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	A wish list for Windows 9 Whether it comes in October or next year, there are some features I'd really like to see added to Windows 9. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Performance Management: The Mobile App Development Playbook This comprehensive 16 page Forrester Research, Inc. report, authored by Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst, details a number of valuable, commonly collected metrics and describes the tools and frameworks that can help you collect them. Read now! In this Issue Ballmer calls Microsoft a two-trick pony, but real trick is Windows XP to 8 'upgrade' Microsoft can make the walls of your room display webpages Ballmer regrets not aping Apple sooner Nearly all apps are vulnerable in some way, report says Survey: 11% of Americans think HTML is an STD, software is 'comfortable clothing' Jimmy Fallon "Travoltasizes" Microsoft's Cortana Microsoft reaches RTM milestone for Windows 8.1 update The future of Microsoft Office is shared and social Microsoft takes Dynamics ERP upmarket with Azure support, new services 9 must-do's if you must stick with Windows XP WHITE PAPER: VCE Power Plant Achieves Required High-Availability with VCE Faced with an external compliance audit and the need to improve availability, one of Europe's largest power plants turned to VCE Vblock™ Systems to: - Transform twin data centers to active-active mode - Enable business continuity and reliable delivery of electricity - Virtualize 95% of applications Learn More Ballmer calls Microsoft a two-trick pony, but real trick is Windows XP to 8 'upgrade' From the Captain Obvious department: Steve Ballmer admitted that Microsoft made "tons of mistakes" while he was CEO. Read More Microsoft can make the walls of your room display webpages A research project shows how Microsoft will turn your surroundings into a display. Read More Ballmer regrets not aping Apple sooner In his first public appearance since he stepped down as Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer again acknowledged that the company missed the boat on mobile. Read More WEBCAST: Attachmate Unlocking and Service-Enabling Legacy Assets Whether your strategy calls for full-blown SOA, quick-turnaround mobile applications, or anything in between, Verastream Host Integrator can help. Watch this six-minute product demo and learn the noninvasive way to encapsulate mainframe data and logic as reusable services. View Now! Nearly all apps are vulnerable in some way, report says A new study says 96% of the apps it tested show at least one security vulnerability. The scary thing is that 96% is actually an improvement. Read More Survey: 11% of Americans think HTML is an STD, software is 'comfortable clothing' Let's check in on how confused the American people are on technology, today, in 2014. Read More Jimmy Fallon "Travoltasizes" Microsoft's Cortana Jimmy Fallon made a quick mention of the digital assistant Microsoft is working on for its smartphone. Supposedly called "Cortana," the assistant is expected to give Microsoft and Apple-like Siri service but according to Fallon, it may have had another name. Oh yeah, Fallon also makes fun of Web-cameras on sharks. Who wouldn't? Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Top 10 Internet Applications Most Likely to be Mobilized Effective mobile application performance management optimizes application availability and response time, ensuring the best user experience. Learn the difference the right management tools make and why tools that monitor the network or focus only on performance at the device level are not enough. Read now! Microsoft reaches RTM milestone for Windows 8.1 update Microsoft has reached a critical milestone for its next update to Windows 8, which is slated to ship early next month, according to reports. Read More The future of Microsoft Office is shared and social Microsoft Office doesn't want you to be alone. Productivity should be a shared experience, apparently, and now the vaunted Office suite wants to integrate your social circles into all your spreadsheets, Word docs, and presentation decks. Read More Microsoft takes Dynamics ERP upmarket with Azure support, new services Microsoft has completed a series of moves aimed at making its Dynamics AX ERP software a more viable option for large enterprises, and plans to showcase them this week during the Convergence conference in Atlanta. Read More 9 must-do's if you must stick with Windows XP Without updates after April 8 Windows XP is expected to fall prey to any number of zero-day attacks for which Microsoft will provide no defense, but there are some things die-hard XP users can do to make their machines safer. Read More
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