Windows 10 growth hits the brakes

From ComputerWorld: Following explosive growth in January, Windows 10's gains in users and usage decelerated last month, data from three sources showed today.

The growth falloff varied by source, with one pegging it as the slowest rate since October, the second the most sluggish since November...

Cisco acquires cloud orchestrator CliQr

From InfoWorld: Cisco this week announced its intention to acquire CliQr Technologies, a privately held developer of "application-defined" cloud orchestration software for $260 million.

CliQr's software allows cloud operators to deploy and manage applications across bare metal, virtualized, and...

Gmail for Work gets improved digital loss protection features

From ComputerWorld: Google has expanded the digital loss protection (DLP) features in Gmail for Work, to help ensure that employees don't share confidential information outside the company they work for.

The service can now use optical character recognition on attachments, so administrators can...

Say goodbye to Sony's PlayStation TV microconsole

From CNET: Bid your final farewell to the Sony PlayStation TV. After two short years on store shelves, Sony has confirmed to CNET that it will no longer be shipping the microconsole to the United States and Europe.

"PS TV shipments were terminated at the end of 2015 in SCEA [Sony Computer...

Google adds new view-later defaults to Inbox email

From ComputerWorld: Google is giving Inbox users a couple more ways to avoid dealing with their email right away.

The company announced Friday that users of its alternative email client are getting two new snooze options that will move emails out of their inbox until an appointed time. People...

Court tosses Apple's $120 million patent win over Samsung

From CNET: A US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a 2014 jury verdict that had found Samsung Electronics infringed on three of Apple's patents and had awarded the iPhone maker $119.6 million.

Apple originally had sought $2.2 billion, claiming Samsung infringed on eight software patents...

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