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	Windows 8 Release Preview leaks to Web A Chinese edition of Windows 8, reportedly the same build that Microsoft will launch in the next week as the Release Preview, has leaked to file-sharing sites. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM How Analytics Bring Organizations Closer to Their Customers Find out how IBM Business Analytics solutions can help your company turn disconnected data into information, information into insight, then turn insight into action that can boost your bottom line. Learn More In this Issue Chrome to take world's top browser spot for May Microsoft launches Office 365 edition for US government customers Consumer Reports: Free anti-malware software for Windows, Mac is effective 1 in 5 U.S. Windows PCs lack antivirus defenses Iran's discovery of Flame malware turning into political hot potato No more free Explorer development: VS11 Express will only make Metro apps Can Microsoft ban class-action suits? Apparently so. INSIDER Why can't Linux crack the desktop? Security startup Vaultive tackles cloud-based encryption Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court WHITE PAPER: IBM Strengthen Your Business with Cloud Computing This white paper provides a brief overview of cloud computing, explains how midsize companies can benefit, and describes the steps they can take to take advantage of what it has to offer. Learn More Chrome to take world's top browser spot for May Google's Chrome is about to grab the top browser spot for a full month for the first time from Microsoft's Internet Explorer, data from a Web analytics company showed. Read More Microsoft launches Office 365 edition for US government customers Microsoft has released a government-specific edition of its Office 365 cloud-based email and collaboration suite that offers U.S. public-sector customers a cordoned-off data center infrastructure just for them. Read More Consumer Reports: Free anti-malware software for Windows, Mac is effective In what could be regarded as a controversial test of anti-malware effectiveness, the influential Consumer Reports publication in its June issue gives its main recommendation to anti-malware freeware for protecting Windows and Mac computers. With some caveats, Consumer Reports says in its "Security Software" article it regards it as unnecessary to buy commercial anti-malware software. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye FireEye Advanced Threat Report – 2H2011 This report is unique in that it is not an analysis of well-known malware or billions of spam messages. Instead, we provide insight into the threats that are successful and therefore dangerous -- those which got through traditional defenses and into enterprise networks in 2H 2011. Read now. 1 in 5 U.S. Windows PCs lack antivirus defenses Nearly a fifth of Windows PCs in the U.S. lack any active security protection, an antivirus vendor said today, citing numbers from a year-long project. Read More Iran's discovery of Flame malware turning into political hot potato With Iran's computer-emergency response center now decrying Windows-based cyber-espionage software known as Flame (or alternately Flamer or Skywiper) it says it discovered infecting its oil-ministry computers, the uproar is reaching into the United Nations, which is investigating the malware. Read More No more free Explorer development: VS11 Express will only make Metro apps We can't fault Microsoft for wanting developers to write Metro-style apps for Windows 8, but they aren't just encouraging it, they are forcing the matter. Visual Studio 11 Express, the free-to-use version of its developer toolkit, won't generate anything but Metro apps. Read More WHITE PAPER: CommVault ESG Report: Modernizing Data Protection In order to assess the current state of the data protection market, ESG recently conducted a global survey among IT professionals familiar with and/or responsible for data protection solutions and processes, as well as potential future plans. Learn More Can Microsoft ban class-action suits? Apparently so. A whole lot of Supreme Court decisions get little to no attention if no activist/special interest groups get involved. Such was the case last year, when the court allowed private firms to change the rules around class-action suits. You didn't hear much about it at the time, but you can expect to hear a lot more in the future. Read More INSIDER Why can't Linux crack the desktop? Linux has so many positive attributes, there is a wonder why it is not on more desktops. You can't beat the price and it has fewer viruses than Windows. But why hasn't it taken off? Read More Security startup Vaultive tackles cloud-based encryption Office 365 is the Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications and hosted versions of Microsoft's server products delivered and accessed over the Internet. Read More Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent. Read More
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