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	IE6: Retired but not dead yet Microsoft may have retired Internet Explorer 6 last week, but it's still keeping track of the ancient browser's user share on a death watch-like website that's been running for more than three years. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel®   Converged Infrastructure for Dummies - 2.0 Simplify and align IT to the speed of business with HP Converged Infrastructure Learn More>> In this Issue Windows' new normal shows software-as-a-service ambitions Microsoft Office vs Google Docs: The Fat Lady hasn't sung yet Top techie college commencement speakers: 2014 Outlook.com now imports Yahoo Mail Microsoft to close Nokia acquisition Friday 12 ethical dilemmas gnawing at developers today Microsoft takes Iowa from corn to .com Windows XP holdouts explain why they haven't upgraded Microsoft to wrap Nokia deal Friday, name subsidiary 'Microsoft Mobile' Kill switches coming to iPhone, Android, Windows devices in 2015 Telerik frees HTML5 collection of components WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc.   Endpoint Buyer's Guide Evaluating the many components that make up an endpoint security solution may seem overwhelming. Get independent research and test results to help you determine your requirements and identify the vendor that best meets your needs. Learn More Windows' new normal shows software-as-a-service ambitions Microsoft's new updating 'normal' for Windows -- a faster-paced tempo that demands customers apply releases within weeks -- is a first step in moving the OS to a services-style model. But companies may be leery of the change. Read More   Microsoft Office vs Google Docs: The Fat Lady hasn't sung yet I was reading an article on Microsoft Office whipping Google Docs. I just don't see it. Read More   Top techie college commencement speakers: 2014 Bill and Melinda Gates head up list of big names in tech giving college commencement addresses. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Crittercism   Getting Agnostic about Mobile Devices The need for flawless, high-performing mobile apps is critical, yet many organizations struggle. This paper explains how to accurately analyze performance of mobile apps, calculate the cost of app failure, and how to develop, deploy and test mobile apps so that malfunctions don't happen. Read more! Outlook.com now imports Yahoo Mail Microsoft said it will now import Yahoo Mail via Outlook.com, providing a front door to another major email provider. Read More   Microsoft to close Nokia acquisition Friday Microsoft will be in the smartphone manufacturing business as of this Friday, the day it expects to close the acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business. Read More   12 ethical dilemmas gnawing at developers today The tech world has always been long on power and short on thinking about the ramifications of this power. If it can be built, there will always be someone who will build it without contemplating a safer, saner way of doing so, let alone whether the technology should even be built in the first place. The software gets written. Who cares where and how it's used? That's a task for somebody in some corner office. Read More   WHITE PAPER: RES Software   Beyond the Enterprise App Store Leverage proactive, secure and automated IT Service delivery to move beyond the traditional App Store and empower your users. Read the white paper to learn how Learn more Microsoft takes Iowa from corn to .com Microsoft is building some 1.16 million square feet of new data center space in Iowa. Read More   Windows XP holdouts explain why they haven't upgraded   OK, Armageddon has passed, and I was wrong. April 9 was not the new Y2K bug. In this case, I'm glad I was wrong. However, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows XP (and Office 2003, we often forget that) and a lot of people are still using it. Read More   Microsoft to wrap Nokia deal Friday, name subsidiary 'Microsoft Mobile' Microsoft today said that it will close the $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's handset business on Friday, about eight months after revealing the deal. Read More   Kill switches coming to iPhone, Android, Windows devices in 2015   Wireless carriers in the U.S., handset makers and the industry's lobbying group have made a significant concession on technology that could remotely disable stolen smartphones and tablets. Read More   Telerik frees HTML5 collection of components Borrowing a page from the recently revised Microsoft playbook, development tools maker Telerik has released as open source the bulk of its Kendo software library of components for building Web and mobile applications. Read More
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