A lot has changed in the past decade since Microsoft Corp. launched Windows XP and Office 2003. Hardware is less expensive, devices are smaller, operating systems are faster and mobile phones are smarter than ever. In addition, the way we work has changed -- we're more mobile and more social in the workplace today than ever before. However, despite all of these advances, according to Stat Counter( http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201302-201401-bar ), nearly 21 percent of computers worldwide are still using Windows XP. Read more...

New Dot Media has launched TheNewDots.org, a consumer awareness and education website dedicated to the ICANN new top-level domain internet address expansion currently under way. Read more...

ShoreTel, provider of phone systems and unified communications (UC) solutions for the cloud and premises, has launched ShoreTel 14.2 which allows companies of all sizes to deploy a ShoreTel communications system in a virtual environment. ShoreTel 14.2 delivers greater flexibility for customers, with the ability to mix and match hardware-based and virtual appliances in a single network, all managed using a single web-based management interface. With ShoreTel 14.2, customers may now select the UC deployment model that best suits their business and infrastructure needs - virtual, physical or any combination of both. The benefits are immediate - reduced hardware and operational complexity, higher application availability, increased scalability and reliability. Read more...