New Microsoft Office hits 'RTM' milestone

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	New Microsoft Office hits 'RTM' milestone The next version of Microsoft Office is complete and will start to reach enterprise customers next month, with general availability planned for early next year, Microsoft said Thursday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Retailers reveal more Windows 8 prices, take pre-orders Preston Gralla: Asus Windows RT Tablet can be preordered for $599 -- at that price, it'll be tough to beat iPads Dell will still offer Windows 7 after Windows 8 launch Preston Gralla: Can a $1.5 billion marketing campaign convince people to buy Windows 8? Asus' dual-screen Taichi tablet-laptop hybrid on sale for $1299 Microsoft alleges Google, Motorola's Android phones infringe its mapping patent RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! Retailers reveal more Windows 8 prices, take pre-orders Microsoft and several online retailers today revealed more Windows 8 pricing information, and began taking pre-orders for the operating system. Read More Preston Gralla: Asus Windows RT Tablet can be preordered for $599 -- at that price, it'll be tough to beat iPads The pricing for one of the first wave of Windows RT tablets is here, and it won't come cheap. The ASUS Vivo Tab RT 10-inch tablet can be preordered right now from Newegg, and it'll set you back $599. At that price, it'll be tough to compete against iPads. Read More Dell will still offer Windows 7 after Windows 8 launch Dell will continue offering Windows 7 even after the release of Windows 8 at the end of October, the company said. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Virtualize Your ADI: Are You Ready to Unbox? Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss the benefits of an updated ADC. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Can a $1.5 billion marketing campaign convince people to buy Windows 8? Forbes reports that Microsoft is prepared to unleash a massive marketing launch for Windows 8 of between $1.5 and $1.8 billion. That's more than either presidential candidate will spend. Will all that money be enough to make Windows 8 a hit? Read More Asus' dual-screen Taichi tablet-laptop hybrid on sale for $1299 Asustek's innovative laptop-tablet hybrid called Taichi is now on sale in the U.S. starting at $1,299. Read More Microsoft alleges Google, Motorola's Android phones infringe its mapping patent Microsoft is suing Motorola Mobility in Germany over a mapping patent that Microsoft alleges covers the Google Maps app that ships on Motorola phones. The two parties meet each other in court on Thursday, the regional court of Munich said. Read More
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