IT SECTOR

The company Net Applications released fresh data from a think tank. Of these, it follows that at the end of January market share of Windows 7 has reached 10%. If we take January as a whole, then, on average, up to a month, about 7,5% of the computers connected to the web, were running the new operating system from Microsoft. Net Applications Now, analysts believe that if the current rate in June of Windows 7 will bypass the previous version - Windows Vista. That is, as the statistics show, Windows 7 is distributed around the world about the same rate as the average computer virus. As of January 2010 Vista takes 17.4% market share OS. But the most popular still remains the "old" Windows XP - her preference for 66,3% of users. However, in general Microsoft products albeit slowly, but losing market share. Compared with December 2009, the total percentage of all versions of Windows has declined from 92.21% to 92.02%. But bad feeling competitors. Mac OS X for the month increased ...

Many disputes caused the emergence and rapid acceptance by users of Windows Vista. Let's try to understand why what happened and what to do next. In fact, in Windows Vista for the first time in the history of operating systems from Microsoft implemented a sharp turn from OS to OS for housewives focused on security issues. This can not be denied. This is Windows Defender and UAC and BitLocker, etc. However, Microsoft launched the market such a variety of versions of the same OS. And in previous versions of Home and Business security problems were solved for the user, perhaps on the basis that these versions will be used primarily not IT engineers and, therefore, users need to advance, "tighten the screws and make them work in the most secure. But home users stubbornly refuse to Windows Vista in favor of the more secure Windows XP, corporate - not in a hurry to move to Vista. Why? Is the problem? In the reasonable expectations of "iron"? Yes like no. Not so today is ex...

In Russia in the near future may be legislation, which is tighten the fight against software piracy . And especially do not fall under attack by pirates, and users of counterfeit software and content, including involuntary users, acting without any malice. Plenum of the Supreme and Supreme Arbitration courts of the Russian Federation prepared a draft decree, which clarifies which entered into force on 1 January 2008 Article 1250 Civil Code ( «protection of intellectual property rights»). The article states that the absence of fault does not absolve the offender of the need to end the use of Audio, and does not preclude the application of the sanctions. Thus, in the near future the Russian users of pirated software, as well as owners and customers house networks and videohostingov can begin to fine for violation of intellectual property rights. And even if they did not know (and could not know) that the use of Audio. Previously, the law-enforcement and judicial authorities acted in anot...