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Windows IT ProPaul ThurrottMicrosoft on Wednesday announced that its Windows Phone 7 OS has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and delivered to its partners for inclusion on new smartphones that will be provided to consumers in the months ahead.

Windows IT ProPaul ThurrottConfirming news I had exclusively revealed in early July, Microsoft this week announced that the popular but limited-time Windows 7 Family Pack offering would be coming back for this holiday season.

Windows IT ProPaul ThurrottThis week, Apple held its annual music event, announcing new iPod, Apple TV, and iTunes products as expected.

A company logo can make a big difference in today’s competitive online marketplace, making its design one of the most important jobs a business owner will ever entrust to someone. One website has decided that crowdsourcing will yield the best results, a

Shoppers at Target this weekend will be seeing the first Facebook Credits gift cards, which the retailer will be selling for $15, $25 and $50 starting on Sunday. Facebook is launching the sale of its virtual currency at the 1,750 U.S. stores and on Target

This year's theme: "Servers, The Cloud, and Innovation"

In Part One of our Enterprise Security Risks feature, CIO Insight presented the results of a remarkably detailed report on enterprise security from IBM. The stats arent encouraging: There were nearly 4,400 new vulnerabilities disclosed in first-half 2010,

Nearly three quarters of adult cell phone users are now sending and receiving text messages. Not everyone is happy about this. - The Pew Research Center's Internet amp; American Life Project's "Cell Phones and American Adults" report found that grownu

Dell backs down as bidding war for storage company tops $2 billion. - Dell decided on Sept. 2 to drop out of a high-stakes bidding process for the utility storage provider 3PAR. Thus, with a final $33-per-share, all-cash bid, the Palo Alto, Calif.-base

Next week, Apple will introduce iOS 4.1 with iOS 4.2 for iPad soon to follow. The updates aim to fix bugs and offer new features. - Next week, the company will introduce iOS 4.1, with a number of bug fixes, followed by iOS 4.2 for iPad. The operating s

In this first installment of our two-part series on enterprise security risks, we delve into some of the threats for which CIOs should be increasingly on guard. In Part Two , we look at the trends behind the numbers. These figures are excerpted from a mid

Max Huang says the biggest lesson is that one-off solutions can bring about more problems than solutions

Practical advice for rolling out your own community event.

Android 2.2-powered, Flash-enabled, 7-inch touch screen.

Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.