Nokia unveils first Windows phones

	Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft Firefox's last, great hope? | Beauty and the geek: Windows Phone 'Mango' vs. Android
	Computerworld Microsoft				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Nokia unveils first Windows phones Nokia Wednesday unveiled its first two smartphones running the Windows Phone operating system. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM A Glimpse into IBM's Collaboration Future This white paper focuses on the evolution of Notes and Domino and highlights the broader shift in the collaboration market toward a blending of traditional collaboration services with newer social constructs and business applications—all accessible via mobiles, browsers and rich clients. Read Now In this Issue Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft Firefox's last, great hope? Beauty and the geek: Windows Phone 'Mango' vs. Android IT Blogwatch: Windows XP becomes zombie tween Preston Gralla: Google versus Microsoft in Yahoo buyout -- no matter what happens, Google wins Microsoft clears Czech firm in Kehilos botnet case Google: Bidding for Yahoo or driving up cost for Microsoft? Microsoft ships final Office 2007 service pack Microsoft CRM update takes 'social' cue from Salesforce.com Preston Gralla: Make Microsoft happy -- buy an Android phone and help the company rake in $444 million Richi Jennings: Microsoft unveils new anti-Android stratagem VIDEO: Cisco Systems Unite Communications Across Multiple Devices Mobile devices, delivery models, and new applications are redefining our jobs. Find out how your company can unite communications across multiple devices, allowing you to communicate with employees, customers, and partners on any device, anywhere. View this demo to see how unifying your communications transforms your work and productivity. View Demo Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft Firefox's last, great hope? Mozilla has faced considerable criticism for its decision to release a customized version of Firefox in which the default search engine and home page is Microsoft's Bing. But if Mozilla is going to survive, that's exactly what it needs to do, because with declining market share and potential rift with Google, Microsoft may be Mozilla's last, best hope. Read More Beauty and the geek: Windows Phone 'Mango' vs. Android Microsoft's mobile OS reboot turns out to be a small update that lacks enterprise security and rich apps but is a cleaner alternative to Google's Android for smartphones Read More IT Blogwatch: Windows XP becomes zombie tween Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is this week celebrating the 10th birthday of Windows XP, the preadolescent operating system that will not die. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers eXPerience XP's twilight years. Not to mention: When you see it, you will...   Read More Preston Gralla: Google versus Microsoft in Yahoo buyout -- no matter what happens, Google wins Google and Microsoft appear to be engaged in a high-stakes bidding game over who will buy Yahoo. But Google holds all the high cards; no matter which of the two ends up with the company, Google wins.   Read More Microsoft clears Czech firm in Kehilos botnet case Microsoft yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against a Czech firm it had accused of hosting command-and-control servers for a botnet it stamped out last month. Read More WHITE PAPER: FileMaker Innovative option for fast iPad and iPhone development Apple iPhone and iPad growth are inspiring businesses to imagine making their custom solutions mobile. The white paper explains why FileMaker software offers the fastest path to developing (with FileMaker Pro on the desktop) and deploying (with the FileMaker Go app) iPad and iPhone solutions. Read More Google: Bidding for Yahoo or driving up cost for Microsoft? The pursuit of Yahoo seems to be heating up as a report Monday added Google to a list of interested suitors that is already said to include Microsoft. Read More Microsoft ships final Office 2007 service pack Microsoft on Tuesday delivered its last service pack for Office 2007. Read More Microsoft CRM update takes 'social' cue from Salesforce.com Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the latest version of its Dynamics CRM software, which adds some social software functionality and closer ties to Office 365. Read More Preston Gralla: Make Microsoft happy -- buy an Android phone and help the company rake in $444 million The tech world may be waiting to see what Nokia has on tap later this week for new Windows Phone 7 devices. But if you really want to make Microsoft happy, you should consider buying an Android phone instead, because the company will rake in an estimated $444 million from Android royalties for the 2012 fiscal year.   Read More Richi Jennings: Microsoft unveils new anti-Android stratagem The big news in the mobile platform world this weekend was Microsoft's latest patent licensing agreement with Compal, an Android original device manufacturer (ODM). Ho-hum-yawn, I hear you say? Not so fast! Microsoft's announcement unveils a new aspect to Redmond's strategy that the company has, until now, only hinted at. I'll reveal all, in The Long View...   Read More
	VIDEO: STEVE JOBS ONE-ON-ONE, THE '95 INTERVIEW Steve Jobs was in the middle of his career -- 40 years old, still at NeXT, and two years from returning to Apple — when he was interviewed by the Computerworld Honors program in this exclusive video. TAKE OUR ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY TODAY! Computerworld's 2012 Salary Survey: What's your earning power? How does your salary compare with your peers? Computerworld's 26th Annual Salary Survey will feature the latest IT salary trends and advice on where to find the best-paying jobs. This year's survey participants can enter a drawing to win 1 of 3 new 16GB Apple iPad 2s with Wi-Fi! The sweepstakes is open to legal U.S. residents, age 18 or older. SHARK TANK OF THE DAY If you tell us (again) we'll have to kill you The IT security department at this big utility company is super-secret, super-special, all-knowing, all-seeing -- and not quite as good as some people think. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Apple's iCloud debuted this week with problems reminiscent of the MobileMe fiasco of 2008. Why did Apple have so many problems rolling out iCloud? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
	Get more IT peer perspective online: LinkedIn Group | Facebook | Twitter You are currently subscribed to computerworld_microsoft as jonsan3511@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Computerworld, please send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Computerworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com. **