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	Microsoft confirms dumping 'Metro' brand from Windows 8 Microsoft will walk away from the "Metro" tag it's been using for over a year to describe the new environment and apps in both Windows 8 and Windows RT, the company confirmed Friday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CDW Leverage Unified Communications for Greater Productivity Join CIO magazine, Computerworld, and Network World in a city near you for a dinner discussion on how organizations are successfully extending workforce communication and collaboration to mobile endpoints to drive greater productivity, faster results and especially employee satisfaction. Learn more at: http://events.cio.com/UCDinner In this Issue Windows 8 RTM leaks to Web Samsung readies Galaxy Note 2 for Aug. 29 launch Mars rover Curiosity scheduled to land this weekend HTC says Q3 revenue will decline and that firm must improve its brand Microsoft tool shows whether apps pose danger to Windows NASA on track to launch astronauts in 5 years U.S. House to ITU: Hands off the Internet INSIDER Review: VDI tailored to BYOD Lock-in, migration costs can blunt cloud projects Jonny Evans: Opinion: iPad, iPhone 5, iTunes, Authentec and Apple's mobile payments plan Sharon Machlis: Why I'm skeptical about the Twitter Political Index WHITE PAPER: Virident Systems, Inc. GPL Licensed Solid-state Storage Performance Analysis This lab brief explores the capabilities and benefits of SSDBench, a freely available benchmarking tool that's purpose-built for solid-state application workload performance analysis. Learn More Windows 8 RTM leaks to Web A final copy of Windows 8 leaked to the Internet on Thursday, just a day after Microsoft stamped the new operating system as finished. Read More Samsung readies Galaxy Note 2 for Aug. 29 launch Samsung will unveil the larger Galaxy Note 2 on August 29 in Berlin, according to a Reuters report today. Read More Mars rover Curiosity scheduled to land this weekend After eight months of waiting and billions of dollars spent, NASA researchers are hoping that the latest Mars rover survives a precisely choreographed entry into the planet's atmosphere. Read More HTC says Q3 revenue will decline and that firm must improve its brand Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC said on Friday it needs to bolster its brand, forecasting a decline in revenue and profit in the third quarter. Read More Microsoft tool shows whether apps pose danger to Windows Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0, a free tool that can help system administrators, IT security professionals or software developers understand how newly installed applications can affect the security of a Windows OS. Read More WHITE PAPER: ITinvolve How ITinvolve Blows Away the Service Desk Status Quo Learn how a new cloud-based approach provides a personalized social platform where your IT professionals can see a comprehensive view of your IT environment. Learn More! NASA on track to launch astronauts in 5 years NASA announced Friday morning that it's on track to once again launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil within five years. Read More U.S. House to ITU: Hands off the Internet The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Thursday to send a message to the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union that the Internet doesn't need new international regulations. The vote was unanimous: 414-0. Read More INSIDER Review: VDI tailored to BYOD MokaFive Suite brings polish and control to virtual desktops on Windows, OS X, or bare metal, with a nod to the iPhone and iPad Read More Lock-in, migration costs can blunt cloud projects Cloud services promise low cost-of-entry and rapid return on investment, but those advantages make it easy to overlook associated investments. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: iPad, iPhone 5, iTunes, Authentec and Apple's mobile payments plan There's been years of speculation claiming Apple [AAPL] plans a payment system using Bluetooth and/or NFC along with its future iPhone 5. Will the system see iPads deployed as Point Of Sale terminals? Read on for hints this might be part of the plan -- and is AT&T already in the loop? Read More Sharon Machlis: Why I'm skeptical about the Twitter Political Index Interesting? Yes. Accurate measure of public sentiment? Maybe, maybe not. Election predictor? Probably not. Here's why. Read More
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