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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: April 24, 2015

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because you just can’t make this stuff up, this week’s other news includes Microsoft’s quarterly earnings report, Office successes on Android and iOS, Microsoft ignores HERE sale, Google’s ad sales, Apple’s Watch goes on sale, a volcano erupts, Amazon keeps losing money but is killing it in the cloud, and an unflattering Apple logo is…

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What is Windows 10 Device Guard?

Curious about what the newly-named Windows 10 Device Guard is all about? Russell explains how Windows 10 Device Guard differs from AppLocker.

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Microsoft Earnings: Revenues Up as Windows Continues to Decline

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft on Thursday announced the financial results for its fiscal 2015 third quarter, which ended March 31. The software giant posted an operating profit of $6.6 billion on revenues of $21.7 billion, though the results were negatively impacted by the strong US dollar and ongoing fees related to its acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services…

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PowerShell Summit North America 2015 Wrap Up

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The PowerShell Summit is coming to a close, and Jeff Hicks provides some insight into where PowerShell is headed and how it affects the IT pro’s career in the future.

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Episode 19- April 23rd -10:15pm EDT Guest: Janene Ellefson @jamminjanene

“I feel the need, the need for speed.” That’s what Tom Cruise first said and now almost everyone is saying it. We want things faster! With the ever increasing need for speed and faster performance, enterprise and consumers alike are turning to Solid State Drives (SSD). Will SSD save us from latency pains? Do you still…

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Microsoft Lumia 640 Review

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Will Microsoft’s Lumia 640 be able to boost Windows Phone sales in 2015?

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Google Launches Fi, a Low-Cost Cell Phone Service

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Google on Wednesday announced Project Fi, a new low-cost cell phone service that it is launching in the United States. Fi will ride on the backs of Sprint and T-Mobile and will seamlessly switch to Wi-Fi when available, even for phone calls and text messages. But as you may expect, it comes with some serious…

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Infographic: US Data Breaches in 2014

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Take a look at an infographic from 27001 Academy that details security breaches at organizations in the United States.

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2015 CSA Summit Highlights Cloud Security Threats

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

This year’s Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Summit focused on highlighting the latest cloud security threats and how IT security professionals can mitigate them.

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PowerShell Summit North America Day 2 Wrap Up

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks gives us a look at day 2 at the PowerShell Summit North America conference.

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Twitter #Finally Cracks Down on Abuse

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

After taking a series of minor steps that failed to stop certain types of abuse on its platform, Twitter has finally started to crack down. In doing so, the service is walking a fine line between stopping abuse and silencing speech. And it’s unclear yet what impact these changes will have on the service, let…

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Microsoft Bolsters Office 365 Security with Lockbox, New Encryption Features

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

With the RSA Conference 2015 as a backdrop, Microsoft has announced some new security improvements and features for Office 365.

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