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	Microsoft upgrades Intune cloud service, includes free Windows 7 Microsoft is rolling out an upgrade to its cloud software distribution and security monitoring service, Intune, seven months after it officially launched the first version. With Intune, Microsoft is giving away Windows 7 and practically giving away some of the tools previously reserved only for Software Assurance customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Fine-Tune Your IT Performance Learn how to bridge the gap between application performance management solutions that don't understand the underlying network and network management products that don't know how to map network traffic to applications. Learn more! In this Issue Are people really fool enough to delay Windows XP migrations again? Excel 2010 cheat sheet Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon researchers turn any surface into a touch screen HP's new virtualization servers provide path to cloud With Skype, Microsoft gains about 50 communications patents Microsoft grabs Android, Chrome royalties from world's largest notebook manufacturer Windows Intune 2.0: Four new features Microsoft reassures Apple, Android users of Skype SpyEye malware continues to plague computers 3 ways to save yourself after a phishing attack WHITE PAPER: Citrix Scale the Data Tier: NetScaler Intelligent Load Balancing Citrix® NetScaler® SQL Intelligent Load Balancing is an intelligent SQL proxy that offloads database servers, routes SQL requests to the best server and enforces and logs user access. The result: better scalability, availability and security in the data tier. Download this free Citrix white paper. Read now Are people really fool enough to delay Windows XP migrations again? In today's facepalm-inducing news, there may actually be people considering holding off a migration from Windows XP until Windows 8 ships. Anyone who actually contemplates this should be fired. Read More Excel 2010 cheat sheet Have you come to Microsoft Excel 2010 by way of Excel 2007, or did you skip directly from Excel 2003 or an earlier version? Those in the former group are likely to have a very different upgrade experience from those in the latter group. Read More Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon researchers turn any surface into a touch screen Researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University are showcasing a new wearable computer dubbed OmniTouch that turns any surface into a touch screen ... a wall, a notebook, your arm. One nit-picky detail: You have to be willing to clamp a projector to your shoulder, a la a pirate and his parrot. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerating the Cloud Problems with application performance, available bandwidth, and visibility often limit the effective gains of a scalable cloud computing model. Whether you're deploying a private or public cloud, addressing these limitations can mean the difference between success and failure. Learn how WAN optimization removes the cloud's WAN performance barriers. Read Now. HP's new virtualization servers provide path to cloud Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced new servers that come preconfigured with Microsoft software to help companies deploy virtualized workloads more quickly. Read More With Skype, Microsoft gains about 50 communications patents So Microsoft has officially spent $8.5 billion on Skype and announced that the deal closed. This is another "Hotmail" type acquisition in that it didn't seem to need the technology. All it gained was users. Or did it? With Skype, Microsoft added about 50 patents covering networking, speech recognition, user interface, too. Hmm. Read More Microsoft grabs Android, Chrome royalties from world's largest notebook manufacturer In its first deal specifically naming Google Chrome devices, Microsoft announced that Quanta Computer has joined its patent protection plan. Quanta has signed a patent agreement with Microsoft to cover Quanta's tablets, smartphones and other consumer devices running the Android or Chrome Platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. Read More Windows Intune 2.0: Four new features An update of Microsoft's Windows Intune offers a batch of new features meant to simplify how administrators track and manage company-owned PCs and software. Read More Microsoft reassures Apple, Android users of Skype As it wrapped up its acquisition of Skype, Microsoft again assured users that it would continue to develop versions for platforms other than Windows. Read More SpyEye malware continues to plague computers The SpyEye banking malware continues to plague computers across the world and is proving to be a difficult foe to detect and remove from infected Windows PCs, according to two researchers from EMC's RSA security division. Read More 3 ways to save yourself after a phishing attack Microsoft and Mozilla are exchanging heated jabs about whose browser is more secure, but your browser can only protect you so much from phishing attacks. Your own brain may be your best defense. Here are three common problems caused by phishing, and how to solve them. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 26 helpful open source network management tools Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Gasp! Cisco and HP collaborate on blade switch iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Oct. 14 Cheap power: An overnight revolution Should tech pros get an MBA? 2011 tech industry graveyard BlackBerry maker hangs head, extends bouquet of flowers 10 tech-centric MBA programs Security roundup for Oct. 14 7 'MBA preferred' IT jobs Apple sees record breaking iPhone 4S sales
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