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	Enterprises clinging to IE 6 may hurt IE 9 launch Every month, journalists following the browser battles between Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome -- including this one -- check in with Net Applications to see who's up and who's down in market share. But a closer look at the numbers from someone who's been covering browsers longer than I have shows potential trouble ahead of Microsoft's coming IE 9. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks ROI of Application Delivery in Virtualized Environments Learn how load balancing Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) can substantially reduce expenses in traditional and virtualized architectures with a fast ROI. Maximize results by deploying server off-loading technology to gain even more significant advantages and cost savings. Learn more! In this Issue Microsoft targets high schoolers with newest entry-level cert In an instant, Google pulls further ahead of Microsoft, Yahoo Microsoft beat up, then defended over ancient IE8 zero-day RIM buys Documents To Go; It should have been Microsoft Weird Windows woes: Fix random freezes, test mode Oracle gobbles up open source Symantec updates Enterprise Vault, ties to Microsoft cloud apps Microsoft gaming director moves to Amazon Get more life from a Commodore 64 WHITE PAPER: Xerox Xerox Enterprise Print Services: improved business results Xerox has the tools, methodologies and experience to help reduce your total cost of ownership by up to 30% or more. We give you complete control over your enterprise print infrastructure and provide full transparency of all internal and external print-related spend. Read Now. Microsoft targets high schoolers with newest entry-level cert With school back in session, Microsoft is looking to drum up interest for its newest entry-level certification program geared for students as young as high school. The program, announced in July, is dubbed the Microsoft Technology Associate certification. Schools sign up to be providers by buying a license that allows them to administer up to 1,000 exams per year. Read More In an instant, Google pulls further ahead of Microsoft, Yahoo Now that Microsoft Bing and Yahoo officially have joined forces, Google needed to turn around and offer up a new, splashy feature that would give it a clear edge. Read More Microsoft beat up, then defended over ancient IE8 zero-day The war between security researchers (particularly from Google) and Microsoft is heating up, again, over an old bug in IE8 that was reportedly disclosed to Microsoft years ago. Once again, it seems like there aren't any good guys looking out for the users. Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. Load Testing: Best Practices to Ensure Holiday Success The holidays drive more traffic to your website and have great revenue potential, but have you done everything you can to make the most of the season? There are only a few months left until the rush begins. Making sure you site is ready requires planning and testing – starting now. View Now RIM buys Documents To Go; It should have been Microsoft RIM has confirmed that it purchased a significant portion of DataViz, along with the intellectual property and coding skills behind the popular Documents To Go app. The move will help RIM improve its BlackBerry platform as a business productivity tool, and represents a significant missed opportunity for Microsoft. Read More Weird Windows woes: Fix random freezes, test mode Of all the hassles that can plague a PC user (and, trust me, there are many), few are as infuriating as random lockups. There you are, typing along, when suddenly everything just freezes. No error message, no blue screen, just a locked-up, unresponsive system. I've been there. I feel your pain. Read More Oracle gobbles up open source I have been thinking about the different ways that Oracle and Microsoft have chosen to compete against the open source community and its many projects. Microsoft has obviously taken the heads on direct competition route with some "improper" monopolistic tendencies while Oracle seems to have chosen another strategy; just buy them up. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Unified Windows Storage Consolidation This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of a NetApp Unified Storage Architecture deployed in a VMware virtual server environment with a goal of simplifying, protecting, and consolidating physical servers hosting Microsoft applications. Read More! Symantec updates Enterprise Vault, ties to Microsoft cloud apps Symantec Tuesday unveiled updated storage and backup gear, giving Enterprise Vault 9.0 a way to integrate archiving and discovery-related legal requests with Microsoft's cloud-based Business Productivity Online Services. Read More Microsoft gaming director moves to Amazon Amazon may be preparing a move into gaming after hiring away Microsoft's director of games platform strategy. Read More Get more life from a Commodore 64 QUESTION: My Commodore 64 is outperforming my Windows XP PC. I thought I'd take advantage of this and get to know its ins and outs. Where can I find a program for writing Basic and a book of operation codes? Read More
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