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From Microsoft Subnet; Top 10 open source apps for Windows Microsoft Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by APC Optimizing the Data Center The Editors of Network World present this Executive Guide: Taking Virtualization Up a Notch. Read it and find out what you need to know about virtualization as it creeps into every corner of your data center. Spotlight Story Will Apple's multi-touch tablet steal Windows 7's multi-touch thunder? Converging on Microsoft blogger Mitchell Ashley: Rumors about a possible (some say likely) Apple tablet are so intriguing because of Apple's huge success with the iPhone. Some are saying we'll see an Apple Tablet within four months. One of the more recent debates is whether the tablet would be a MacBook Touch (based on Mac OS X) or an iTouch on steroids (iPhone OS) and how this would affect Windows 7. Read full story Related News: From Microsoft Subnet This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Top 10 open source apps for Windows Every Windows user should consider making these utilities part of their standard applications. DOJ - Back to Antitrust? Kerrie Meyler: Regardless of how you felt about the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) actions against Microsoft ten years ago, the US DOJ did not bring a single antitrust case against a dominant company during the eight years of George W. Bush's administration. How does one audit NTFS permissions without rights? Tyson Kopczynski: A really good question recently came up on the SANS GIAC advisory board. Someone needed to audit the NTFS permissions on a set of files and directories and the admins had no rights to these objects. First bits for SQL Server 2008 R2 are out The Microsoft Subnet blog: In May, Microsoft promised that a community technology preview of SQL Server 2008 R2, formerly code-named Kilimanjaro, would be available in the second half of 2009. On Monday, that day has arrived. Is Open Source The Enemy Within Chipping Away at Proprietary Microsoft? Mitchell Ashley: Sam Ramji, VP of Strategic Platforms at Microsoft, said some pretty unexpected things during his interview on my podcast last week, especially about open source, hybrid and mixed stacks, and heterogeneity. Patch Tuesday will fix critical flaws in Windows The Microsoft Subnet blog: Microsoft has nine security bulletins planned - five of them critical. Nearly all of them center on Windows. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. 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