Ultimate ultrabook shootout

	Microsoft's $100k hacker bounty sounds great but has a lot of loopholes | Bleaker forecast pushes Windows rebound into 2014
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	Ultimate ultrabook shootout We tested eight thin, light, stylish ultrabooks, all with touchscreens and all running Windows 8 Professional. Our favorite, because it was the easiest to type on and the easiest to use overall, is the Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire SANS Secure Configuration Management Demystified Security experts and analysts agree that a systematic, enterprise-wide program of secure configuration management is one of the most beneficial security solutions you can implement. It provides an objective, concise measure of your overall security posture. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft's $100k hacker bounty sounds great but has a lot of loopholes Bleaker forecast pushes Windows rebound into 2014 First Look: Maxthon Cloud Browser for Windows Tune in: Microsoft to live stream BUILD keynote on Wednesday Oracle to certify its software for use on Microsoft's Azure cloud, Hyper-V Microsoft licenses Age of Empires for iOS, Android versions Apple OSes to overtake Windows in 2015, says Gartner Microsoft's Windows 8 team could learn from its Xbox One turnaround Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center Capgemini to orchestrate Microsoft cloud products with Skysight offering WHITE PAPER: IBM The Power of Cloud: Driving Business Model Innovation Companies worldwide are beginning to recognize cloud's capabilities to generate new business models and promote sustainable competitive advantage. To manage and respond to these market pressures, IBM offers a comprehensive suite of system and software solutions that can help you scale your IT investments as your business grows. Read Now Microsoft's $100k hacker bounty sounds great but has a lot of loopholes Microsoft is offering up to $100,000 for vulnerabilities found in Windows 8.1 that are paired with exploits, but it's pretty much up to Microsoft to decide who gets paid how much based on a set of subjective criteria. Read More Bleaker forecast pushes Windows rebound into 2014 Gartner today downgraded its estimate of Windows' 18-month future, saying that Microsoft's platform will take a hit this year, then rebound in 2014 at a more muted pace than it forecast two months ago. Read More First Look: Maxthon Cloud Browser for Windows Best known as a popular alternative to Internet Explorer during the Windows 95/98 era, the newest version of Maxthon for Windows was launched as a "cloud browser'' in December and updated in May. We looked at v.4.0.6 to check out its revamped GUI and to see what sets it apart from other browsers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Latisys Best Practices into Cloud Adoption Cloud includes a variety of different delivery options as well as a lot of terms for those options. But, which is best for you? Learn More Tune in: Microsoft to live stream BUILD keynote on Wednesday Microsoft will webcast the opening keynote of its BUILD developers conference Wednesday starting at 9 a.m. PT (noon ET). Read More Oracle to certify its software for use on Microsoft's Azure cloud, Hyper-V Oracle and Microsoft have announced a partnership that will see Oracle's database, application server, Java programming language and other products find a home inside Microsoft's Azure cloud service. Read More Microsoft licenses Age of Empires for iOS, Android versions A version of Microsoft's Age of Empires game franchise will be developed for iPhones and Android devices, the first time an official Microsoft title will be released for the mobile platforms. Read More WHITE PAPER: Lumension Security 2013 State of the Endpoint Security Report Learn more about the 2013 threat landscape and what IT pros plan to do about it with reportedly insufficient resources and poor inner-office collaboration. View Now Apple OSes to overtake Windows in 2015, says Gartner Sales of devices based on Apple's Mac OS and iOS will overtake those of products running all flavors of Windows in 2015, a Gartner analyst predicts. Read More Microsoft's Windows 8 team could learn from its Xbox One turnaround I may be generous with my criticism of Microsoft, but I'll also acknowledge when it does something right. And in two very different instances, Microsoft has done the right thing. First, the company dropped all of the DRM restrictions on the Xbox One. All of them. Read More Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center Microsoft is investing US$678 million in the expansion of its data center in West Des Moines, Iowa. Read More Capgemini to orchestrate Microsoft cloud products with Skysight offering Capgemini is introducing a hybrid cloud orchestration service focused on Microsoft products, although enterprises will be able to manage any load with the offering, including applications running on Linux, the company said. Read More
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