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	The best Windows 7 downloads Not quite happy with the way Windows 7 works, or looking to get more out of the operating system? You've come to the right place. We're big fans of Microsoft's latest OS, but we're also big fans of making Windows better. In this article, we've rounded up the best Windows 7 downloads. They'll let you customize it in any way possible, give it features that Microsoft removed or neglected to include, and more. So get ready to download--you're about to take Windows 7 to a new level. Read More WEBCAST: Nimsoft Reasons to Consider Cloud IT Monitoring Join this Webcast to learn the value of IT monitoring delivered via the cloud. You can monitor and manage all business applications, from the data center to the cloud, including SaaS, hosted, and virtualized environments—all with a single product, architecture, and console. There's even a 30-day free trial download. View Now In this Issue Is Microsoft's SQL Server really cheaper than Oracle? Three more Microsoft zero-day bugs pop up How much is Xbox Live worth? Try over $1 billion Google topping tech M&A market in 2010 Microsoft shows off WebMatrix developer tool Microsoft's cloud is slower than Google's, Amazon's, benchmark says Some welcome good news for Microsoft RIP Microsoft Kin, you won't be missed Microsoft kills security updates, support for Windows 2000, XP Service Pack 2 WHITE PAPER: IBM BI for Business Users This white paper explores how today's advanced business intelligence solutions can put powerful, informative BI information into the hands of more users. Read More Is Microsoft's SQL Server really cheaper than Oracle? Oracle can spin the numbers any way they want, but the truth on the ground is that Microsoft kills Oracle in pricing. Read More Three more Microsoft zero-day bugs pop up The number of zero-day vulnerabilities in widely-used Microsoft software products continues to grow, according to security experts. Read More How much is Xbox Live worth? Try over $1 billion How much is Xbox Live really worth? All it took was a little back of the envelope figuring for Bloomberg to come up with $1 billion in annual revenue for Microsoft's fiscal year, ending June 30. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Implementing Tiered Storage: IDC: Enterprises that are investigating deploying a tiered storage architecture should consider using an external services provider to assist with the migration. Of critical importance is the ability to offer a range of services from the initial planning all the way through to ongoing support and management. Read Now Google topping tech M&A market in 2010 Google is well on its way to acquiring more venture-backed start-ups than any other company in 2010, after years of watching rivals like Cisco, IBM and Microsoft dominate the M&A market. Read More Microsoft shows off WebMatrix developer tool The free tool is meant to simplify ASP.Net Web app development by offering support for core coding, deployment, and more. Read More Microsoft's cloud is slower than Google's, Amazon's, benchmark says Over the past month, Google's App Engine cloud performed faster than all of the other major clouds, including Microsoft's Azure. Azure was also consistently slower than at least one of Amazon's EC2 data centers, according to a live benchmarking service known as CloudSleuth.com. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Virtualize your end-to-end IT infrastructure A virtual storage infrastructure available only from HP can double your capacity utilization and cut management costs in half with innovations that unlock trapped capacity in individual servers or in enterprise disk arrays. Learn how. Read Now Some welcome good news for Microsoft After a week of bad news for Microsoft of possible layoffs and the embarrassing Kin debacle -- even the Edsel lasted three years to Kin's six weeks -- the company is probably looking for good news anywhere it can get it. Read More RIP Microsoft Kin, you won't be missed It's been a week since Microsoft took its two fledgling Kin smartphones for a ride and left them sleepin' wid da fishes. The fallout is still coming. Read More Microsoft kills security updates, support for Windows 2000, XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 on Tuesday, July 13, meaning that customers have to either upgrade to newer versions of the software or stop receiving security updates. Read More
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