February 22nd, 2012 Microsoft and Apple Taking Different Roads to the Same Future Long-time readers of Windows IT Pro UPDATE will recall my simplistic mantra about the future of computing: It’s highly mobile and highly connected. But recent moves from the leading…
February 15th, 2012 Are your mobile apps spying on you? How much do mobile apps really know about you? More than you might think. Facebook, Twitter, and other popular mobile apps all make copies of your personal contacts –…
February 15th, 2012 Microsoft’s killer tablet opportunity The Redmond giant has an opportunity to show what its technology will do that Apple won’t even care about, let alone beat them at. One possible answer: Help individual…
February 14th, 2012 6 ways to fend off drive-by downloads In the first quarter of 2011, enterprise users encountered an average of 274 Web-based malware attacks, a 103% increase over 2010, according to research from Cisco ScanSafe. Why the…
February 14th, 2012 The end of the PC, courtesy of Microsoft Microsoft’s development of a touch-savvy version of its Office suite is a clue that the company’s thinking about a future where services and information aren’t tethered to any one…