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	First look: Windows 8 breaks new ground The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try it free today. In this Issue 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Analysts claim Windows Phone will outsell iOS by 2015 Windows' cut of Microsoft revenue drops to two-year low 10 best Windows Phone apps for staying productive Apple Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011 Microsoft gives details on mobile broadband improvements in Windows 8 U.K. survey: SharePoint users freely ignore security measures Wall Street Beat: Enterprise spending helps mixed quarter for tech IE URI encoding behavior facilitates XSS attacks, researchers say Sourcefire debuts anti-malware software FireAMP for enterprise Nokia launching Windows Phone 7 handsets for China in first half of 2012 WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations This paper discusses ways to simplify data center transformation and introduces a new process – BOCA – Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions. Learn the five stages of BOCA and see how the right remote access and IT infrastructure management tools, deployed early and continuously monitored, can dramatically improve overall efficiency. Read now! 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries A look back at the most memorable events and products from 1987. Read More Analysts claim Windows Phone will outsell iOS by 2015 Microsoft has been fighting an uphill battle with its Windows Phone mobile operating system since the OS's introduction in late 2010. Market analysts at iSuppli, however, believe that Nokia's dedication to the Windows Phone platform and the company's recent release of the Lumia 900 (and other Windows Phone-based devices) will spur a renaissance for Nokia and Microsoft that will ultimately result in huge market share gains over the next few years. Read More Windows' cut of Microsoft revenue drops to two-year low Windows' contribution last quarter to Microsoft's revenue hit its lowest point since Vista's swan song more than two years earlier, according to figures released by the company. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now 10 best Windows Phone apps for staying productive Here are the coolest Windows Phone apps we could find for business-related tasks such as scanning documents, backing up files to the cloud and analyzing Web traffic. Read More Apple Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011 New Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011, but still remain far below that of Windows PCs, according to a posting by F-Secure Labs. Read More Microsoft gives details on mobile broadband improvements in Windows 8 Microsoft has given details on a variety of ways in which the upcoming Windows 8 operating system does a better job than its predecessors at letting users manage their connections to Wi-Fi and mobile broadband networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Riverbed Services Platform Feature Brief The enhanced Riverbed® Services Platform (RSP) provides customers with the capability to run up to five additional services and applications virtually on VMware in a protected partition on the Steelhead® appliance. Learn More Now. U.K. survey: SharePoint users freely ignore security measures Copying documents out of Microsoft SharePoint to less secure media such as email and thumb drives is common among users of the collaboration platform, at least in the U.K. Read More Wall Street Beat: Enterprise spending helps mixed quarter for tech There were weak spots in the last quarter of 2011 for sector bellwethers Google, IBM, Intel and Microsoft, but corporate demand for technology appeared to remain resilient going into what is expected to be a year of slower growth for global IT spending. Read More IE URI encoding behavior facilitates XSS attacks, researchers say An inconsistency in how Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) encodes double quotes in URIs (uniform resource identifiers) can facilitate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, researchers from security firm Imperva claim. Read More Sourcefire debuts anti-malware software FireAMP for enterprise Sourcefire today announced anti-malware software for Windows-based devices that combines signature- and behavior-based detection methods to identify malicious code trying to invade the enterprise network, tracking it down through cloud-based analysis. Read More Nokia launching Windows Phone 7 handsets for China in first half of 2012 Nokia plans to launch a Windows Phone 7 handset for the Chinese market in the first half of this year, positioning itself to be among the first companies to officially bring Microsoft's mobile OS to the country, a Nokia spokesman says. Read More
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