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	Microsoft withholds monster IE update from Windows 8.1 dawdlers Microsoft refused to give Windows 8.1 customers a second reprieve, requiring most to have upgraded their devices to April's Windows 8.1 Update before the firm's Windows Update would serve up a mammoth patch slate on Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software From Application Development to Digital Service Delivery This paper, describes how a workload automation solution can eliminate the manual processes developers now use to define batch workflows and communicate them to schedulers Learn More In this Issue Sterling fights Ballmer's $2B deal to buy the LA Clippers Microsoft keeps Xbox One E3 focus on games Review: Microsoft Office Online vs. Apple iWork for iCloud vs. Google Drive Outlook Web App goes native on Android How to maximize storage space on your Windows tablet A visual history of OS desktop environments Microsoft Azure service lets IT control identity and access management to select applications Bing, algorithms claim United States is doomed in World Cup HP assembles 'federation' of Helion cloud providers How to Clean Up Your IT Resume Microsoft challenges US warrant to turn over emails held overseas WHITE PAPER: HP The Importance of Reputation Proactive enterprise security involves turning data into actionable information--that's where reputation comes in. Learn More>> Sterling fights Ballmer's $2B deal to buy the LA Clippers Steve Ballmer's dream of owning an NBA team became less certain with the announcement by Donald Sterling that he won't support selling the L.A. Clippers to the former Microsoft CEO for $2 billion. Read More Microsoft keeps Xbox One E3 focus on games (video) When head of Microsoft's Xbox division Phil Spencer took the stage ahead of E3 and said the company's presentation would be all about games this year, he wasn't kidding. For the next 90 minutes the company showed trailer after trailer of exclusive titles that would come to the Xbox One console over the next year. Read More Review: Microsoft Office Online vs. Apple iWork for iCloud vs. Google Drive Over the past few weeks I've regaled you with detailed reviews of the three major online office productivity suites: Microsoft Office Online with Word Online, Excel Online, and PowerPoint Online; Apple's iWork for iCloud with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iCloud; and Google Drive (aka Google Apps) with Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Which suite is for you? There is no clear winner in this horse race, so your specific needs will dictate that choice. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Technical Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is the next generation of Microsoft's information platform, with new features that deliver faster performance, expand capabilities in the cloud, and provide powerful business insights. How SQL Server 2014 incorporates in-memory technology to boost performance in online transactional processing (OLTP) View Now Outlook Web App goes native on Android Microsoft on Wednesday released a preview version of Outlook Web App (OWA) for Google's Android, fulfilling a promise made in March.OWA for Android is a "native" app that reprises the in-browser OWA that corporate workers have long used on devices that don't support the full-fledged Outlook client or have that software installed. Read More How to maximize storage space on your Windows tablet One of the unfortunate hallmarks of affordable Windows-based tablets is limited storage space. It is not uncommon for low-priced tablets to come with only 32GB or 64GB drives. Read More A visual history of OS desktop environments Do you ever look at your computer's screen and think, "How on Earth did we get here?" Windows, Mac, GNOME, KDE and Ubuntu's Unity are all born from a common history of desktop environment design stretching back to the 1960's. Let's take a visual voyage from the very beginning right up to the present, looking at the "1.0" releases – those very first versions – of the Desktop Environments and graphical computing platforms that made the biggest impact. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Meeting the Exploding Demand for New IT Services In this eBook, explore the top trends driving the New IT for IT Service Management, and how leading organizations are evolving to focus on end-user experience. Learn More Microsoft Azure service lets IT control identity and access management to select applications As part of its Azure cloud service, Microsoft yesterday turned on a "preview", as it likes to call it, of a new proxy service for identity and access management (I&AM) that lets IT managers set up a way that users can access selected applications hosted in the internal corporate network or external cloud services. Read More Bing, algorithms claim United States is doomed in World Cup World Cup predictions are like noses: almost everyone, it seems, has one. And even the algorithms like Microsoft's Bing are taking the field. Read More HP assembles 'federation' of Helion cloud providers Hoping to get a hand from partners, Hewlett-Packard is assembling a network of service providers that will offer hosted services based on the company's Helion software. Read More How to Clean Up Your IT Resume The warm weather signals time to open the windows, deep-clean the house and enjoy the sunshine. But don't forget to clear the clutter from your resume while you're at it; even if you're not currently looking for a job, keeping your resume fresh and updated is a must. Here, three experts weigh in on what to keep and what to toss. Read More Microsoft challenges US warrant to turn over emails held overseas Microsoft has in a landmark case challenged in U.S. federal court a search warrant for private email communications located in the company's facility in Dublin, Ireland, after a magistrate judge quashed in April its opposition to the warrant. Read More
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