Windows Phone 7 earns praise; Microsoft downplays BitLocker hack

	Microsoft guffaws at the severity of Black Hat BitLocker/TPM hack | Microsoft yanks patch causing XP PCs to crash
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	Windows Phone 7: Microsoft's mobile strategy finally takes off John Cox: Microsoft today announced the new version of its phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. It's a sweeping redesign, coupled with an aggressive new partnership with handset makers and mobile carriers. Initial reviews are not only positive but actually excited. With the unveiling today of Microsoft's next mobile phone platform, Windows Phone 7, it's now official: the phone is not a PC. Read More WEBCAST: HP Metzler: Virtualization and the Network Manager The networks manager's role has changed significantly over the years. This Webcast highlights survey results of 460 IT pros and their experiences with network management. Learn how network automation is helping to address the unique challenges of both physical and virtual environments. Learn more In this Issue Microsoft guffaws at the severity of Black Hat BitLocker/TPM hack Microsoft yanks patch causing XP PCs to crash Startup Liaise helps Transform Email into Actionable Interactions Installing PerformancePoint 2010 Dashboard Designer Microsoft warns on unpatched multi-vendor SSL vulnerability Re-Thinking the Search Engine Cumulative Update for OpsMgr 2007 R2 XPlat available From Microsoft Subnet WHITE PAPER: Compuware The Definitive Guide to APM In this Application Performance Management eBook, get hands-on, practical insight into industry best practices for managing your critical applications from an end-to-end perspective. Find out how to manage performance from the distributed front-end of IT operations to the mainframe back-end, while keeping the end-user experience in mind. Read Now. Microsoft guffaws at the severity of Black Hat BitLocker/TPM hack Microsoft Subnet: Microsoft on Friday downplayed the risk of using Trusted Platform Module chips after Black Hat researchers demonstrated a hack of them last week. Read More Microsoft yanks patch causing XP PCs to crash Microsoft Subnet: Hundreds of users posted messages on a Microsoft support forum complaining that Patch Tuesday's updates were crashing their XP computers. Microsoft responded on Thursday by removing the offending patch from for consumers but not for enterprises. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP WAN Design – Don't Buy More than You Need This Gartner research note examines the methodology organizations should employ when designing a WAN. It offers advice on how to ensure that important applications are networked with sufficient performance and that there is not an "overspend" on less important applications and provides guidance on meeting unique network needs. Read Now. Startup Liaise helps Transform Email into Actionable Interactions Alpa Agarwal: Most of us manage projects in email. I certainly do. Liaise works with Microsoft Outlook to annotate text in email messages. Read More Installing PerformancePoint 2010 Dashboard Designer Ola Ekdahl: PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer is a design tool you can use to build key performance indicators (KPIs), indicators, scorecards, reports, filters, data sources, and dashboards. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Microsoft warns on unpatched multi-vendor SSL vulnerability As expected, February's Patch Tuesday was a doozie. Microsoft also issued a security advisory (977377) over a publicly-known vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. Read More Re-Thinking the Search Engine Alpa Agarwal: I'm a sucker for Fodors, having become used to the well-organized information in their hard-copy travel guides. But there are features about Microsoft Bing that I've come to know and love. Read More Cumulative Update for OpsMgr 2007 R2 XPlat available Kerrie Meyler: Microsoft released a new set of patches for OpsMgr. Read More From Microsoft Subnet This is the weekly news alert from the Microsoft Subnet community. Microsoft Subnet is your source for news, blogs, opinion, video, book giveaways and more. Read More
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