Can 200 million licenses be wrong? Windows 8 hits major milestone

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	Can 200 million licenses be wrong? Windows 8 hits major milestone   Microsoft announced that it has sold 200 million Windows 8 licenses in about 15 months. That's way ahead of Windows Vista, which only hit 180 million licenses after 18 months, but well behind Windows 7, which only took a year to reach 240 million licenses sold. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Introducing Social Business for the Mid-Market This report provides directional guidance for mid-market companies to appropriately use Social Business to achieve their goals. Learn More. In this Issue Perspective: Microsoft hedges on Office for iPad, cites 'thoughtful' decisions Microsoft zaps Skype IM bugs How'd you like to run Windows apps on Android? Third of Internet Explorer users at risk from active attacks Microsoft sets Oct. 31 as stop date for Windows 7 consumer PC sales Is Microsoft rethinking its decision to build Office for iPad? Windows 8 Update: Microsoft wants Windows 8 to get small to run on more devices How Nokia could help Microsoft with its Android smartphone Oracle software on Microsoft Azure gets a general availability date Marissa Mayer 'very excited' about contextual search WHITE PAPER: Dell Enterprise Governance and Automation for AWS & Hybrid Clouds Cloud solutions like AWS allow you to increase operational agility and reduce costs. Now you need a fast and easy way to increase security, improve governance and simplify hybrid cloud management. That's where a cloud management solution comes into play. View Now Perspective: Microsoft hedges on Office for iPad, cites 'thoughtful' decisions 'Thoughtful' was the watchword yesterday for Tami Reller, Microsoft's chief of marketing, when she was asked how the company plans to extend its lucrative Office franchise to mobile platforms other than Windows Read More   Microsoft zaps Skype IM bugs Microsoft has fixed a variety of bugs that affected people's ability to use Skype's instant messaging feature across different devices. Read More   How'd you like to run Windows apps on Android? Here's an interesting idea: Running Windows programs under Android. As unlikely as that may sound, work is afoot to port the Wine system to Android. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Anticipate, Engage and Deliver Exceptional Web Experiences IBM Customer Experience Suite and IBM Intranet Experience Suite help organizations delight customers through a consistently exceptional web experience and empower employees with the social business tools they need to drive better business results. Learn More. Third of Internet Explorer users at risk from active attacks   Microsoft last week said that both Internet Explorer 10 and its predecessor, IE9, were under attack by hackers exploiting an unpatched flaw in the browsers. Read More   Microsoft sets Oct. 31 as stop date for Windows 7 consumer PC sales   Microsoft has set Oct. 31 as the end of sales of new consumer-grade Windows 7 PCs, but for now has left open the do-not-sell-after-this-date for business machines. Read More   Is Microsoft rethinking its decision to build Office for iPad? In appearances in September and October, Steve Ballmer said Microsoft would build native Office editions for iPads and Android tablets, but the company's marketing chief spoke with much less certainty when asked about this on Thursday. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM IDC Report: The Future of eMail is Social This IDC white paper takes a look at the current state of enterprise email and the perceived and real problems that surround its use. The paper discusses the changing nature of collaboration and work fueled by the social Web by examining current email trends and the emergence of new social collaboration tools. Learn More. Windows 8 Update: Microsoft wants Windows 8 to get small to run on more devices Microsoft is aiming to slim down Windows 8 so it fits on smaller devices, the company's top marketing executive says. Read More   How Nokia could help Microsoft with its Android smartphone An Android Nokia smartphone has attracted a lot of attention lately, projecting an image of a few renegade Finns standing up against the Microsoft empire. Read More   Oracle software on Microsoft Azure gets a general availability date Oracle's database, WebLogic application server and Java programming language will soon be generally available on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service, marking a major milestone in the high-profile partnership the vendors announced in June 2013. Read More   Marissa Mayer 'very excited' about contextual search If you think Yahoo has given up on search, think again. The company may have handed its back-end search operations to Microsoft, but Marissa Mayer thinks there's work to be done on mobile devices, particularly around contextual search. Read More
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