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	IE 6 is finally dead. Long live IE9 (please?) After begging, pleading, and nearly coming to people's houses to bust their kneecaps, Microsoft has gotten its wish: Internet Explorer 6, which just passed its 10th birthday, is now as dead as the Zune. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Returning Simplicity to IT Infrastructures Get the simplicity, efficiency, and agility demanded by today's virtual and cloud data centers. Read Now! In this Issue Windows 8 can scrub data from disk, but not up to tough security specifications Microsoft sues U.K. retail chain for pirating Windows Smartphone face-off: iOS 5 vs. Android 4 vs. Windows Phone 7.5 vs. BlackBerry OS 7 Microsoft researcher: Passwords aren't dead but they need fixing Quick Windows networking fixes Microsoft Research delves into economics 7 quick Windows 7 Fixes Geeks under fire: War on privacy, freedom and general computation Microsoft declares demise of IE6 in U.S. The hidden cost of falling behind WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Taming the Cloud This whitepaper explores the components of the cloud computing ecosystem, demonstrates how Akamai is delivering services for cloud optimization, and looks forward into the evolution of this dynamic and growing market. Read now Windows 8 can scrub data from disk, but not up to tough security specifications Windows 8 includes a reset function that restores the operating system to a clean state and scrubs data applications from the disk, but falls short of making that data unrecoverable, according to Microsoft. Read More Microsoft sues U.K. retail chain for pirating Windows Microsoft sued a U.K. electronics retail chain for selling Windows recovery discs to customers, claiming that the practice amounts to piracy. Read More Smartphone face-off: iOS 5 vs. Android 4 vs. Windows Phone 7.5 vs. BlackBerry OS 7 Now that every major mobile platform has gained a substantial update, which smartphone is the best for business? Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Advantages of Cloud-based Network Management One of the most interesting possibilities in cloud-based services today is to offload or even outsource capabilities that would otherwise need to be provisioned and managed locally – in other words, converting the capital expense (CapEx) involved in implementing a needed IT service into an operating expense (OpEx). Read now. Microsoft researcher: Passwords aren't dead but they need fixing Password use needs an overhaul that is driven not by guesswork but by actually understanding the real damage that can be done when password security is compromised, according to a Microsoft researcher. Read More Quick Windows networking fixes Setting up and maintaining your home PC network is easier than ever before in Windows 7--but that's not saying much. Many networking issues still aren't easily addressed from Windows 7's control panels. That's why we've compiled a list of common networking problems and quick fixes. Read More Microsoft Research delves into economics You might think Microsoft's research centers would be all about software, security, mobile technology and the like, but the company's New England research group highlights in its year-end wrap-up the work it has done in areas such as economics, biology and maybe less surprisingly, social media. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Building the Intelligent Cloud-Ready Data Center For CIOs today, the challenges are many and often difficult. They must support more revenue generating projects without having to expand, rebuild or move their data centers. Many are turning to virtualization to consolidate resources and make this happen. Learn More! 7 quick Windows 7 Fixes These tips and tricks can improve how you work in Windows. Read More Geeks under fire: War on privacy, freedom and general computation What exactly do you consider to be a computer? If it passes intelligent behavior for the Turing test? Do you consider a 747 to be flying computer? Read More Microsoft declares demise of IE6 in U.S. Microsoft today said its campaign to drive Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) into extinction had done its job in the U.S., where fewer than 1% of users ran the decade-old browser last month. Read More The hidden cost of falling behind Companies have long since gotten out of writing their own software. Most think it's well worth the money to buy a package and either customize it or live with its shortcomings. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 essential data center appliances With all of the noise in data center networking focused on switches, fabrics and lossless Ethernet standards, appliances like WAN optimizers and application accelerators are often overlooked. But they are important components of the data center/cloud infrastructure, especially as organizations virtualize desktop applications for remote sites. Here's a listing of 10 of the top players, and their products, in data center appliances. 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 Cisco dumps the UMI personal telepresence very quietly 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 Up-and-coming tech jobs -- and how to land one Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012 Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers 10 programming languages that could shake up IT Two new tools exploit router security setup problem Working out RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9930 over Christmas break Microsoft releases first unscheduled patch of 2011
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