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	Windows 8 Update: IDC blames bad quarter for PC sales on Windows 8 Windows 8 will shoulder part of the blame for a worse-than-expected dip in Q4 PC sales because it didn't offer clear enough benefits that might spark a surge in PC buying, according to IDC. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! In this Issue Microsoft takes urgent step today to patch stubborn Internet Explorer flaw VMware one-ups Microsoft with vSphere 5.1 Prepare for the Windows 8 app onslaught Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time Chicago CIO's IT revival plan includes the cloud 20 Seconds to jailbreak Windows RT IDC latest to pile on OEMs for poor Windows 8 PC sales Tablets rule: Every shape, size, and OS emerges at CES Bring back the landline phone Jailbreak tool gives Windows RT tablets desktop-like functions Running Linux Apps in the Cloud? Use Microsoft Azure Windows 8 fails to lift the PC market in Q4 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! Microsoft takes urgent step today to patch stubborn Internet Explorer flaw Look today for a Microsoft patch that repairs a vulnerability in old versions of Internet Explorer that have been exploited in the wild and that persisted despite a Fix It tool issued last month. Read More VMware one-ups Microsoft with vSphere 5.1 The race for virtualization dominance between Microsoft and VMware has become more interesting with VMware's recent release of vSphere 5.1. We obtained vSphere around the same moment as the final release of Windows Server 2012, whose newly included virtual switch and enhanced Hyper-V features were designed to clobber VMware. Read More Prepare for the Windows 8 app onslaught Over the last few weeks, I've watched numerous people try to analyze what little solid information is available regarding Windows 8's initial sales. Microsoft made an announcement a few weeks back claiming that it sold 40 million licenses in the operating system's first month, and that first-month sales were better than Windows 7's during its launch. Read More Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T / AT&T Wireless Cloud Services: It's not just what but how...and who Cloud services can be an effective way to find the needles of value hidden in the Big Data "hay stack." Choosing a cloud provider capable of transport, storage and analysis in a single infrastructure can simplify this process and strengthen return on investment. Learn More! Chicago CIO's IT revival plan includes the cloud Chicago this month disclosed that it plans to use Microsoft's cloud services to deliver email and desktop applications to some 30,000 employees, part of a significant effort to improve the city's IT operations. Read More 20 Seconds to jailbreak Windows RT There's not a whole lot you can do in half of a minute, but thanks to XDA Developers "netham45," you can run a new tool and jailbreak Microsoft Surface in 20 seconds. Read More IDC latest to pile on OEMs for poor Windows 8 PC sales Shortages of touch-enabled Windows notebooks led to a steeper-than-expected decline in PC sales last quarter, according to research firm IDC. Read More Tablets rule: Every shape, size, and OS emerges at CES It's official: We've entered the tablet age, and 2013 looks to be a greatA year for slates. Tablets appeared in all forms at the International CES and were just about everywhere you looked--and the noteworthy and innovative models featured Windows 8, not Android, inside. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exceed Group Courier receives speedy delivery of cellular savings Exceed Group proves that small and midsized companies can uncover huge savings when they implement wireless expense management with Mobil-Eye. Read about what steps Jet Delivery took to reach full optimization of their AT&T contract. Learn how to get your own free Mobil-Eye wireless expenses analysis. Learn More. Bring back the landline phone Not too long ago, I documented my decision to shift smartphones. It's rather amazing that I can get mileage out of such a basic decision. Sometimes my job amuses me. On a rather serious note, everything is not smooth sailing. I'm going to depart briefly from the Microsoft talk for this post. Read More Jailbreak tool gives Windows RT tablets desktop-like functions Just a few days after hackers figured out how to run unauthorized desktop apps on Windows RT tablets, a hacker on the XDA Developers forum has posted a download-and-click jailbreak tool for the exploit. The jailbreak utility will allow any user, who wants to take the risk, to temporarily open up their Windows RT tablet to legacy Windows applications, XDA user netham45 claims. Read More Running Linux Apps in the Cloud? Use Microsoft Azure From the "I guess if you live long enough, you will see everything" file, comes today's post on the public preview of VMDepot.com. VMDepot brought to us by Microsoft Open Technologies (no, that is not an oxymoron) is an online app store or marketplace where you can choose open source programs to run on Microsoft's Azure cloud. Read More Windows 8 fails to lift the PC market in Q4 Microsoft's Windows 8 OS failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4 percent compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to research by IDC released on Thursday. Read More
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