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Microsoft to ship Windows 8.1 in mid-October | Tech workers gain confidence as employment prospects lift

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Microsoft yanks troublesome Exchange security patch
Citing installation issues and inadequate testing, Microsoft has withdrawn an Exchange Server 2013 security update that it issued earlier this week as part of its "Patch Tuesday" release cycle. Read More

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Security First Insurance
Using IBM Content Analytics and ECM software, the insurer enhances service to policyholders no matter which channels they use to get in touch. Learn More.

Microsoft to ship Windows 8.1 in mid-October
The much-anticipated update for Windows 8 will begin shipping on Oct. 17, delivering a set of changes that Microsoft hopes will calm critics and improve sales of the tablet-optimized OS. Read More

Tech workers gain confidence as employment prospects lift
Confidence levels among IT workers improved in the second quarter, buoyed by reports of employment gains in the U.S. tech sector. Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: The Ping of Death returns, IPv6-style
Internet Explorer proved to be the biggest security concern for Microsoft in the last month, with the browser spurring 11 of the 19 critical vulnerabilities the company issued in August's "Patch Tuesday" set of software fixes. Read More

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Microsoft virtual networking upgrades keep pressure on VMware
As part of the R2 series of updates to Windows Systems Center and Windows Server 2012, Microsoft is taking a stepping up its virtual networking support, just as other cloud providers are doing the same. Read More

Should Microsoft Dump Bing and Xbox?
A financial analyst has gone on record as saying Microsoft would be better off dispensing with Bing and Xbox because they are distractions. Rick Sherlund, a senior analyst at Nomura Equity Research, recently told GeekWire that by getting rid of Bing, Microsoft could reduce its operating expenses. That much is obvious. Bing is a huge money drain on the company and has cost it billions. Read More

Microsoft's SkyDrive, Outlook.com are down for some people
Microsoft's Outlook.com web mail application and SkyDrive cloud storage service are suffering a partial outage on Wednesday. Read More

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Flash Buyer's Guide for Enterprise Storage
All technologies evolve. From time to time, technologies will move from being evolutionary to revolutionary. This is the case with flash-based storage. Download this guide to help understand the various nuances that distinguishes flash-based storage form traditional hard disk drive based storage. Read now!

Microsoft to push Surface tablets to businesses abroad via channel
Microsoft will start selling its struggling Surface devices to business customers abroad via channel partners on Thursday. Read More

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VMware CEO talks software-defined data centers, OpenStack and dueling Amazon
As a top executive at Intel and EMC, Pat Gelsinger helped build the data centers of today. Now, as CEO of VMware, he's promising to deliver the data centers of tomorrow. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Gelsinger spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant and Network World Senior Writer Brandon Butler about what he's accomplished one year into his tenure, and why the company is uniquely positioned to deliver on the vision of software-defined data centers. Read More

Microsoft moves to block MD5 certificates and improve RDP authentication
Microsoft released two optional security updates Tuesday to block digital certificates that use the MD5 hashing algorithm and to improve the network-level authentication for the Remote Desktop Protocol. Read More

Lawyers sue Microsoft over Surface RT 'unmitigated disaster'
Several law firms joined forces on Monday to sue Microsoft, accusing the company of misleading shareholders about sales of the Surface RT tablet and calling its entry into the market an "unmitigated disaster." Read More

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