Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The sorry state of WinRT apps on Windows Phone 8

Eclipse's Juno release train features tools for mobile developers | MyDP could transform mobile devices into replacement PCs

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The sorry state of WinRT apps on Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8 has all sorts of great new capabilities, including the ability to run Windows RT programs -- just like the Metro-style Windows RT applications in Windows 8, right? Well, no. Not at all. Read More


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Disaster Recovery Services Providers Evaluation
Improvements in disaster recovery plans and broad business continuity strategies are top-of-mind concerns for leading enterprises today and recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. These key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report. Read Now!

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Ensure Employee Videos are Secure
The wisdom of a company resides in the heads of those directly responsible for the non-routine work of the organization. This, coupled with increased demand to better communicate across distributed mobile workforces, is fueling organizational demand for scalable, affordable business video and user generated content. Read now!

Eclipse's Juno release train features tools for mobile developers
The Eclipse Foundation, which has been a staple for open source development tools for most of the past decade, will offer its annual "release train" on Tuesday, featuring tools for mobile application development and a new base platform itself. Read More

MyDP could transform mobile devices into replacement PCs
Today's higher-end mobile devices rival some desktop machines in their ability to stream high-definition video and audio, display 3D content, and support enterprise-worthy applications. But those capabilities aren't especially useful when you're limited to finger-tapping and swiping on an eyestraining 4-inch touchscreen. A newly unveiled standard, dubbed Mobile DisplayPort (or MyDP for short), could help users unleash that pent-up mobile processing power and transform smartphones and tablets from PC supplements into viable PC replacements. Read More

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 blocked from sale in U.S.
A federal court in California has blocked the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S. in a patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. Samsung intends to appeal. Read More

EU rejects Microsoft antitrust appeal, but reduces fine to $1.1 billion
The General Court of the European Union has rejected Microsoft's appeal of a 2008 European Commission antitrust ruling, but has reduced the fine Microsoft must pay from €899 million ($1.1 billion) to €860 ( $1.07 billion) million. The European Commission had imposed the record-breaking fine because of Microsoft's failure to respect an earlier antitrust ruling that it disclose information about APIs used in its workgroup server products enabling competitors to develop interoperable products. Read More

Egenera CEO stresses openness in competing with 'Cisco, Cisco, Cisco'
Egenera CEO Pete Manca says the company was 10 years ahead of its time in targeting the converged data center infrastructure, but its smooth transition from a hardware-focused company to a software-oriented one in recent years has enabled it to stay in the thick of what's now a booming market pursued aggressively by Cisco, HP and others. Read More




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