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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sees pay cut as result of poor Windows 8, Surface tablet marketplace performance

This is pretty much unparalleled. Or at least it’s a decent case of schadenfreude. Per CNET, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw his pay docked this year as a result of the disappointing performance of the company’s Windows Division over the past year. The Microsoft head received US$1.26 million in compensation for fiscal 2013, with US$697,500 […]

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Parallels Desktop updated to 8.0.18483

Late Thursday, Parallels released version 8.0.18483 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 320 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Better compatibility with new iMacs. – Create Boot Camp virtual machines on new iMacs with 3 TB hard drives. – Create virtual machines from the Boot Camp partition with […]

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Apple seeds first OS X 10.8.4 beta to developer community

That OS X 10.8.4 goodness you’re looking for…it just entered its first beta. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Monday began seeding the OS X 10.8.4 beta to developers, though not much is known about the new maintenance update as little information was offered in the release notes. According to sources familiar with the release notes, build […]

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Microsoft Windows 8 certification change could hint at upcoming iPad mini competitor

Microsoft could have an iPad mini competitor en route. Per AppleInsider, recent changes quietly made to the Windows 8 hardware certification guidelines suggest that Microsoft could be gearing up to debut a new, smaller “Windows Reader” tablet designed to compete with more portable devices like Apple’s iPad mini. The company recently relaxed its hardware certification […]

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Parallels Desktop updated to 8.0.18480

Late Thursday, Parallels released version 8.0.18480 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 335.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Better compatibility with new iMacs. – Create Boot Camp virtual machines on new iMacs with 3 TB hard drives. – Create virtual machines from the Boot Camp partition with […]