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FileMaker rejuvenates look with new version
FileMaker has tweaked the user interface in a "significant" new version of its flagship relational database, FileMaker Pro.
Microsoft promotes Muglia to president
Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia, the head of the company's server and tools division, to president, making him one of a handful of senior executives who carry this title.
Why businesses are embracing Macs
Its not your imagination. Apple Macintoshes are turning up in businesses beyond the creative departments, increasingly becoming a normal part of the IT fabric. One recent IT survey by researcher Information Technology Intelligence shows that 23 percent of respondents had at least 30 Macs in their businesses, 12 percent had at least 4,000 Macs -- and 68 percent said they would let users choose Macs as their work PCs in the next year. A Forrester Research survey of larger enterprises showed that Macs now account for 4.5 percent of deployed systems. (Both IDC and Gartner report that Macs now make up 9.1 percent of all PCs sold to individuals.)
Bringing Macs into business: Real-life IT stories
As more businesses bring Apple Macintoshes into their regular operations, IT has to figure out how to ensure the Macs play well in the typical Windows-dominated environments. Several companies share the lessons -- good and bad -- that they have learned.
IE lost share to Firefox, Safari, and Chrome in December
Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox, and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
Windows 7 takes shape
We all knew it was coming, but now it feels real. With its debut to select developers in November, Windows 7 is no longer just a label but a real OS. And the public beta is expected this spring.
Windows 7 beta leaks to Internet
Pirated copies of a Windows 7 build pegged by many as the beta Microsoft will release next month have leaked to the Internet, according to searches at several BitTorrent sites today.
What future is in store for Microsoft?
Its been six months since Bill Gates retired from Microsoft, though he remains an adviser, and the Redmond giant is chugging away as if business were usual. Work continues on Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Windows Mobile 6.5, the Azure cloud development platform, and so on. The path looks to be unchanged.
Windows Server 2008: Windows also rises
We suppose it happens in families too, where one twin seems charmed from the start while the other lives under a shadow. Certainly thats the case with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, the one almost universally heralded and the other widely snubbed. Still, isnt it odd? How do two operating systems, born together and sharing so much DNA, arrive to such different fates?
Microsoft may release Windows 7 beta at show
Attendees at next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) could get the first public look at Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft's client OS.
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