The free-OS revolution: What Apple's Mavericks move means for Windows

Follow:   10.24.2013  View in a Browser The free-OS revolution: What Apple's Mavericks move means for Windows 10.23.2013 12:12 PM Apple's claim of revolutionizing pricing with OS X Mavericks isn't quite as revolutionary as claimed. The new-age "One Microsoft" is already laying the groundwork for free Windows upgrades. Germany says U.S. may have spied on Merkel's mobile phone 10.23.2013 12:25 PM Merkel told President Obama that she expects U.S. authorities to detail the scope of monitoring practices in Germany, according to her spokesman. -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Business Get the latest info for your business. How-To on PCWorld Our award-winning editors tell you how to get it done.   LinkedIn Intro embeds professional profiles into Mail for iOS 10.23.2013 1:45 PM Learn more about the people who email you without leaving Apple's default Mail app. The Stanley Parable Review: The end is never the end 10.23.2013 1:58 PM The Stanley Parable, once a small mod for Half-Life 2, is now a standalone gameand its way bigger and way crazier than before. Broadcom to cut 1,150 jobs in restructuring 10.23.2013 1:59 PM Broadcom said the restructuring is aimed at cutting costs as well as better focusing the companys spending on key initiatives. Mobile, TV customers drive AT&T revenue growth 10.23.2013 2:10 PM AT&T posted gains in revenue and net income for the third quarter of 2013, with gains in mobile phone and U-verse TV subscribers driving the growth. Yahoo snaps up LookFlow to improve Flickr 10.23.2013 2:46 PM Five LookFlow engineers will join Yahoo's Flickr team in San Francisco in an effort to improve photo discovery on the image-sharing site. Jive sharpens social-collaboration suite's expertise directory, task management 10.23.2013 3:30 PM Jive revamped the employee directory of its enterprise social-networking suite to make it easier for users to find colleagues whose expertise they can tap. Flash Player now sandboxed under Safari on Mac OS X 10.23.2013 4:36 PM The Flash Player plug-in has more restrictions, which should mean improved security under Safari on Mac OS X Mavericks. AT&T won't match T-Mobile's free data on the iPad Air, at least for now 10.23.2013 5:40 PM AT&T, the countrys second-largest cellular carrier, said it will offer a $100 discount to customers who sign a two-year contract for tablet data service. ICANN starts rolling out new generic top-level domains 10.23.2013 8:30 PM ICANN has introduced the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet's root zone, the central database for the Internet's Domain Name System, paving the way for possibly 1,400 new domain names from the current 22. New patent reform bill targets so-called trolls 10.23.2013 12:00 PM The bill would require companies suing for patent infringement to identify the patents and claims infringed in their initial court pleadings, potentially making it more difficult for patent holders to file broad infringement claims.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: messi1927@gmail.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107