Is Apple now the PC leader? Depends on your definition of PC

Microsoft is attacking Gmail for tactics it uses itself | Oracle simplifies database clones and snapshots with Snap utility

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Is Apple now the PC leader? Depends on your definition of PC
While research companies including IDC and Gartner deemed HP the PC leader for Q4 2012, Canalys has a different perspective. The analyst firm has declared Apple the top PC vendor for the past quarter, thanks in part to the booming success of the iPad and the iPad mini. Amazon, too, now beats out the likes of Acer and Asus as a leading PC vendors, having shipped 4.6 million Kindles in Q4. Read More


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Service and Support as a Strategic Imperative
Leading edge companies regard their support organization as a strategic enabler. In doing so they are adopting a cross-channel support strategy, which includes remote support technologies. The results are real boosts in customer satisfaction and reduced support costs. Learn more.

Microsoft is attacking Gmail for tactics it uses itself
Software companies in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Microsoft's spending more than a million bucks trying to convince customers that Google's "Scroogled" email dumpster-diving is somehow more invasive than Microsoft's own antics. That's hogwash. Read More

Oracle simplifies database clones and snapshots with Snap utility
Oracle database users can now create snapshots and clones of the company's databases on a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance in one step, which should simplify both storage management and internal development in enterprises. Oracle's Snap Management Utility for Oracle Database is designed to take most of the work out of creating and managing copies of information in a database Read More

Why you should care about cyber espionage
Malware attacks have taken on new meaning over the last few years. Businesses and consumers are more or less used to the day-in and day-out of Trojans, phishing scams, and such, but a new breed of much more complex and sophisticated threats has changed the game. Unless you're specifically in the crosshairs of one of these cyber espionage attacks, you have nothing to worry about, right? Not exactly. There are three ways anyone will feel the consequences of cyber espionage or cyber warfare threats, even if they're not the intended target. Read More

Free quick-start guides teach Office 2013 basics
Microsoft has just unveiled a collection of Office 2013 Quick Start Guides, printable sheets packed with tips, shortcuts, screenshots, and other useful suite stuff. There are nine guides in all, one each for Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Visio, and Word. Read More

OS X Snow Leopard stubbornly rejects retirement
Apple's OS X Snow Leopard, which shipped in August 2009, continued to resist retirement last month, new data showed. January statistics from Web analytics vendor Net Applications pegged Snow Leopard's share of all Macs at 28.2 percent, half a point higher than the 27.7 percent recorded by OS X Lion. Read More



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