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	EU regulators side with Microsoft in IE10's 'Do Not Track controversy European regulators have urged an Internet standards-setting body to let Microsoft set users' preferences for the "Do Not Track" privacy feature in the upcoming Internet Explorer 10. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Microsoft may be building own smartphones Michael Horowitz: How useful is antivirus software? Preston Gralla: Why Microsoft shouldn't build its own Windows Phones Preston Gralla: When it comes to PR and hype, is Microsoft the new Apple? Microsoft hopes to attract more developers with Windows Phone 8 WP8 won't run on current Windows Phone, a problem for Nokia Microsoft Surface tablets may not match iPad battery life Windows Phone 8 smartphones to run Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 chip Microsoft dumps Office Starter from PC maker choices Finalists in Microsoft's $250K contest take on 'most-pressing' exploit tactic WHITE PAPER: Dell SAN vs. NAS: The Critical Decision The factors affecting whether to deploy SAN or NAS storage have changed. This paper highlights the pros and cons of each approach, as well as the value of a combined solution, so that you can meet your organization's storage and data access needs, while staying within your budget. Learn More Microsoft may be building own smartphones After Microsoft announced this week that it will sell a pair of branded Surface tablets, an analyst suggested that the company is also working with a contract manufacturer to build a Windows Phone 8-based smartphone. Read More Michael Horowitz: How useful is antivirus software? Does antivirus software catch 10% or 90% of the malware targeted at Windows users? We may have an answer. And, three Defensive Computing suggestions slightly off the beaten track.     Read More Preston Gralla: Why Microsoft shouldn't build its own Windows Phones Reports say that Microsoft may be building its own Windows Phones, in the same way it's designing Microsoft-branded Surface tablets. If true, it would be a bad move, because it has Nokia on the hook to do its bidding. Read More Preston Gralla: When it comes to PR and hype, is Microsoft the new Apple? Move over Apple, Microsoft has become the new king of PR. It appears to be overtaking Apple's mastery at setting the blogosphere and tech press atwitter at the slightest rumor. Read More Microsoft hopes to attract more developers with Windows Phone 8 Microsoft hopes that full support for C and C++ and the ability to write apps for all Windows devices at the same time will attract more developers to Windows Phone 8. Read More 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 WP8 won't run on current Windows Phone, a problem for Nokia Windows Phone 8 won't run on existing Windows Phones, which will hurt sales of existing Windows Phone models in the coming months, creating acute problems for the ailing Nokia. Read More Microsoft Surface tablets may not match iPad battery life Microsoft's new Surface tablets may not match Apple's iPad on battery life, according to estimates made by Computerworld based on comparable devices. Read More Windows Phone 8 smartphones to run Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 chip Smartphones running Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 processor, the chip maker said. Read More Microsoft dumps Office Starter from PC maker choices Microsoft is dumping its Office Starter edition as Windows 8 and the next edition of the suite, dubbed Office 2013, near completion and release later this year and early next Read More Finalists in Microsoft's $250K contest take on 'most-pressing' exploit tactic Microsoft yesterday announced that each of the three finalists in the BlueHat Prize $250,000 security contest came up with ways to detect and stymie one of the most effective exploit methods now being used by hackers. Read More
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