Windows 8: A visual tour of what we now know

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	Windows 8: A visual tour of what we now know Wrapped in ribbons and enhanced virtualization features, Microsoft's forthcoming version of Windows is worth a closer look. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Business Service Assurance Define and manage IT service quality & delivery based on business impact and priority. View Now In this Issue Why I'm ignoring my W7 warning messages and other Microsoft Patch Tuesday news Microsoft investigates its own mobile location practices Windows Server 8: To the cloud! System Center Service Manager 2010: Why should we care? Microsoft to overhaul Hotmail Intel to show tablets, ultrabooks running Windows 8 Microsoft spruces up HTML capabilities in Visual Studio Intel, Microsoft's Wintel alliance faces test at IDF Whoops! Microsoft leaks patch info four days early Microsoft to equip Windows 8 with virtualization hosting WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study: Boston College Read this case study to learn how Boston College has reduced complexity of the backup process for over 1,700 seats by centralizing management. Read now Why I'm ignoring my W7 warning messages and other Microsoft Patch Tuesday news On Tuesday, Microsoft will release five updates to fix 15 vulnerabilities, none critical, as part of its routine Patch Tuesday security patches. "A welcome break from Microsoft while we deal with the growing SSL Certificate Issues," says Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst for Lumension. Read More Microsoft investigates its own mobile location practices Microsoft is investigating a lawsuit's allegation that the camera application on Windows Phone 7 handsets collects location data from nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks -- even if the user refuses permission to do so. Read More Windows Server 8: To the cloud! Microsoft held a mind-meld with about 40 journalists and influences at its Seattle headquarters last week to discuss Windows Server 8, the follow-up to Server 2008, and I've been able to extract a few details, NDAs and not being there not withstanding. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation Best Practices for Data Performance on Storage Area Networks Because SANs work at a storage layer underneath the operating system's file system, SAN is unaware of file fragmentation and uable to solve this issue. Performance suffers. This white paper details in clear terms how, where and why Diskeeper data performance technology should be used to ensure maximum SAN performance and optimum data response time. Learn more. System Center Service Manager 2010: Why should we care? Definitely the longest System Center product in the making, Microsoft announced availability of Service Manager 2010 in April 2010. The product first went into early testing in 2006 with a code name of "Service Desk," with release planned the second half of 2008. Testing revealed performance and scalability problems and that initial version of the product was ultimately scrapped and totally rewritten. Read More Microsoft to overhaul Hotmail Microsoft will unveil next month a major revamping of its Hotmail webmail service, with upgrades across the board, including in areas like spam, security and performance. Read More Intel to show tablets, ultrabooks running Windows 8 Intel plans to show Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 on tablets based on new Atom processors, and on ultrabooks, at both the Intel Developer Forum and Microsoft's BUILD conference this week, according to a source familiar with Intel's plans. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software PCI-DSS Compliance and GFI Software Products The intent of this document is to provide you with GFI's understanding of the requirements, and how the GFI Software product line can assist you to meet PCI compliance as outlined in the PCI DSS Requirements. Read now! Microsoft spruces up HTML capabilities in Visual Studio Greater use of data- and model-binding capabilities in ASP.Net also promised for vNext IDE. Read More Intel, Microsoft's Wintel alliance faces test at IDF The strength of the once-prosperous Wintel alliance could be tested at Intel's developer show next week as the chip maker and Microsoft adapt to a market shift from PCs to mobile devices such as tablets, analysts said this week. Read More Whoops! Microsoft leaks patch info four days early Microsoft jumped the gun today by prematurely releasing information on all five of the security updates it plans to ship Tuesday. Read More Microsoft to equip Windows 8 with virtualization hosting The next version of the Microsoft's desktop OS, code-named "Windows 8", will include the ability to run other OSes in virtualized containers. Read More
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