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	Microsoft to declare Windows 8 RTM in three weeks, says report Microsoft is a little more than three weeks away from wrapping up Windows 8, according to leaks of recent builds of the upcoming operating system and claims by a Russian blog. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More! In this Issue Windows desktop destined for long slide to oblivion, says Gartner Preston Gralla: Google's Nexus 7 tablet may force a Windows 8-powered NOOK Nokia releases Windows Phone update for Lumia 800 and 710 Microsoft says it has no plans to make smartphones Gunmen drive into Microsoft's Greece headquarters, set van on fire Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 billion Preston Gralla: Windows 8 Surface Pro tablet may be a hit with businesses, RT-based Surface will fail, says analyst Where's IE10 for Windows 7? Review: Weighing Windows Server 2012 EU court rejects Microsoft antitrust appeal, but shaves 4 percent off its fine Microsoft releases Office 365 for Education WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM XIV Storage System Read the solution brief and learn how this easy-to-manage system offers outstanding performance and high availability. Learn More. Windows desktop destined for long slide to oblivion, says Gartner Microsoft will deemphasize the Windows desktop in future releases of its operating system as usage of traditional Windows applications falls to just 10% of users' time by 2020, analysts said this week. Read More Preston Gralla: Google's Nexus 7 tablet may force a Windows 8-powered NOOK Google's new Nexus 7 tablet appears to be a remarkable piece of hardware for its $199 pricetag, so much so that if Microsoft wants to survive in the consumer tablet market, it may need to build a similarly priced Windows 8-NOOK combination tablet. Read More Nokia releases Windows Phone update for Lumia 800 and 710 Nokia has started rolling out a Windows Phone software update for the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710, which includes Wi-Fi tethering and a feature that silences incoming calls and messages when the phone is turned face down, the company said in a blog post. Read More Microsoft says it has no plans to make smartphones Microsoft has no plans to build its own smartphones, contrary to a report from an analyst last week. Read More Gunmen drive into Microsoft's Greece headquarters, set van on fire Armed men drove a stolen van loaded with gas canisters into the Microsoft Greece headquarters in Athens on Wednesday and set it on fire, causing damage to the building. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Managing Data Growth Small and midsize businesses can get the storage strategy advice they need in this issue of "Data Storage Insights." With a focus on managing data growth, expert articles include how tiered storage saves, tips to cost-effectively expand storage capacity and what to do once your business has outgrown its backup strategy. Learn More Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 billion Microsoft has agreed to acquire Yammer, a maker of cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software, for US$1.2 billion [b] in cash, a deal rumored to be in the works for the past week and a half. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 Surface Pro tablet may be a hit with businesses, RT-based Surface will fail, says analyst There's good news and bad news about Microsoft's Windows 8 Surface tablet lineup according to a prominent analyst -- the higher-end Surface Pro could be a hit with enterprises, while the lower-cost RT based Surface will likely fail. Read More Where's IE10 for Windows 7? While Microsoft has regularly touted the improvements in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8, the company has said next to nothing about the browser and Windows 7, the operating system that powers 44% of all Windows PCs. Read More Review: Weighing Windows Server 2012 From network services and storage to virtualization and private cloud, the beefy new Windows Server leaves no server role unturned Read More EU court rejects Microsoft antitrust appeal, but shaves 4 percent off its fine The General Court of the European Union has rejected Microsoft's appeal of a 2008 European Commission antitrust ruling, but has reduced the fine Microsoft must pay from a!899 million (US$1.1 billion) to a!860 million. Read More Microsoft releases Office 365 for Education Microsoft will launch on Wednesday a version of its Office 365 cloud collaboration and communication suite that is specifically aimed at K-12 schools and universities. Read More
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