Microsoft may keep selling box copies of Windows 7 after all

Calm down, Windows 8 haters: You may not have to rush out to scoop up Windows 7 after all. Microsoft caused a stir last week when it announced that it had already stopped selling box copies of Windows 7 and that it had instructed its manufacturing partners to stop using Windows 7 on new PCs by October 30th, 2014. Now Network World has noticed that Microsoft has backtracked on its Windows life cycle page and now says that sales of both Windows 7 and new Windows 7 PCs will only end at a date "to be determined." Windows 7 extended support is still scheduled to last through January 14th, 2020.



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Posted in 2013 at 09:15PM, December 09

BlackBerry may have to shrink its way to success

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has his work cut out for him. Jackdaw Research chief analyst Jan Dawson has been taking a look at BlackBerry's recent revenue trends and has concluded that the company will need to shrink itself even further if it plans to stay afloat. The reason, says Dawson, is that its biggest potential revenue streams — from its mobile device management services, its popular BlackBerry Messenger app and its Machine to Machine (M2M) business — won't make up for the massive revenue losses it will take from its collapsing handset sales.



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Posted in 2013 at 09:15PM, December 05

WSJ: Samsung’s mobile security program has been a bust so far

Earlier this year, Samsung unveiled its Knox mobile security suite aimed at giving corporate IT buyers peace of mind when deciding to purchase Samsung's brand of Android devices for their employees. The Wall Street Journal reports that the program has been a bust so far, however, as Knox has been "beset by delays and programming bugs, frustrating clients including the U.S. Defense Department." The Journal says that Samsung executives are "privately" acknowledging problems with Knox and are vowing fixes.



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Posted in 2013 at 09:15PM, December 04