Windows 8 release date: Summer RTM, October GA

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	IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 release date: Summer RTM, October GA The Windows 8 release date has leaked: General Availability will be in October, while Release To Manufacturing is 'Summer'. Microsoft is expected to confirm the schedule next month. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers reach out and touch something. Not to mention: A 'label' for the YouTube generation ... Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Driving Storage Efficiencies with Automated Tiering Storage management has become a huge issue for IT managers, and it's not going to subside, according to market researchers. New research conducted by IDG Research Services reveals that IT managers are considering tiered storage as an essential tool. Download this white paper to learn more about the survey results. Learn More! In this Issue Jonny Evans: Apple sets new iPad records, gives investors cash Preston Gralla: Why Microsoft provided Windows 8 tablets, not PCs, to reviewers Sharon Machlis: Useful Twitter search tool: PostPost Michael Horowitz: Dealing with a bad hard drive Leigh Jasper: Matters of trust within a collaboration system Shark Tank: Timesharing, reinvented RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Jonny Evans: Apple sets new iPad records, gives investors cash Apple has set new records for the new iPad (3?) as demand for the device remains "off the charts", company CEO, Tim Cook, has confirmed. Read More Preston Gralla: Why Microsoft provided Windows 8 tablets, not PCs, to reviewers Many of the first wave of reviews of the Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 were based on tablets provided to reviewers by Microsoft. Given that Windows 8 will run on many millions of desktops and laptops, and on a relatively small number of tablets, that might seem an odd decision by Microsoft. But there's a reason for it: Windows 8 works better on tablets than traditional PCs, and Microsoft wanted the best press possible. Read More Sharon Machlis: Useful Twitter search tool: PostPost If you want to find information in your own Twitter stream, PostPost is a site worth bookmarking. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Government at Carahsoft A Strategic Choice for Enterprise-Wide Productivity This case study will show how Adobe Acrobat X can increase knowledge worker productivity, based on live lab testing of common business workflows. Read Now Michael Horowitz: Dealing with a bad hard drive When a hard drive develops bad sectors, you want to read what you can from it. Many backup programs can't do this. We discuss some that can. Read More Leigh Jasper: Matters of trust within a collaboration system When considering a collaboration system, it's essential that you don't stop after evaluating the features that would be most attractive to your particular teams. Read More Shark Tank: Timesharing, reinvented The boss needs a power supply for his PC's speakers, and unfortunately for this pilot fish, there aren't any to spare -- so he borrows the supply from an employee's speakers. Read More
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