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	Interest waning on Windows 8 tablet, Forrester says Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research said in a study released Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum A Storage Pro's Guide to Data Dedupe What does data deduplication really mean? This 2nd edition of the book "Data Deduplication for Dummies" takes an in-depth look of the advantages of data deduplication. Learn exactly how data deduplication works, the pros and cons of various approaches, determining the right data deduplication ratio and answers to the most common dedupe questions. Read More In this Issue Preston Gralla: Does a Facebook surge mean Windows Phone 7 sales are spiking? Google slaps down Ballmer's assertion about cloud biz Preston Gralla: Four reasons Microsoft shouldn't buy part of Yahoo IT Blogwatch: Microsoft Office for iPad ahoy, say rumors Preston Gralla: Late start means Windows 8 tablets will fail, warns Forrester Hackers launch millions of Java exploits, says Microsoft Will Microsoft's 'Minority Report' UI leap-frog Apple? WHITE PAPER: Mimecast Security-as-a-Service: Threat Mitigation from the Cloud The cloud isn't just the most effective place to secure email, before any threats or intruders ever reach your network; it's also the most efficient. Cloud-based email services can offer full protection with the promise of availability and reliability too. Read now Preston Gralla: Does a Facebook surge mean Windows Phone 7 sales are spiking? Windows Phone 7 sales aren't setting the world on fire, but there's some evidence that a recent surge in Windows Phone 7-Facebook use could mean that the device is finally taking off.   Read More Google slaps down Ballmer's assertion about cloud biz A Google executive refuted recent comments from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who said Microsoft wins enterprise cloud contracts 98 percent of the time when up against the search giant. Read More Preston Gralla: Four reasons Microsoft shouldn't buy part of Yahoo Reports say that Microsoft is part of a consortium bidding to buy a minority stake in Yahoo. Making the deal would only hurt Microsoft. Here are four reasons it should stay away.   Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Create a Resilient Communications Infrastructure The complexity of managing a company with more than one location dramatically increases the effects of every business decision. An IP-based communications system can help maintain business continuity, improve management across locations, and create critical redundancies for backups. Learn More IT Blogwatch: Microsoft Office for iPad ahoy, say rumors Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to be porting its Office suite to iOS, to run on Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if the world's gone mad.   Read More Preston Gralla: Late start means Windows 8 tablets will fail, warns Forrester Windows 8 tablets will be so late to market that there's a good chance that they'll fail, warns a new report from Forrester. The only hope, the report concludes, is if Windows 8 tablets are much less expensive than the competition, and chockfull of compelling content.   Read More Hackers launch millions of Java exploits, says Microsoft Hackers continue to launch attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java software in record numbers, Microsoft said. Read More Will Microsoft's 'Minority Report' UI leap-frog Apple? By this time next year, we all might be interacting with our computers by means of touch, voice and in-air gestures. Read More
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