Why Microsoft keeps beating Apple and Google with Windows

 

Microsoft Windows debuted in 1985 and for the past two decades it has been the dominant PC operating system worldwide. In 2020, Windows had almost 83% market share by unit shipments, while Google Chrome OS had 10% and Apple’s Mac OS had 7%, according to Gartner. 

From solitaire to its iconic start button and start up sounds, productivity apps, gaming and corporate computing, Windows changed the way we use computers. The legendary Windows 95 helped propel the company to dominate the market in personal computing. Microsoft has introduced many versions of Windows since its inception with some more memorable than others. It’s competed with IBM, Apple, and Google for market space. According to Microsoft, there are more than 1.3 billion devices running Windows 10 worldwide on a monthly basis. Today, Windows only makes up 14% of Microsoft’s business but remains a critical part of it. The company just announced the latest version Windows 11. 

CNBC spoke with former Microsoft employees including Terry Myerson, Michael Cherry, Brad Silverberg and Tandy Trower to get a look back at over three decades of Windows.

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Fresh Banker Trojan Striking Banking Institutions within Japan - IBM

From SPAMfighter -

“IBM the security vendor is warning of one fresh banking Trojan that is striking account holders of twelve and more Japanese banks.

Named "Shifu," which means thief in Japanese, and circulating from April, if not earlier, the Trojan malware is created for attacking Japanese banks as well as culling e-banking systems within Europe. Presently, it is chiefly prevalent inside Japan targeting people with accounts in fourteen financial institutions.”

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Is IBM About to Make Banks Obsolete?

From The Motley Fool -

“IBM could be on the verge of upending thousands of years of financial convention. We are talking about a game changer that could disrupt banking, payment processors, and even central banks.

It could make dinosaurs out of the systems for money wires, clearinghouses, and financial markets as we know them today. It could make the financial system faster, more efficient, and more secure. It could fundamentally change the way the world transacts commerce.

That's a ridiculous opportunity, even for IBM - a company with a $169 billion market cap and nearly $93 billion in annual revenue. Let's break it down.”

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Microsoft establishes a new company called called Microsoft Payments

From TWCN Tech News -
“Microsoft Corporation, according to applications filed before regulatory bodies, may be working on a potential online payment system, exclusive to its platform. The suggestion that the Redmond-giant may have a new service for mobile-payment up its sleeve was accidently revealed following the issue of license by the State of Idaho, Department of Finance. The name of the company, to which the license was issued, is called Microsoft Payments Inc. The license permits the company to operate as a money transfer platform.”

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IBM uncovers new, sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam

From Reuters –

“IBM has uncovered a sophisticated fraud scheme run by a well- funded Eastern European gang of cyber criminals that uses a combination of phishing, malware and phone calls that the technology company says has netted more than $1 million from large and medium-sized U.S. companies.

The scheme, which IBM security researchers have dubbed "The Dyre Wolf," is small in comparison with more recent widespread online fraud schemes but represents a new level of sophistication.”

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