poopy diapers and head to the Mac App Store, immediately! (Or, you know, when you’re done cleaning up.) The best-selling Anne Geddes baby record book My First Five Years has now been converted to a Mac app and it looks pretty amazing. Don’t have a kid? Then gift it to someone who does! About the only way this could be even better is if they make it available for the iPad (hint, hint). While you ponder that, read on to find out what else is making news for this Thursday, April 12, 2012.

Splashtop Brings Windows 8 Consumer Preview to iPad

We’ve already seen Windows 7 running on an iPad, but that’s old news now that Microsoft plans to roll out the Metro-centric Windows 8 later this year. Splashtop Inc. today announced the availability of Win8 Metro Testbed, a remote desktop app for software developers and technology enthusiasts alike to simulate the Windows 8 environment on an iPad. Empowered with Windows 8 Metro touch gestures, the app allows developers to test this functionality as they code and compile new apps for Windows, without having to invest in a Windows 8-compatible tablet.

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Microsoft Cutting Ties with Older Windows XP, Vista

Remember Windows Vista? Sorry, didn’t want to raise anyone’s blood pressure bringing up that old nightmare again. While most everyone we know has happily moved on to the vastly superior Windows 7, Microsoft is letting users of Vista and XP that the clock is ticking on their old-school OS.

The Verge is reporting that Microsoft has announced the end of normal support for the five-year-old Windows Vista. The move shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s used the troubled OS, especially after the arrival of the infinitely more usable Windows 7 -- not to mention Windows 8 on the horizon for later this year.



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Enterprise Call Recording Provider GL Communications Announces Availability of Windows Client Server

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Windows Phone Mobile App Downloads Improving but Still Lagging Behind iOS and Android

By Oliver VanDervoort, Contributing Writer

There is very little doubt that Apple and Android (News - Alert) have a firm hold on the mobile app market. That does not mean that Microsoft has given up trying to get their foot in the door. With the amount of mobile app downloads expected to hit 98 billion by 2015, there is a market that is just too enticing for the computer makers to ignore. 

Of course, if Microsoft (News

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How Windows Server 8 Will Affect the Cloud Data Center Network

By Rich Steeves TMCnet Copy Editor

If you are facing a drought and you want to make it rain, all you need are a few clouds and some dry ice. But if you are creating a mini-cloud for your data center network, you need a few more ingredients.

Luckily, though, a recent blog post by Yigal Edery explains how Windows Server 8 can help you create the data center network architecture you need. Edery begins by explaining the traditional way to build a cloud, and then goes on to show how Windows Server 8 can make the process easier.

Usually, you would need four to five networks for your Hyper-V hosts, with separate NICs and networks for cluster traffic, live migration, storage access, out of band management and VM tenant workloads. Each of these would be physically separated and the number could be doubled if you wanted redundancy.

But, with Windows Server 8, you can simplify this set up considerably. Edery recommends two different possible approaches.

First, with 10GbE (as opposed to the more common 1GbE found in most data center networks today), you can compress your operation down into two networks. One would have the storage, live migration, clustering and manage traffic flows. The other would have all the VM tenant generated traffic. This would still allow you to apply QoS policies for native traffic and at the Hyper-V switch level, guaranteeing bandwidth for virtual machines.

The other approach would be to converge your entire network onto one NIC (News

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