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Short Takes: January 9, 2015

An often irreverent look at this week's other news An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including an ignoble end for Microsoft's advance security notification service, the malaise that is CES, Maryland chooses Office 365 and common sense, Microsoft supports Bitcoin on Windows Phone, you can play old MS-DOS video games on the web for free, Google is selling auto insurance, and Apple reaped $4.5 billion from third party app sales in 2014. read more

Posted January 09 / by WindowsITPro - Paul Thurrott's WinInfo News

PlayStation 4 Sales Hit 18.5 Million

With no need for price cuts Sony on Monday announced that it had sold 18.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles to consumers since the device's launch in November 13, further distancing the front-runner from the Xbox One. Furthermore, the consumer electronics firm sold 4.1 million PS4 consoles in the final six weeks of 2014 alone, a healthier-than-expected end to an already dominant year. read more

Posted January 06 / by WindowsITPro - Paul Thurrott's WinInfo News

AT&T Follows T-Mobile (Again), Offers Rollover Data

And consumers win Continuing a theme that persisted throughout 2014, where T-Mobile blazes a path, the bigger wireless carriers follow, and more consumers benefit. This time around, the innovation is rollover data, a plan by which customers of the carriers can move unused data bandwidth to the next month. read more

Posted January 08 / by WindowsITPro - Paul Thurrott's WinInfo News