Microsoft in 2012: All Eyes on Windows 8

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	Microsoft in 2012: All Eyes on Windows 8 While 2011 was not a breakthrough year for Microsoft products, the company held steady amid criticism regarding its absence from the tablet market, its late arrival to the cloud, and low sales for Windows Phones. Read More WHITE PAPER: i365 Adopting a Cloud-Connected Approach Protecting Microsoft applications, particularly in environments with a mixture of physical and virtual platforms, can be challenging. However, there are technologies and approaches that can be used to meet these challenges, and use the power and flexibility of a hybrid on-premise/cloud-connected approach. View Now In this Issue Picture Passwords coming to Windows 8 Even hold-out juror believed Microsoft acted unfairly Microsoft bails from CES tech trade show after 2012 IBM, HP, Microsoft lead patching laggards, says bug buyer Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts Top 10 lists for SQL Server 2012 Is anyone really using Windows 8's preview? RIM is so popular! Amazon, Microsoft, Nokia have all mulled buyout ITC favors Microsoft in Motorola tiff WHITE PAPER: AMD Business at the Speed of Virtualization Enterprises increasingly rely on technology to serve as the enablers and accelerators of the business—not just to reduce costs but also to empower new business initiatives and increase the top line. Learn More! Picture Passwords coming to Windows 8 Over the last few days, Microsoft has revealed a number of details on the Building Windows 8 blog regarding a new feature coming to the upcoming OS dubbed "Picture Password". Upon hearing the name of the feature, you may assume (incorrectly) that it's some sort of integrated face recognition technique, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Read More Even hold-out juror believed Microsoft acted unfairly A fuller picture is emerging of exactly how close Microsoft came on Friday to losing its interminable antitrust tussle with Novell, a defeat that could have cost the company up to $1.3 billion. Read More Microsoft bails from CES tech trade show after 2012 Microsoft today announced that next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be its last as an exhibitor. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL 10 Ways to Securely Optimize Your Network Learn 10 ways SonicWALL solutions can help optimize performance, enhance security, and increase employee productivity, without introducing latency. Read now. IBM, HP, Microsoft lead patching laggards, says bug buyer IBM, HP and Microsoft led the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities within six months of being notified by the world's biggest bug bounty program, according to HP TippingPoint's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI). Read More Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly, according to McAfee's security predictions for 2012. Read More Top 10 lists for SQL Server 2012 Server 2012 due to be released in the first half of next year. Looking at the new features, the glass is either half full or half empty. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Akamai Cloud Optimization for Amazon EC2™ The emergence of public cloud platforms and services has IT organizations thinking about which applications they want to keep in-house and which they can build within the cloud. Read more Is anyone really using Windows 8's preview? Although millions have downloaded Microsoft's Windows 8 developer preview, relatively few are actually using it, Web measurements show. Read More RIM is so popular! Amazon, Microsoft, Nokia have all mulled buyout Separate reports Wednesday morning show that Research in Motion, despite being battered this year for everything from outages to late products to lost market share, hasn't been without its admirers. Read More ITC favors Microsoft in Motorola tiff In another blow to Android, a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an initial determination that Motorola Mobility infringes four claims of a Microsoft patent. The judge also found that Motorola does not infringe claims related to six other Microsoft patents. Read More
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