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Organizations embracing Windows 7

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[Source: http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Organizations_embracing_Windows_7-nid-66426.html?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Subscriber ] As part of an ongoing research series on Windows operating system (OS) adoption, the latest Dell KACE global survey shows 87 percent of IT professionals surveyed now plan to deploy Windows 7. While concerns for software compatibility and migration costs remain high, this is a dramatic increase from a similar study released in April 2009, which revealed the majority of IT staff had no plans to upgrade existing systems to Windows 7 in the next year. This year's study attributes increased confidence in performance, security and stability to the overwhelming change of heart. Further demonstrating affinity for the new OS, almost half the 900 respondents said they plan to deploy Windows 7 before the anticipated summer release of its first Service Pack (SP1). And for the first time since KACE initiated this research in

Windows Phone 7 Series do not support Flash

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[Source: http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Windows_Phone_7_Series_do_not_support_Flash_-nid-66398.html?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Subscriber ] Newly launched Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series won't support Adobe's Flash multimedia Web graphics software, nor will it allow users to perform simple cut-and-paste procedures on applications and messages. The company said that it did not feel it worth delaying the launch of Windows Phone 7 to include features it doesn't believe are deal breakers. The company is hoping to get Windows Phone 7 devices into the market in time for the 2010 holiday season. According to the various reports, the company is planning to add support for Flash and cut-and-paste in later updates to the Windows Phone 7 OS. Regarding this issue, Adobe developer Relations Manager Mike Chambers said, "One thing I wanted to clarify as it may have been lost in some of the other news is that Adobe and Microsoft a