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	First look: Microsoft Surface tablets My quick hands-on with the new 10.6-in. Surface tablets at Microsoft's launch on Monday gave me a little surprise: The edges on all four sides are sharp. 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. 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Microsoft launches own Windows 8 tablets, one a 'full PC' Microsoft launched two 10.6-in. tablet computers dubbed Surface on Monday, built on Windows 8, with two versions of unusual attachable Touch Covers that double as keyboards. Read More Microsoft previews Surface tablet Microsoft took a bold step into the tablet market on Monday with the unveiling of a computer aimed squarely at bettering Apple's market-leading iPad. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8: beautiful mobile OSes, but can they gain traction?   Microsoft provided details about Windows Phone 8 today, and the operating system will get considerable new features, including multi-core support and a shared kernel with Windows 8. With Windows 8 for tablets and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft will soon have two excellent mobile operating systems. But that might not be enough for them to gain traction. Read More Microsoft says Windows Phone 8 to share core with Windows 8 Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8 on Wednesday, confirming the mobile operating system will share core code with Windows 8, and will add support for mobile wallet and NFC when WP8 arrives in the fall. Read More Preston Gralla: Three ways Microsoft's Surface tablets may beat the iPad in enterprises Microsoft's Surface tablets look to be well-designed, worthy competitors to the iPad. In fact, they're so good, that they may well eventually beat out the iPad in enterprises. Here are three reasons why they might do it. Read More Microsoft's Surface: Complete Computerworld coverage Latest news, analysis and reviews on Microsoft's tablet Read More Unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services flaw increasingly targeted in attacks, researchers say An unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) is being exploited in attacks launched from compromised websites to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Sophos. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Deloitte: Network Risk and TCO A Deloitte survey of enterprise CIOs reveals key differences between using a single-vendor or multivendor approach. See why a focus on initial costs might ignore a long-term impact on operational risk. Read White Paper Lucas Mearian: Apple copied Microsoft with iPad, not the other way around   I'm guilty. When I read the reports of Microsoft's Surface tablets this week, I did a big internal eye roll and thought, "Microsoft copies Apple again." Then today, I saw a very funny post and it reminded me that Microsoft actually came out with the Tablet PC in 2002; it's just that no one cared at the time. Read More FAQ: What we don't know about Microsoft's Surface tablet Microsoft's introduction Monday of the new Surface tablet may have been dramatic, but the presentation left as many questions unanswered as it resolved. We offer some clues, based on what is known so far. Read More HP unveils Windows-powered NAS box for SMBs HP today released a smaller version of its Windows NAS file server, the X5520. The new model is aimed at SMBs and addressing unstructured data growth due to trends such as bring-your-own technology. Read More Pricing seen as key to success of Microsoft's Surface tablets Microsoft needs to hook customers with better pricing if it wants to capture market attention with its new Surface tablets, analysts said. Read More Microsoft could alienate hardware partners with new tablets Microsoft's Surface tablet is a measured gamble to enter the cutthroat tablet business, but the company could be alienating longtime hardware partners that are also expected to announce Windows 8 devices starting later this year. Read More Microsoft's Surface tablet no threat to Apple's iPad Apple has little to worry about from Microsoft's tradition-breaking move to sell its own tablets, analysts said today. Read More Microsoft 'own worst enemy' in bold tablet move, says analyst Microsoft's venture into selling company-designed tablets is fraught with risk, but tops on one analyst's list is the firm setting itself up as its own rival. Read More
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