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	The 10 bloodiest battles Microsoft and Google fought in 2010 Microsoft and Google battle on a dizzying number of fronts. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Should You Build or Buy a Portal Solution? Discover the business and IT characteristics common to the best candidates for deploying a commercial product, and learn which is the greatest cost component of all portal implementations. Read More In this Issue IE9's App Rep bumps browser's anti-malware score to 99% Oracle takes on Microsoft, Google with Cloud Office Microsoft to boost Office 2003, 2007 security Five ways Microsoft could save Windows Phone 7 Microsoft may preview Windows 8 at CES 2010 Microsoft year in review: The Video Microsoft expected to unveil new batch of tablets Microsoft adds Facebook 'likes' to Bing search results Microsoft ends record security year with huge Patch Tuesday WHITE PAPER: Citrix Solution Center NWW PAN IDG Attend Citrix & Microsoft Virtualization Seminar Citrix and Microsoft are coming to a city near you to deliver the answers you need. You'll get hands-on experience with desktop virtualization and stay ahead of the technology curve. Learn what other companies are doing and how you can quickly get all the benefits of desktop virtualization for your organization. Learn more now! IE9's App Rep bumps browser's anti-malware score to 99% Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) blocks more malicious sites and malware than any other browser, including its predecessor IE8, according to a new report. Read More Oracle takes on Microsoft, Google with Cloud Office Oracle on Wednesday announced Cloud Office 1.0, a Web-based productivity suite that is set to give online applications from Microsoft and Google a fresh dose of competition. Read More Microsoft to boost Office 2003, 2007 security Microsoft says it will backport an Office 2010 security feature to the older and more widely used Office 2003 and Office 2007 early next year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Vyatta Vyatta Replacement Guide - Cisco Comparison guide highlighting the dramatic price/performance differential between Vyatta software and appliances and the Cisco ISR, ASA and ASR product families. Read now! Five ways Microsoft could save Windows Phone 7 The vultures are already circling about Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, little more than a month after the first handsets went on sale in the U.S. Phone pundits cite the tepid 40,000 unit first-day sales as a bad sign. And Microsoft is inviting the negative publicity by withholding specific sales figures. Read More Microsoft may preview Windows 8 at CES Microsoft may show the first glimpse of the next generation Windows at CES. Read More 2010 Microsoft year in review: The Video Microsoft saw 2010 as a year of ups and downs with bright spots in gaming, mobile and cloud computing. Nick Barber from the IDG News Service provides this video year-in-review piece. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Extreme Networks debuts 40 GbE for under $1,000 The VIM3-40G4X adds four 40 GbE connections to Summit® X650 top-of-rack stackable switches for $3,995, or less than $1,000 per port. The new module is fully compatible with existing Summit X650 and Summit X480 switches, increasing scalability of both virtualized and non-virtualized data centers. Learn more! Microsoft expected to unveil new batch of tablets Ten years after it launched its first tablet PC, Microsoft is still struggling to come up with a hit product in the category. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Apple managed to sell more than 7 million iPads in just a few months. But Microsoft is planning a comeback next month, when it will introduce a bunch of new slate computers, according to a New York Times report. Read More Microsoft adds Facebook 'likes' to Bing search results Microsoft showed off how Facebook friends will influence Bing users' search results, as part of a wide-ranging update on search that also showcased developments in its local and image search and maps offerings. Read More Microsoft ends record security year with huge Patch Tuesday Microsoft's security team broke all sorts of records for issuing patches this year, and 2010's final Patch Tuesday was the biggest one of all. Read More
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