Coming next season on The Walking Dead: Windows XP

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	Coming next season on The Walking Dead: Windows XP Microsoft has said, repeatedly, that come April 8, 2014, it will end all support for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Support for SP2 and earlier have already ended. That means no bug fixes, no exploit fixes and no phone support. And in less than 500 days, that will be it for SP3 as well. And yet there are people who say Microsoft should wait. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! In this Issue 'Christmas gift for someone you hate: Windows 8' Microsoft boosts security for Outlook.com 8 of 10 customers choose Windows 7, says PC builder Apple hires former Microsoft hacker to work on Mac OS X security Hadoop on Windows Azure: Hive vs. JavaScript for processing big data How to buy the best laptop in the age of Windows 8 Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales Naughty or nice? Verizon DVR will see and hear you to find out before delivering ads Can Microsoft survive if Windows 8 fails? Microsoft puts SkyDrive app on Xbox360 Researchers show proof-of-concept Microsoft ERP hack RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Computerworld Honors program Call For Entries – Computerworld Honors Program 2013 The 2013 Computerworld Honors Program recognizes organizations which create and use information technology to promote and advance the public welfare, benefit society and change the world for the better. Submit your entry now! 'Christmas gift for someone you hate: Windows 8' That headline runs atop a blog by MIT researcher and instructor as well as serial entrepreneur Philip Greenspun, who ran Windows 8 through its paces and found it wanting in several areas. Read More Microsoft boosts security for Outlook.com Outlook.com, the new webmail service that Microsoft is previewing and that will replace Hotmail, has gained security boosts against phishing and spam. Read More 8 of 10 customers choose Windows 7, says PC builder Given a choice, customers of a Pacific Northwest PC system builder overwhelming pick Windows 7 over the newer Windows 8, the company's president said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point MS Exchange Deployment Guide This Deployment Guide provides detailed instruction for running Exchange 2010 with Coyote Point's Equalizer®, a qualified hardware vendor for load balancing Exchange Server 2010 View Now Apple hires former Microsoft hacker to work on Mac OS X security Apple has quietly hired Kristin Paget, a former Microsoft security expert who worked as a hacker for the company to resolve Windows Vista vulnerabilities, to work on its Mac OS X security team. Read More Hadoop on Windows Azure: Hive vs. JavaScript for processing big data For some time Microsoft didn't offer a solution for processing big data in cloud environments. SQL Server is good for storage, but its ability to analyze terabytes of data is limited. Hadoop, which was designed for this purpose, is written in Java and was not available to .Net developers. So, Microsoft launched the Hadoop on Windows Azure service to make it possible to distribute the load and speed up big data computations. Read More How to buy the best laptop in the age of Windows 8 Laptops used to be simple. Almost all of them had a clamshell design, with a display that folded onto the keyboard. You picked the laptop you needed based on factors like price, weight, and performance. But it's different today: New form factors, different operating systems, and disparate user needs conspire to make choosing a laptop a complex chore. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Good APM Practices Get Results According to NetForecast's survey, enterprises with application performance management (APM) best practices benchmark scores above six on a ten-point scale experience 75% better results in critical areas. This research paper reveals the survey results as well as discusses the best practices for APM. Learn More. Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device? Read More Naughty or nice? Verizon DVR will see and hear you to find out before delivering ads The recent extra-creepy patents by Microsoft and Verizon are meant to detect TV viewers and then take specific actions depending upon what is seen or heard. Why the heck would anybody embrace surveillance technology that could potentially be on the lookout for "thought crime" via the TV? Read More Can Microsoft survive if Windows 8 fails? Microsoft is betting the farm on the success of Windows 8--its new and radically different operating system. Read More Microsoft puts SkyDrive app on Xbox360 A new SkyDrive app for Microsoft's Xbox 360 allows users to upload content to Microsoft's cloud storage service from PCs and mobile devices, and then view it on the game console. Read More Researchers show proof-of-concept Microsoft ERP hack Security researchers have presented proof-of-concept code capable of accessing the database driving a Microsoft ERP system and then diverting funds while avoiding immediate detection. Read More
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