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	9 handy utilities for optimizing your Windows desktop and display No matter the size of your Windows desktop, you can get more out of it with the help of free and low-cost tools. Here's how. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Never Send a Customer Call to Voicemail Again Communications technologies have leveled the playing field for small business to compete with larger enterprises. See real-world examples of how several small businesses are using advanced communications strategies to better serve their customers and drive revenue and growth. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012 Microsoft: Stolen SSL certs can't be used to install malware via Windows Update Preston Gralla: Microsoft -- Windows Phone 7 will grab more than 20% of smartphone market by 2015 IT Blogwatch: Windows Phone 7 "tracks your movements," says lawsuit Preston Gralla: Nowhere to go but up --- survey shows Windows Phone 7 with 1% of U.S. smartphone market Windows 8 desktop to be 'just another app,' says Microsoft exec WHITE PAPER: Riverbed ESG: What's Changed with BC and DR? Read ESG's advice on practical methods to improve business continuity and disaster recovery by leveraging WAN optimization and cloud accelerator technologies. Learn how a modest investment can dramatically reduce or defer network costs and provide a payback in less than one year. Read More Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012 Microsoft's Internet Explorer will lose its place as the majority browser next summer, according to Web metrics company Net Applications. Read More Microsoft: Stolen SSL certs can't be used to install malware via Windows Update Microsoft said that a digital certificate stolen from a Dutch company could not be used to force-feed customers malware through its Windows Update service. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft -- Windows Phone 7 will grab more than 20% of smartphone market by 2015 The reports of Windows Phone 7's slow death are thoroughly off-base, says Achim Berg, head of Windows Phone marketing, and predicts that Windows Phone 7 will rocket to more than 20% of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015. It seems unlikely, but Berg says he has facts and plans to back it up.   Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker Resource: iOS White Paper and Deployment Kit Quickly Develop and Deploy iOS Solutions. With FileMaker Pro, iPad and iPhone solutions can be prototyped and completed in hours or days versus weeks or months. No iOS application programming or design experience is required. Read the white paper and download the kit. IT Blogwatch: Windows Phone 7 "tracks your movements," says lawsuit A lawsuit alleges the the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone 7 operating system tracks users' location without permission. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get deja-vu all over again. Not to mention: Airplane Automation: A thought-provoking post from Captain Dave...   Read More Preston Gralla: Nowhere to go but up --- survey shows Windows Phone 7 with 1% of U.S. smartphone market Here's more evidence about how tough it will be for Microsoft to make Windows Phone 7 a success --- a just-released Nielsen survey shows it has a paltry 1% of the share of the U.S. smartphone market. And Nokia may not be much help, because a Nielsen survey from a month ago shows that company with only 2% of the U.S. smartphone market.   Read More Windows 8 desktop to be 'just another app,' says Microsoft exec The Microsoft executive who heads the company's Windows division said Wednesday that the next edition of the operating system will let users treat the traditional desktop as 'just another app' that loads only on command. Read More
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