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	Microsoft starts $40 Windows 8 upgrade sales Microsoft today opened its virtual store and began selling upgrades to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, making good on a promise made last summer. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. In this Issue Feds arrest Ceglia for trying to defraud Facebook, Zuckerberg iPad Mini stock dwindles, supplies to remain tight Windows 8 not likely to restart ailing PC market Supreme Court to look at NSA spying, resale of products Microsoft Surface goes on sale to cheering crowds DOJ: Dotcom could face new charges if he launches new service Critical flaw found in software used by many industrial control systems SAP details policies, pricing for linking cloud apps Show will go on for SAP user conferences in Spain Amazon counts on Kindle after posting first loss in nine years Jonny Evans: Apple publishes Samsung ruling on UK website, but is it cool? Preston Gralla: Eight ways Microsoft can improve Windows 8 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here Feds arrest Ceglia for trying to defraud Facebook, Zuckerberg The FBI has arrested Paul Ceglia for attempting to defraud Facebook and its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in a scheme to grab a large stake in the company and billions of dollars. Read More iPad Mini stock dwindles, supplies to remain tight Apple kick-started pre-orders of the iPad Mini early today, and within hours, sold out the white model in all three Wi-Fi configurations. Read More Windows 8 not likely to restart ailing PC market Analysts said today that while Windows 8 may help keep the PC business afloat, it probably won't be enough to return it to anywhere near its former glory. Read More Supreme Court to look at NSA spying, resale of products The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in two cases with potentially broad implications to technology users, one reviewing whether consumers can resell copyright-protected products they have purchased and the second challenging an electronic surveillance program at the U.S. National Security Agency. Read More Microsoft Surface goes on sale to cheering crowds About 100 people waited outside Boston's Microsoft Store Friday to buy the company's new Surface tablet, which runs a new version of Windows. Read More DOJ: Dotcom could face new charges if he launches new service Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom could violate the terms of his bail, or face new criminal charges, if he launches a new file-sharing and storage service as planned, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Universities Face Big Data Test Big Data will help university stakeholders make better-informed decisions across the board, from student recruitment to day-to-day operations. To carry that Big Data, Ethernet fabrics and software-defined networks are stepping up to help institutions build flexible and resilient network topologies. Learn more. Critical flaw found in software used by many industrial control systems CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows potential attackers to execute sensitive commands on the vulnerable devices without the need for authentication, according to a report from security consultancy Digital Bond. Read More SAP details policies, pricing for linking cloud apps SAP has laid out a set of pricing and policies for tying together its array of cloud-based and on-premises applications, providing some options at no charge, but others that will cost customers additional money. Read More Show will go on for SAP user conferences in Spain SAP now says it will proceed with two major user conferences set for Madrid next month, after saying earlier this week that it was weighing its options following concerns over labor strikes planned for the same time as the shows. Read More Amazon counts on Kindle after posting first loss in nine years Amazon.com reports $274M loss in the third quarter-- its first loss in nine years -- on revenue up 27% year to $13.8B. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple publishes Samsung ruling on UK website, but is it cool? Apple this morning complied with a court order and published a notice on its UK home page in which it sort of said it didn't think the world's biggest smartphone maker, Samsung, infringed its patents -- even as the latest data proves the Korean firm is now the world's biggest smartphone vendor. Read More Preston Gralla: Eight ways Microsoft can improve Windows 8 Windows 8 is the most controversial version of the operating system Microsoft has released. It doesn't have to be that way, though. Here are eight ways Microsoft could improve Windows 8. Read More
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