Microsoft takes heat over HTML 5 plans; IE9 is faster, but users have mixed reactions

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	Microsoft gets some heat over HTML 5 plans Microsoft came under fire from some of its rivals for its decision not to offer Internet Explorer 9 -- and hence support for the upcoming HTML 5 standard -- to users of its older Windows XP operating system. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More In this Issue IE9 sure is faster, but users have mixed reactions Microsoft Kin One: Fun software, clunky design Microsoft refreshes IE9 preview, boosts speed Browser war update: IE takes another big hit HP grabs former Microsoft executive to run software business Microsoft launches Spindex for social search and dubs it "impossible" Microsoft, Nokia release collaboration smartphone app Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Kin phones to go on sale Thursday at Verizon Microsoft CIO talks cloud, economic rebound WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! IE9 sure is faster, but users have mixed reactions What more could be said about the new preview of IE9 released today? Apparently a lot. Twitter is probably the best way these days to take the pulse of user world on such commonly used items as browsers. I spent some time scanning through comments ... weeding out the ones that were merely retweeting a news stories and trying to get a sense for what folks think about IE9. Read More Microsoft Kin One: Fun software, clunky design The smaller of the Microsoft's newest social networking phones, the Kin One, has a slick and intuitive user interface, but the hardware is middle-of-the-road and the phone can sometimes be sluggish. Additionally, advanced users might be disappointed with some limitations within the operating system. Read More Microsoft refreshes IE9 preview, boosts speed Making good on a promise two months ago, Microsoft updated its IE9 preview, a sneak peek that targets Web developers and others eager to try out the company's next browser. 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! Browser war update: IE takes another big hit Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser market share has dipped to a historic all-time-low in April, at under 60%, according the latest NetApplications statistics. Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome browser continue to grow more popular. Read More HP grabs former Microsoft executive to run software business Hewlett-Packard announced it has appointed former Microsoft executive Bill Veghte to run the company's software business. Read More Microsoft launches Spindex for social search and dubs it "impossible" Microsoft's Fuse Labs launched a pilot project that aggregates social media sites like Facebook and Twitter with Bing and gives the user a single interface with which to use them all. The company announced the initiative at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco and has been receiving lots of attention for it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More Microsoft, Nokia release collaboration smartphone app Microsoft and Nokia are setting their sights on the mobile enterprise -- and BlackBerry-maker RIM -- with a new smartphone business-collaboration app, dubbed Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia. Read More Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 R2, which ships this month, allows end users to tap into the powerful business intelligence features of SQL Server via tight integration with popular Microsoft applications like Excel. Read More Microsoft Kin phones to go on sale Thursday at Verizon Microsoft is set to begin competing more directly with Apple in mobile phones when pre-orders of its two new feature phones, Kin One and Kin Two, begin online at Verizon Wireless this Thursday. Read More Microsoft CIO talks cloud, economic rebound In one way, the global recession "felt like more of the same" for Microsoft CIO Tony Scott. "The boss comes in and says, 'We want to cut costs.'" Read More
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