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Windows 8 discounts to last at most another 3 weeks

Price of Windows 8 Pro upgrade may quintuple after 31 January

Panasonic joins LG's Smart TV Alliance; new SDK to launch this week

The group hopes to establish a common platform for building smart TV applications, but it faces some competition

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Two critical fixes, many affected WIndows users

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 patches will keep IT departments busy

Pirated iOS apps can now be installed without jailbreak

Online services demonstrate ability to install pirated apps on iPhone and iPad without users having to have jailbreak the device

Windows 8 lagging behind Vista in early uptake

New OS finishes 2012 strongly, but remains listless compared to Windows 7's rocket-like climb in 2009

First Tizen-based smartphone could come in 2013

Japan's NTT DoCoMo has signed on to help develop the Linux-based OS, according to a Japanese newspaper

Nokia starts rolling out Windows Phone 7.8

The Lumia 510 is shipping with the updated version of the OS

Yahoo Mail gets Web and Android makeover plus new iPhone, Windows 8 apps

The enhancements are focused on making Yahoo Mail faster and simpler to use

Stallman slams Ubuntu

Linux guru calls Amazon integration 'spyware'

Red Hat releases new Enterprise Linux beta

Version 6.4 includes new features for interoperation with Microsoft products and file system improvements

Windows RT hack allows desktop apps on ARM-based OS

Method exploits a kernel vulnerability to bypass the restriction Microsoft built into Windows RT, the hacker said

Android 'Jelly Bean' now installed on 10% of devices

But fragmentation still

Samsung to release Tizen mobiles this year

The OS will rival Android and compete in a crowded market

Microsoft C# named programming language of 2012

The PopularitY of Programming Language index claims to be more accurate that TIOBE

Canonical reinvents Ubuntu as 'converged' smartphone OS

Impressive interface but no handset partners - yet

Business adoption of Windows 8 remains low in Europe

Windows 8 sales to businesses in the month after its release amounted to just 8 percent

EMC joins OpenStack, likens it to Linux development

EMC to work on Cinder, Openstack's block storage service

Ubuntu Linux 13.04 enters alpha, but only for Edubuntu and Kubuntu users

Only Edubuntu and Kubuntu users get true alpha releases in this development cycle.

RIM offering free BlackBerry 10 smartphone to business customers

New phone will be available to customers of new BlackBerry 10 online training program

UK software revenues weather the economic storm

Revenue growth of 11 percent recorded across Western Europe


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