Windows 8 security: What's new

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	Windows 8 security: What's new When Windows 8 comes out later this year, the new Start screen and Metro-style apps will likely be the first changes you'll notice, but those aren't the only things that are new. Microsoft is also making some serious security enhancements to help keep your system safer and to improve Windows' ability to combat viruses and malware. It just may be the biggest improvement to Windows security yet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed End-To-End Application Acceleration Technologies Download this 7-page survey-driven analysis by Forrester to learn how to overcome cloud-related performance issues by extending optimization to SaaS applications. Read now. In this Issue Ex-Microsoft exec: 'We shouldn't have taken on Apple with Zune' Microsoft: Too old and too big to survive? Consider desktops in the cloud for BYOD Microsoft dumps Aero in Windows 8, bets on tablets over desktops GitHub becomes friendlier for developers using Windows Windows RT management could be a key to success for Windows 8 tablets Mozilla product director says Firefox on Windows RT 'probably not worth it' Microsoft's social networking site So.cl now open to all users Microsoft Kinect ads can watch you while you watch them Microsoft's Visual Studio 11 lineup adds Windows Phone, Azure tools WHITE PAPER: NetIQ SANS Review of NetIQ Sentinel 7 A SIEM solution fully installed and capturing logs in under 15 minutes! Read how SANS analyst Jerry Schenk did it, and why he feels NetIQ Sentinel 7 is a great solution for the most pressing security problems facing enterprises today. Learn More! Ex-Microsoft exec: 'We shouldn't have taken on Apple with Zune' Microsoft should have "skipped media players completely" and instead produced "the coolest music service for your phones ever." Read More Microsoft: Too old and too big to survive? Microsoft is making lots of weird decisions; has the company reached its dotage? Read More Consider desktops in the cloud for BYOD Desktop-as-a-Service is an interesting way for IT execs to provide cloud-based Windows desktop sessions, as well as shared resources such as storage. DaaS can help companies roll out new desktops and support Bring Your Own Device policies. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Your IT Career Roadmap This unique session is designed with you, the IT professional in mind. How can you build your personal brand, and properly design a career plan? How do you work with your staff to create a plan that retains your best talent? Come to IT Roadmap Denver for valuable information on how today's IT leaders build successful careers. Click to continue Microsoft dumps Aero in Windows 8, bets on tablets over desktops In a gargantuan, 11,300-word post, on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft's Jensen Harris discusses new design elements coming in the final release of Windows 8. The post offers a "brief" history of the Windows user interface and explains why Microsoft has made many of the changes ushered in with each major new release of Windows. Read More GitHub becomes friendlier for developers using Windows Have you wished for an easy way to do social coding on a Windows computer? If so, then you are in luck. As millions of people know, GitHub is a way to collaborate and share code with friends or complete strangers. Read More Windows RT management could be a key to success for Windows 8 tablets IT management executives from large corporations worry most about how to manage employee-owned devices safely and securely, according to clients of the Directions on Microsoft analyst firm. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Proven Strategies for Uncovering Cost Savings Learn how your organization can take advantage of recent breakthroughs to lower the cost of data management. Learn More Mozilla product director says Firefox on Windows RT 'probably not worth it' Unless Microsoft allows other browser makers to call important APIs in Windows RT, it's "probably not worth it to even bother" building a version of Firefox for the new OS, a Mozilla product director said. Read More Microsoft's social networking site So.cl now open to all users So.cl, an experimental research project from Microsoft, that combines social networking and search to promote learning, is now accepting all users interested in joining the site. Read More Microsoft Kinect ads can watch you while you watch them Do you watch commercials or do use that timeslot to run to the restroom or to the kitchen? Do you fast-forward to skip as many commercials as possible when watching TV via a DVR or On Demand? Microsoft's new Kinect-powered interactive commercials, called NUads for Natural User Interface Adverstisements, have the potential to change all that. Read More Microsoft's Visual Studio 11 lineup adds Windows Phone, Azure tools Company claims system requirements will be the same as those of Visual Studio 2010 despite performance increases. Read More
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