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What's new about Windows Blue   Microsoft may be the only company on the face of the planet where the sale of   100 million licenses   is seen by some as a disappointment.  Tami Reller, the chief marketing officer and chief financial officer of the Windows division, noted Monday that Microsoft has sold more than 100 million licenses of Windows 8 since its October debut. But slowing PC sales have sparked some hand-wringing, leading to speculation about the coming update for Windows 8, codenamed Blue. The significant changes in Windowshaven't been universally embraced, Reller acknowledged to The New York Times. "The learning curve is real and needs to be addressed," Reller told the Times. Reller said Microsoft is listening to customer feedback regarding frustrations with Windows 8. With the radical overhaul of the look and feel of the operating system, users have raised plenty of concerns about Windows 8. At the top of that list is ...

Oracle rolls out new in-memory applications, scaled-down big data Appliance Oracle is planning to release a series of applications that take advantage of in-memory computing, a move that will up the competitive ante between itself and SAP. While Oracle announced more than a dozen in-memory applications on Tuesday, the first three will be available in May, according to a spokeswoman. They are JD Edwards EnterpriseOne In-Memory Sales Advisor, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne In-Memory Project Portfolio Management, and Oracle SCM In-Memory Consumption Driven Planning. [ Discover what's new in business applications with  InfoWorld's Technology: Applications newsletter . | Get the latest insight on the tech news that matters from  InfoWorld's Tech Watch blog . ] Release dates weren't available for the other planned products, which include E-Business Suite In-Memory Cost Management, PeopleSoft In-Memory Project Discovery and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne In-Memory Sales Adviso...

Facebook and Zynga tear up their contract NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook and Zynga have always been deeply intertwined, but the companies signed paperwork this week to make their relationship a bit more distant. A pair of regulatory filings submitted late Thursday revealed that Facebook and Zynga have significantly revised the terms of a five-year deal they signed in late 2010. The new arrangement relaxes restrictions on both Facebook and Zynga, the gamemaker that drove 13% of Facebook's revenue for the first nine months of 2012.

Average wireless bill increased 7% in 2012 , 70% of subscribers now own smartphones We  all love our smartphones , but they are a  costly addiction  to support. According to  Consumer Reports ,  American wireless subscribers  saw their wireless bills increase by 7% between 2011 and 2012, and the big culprit is the continued proliferation of smartphones . Overall, 70% of  wireless subscribers  who took part in Consumer Reports’  survey owned smartphones this year, up from 50% in 2011. As the publication notes, “upgrading from a plain  cell phone  at  a major carrier  isn’t cheap” since “you have to buy the smart phone itself (usually $100 to $400 when signing a two-year contract) and fork over $70 to $110 a month for a plan with data service… a lot more than a basic phone plan, which generally costs $40 to $70 a month.”

Apple to sell new iPads, iPhone 5 in China in Dec. CUPERTINO, Calif.  (AP) —  Apple Inc.  on Friday said its latest iPad models will go on sale in  China  on Dec. 7, followed by the  iPhone 5  a week later. China is one of  Apple 's largest and fastest-growing markets.  Analyst Brian White  at  Topeka Capital Markets  said iPhone 5 is launching roughly when he expected it, but he hadn't expected the iPad mini and the fourth-generation, full-size  iPad  to go on sale in China this year. "Our conversations during our meetings and casual consumer interactions during our  China trips  tell us that the iPad Mini will take off like wildfire in China," White wrote in a research report Friday morning. "The smaller form factor and lower price point, we believe Apple will be able to sell the iPad mini in meaningful volumes." White said uptake of the iPhone 4S was relatively slow in China, because the signa...

Microsoft updates Visual Studio 2012 with better testing tools, Windows XP support The update allows developers to write C++ applications for Windows XP and more thoroughly test their work Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (Visual Studio 2012.1) is now available for download. The update allows users to develop applications for Windows XP and more thoroughly test their work. The previous version of Microsoft's development tool was launched along with .Net 4.5 in September of this year. [  The Windows Store online application marketplace is now open for business. |  Learn how to work smarter, not harder with InfoWorld's roundup of all the tips and trends programmers need to know in the Developers' Survival Guide. Download the PDF today! | Keep up with the latest developer news with InfoWorld's Developer World newsletter. ] That an update arrives so quickly following the launch is part Microsoft's plan to upgrade Visual Studio at s...