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	An Independent View of Microsoft Software License Agreements Overview of commercial Microsoft licensing agreements, first in a series on Microsoft Volume Licensing Agreements.Microsoft has a number of volume software license agreements available for its commercial customers. Each of these agreements has different benefits and different restrictions - understanding these can help you at the negotiating table. This overview will provide you with a high level summary. I will be doing a deeper dive into each in subsequent postings (check back for updates or subscribe to the... Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. 10 Must-Do's for a Profitable Selling Season The e-tailing group will ensure your team is ready to realize your maximum share of holiday dollars by highlighting best practices drawn from the e-tailing group Mystery Shopping and Mindset of a Multi-Channel studies. Learn More In this Issue Windows 1.0 turning 25: First experiences recalled Microsoft Windows after 25 years: A visual history It's that time of year again…PASS Summit 2010 Inside Microsoft's anti-piracy campaign The Zune Experience for Windows Phone 7 apps Drowning in email? Grab on to The Hamster Revolution! Hackers Break Microsoft's Kinect Security 16 (mostly free) starter apps for Windows Phone 7 Microsoft crafts shrewd apps plan for Windows Phone 7 launch Phone 7 sales expected to boost HTC, Samsung The "kill switch" for Windows Phone 7 apps Rival calls foul over Microsoft's delivering Security Essentials via Windows Update Microsoft: All Windows 7 customers should consider desktop virtualization Danger to IE users climbs as hacker kit adds exploit Excited iFixit strips down Microsoft's Kinect game controller Microsoft fills out Hyper-V cloud ecosystem Microsoft claims cloud computing does cut carbon emissions WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain How to Reduce Your Backup Burden Discover the top 10 reasons businesses are turning to data protection solutions that combine the latest advancements in disk-based backup with secure, integrated online technologies offer the fast, assured data recovery. Read now Windows 1.0 turning 25: First experiences recalled The creator of MIME and other tech experts remember their first experiences with Microsoft's Windows. Read More Microsoft Windows after 25 years: A visual history Windows has come a long way since 1985. Where will it go next? Read More It's that time of year again…PASS Summit 2010 PASS Summit 2010 in SeattleNovember is my favorite time of year. Thanksgiving is coming later in the month, which leads to the start of the Christmas season and then New Year's. But before all that, comes my favorite conference - The PASS Summit. This year it is in Seattle again. Let's take a look what is going on…. Read More Inside Microsoft's anti-piracy campaign Times article questions how Redmond co-opts law enforcment to do its workNew York Times Silicon Valley reporter Ashlee Vance delivers a fascinating article in Sunday's paper that delves into the efforts Microsoft uses to fight global software piracy. The article, which was posted online Saturday night, details Microsoft's crackdown on software piracy and the efforts of counterfeiters to promote it. Microsoft also comes in for some criticism for leaning on law enforcement... Read More The Zune Experience for Windows Phone 7 apps UnderwhelmingTo find, buy and download Windows Phone 7 mobile apps, you have to go through the Windows Phone Marketplace, which is part of Microsoft's Zune media download service. So far, with must a few days of experimenting and exploring Marketplace using the Zune PC software, I'm not impressed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Reduce Disk Fragmentation by 85% We depend upon fast data access and efficient data management but file fragmentation is a well-known barrier. HOW it is solved deeply impacts budget efficiency. This white paper details the only known maintenance practices that increase efficiency while lowering operating costs. Read Now! Drowning in email? Grab on to The Hamster Revolution! Winning strategies for reducing email overloadHave you ever thought about the total time you spend processing email per year? Well, Mike Song, Vicki Halsey, and Tim Burress, authors of The Hamster Revolution, have - and the number might surprise you. Let's say you send and receive a conservative 50 messages a day and spend an average of 2 minutes on each message. If you assume a work year of 240 days, that's 50 days/year on email! If you... Read More Hackers Break Microsoft's Kinect Security Only a few days after Microsoft launched its Kinect motion-sensing game system, hackers seem to have broken its security.A few days after Microsoft launched its Kinect motion-sensing game system, hackers seem to have broken the security behind Kinect. Read More 16 (mostly free) starter apps for Windows Phone 7 Our pick of the most useful and interesting apps from Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Marketplace hub Read More Microsoft crafts shrewd apps plan for Windows Phone 7 launch Microsoft has shrewdly created an application environment that makes the new Windows Phone 7 handsets -- on sale Monday November 8 -- instantly useable to buyers, in many of the e-mail, photo, social networking and work activities they pursue daily. Read More Phone 7 sales expected to boost HTC, Samsung IDC report anticipates 4th quarter bump for handset makersThe research firm IDC reported today on third quarter 2010 global smartphone sales and forecast a significant increase in fourth quarter sales for two of the vendors bringing the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 OS to market. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox 2010 IDC Vendor Analysis IDC puts managed print services vendors to the test in this research. IDC's assessment considers current capabilities and overall strategic vision. Through vendor and buyer surveys their analysis identifies both the quantitative and qualitative characteristics a vendor needs in order to succeed Read More The "kill switch" for Windows Phone 7 apps Microsoft outlines how it can "take action" against WP7 malware, offending appsMicrosoft has acknowledged that it has tools in place to "take action" against Windows Phone 7 malware or offending apps. Read More Rival calls foul over Microsoft's delivering Security Essentials via Windows Update Microsoft this week began offering U.S. customers its free antivirus program via Windows' built-in update service, a move one major security firm said may be anticompetitive. 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