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Why Windows 8 is more vulnerable to attack
The complexity of Windows 8 has increased its security vulnerability, says Wayne Kirby, a product specialist from Kaspersky Lab.
Acer cancels plans to offer tablet running current version of Windows RT
Acer has decided not to offer a tablet running the current version of Windows RT, Jim Wong, Acer's president, told InfoWorld in an interview on Friday.
IDC: Windows RT tablets seeing dismal shipment numbers
Only 200,000 Windows RT tablets shipped in the first quarter, making up just 0.4 percent of the tablet market, said IDC on Wednesday.
Price of Windows RT tablets lowered by manufacturers
In a development that sends out troubling signals about the viability of the Windows RT platform, Computerworld reports that some manufacturers have started lowering the prices of their Windows RT tablets.
Report: Samsung to halt sales of Windows RT-based tablets in Germany
Samsung is pulling the plug on its Windows RT-based ATIV Tab in Germany due to poor demand, according to a report by Engadget .
Microsoft plugs 'critical' security holes in Windows RT OS for Surface
Microsoft is plugging "critical" security holes this week in Windows RT, the operating system that runs its cheaper Surface tablets.
Information workers want Windows-based tablets, despite Surface's troubles
Information workers would prefer to have a Windows-based tablet, despite problems with Microsoft's Surface tablet.
Analysis: Why Windows RT was doomed from the start
Neil McAllister from The Register has written a thought-provoking critique about why the ARM-based Windows RT tablet from Microsoft was "DOA" or dead on arrival.
Jailbreak tool for Windows RT unlocks it in 20 seconds
Earlier this week, we reported on how a hacker has succeeded in cracking Microsoft's security system of locking down Windows RT tablets to prevent unauthorized desktop software from running. Well, it appears that another hacker has now packaged the exploit into a jailbreak tool that will unlock a Windows RT tablet within 20 seconds.
Windows RT successfully hacked to allow unsigned desktop apps
A hacker claims to have cracked Microsoft's system that prevents unsigned desktop apps from running on its Windows RT tablet platform. Identified only by the name "clrokr" on Twitter, the hacker says he exploited a vulnerability that was in the Windows kernel "for some time," according to a new blog post that outlined the technical details behind the hack.
