Künftig sollen auch kleinere Radiostationen eine Plattform für die digitale Verbreitung ihrer Programme erhalten. Das Bundesamt für Kommunikation (Bakom) hat daher der Digris eine Funkkonzession für den Betrieb von DAB+-Inseln in der ganzen Schweiz erteilt.
Vom permanenten Wandel und der damit zusammenhängenden Unruhe, die mit der rasenden Entwicklung der Informatik einhergeht, sind nicht nur die Anwender, sondern ganz besonders auch die Informatikspezialisten und ihre Berufsverbände betroffen. Entsprechend gibt es in der Schweiz viele mit unterschiedlichen Orientierungen. Die meisten sind Mitgliedverbände des Dachverbands ICTswitzerland. Zu den bereits traditionsreichen Verbänden zählt die Schweizer Informatik Gesellschaft (SI), die heute im Rahmen ihrer Jubiläumsgeneralversammlung den 25 Geburtstag feierte.
Sony hat ein neues Phablet mit 6,4 Zoll grossem Touchscreen und eine Nachfolgerin für seine Smartwatch angekündigt. Das 6,4 Millimeter dünne LTE-Smartphone heisst Xperia Z Ultra und bietet neben Full-HD-Auflösung (342 Bildpunkte pro Zoll) einen Schutz gegen Staub (IP55) und Wasser (IP58).
HP und Intel eröffnen in Grenoble ein Center of Excellence für High Performance Computing (HPC). Im sogenannten „HP/Intel Center of Excellence for HPC“ können Kunden, Entwickler und unabhängige Software-Anbieter einem Communiqué zufolge Machbarkeitsnachweise (Proof of Concepts), Benchmarks und Charakterisierungen durchführen.
EU-Bürger haben nach Auffassung eines Gutachters am Europäischen Gerichtshof (EuGH) kein allgemeines Recht auf Sperre ihrer personenbezogen Daten in Internetsuchmaschinen wie Google. Diese Diensteanbieter seien für Daten, die ihre Suchmaschinen auf fremden Webseiten finden, nicht verantwortlich, begründete der EuGH-Generalanwalt am Dienstag in Luxemburg seinen Schlussantrag im Streit um das "Recht auf Vergessenwerden" im Internet.
Der US-Softwarekonzern Microsoft will in einem gross angelegten Zentrum auf dem Berliner Boulevard Unter den Linden Flagge in der deutschen Bundeshauptstadt zeigen. Am Dienstag starteten der Geschäftsführer von Microsoft Deutschland, Christian P. Illek, und die Berliner Wirtschaftssenatorin Cornelia Yzer symbolisch die Umbauarbeiten in dem historischen Gebäude an der Ecke Charlottenstraße.
Das Beratungsunternehmen Garnter hat erneut seine Anlayse zum Gerätemarkt veröffentlicht und stellt dabei fest, dass der Trend zu Tablets weiterhin anhält und sogar steigt, wohingegen PCs deutlich an Attraktivität verlieren.
Orange Schweiz will in diesem Jahr 280 neue Antennenstandorte bauen. Damit wird die Flächenabdeckung um 5 bis 6 Prozent erhöht. Beim LTE-Standard will Orange den Marktführer Swisscom überholen.
Hacker haben in Südkorea die Website des Präsidentenamts in Seoul und anderer Regierungsstellen lahmgelegt. Die Regierung könne einen Cyberangriff durch unbekannte Hacker bestätigen, teilte das Wissenschaftsministerium heute mit. Der Angriff löste Cyberangriffsalarm aus.
Der IT-Lösungsanbieter Steffen Informatik gibt sich ein neues Outfit. Das neue Corporate Design soll Kompetenz und Professionalität vermitteln sowie eine unverwechselbare, einprägsame Identität schaffen, heisst es sinngemäss in einem heute veröffentlichten Communiqué des Spreitenbacher IT-Lösungsanbieters.
The recently revealed mass collection of phone records and other communications by the U.S. National Security Agency may not be effective in preventing terrorism, according to some critics. The data collection programs, as revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, is giving government agencies information overload, critics said during the in Washington, D.C. “In knowing a lot about a lot of different people [the data collection] is great for that,” said Mike German, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent whose policy counsel for national security at the American Civil Liberties Union. “In actually finding the very few bad actors that are out there, not so good.” The mass collection of data from innocent people “won’t tell you how guilty people act,” German added. The problem with catching terrorism suspects has never been the inability to collect information, but to analyze the “oceans” of information collected, he said.
Mozilla Tuesday shipped Firefox 22, which enables the in-browser audio-video calling standard WebRTC, and switches on a new JavaScript module that promises to speed up web apps. The update also includes patches for 17 security vulnerabilities, seven of them marked “critical.” Mozilla highlighted several of the changes in Firefox 22, notably the default support for WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications), an open-source API (application programming interface) that web applications can call for in-browser audio and video communications without requiring specialized plug-ins like Adobe’s Flash. WebRTC traces its roots to Google, which acquired the VP8 video codec in 2010 from a company called On2, open-sourced the technology, and pushed for its adoption as a standard by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). Mozilla engineers have been also working on the project to implement WebRTC in Firefox.
Google is revealing some new numbers around malware and phishing attempts in an effort to get more people thinking about online security and to make the Web safer. The data is being incorporated into the company’s biannual transparency reports, which are meant to provide clarity on the numbers for user data requests Google receives from government agencies and courts, as well as figures on removal requests received from copyright owners and governments and traffic reports for Google services worldwide. The malware and phishing data stems from Google’s Safe Browsing technology, which was established in 2006 to examine billions of URLs each day to find unsafe websites. These unsafe sites, Google said, generally fall into two categories: malware sites, which use code to install malicious software on users’ computers; and phishing sites, which fake their legitimacy while trying to trick people into giving their user names and passwords or other private information online.
Upcoming integration points between Yammer and Microsoft products will include email interoperability, document collaboration and enterprise search, as Microsoft pursues its plan to make Yammer a common enterprise social collaboration layer across its business software. The news comes on Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of Microsoft’s announcement that primarily to boost the enterprise social networking capabilities of its SharePoint collaboration server. In addition to the previously announced plans to unify SharePoint and Yammer via single sign-on, Microsoft said it will deliver improved interoperability between Yammer and email. Today, Yammer users can receive email notifications about changes in Yammer discussions they’re participating in, but the alerts tend to be brief, short on context and in plain text, said Jared Spataro, senior director in the Microsoft Office Division and leader of the SharePoint business.
Oracle’s long-awaited 12c database is now available for download, according to the . Download links for the product were available on the site as of late Tuesday. While it wasn’t immediately clear when Oracle will hold a formal launch for 12c, a company official said the release would come “within a couple of weeks.” At one point it appeared 12c would arrive much sooner than now. Word that beta testing had been completed and a release was imminent, but ultimately one never occurred.
Dell today said it’s ready with new anti-malware defense and encryption offerings for businesses using its PCs, laptops, and Android-based mobile devices. The improved security is available via the company’s for business computing. Based on its acquisition of encryption and data protection vendor Credant Technologies at the end of last year, Dell can provide pre-installed file protection capabilities for desktops, laptops and Android devices it sells, giving business customers a way to manage encryption capabilities from a central console. I
Oracle’s long-awaited 12c database has apparently received a firm launch date, with a company executive stating that it will be released “within the next two weeks.” In addition, Oracle plans to release an update to its Fusion Middleware stack during its first fiscal quarter, said Thomas Kurian, executive vice president of product development. Kurian spoke on Tuesday during the company’s fiscal 2014 partner kickoff event, which was webcast. Given that Oracle’s first quarter began June 1, that would place the Fusion Middleware launch between now and the end of August. that beta testing had been completed and a release was imminent, but ultimately one never occurred.
Being a student can be a blast – as long as you’re not spending all four years with your head buried in books. You might be surprised how much time you waste by not taking advantage of readily available technology. There are plenty of simple and inexpensive ways that can you can save time, improve your work, and maybe even boost your GPA. Here are some ways an Intel inspired Ultrabook™ can help you get the most out of your classes and your college experience. There are a lot of popular note-taking applications, including Google Notes, Evernote, OneNote, and Uber Note. These are amazing tools for keeping yourself organized, improving your note-taking capabilities, and staying on schedule. for as little as $40.
Company of Heroes 2, the long-awaited sequel to Relic Entertainment’s critically-acclaimed World War II real-time strategy game, belies its name. Playing as the Soviets in the game’s main campaign, there are very few times you’ll feel like a hero. The trials you’ll face along the Eastern Front, from Stalingrad through to Germany, are a far cry from the original game’s D-Day inspired -palooza. The campaign in Company of Heroes 2 is a series of morally ambiguous situations where the guys you’re fighting for appear just as bad as the enemy you’re fighting against. Even our protagonist, former Soviet lieutenant Lev Abramovich Isakovich, doesn’t agree with his country’s actions. The story is related as a series of flashbacks from his comfy home in , presumably for rebelling against the Motherland. It’s a gloomy set-up for a discomfiting game.
Companies who have been assessing Google’s planned remedies to anti-competitive practices called on the European Commission on Tuesday to reject them and to consider regulating Internet search. Google has been under investigation by the Commission since November 2010 after rivals accused the search giant of setting its algorithm to direct users to its own services by reducing the visibility of competing websites and services. It was also accused of content-scraping and imposing contractual restrictions that prevent advertisers from moving their online campaigns to rival search engines. On April 25 Google proposed specific measures to address these complaints and rivals and interested parties were invited by the Commission to “market test” them. That testing period ends on Thursday. However, Michael Weber, CEO of Hot Map, said the testing period had not been long enough. “You cannot do a serious scientific study in one month,” he said. Weber and others asked the Commission for a two- to three-month extension, but were only granted four extra weeks.
As mobile device shipments overtake those of PCs, cross-platform tool developer Xamarin hopes to get more enterprises to adapt their apps for Android and iOS with the help of its .Net Mobility Scanner. Xamarin’s new tool shows how much of a Windows app’s code can run on the OSes. “What we have discovered over the last two years is that there are millions of lines of C# code sitting inside companies today that can already run on mobile devices through Xamarin on iOS and Android and people don’t know it,” said Nat Friedman, Xamarin CEO and co-founder. “They don’t know how easy it is for them to take their existing code and take it mobile.” Xamarin develops tools that let developers create apps for Android, iOS and Mac OS X using C#. The company thought it would be useful to provide a service developers could use to scan their code and determine how much of it is ready to run on Android or iOS after using Xamarin’s development tools, according to Friedman. The .Net Mobility Scanner also tests for compatibility with Windows Phone and Windows Store, he said.
In order to thrive, entrepreneurs need to stay determined, agile, and under budget. When you’re building a business from the ground-up, brick-and-mortar office space can be more of a barrier than a benefit. There are a lot of overhead costs to maintaining an office, and many entrepreneurs have found that they can do just fine without it. Some get by with little more than an and a solid work ethic, while others require a bit more of a presence. Mobile offices provide a range of cost-effective alternatives to leasing office space while retaining a lot of the benefits. The most common ways to step into the mobile office environment are either by using shared office space or a virtual office service. Shared office spaces have been popping up all over the place in recent years, especially in big cities. You can get anything from a reserved desk to a private office, depending on your needs and budget. These spaces foster professional atmospheres and usually provide standard amenities like coffee stations and water coolers. Some shared spaces allow freelancers or individuals of any profession to grab a desk, while others cater to certain industries or companies of a certain level. With the rising popularity of these spaces, it shouldn’t be difficult to find one that suits you. Virtual office providers offer a number of services to support entrepreneurs. One great benefit is a global network of meeting rooms that can be reserved on a per-meeting basis. They also provide prestigious downtown mailing addresses with mail forwarding service, local phone numbers that are forwarded to your mobile, and sometimes even a receptionist to take your calls. This is ideal for the mobile professional who needs a home base without a huge bill.
A new European guide aimed at avoiding IT vendor lock-in could save the public sector more than €1 billion (US$1.3 billion) a year. The policy, announced by the European Commission Tuesday, involves using open standards rather than vendor-specific tools, systems or products. The Commission believes that open tendering procedures will attract increased numbers of bidders with better value bids. “Open standards create competition, lead to innovation and save money. The guide issued today is here to help national authorities grab every opportunity for innovation and efficiency,” said European Union Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes. In addition, it is hoped that a greater use of standards will make it easier to exchange data between public systems in different E.U. member states, facilitating cross-border e-government services for citizens.
Sony unveiled a string of new products today, positioning the company to disrupt the smartphone and tablet markets in a big way. The Xperia Tablet Z is a bright new contender in the 10-inch tablet market while the 6.4-inch is poised to compete in the high-end smartphone market. Going up against Apple and Samsung to compete in the tablet market isn’t easy, but with the release of the brand new Xperia Tablet Z, Sony is proving it might be possible. The Xperia Tablet Z is the thinnest tablet in the 10-inch class, at slightly over ¼ of an inch. It has a slick black design and “ processor. A 1920x1200 display, water and dustproof body, and NFC integration stand out among its features. Gamers will also enjoy the Playstation Mobile application, which lets them take some of their favorite PS games on the go. Meanwhile, the Xperia Z Ultra is making a splash in the smartphone market. With a 5.5-inch screen, it’s a little larger than ideal for one-handed operation, so it’s fair to call this one a phablet. The Xperia Z Ultra is earning largely positive early reviews for its “ processor, the Xperia Z has a 1920x1080 display and runs on Android’s Jelly Bean OS. Like the Xperia Tablet Z, it’s waterproof and ultra-thin for its class, coming in under ¼ of an inch. Just to put a cherry on top, Sony also , touted as the first smart watch with NFC capability. The SmartWatch 2 is an upgrade on the original SmartWatch, connecting to Android smartphones using Bluetooth so you can make calls and check your notifications.
Somebody forgot to tell Nvidia that summer is the time to kick up your heels and relax with an ice-cold mojito. The company has been on an utter tear the past couple of months, releasing brand new GeForce GTX 700-series cards almost like clockwork: The the GTX 660 as you might expect. So how does the GTX 760 stack up at $250? Judging by the specs and some intial benchmark reports, the so-called “sweet spot” of graphics cards pricing has never been sweeter. The GTX 760 rocks the same Kepler-based GK104 GPU found in all of last year’s GTX 600-series cards (as well as the GTX 770). Compared directly to the GTX 660 Ti, the GTX 760 looks a wee bit different under the shroud, with fewer CUDA cores, higher core clock speeds, and a 4GB memory option. That rejiggering comes at a power price, though: At 170W TDP, the GTX 760’s energy draw is 20W more than the GTX 660 Ti’s 150W.
A big data project called Digital Delta aims to investigate how to transform flood control and the management of the entire Dutch water system and save up to 15 percent of the annual Dutch water management budget. IBM will collaborate with Rijkswaterstaat, the part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment that is responsible for the design, construction, management and maintenance of the waterways and water systems in the Netherlands. The project also involves the University of Delft, local water authority Delfland and the Deltares Science Institute, the organizations said in a joint news release Tuesday. They will investigate whether data gathered by more than 100 different projects in the Netherlands that deal with water management can be combined and be made accessible to accelerate water management innovation, said Djeevan Schiferli, an IBM Business Development Executive who is involved in the project. If the research is successful, the system can be applied to other areas in the world, Schiferli said. The principle has already been discussed with governments in the U.S. in New York and New Orleans, as well as in Japan, South Korea and Australia, he said.
The is gaining steam, thanks to the cost benefits and increased productivity that can come from allowing employees to provision their own technology. Mobile workers are more likely to put in more hours, so if your employees want to buy their own equipment and do more work on their own time, it's a win for the company. At least, a seems like a win right until you have to let one of your BYOD workers go and there's no easy way to ask if you can please see their iPad for a moment because you want to check if there's anything on their personal device that doesn't belong to them. As more workplaces embrace BYOD practices, they'll increasingly confront the question of how to balance the benefits of a self-provisioned workforce against the risks of company assets walking out the door when workers are let go. What can IT departments currently do to minimize risk when BYOD-practicing employees are laid off? What practices and policies can they put in place to make future departures as smooth as possible? It's a fact that some data always : email addresses of business contacts, or knowledge of the organization's key business practices and initiatives. In the old days, people slipped files into their briefcases. Digital files just mean that copying and moving information can be done quickly.
. It seems Larry Ellison has embraced the wisdom of that ancient Arabic proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” The nuts and bolts of the deal are that Microsoft and Oracle are teaming up to deliver Oracle software via Microsoft’s cloud platform, Azure. Azure customers will be able to run Java, Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, and even Oracle Linux on Windows Server Hyper-V or Windows Azure, and Oracle will deliver full certification and support. It’s a dramatic reversal for Oracle, to put it mildly. Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison has been on a one-man quest to crush Microsoft for years. It’s always seemed a bit Quixotic, though, because Oracle isn’t in the same league and has never come close to achieving Ellison's goal. So, why this partnership? Why now? In a nutshell, it just makes sense for both parties. It’s a win-win move that benefits Microsoft and Oracle; one positions both companies to compete more aggressively with their respective rivals.
Often, the file you want to work on (whether it's a PDF file, a Word file, or an image file) will be in your Windows/File Explorer. It's extremely useful and productive when a PDF product integrates right into your Explorer right-click menu. Just right-click the file and there it is, ready to carry out your PDF plans. The Debenu PDF Tools menu has a variety of features even in the free edition, although many more are available in the $59 Pro edition. Right-clicking and scrolling down to the Debenu menu reveals features such as converting a PDF to an image (and vice versa), combining multiple images into one PDF file instantly, converting a PDF to text, adding and removing passwords, removing all bookmarks or extracting them to a text file, adding or editing metadata, and much more. Debenu PDF doesn't have a reader
cautious of offending neighbors (and landlords) who have sensitive ears. Last year I finally caved and started using headphones that emulate a virtual 5.1 speaker system, because most contemporary games are built to take advantage of surround sound—if you’re limiting yourself to using stereo cans, you’re missing out. But if you aren’t willing to shell out hundreds of dollars for a fancy gaming headset just yet, Razer’s new Surround software might be just what you need. Razer Surround emulates a virtual 7.1 surround-sound setup in any pair of stereo headphones, and it’s free to use—for now. works through Razer’s Synapse 2.0 utility, so you’ll have to register for a Razer account and download the requisite software before getting started. When you finish installing Razer Surround on your PC, the software creates a virtual sound card (called the Razer Surround Audio Controller) that accepts surround-sound data from whatever is running on your PC—games, movies, or music—and emulates it virtually on a pair of stereo headphones.
that you can use to impress all your friends. The new Windows update, which rolls out as a public beta on Wednesday, will include an option to shut down or restart right from the newly returned Start button. For mere mortals, the new option may be hard to find, since it is buried in the right-click options. But for anyone who knows the right-click menu is there, the new addition will put an end to the drop and slide-up mouse maneuver currently required to begin the process of shutting down a Windows 8 PC. points out the new shut down option will show up in the right-click menu whether you’re on the desktop or the Start screen. That’s not particularly surprising, since the current right-click menu is available on both sides of the Windows 8 interface as well. If the hidden menu in the lower-left corner of Windows 8 is news to you, here’s a quick recap. If you right-click on the lower-left corner of the screen, you get quick access to a number of features including the control panel, device manager, search, run, and the command prompt. It’s a useful option to know about, but unless you like tinkering with your PC it’s probably not something you’d use every day.
In a coming together of rivals, Salesforce.com and Oracle have signed a nine-year agreement under which the companies will integrate their technologies and Salesforce.com will make a significant investment in Oracle products for its cloud computing platform. Salesforce.com, long a user of Oracle’s database, will standardize on Oracle’s Linux OS distribution, Java middleware and Exadata server platform, as well as continue to use Oracle’s database, according to the joint announcement on Tuesday. Oracle will integrate Salesforce.com’s software with its Fusion HCM (human capital management) and cloud-based financial software, and Salesforce.com will also implement those two applications “throughout the company,” according to the announcement, which Oracle CEO Larry Ellison last week. “Larry and I both agree that salesforce.com and Oracle need to integrate our clouds,” Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff said in a statement. Tying Salesforce.com’s CRM (customer relationship management) software with Oracle’s applications represents “the best of both worlds,” he added.
Monday, the Internet buzzed and rumbled with news that Samsung planned to drop out of the desktop PC market. Tuesday, Samsung poured cold water on the report. We know what you’re thinking: “Samsung makes desktops?” Apparently so, though put out on Monday definitely made it feel that the traditional PC’s time is done at Samsung. “Demand for conventional desktop PCs is going down,” an unnamed Samsung Electronics official said in that report. “We will allocate our resources to popular connected and portable devices.” Across the web, pitchforks were nabbed and PC doomsayers said doomy things. ? several people wondered. The answer turned out to be “Not Samsung.” The electronics giant sent the following statement to and other publications:
BlackBerry continues to expand its support for Android and iOS with Secure Work Space, which separates work and personal apps and data, as the company tries to hold on to enterprise users by becoming more platform neutral. Remaining relevant in a world where more than nine out of 10 smartphones shipped are based on either Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS isn’t easy for BlackBerry. But the company still has fans in enterprise IT departments and hopes to remain an option for users by continuing to embrace the two dominant platforms. The company can already manage devices based on Android and iOS, and is on the way. BlackBerry announced Secure Work Space in March and has now made good on a promise to ship it before June 30. The software is an add-on to BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10, and it adds a managed container to protect corporate data and applications running on Android and iOS devices. Users get integrated email, calendar and contacts, as well as secure browser access to intranets and document editing capabilities. Data is protected both when stored on the device and when transferred to and from enterprise servers, according to BlackBerry.
The source code for the Carberp financial malware has been leaked online, increasing the risk that other cybercriminals will create their own variants based on it, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB. Carberp is a Trojan program used primarily to steal online banking credentials and other sensitive financial information from users. The malware originally targeted users from former Soviet Union states, but the cybercriminals behind it to other regions, like Australia. Last week, a member of the Carberp gang for the malware and its other modules for only $5000. Group-IB researchers said at the time that the sale was likely the result of an internal conflict within the gang. According to them, the conflict appears to have since escalated and resulted in the source code, or at least a significant part of it, being leaked online.
The senior advisor to Europe's top court said Tuesday that Google is not responsible for third party information in its search results and that there is no general "right to be forgotten" under the current data protection laws. In a formal opinion to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen wrote that search engine service providers are not responsible, on the basis of the current Data Protection Directive, for personal data appearing on web pages they process. When the Directive was adopted in 1995, Internet search engines were a new phenomenon and, according to Jääskinen, their current role as de facto gatekeepers to the Internet could not have been foreseen by the legislators. He says that, as such, Google cannot be considered a 'controller' of personal data under the rules as they were established nearly 20 years ago. It therefore follows that national data protection authorities cannot require a search engine to remove information from its index. Jääskinen adds that rights to rectification, erasure or blocking of data only apply if there is incomplete, inaccurate, libellous or criminal information.
New legislation aims to reform the Patriot and FISA Amendments Acts to apply greater oversight and control to the government’s surveillance programs. , the FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013, comes following dramatic revelations about how the National Security Agency collects certain types of data about U.S. residents. One surveillance program of concern is Prism, an NSA data collection program that supposedly accesses the servers at Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech companies to mine people’s personal data like emails and photos. Another is a phone call metadata collection program. after introducing the bill. , but national intelligence director James Clapper has acknowledged that some form of both programs are conducted under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, for phone call metadata, and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA), for data content collection. Leahy’s bill, which was introduced Monday along with support from a bipartisan group of senators, takes aim at these provisions to “strengthen privacy protections, accountability and oversight related to domestic surveillance.”
Satyam Computer Services, the Indian outsourcing company hit by an accounting fraud in 2009, has been merged with parent Tech Mahindra. The combined entity has total IT services revenue of $2.7 billion, and about 84,000 staff serving 540 customers, Tech Mahindra said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Tech Mahindra, also an outsourcer, acquired a dominant stake of about 43 percent in Satyam through subsidiary Venturbay Consultants in 2009, after the government invited bids from strategic investors to revive the ailing Hyderabad company. The government had earlier installed its own board at Satyam, after founder B. Ramalinga Raju said in January that year that company’s profit had been inflated for several years. Satyam lost a number of clients as a result of the financial scandal, and had to settle litigation and fraud charges, including with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
No two ways around it: Windows 8 has been subjected to a withering barrage of criticism since its release a long eight months back. Why did Microsoft's latest OS suffer from such a divisive launch? You can point the finger at all sorts of things, from to the jarring changes inherent to a new-look operating system, but many of those flaws are symptoms of a much more insidious cause: Poor timing. The core concept at the heart of Windows 8, you see, was a startling case of Jekyll-and-Hyde in more than implementation alone. The operating system itself was both two years too late for its own good… and one year premature at the same time. In an increasingly PC-plus world, Windows 8 was a truly necessary OS with truly unfortunate timing—but the stars are finally starting to align in Microsoft's favor, just in time for the impending . For the first time ever, all the cards Microsoft needs will soon be on the table.