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	Microsoft Research: Hunting for HIV vaccine with techniques that fight spam Everyone hates spam, except for the spammers, but what do spammers who are continuously trying to avoid anti-spam filters have in common with the HIV virus? Microsoft Research has spotted similar patterns in the way they mutate and avoid detection. Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive Delivering Enterprise Applications Anywhere to Any Device Unprecedented adoption of wireless mobile devices, in the enterprise impacts every IT department as they must now deal with technologies that enable access to enterprise applications anywhere, anytime, from any device whether they be corporate issued or personally owned. Read now. In this Issue Windows 8 beta by February, gold by summer? Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control Windows tablets get quad-core chips Chrome takes No. 2 browser spot from Firefox Skype flaw reveals users' location, file-downloading habits Office 365 'momentum' announcement met with some skepticism Microsoft updates Exchange 2010 Experience Windows Phone on any mobile device Microsoft delays Windows Phone 7 in China to first half 2012 WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Adding Visibility to WAN Optimization Too often network professionals find themselves stuck in reaction mode, which can prevent them for strategically planning for positive, long-term benefits. Read this report to learn some best practices for understanding and improving the visibility and performance of mission-critical, networked applications. Read now! Windows 8 beta by February, gold by summer? A lot of folks were surprised and a bit disappointed that a beta version of Windows 8 was not made available at the BUILD conference last September, but they might get their wish come next month as Microsoft attempts to repeat its history. Read More Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerization and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012 and the coming years. Read More Windows tablets get quad-core chips Qualcomm has promised that its quad-core Snapdragon chips, designed to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8, will appear in tablets in the second half of next year. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies User Panel Discusses Application Performance CA, Cisco, SAP and RIM candidly share their insights on meeting the challenges of delivering application service quality. Learn their best practices to lower the operational burden on IT, continue to scale and deliver new applications and services rapidly, ensure a superior end-user experience all while keeping costs in check. Learn More Chrome takes No. 2 browser spot from Firefox Google's Chrome has overtaken Mozilla's Firefox as the second most popular desktop browser behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which is holding onto its market-leading share of the market, according to one Web analytics firm. Read More Skype flaw reveals users' location, file-downloading habits Researchers have found a flaw in Skype, the popular Voice-over-Internet-Protocol service which allows users to make video phone calls and internet chat with their computers. The vulnerability can expose your location, identity and the content you're downloading. Microsoft, which owns Skype, says they are working on the problem. Read More Office 365 'momentum' announcement met with some skepticism Microsoft's declaration that Office 365 is enjoying unprecedented levels of sales success didn't fully convince some industry experts who were expecting the company to back up its claims with more concrete figures and who feel it's too early for a victory lap. Read More WEBCAST: IBM IBM InfoSphere MDM Solutions for Telecommunications Implementing MDM solutions, telecommunications companies have achieved increased profitability and wallet share, boosted customer retention and acquisition, and reduced operational costs. Learn More Microsoft updates Exchange 2010 Microsoft has updated its Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, posting a service pack with a number of new features and bug fixes, the company announced Monday. Read More Experience Windows Phone on any mobile device Microsoft has poured significant resources into Windows Phone this past year, with limited commercial success here in the U.S. With Nokia's recent introduction of the Lumia 800, however, along with steady growth in the Windows Phone Marketplace, and mostly positive reviews of the latest iteration of Windows Phone—codenamed Mango—prospects for Microsoft's smartphone OS seems to be on the right trajectory. Read More Microsoft delays Windows Phone 7 in China to first half 2012 Microsoft expects its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system to launch in China during the first half of 2012, rather than in late 2011 as originally planned. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 25 free open source projects IT pros will love We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known projects he thinks IT folks will love. What follows are his picks, along with a few of our own. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Cornell professor: Carrier IQ affair 'my worst nightmare' Gartner predictions for 2012 10 most powerful cloud companies Cracking ND5 ... with Google?! Skeptics find flaws in Carrier IQ application analysis iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Dec. 2 2011's biggest security snafus Cisco to introduce larger Cius tablet next year How stupid can cell carriers be? Really stupid Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape
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