Microsoft cuts privacy features to sell ads in IE8

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	Microsoft cuts privacy features to sell ads in IE8 Privacy by default, wouldn't that be a nice change? Microsoft's IE development team had designed innovative privacy features that would have been turned on by default to effectively help users avoid being tracked online. Sadly, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft cut the IE8 privacy features to sell ads. Read More WHITE PAPER: Global Knowledge FREE White Paper: Windows 7 vs. XP Windows 7 is a big jump from Windows XP! Learn 10 key things you'll want to consider when evaluating Windows 7 for your environment. Whether you're just starting to think about migrating to Windows 7, or already in the middle of your implementation, you don't want to miss out on this information. Download this FREE white paper TODAY! In this Issue How Microsoft ranks with the most tardy bug fixers Marketing gone wild: One product helps you stalk, one stalks you HP juggernaut takes a hit to its bridge Google CEO Schmidt: No anonymity is the future of Web Microsoft Exchange in the cloud: Four migration tips Privacy wars: How to hide while Google is watching you Who has the better virtualization platform – VMware or Microsoft? Microsoft bolsters partnerships in advance of OCS 14 release Microsoft vs. VMware: Who's better at disaster recovery? WHITE PAPER: Qwest The Three Ps of Evaluating Managed Network Services To reduce costs and keep IT resources focused on the core business, more organizations are choosing to outsource network management. To deliver on this promise, it's essential to choose the right service provider. This in-depth report explores the key considerations, including solution portfolio, partnerships and processes. Read now! How Microsoft ranks with the most tardy bug fixers HP's TippingPoint division publishes a Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) site that lists all the vulnerabilities known to the software vendors but for which a patch hasn't yet been developed. Although Microsoft is notorious for buggy software, Microsoft actually came out looking good, at least in the snapshot I found on the site today. Read More Marketing gone wild: One product helps you stalk, one stalks you Sometimes, strange stories catch my privacy watchdog eye like when consumer products can stalk their buyer. Today we have a story of two different marketing promotions, one seems cool and one seems creepy, but both are high tech and include GPS. One sets off a privacy red alert by taking marketing promotions to a whole new disturbing yet innovative level. Read More HP juggernaut takes a hit to its bridge A few weeks ago, I posted a blog about Glassdoor.com, a Web site at which employees of public companies get to anonymously comment about their employers and rate their CEOs on a scale of 1-5, five being the best. Microsoft rated a 3.5 and CEO Steve Ballmer earned a 52% approval rating. Read More REPORT: Citrix Gartner Research Note: Load Balancers are Dead Gartner Research Note "Load Balancers are Dead: Time to Focus on Application Delivery" helps you understand how to replace your basic load balancing technology and focus on getting the highest availability, performance and security for your web apps. Includes key recommendations you can use. Read now! Google CEO Schmidt: No anonymity is the future of Web Google's CEO Eric Schmidt said many creepy things about privacy at the Techonomy Conference. The focus of the conference was how technology is changing and can change society. Schmidt's message was that anonymity is a dangerous thing and governments will demand an end to it. Read More Microsoft Exchange in the cloud: Four migration tips Tired of managing those Exchange servers in your data center? So are many other companies, and even some of America's Fortune 50 companies are now starting to migrate e-mail and other productivity apps to the cloud -- disproving the notion that SaaS and cloud services are fit only for small or mid-sized businesses. Read More Privacy wars: How to hide while Google is watching you You know Google is constantly collecting vast information on you, but do you truly know much or how to hide? If you use Gmail, Google knows every email that you ever received, sent, or saved as a draft, even if you deleted it. Read More WEBCAST: Infoblox Learn 4 Concepts to Network Automation Join this webinar to learn where to start introducing network automation into your organization so you can: • Address Hidden IT Costs • Support Key Initiatives • Achieve Operational Optimization • Apply IT Resources More Strategically View Now! Who has the better virtualization platform – VMware or Microsoft? VMware is the kingpin of virtualization, but the game is changing fast and Microsoft is baking the technology into the very core of many products. Which company has the best approach? Read More Microsoft bolsters partnerships in advance of OCS 14 release Microsoft and Polycom will spend tens of millions of dollars on new unified communications products and marketing programs. Read More Microsoft vs. VMware: Who's better at disaster recovery? Debate has broken out over whether Microsoft's Hyper-V meets enterprise disaster recovery requirements. Read More
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