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	Nokia's strong start for its Windows Phone handsets Nokia unveiled its first smartphones based on Microsoft's mobile OS, Windows Phone 7.5, along with bold promises and big ambitions. Based on the twitterstream that followed the announcements at the Nokia World conference in London, many tech savvy users, bloggers and journalists were unimpressed with the new phones. But those first impressions of that select group underestimate or miss Nokia's achievements. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building Mission Critical Data Centers As enterprises develop business strategies for 2010 and beyond, they require an infrastructure that can quickly and cost-effectively adapt to evolving needs. Read now In this Issue Happy tenth birthday, Windows XP. Now please die Microsoft ships final Office 2007 service pack Beauty and the geek: Windows Phone 'Mango' vs. Android Mozilla, Microsoft debut Bing-ed Firefox Kelihos botnet domain provider promises to make amends Microsoft COO Kevin Turner sells $1.7 million worth of Microsoft shares Will Nokia see new dawn with Lumia Windows Phone handsets? Why Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Apple-like' slippery slope Analysts: Nokia still has a mountain to climb Microsoft takes 'social' cue from Salesforce.com for its CRM WHITE PAPER: HP The Insider's Guide to Network Automation Only with a predictable and consistently configured network can an organization reduce time in resolving network incidents or deploying new services. This paper outlines what IT organizations should consider when preparing to automate their networks. Read now Happy tenth birthday, Windows XP. Now please die You were badly needed and came along at a time of great challenge and adversity and performed well for many years. But now it's time for you to go. Read More Microsoft ships final Office 2007 service pack Microsoft on Tuesday delivered its last service pack for Office 2007. Read More Beauty and the geek: Windows Phone 'Mango' vs. Android Microsoft's mobile OS reboot turns out to be a small update that lacks enterprise security and rich apps but is a cleaner alternative to Google's Android for smartphones. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Taking the Enterprise Data Center into the Cloud Get a detailed overview of cloud computing technology— common types of architectures and services and perceived risks impacting widespread adoption. Learn best practices for optimizing critical systems for cloud deployment in existing facilities and see how next-generation technologies forge a path toward an integrated DCIM approach. Learn More Mozilla, Microsoft debut Bing-ed Firefox Just weeks before Mozilla's lucrative contract with Google comes up for renewal, the open-source developer launched a customized version of Firefox that uses rival Microsoft's Bing search engine. Read More Kelihos botnet domain provider promises to make amends Czech-based free domain provider dotFree Group has settled the lawsuit brought against it by Microsoft in the Kelihos takedown case by suspending all abusive hosts registered through its service and promising better collaboration in the future. Read More Microsoft COO Kevin Turner sells $1.7 million worth of Microsoft shares Just weeks before Microsoft's shareholders will vote on an newly annual say-on-pay initiative, COO Kevin Turner sold 40,000 shares of Microsoft stock to pocket a cool $1,082,238 ... give or take a few bucks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Before Taking the Cloud Plunge Security and privacy are critical concerns for those considering cloud adoption. The differences between SaaS, PaaS and IaaS are significant and require careful due diligence. This paper will help you do the homework necessary to compare security practices and determine which model is right for your organization. Read More Will Nokia see new dawn with Lumia Windows Phone handsets? Nokia's first Windows Phone handsets are the Lumia 710 and the higher-end Lumia 800. Here's a first look, based on the specifications for each. Read More Why Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Apple-like' slippery slope Now that we've been able to spend a little time with the Windows 8 Developer Preview, it's obvious that Microsoft is tailoring many of the interface elements to Touch enabled platforms. Read More Analysts: Nokia still has a mountain to climb Getting two Windows Phone-based smartphones ready for Nokia World was quite an accomplishment for the phone maker, but it still must overcome many challenges to turn around its smartphone business, according to analysts. Read More Microsoft takes 'social' cue from Salesforce.com for its CRM Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its Dynamics CRM (customer-relationship-management) software, which adds some social software functionality as well as closer ties to the Office 365 online productivity suite. Read More
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