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	'No free lunch' with Office on Windows RT for business, says analyst Microsoft confirmed that owners of Windows RT hardware, including the company's own Surface RT, must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices' bundled Office apps at and for work. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Improve IT Productivity with LogMein Rescue LogMeIn Rescue lets you do more. With Rescue, IT can quickly access, diagnose and solve IT problems anywhere, worldwide. The result: Improved productivity for IT staff, improved customer satisfaction and more time for the important stuff. Stop letting cludgy remote support tools get in your way of delivering great IT support to PCs and Smartphones Do More. Try Rescue today In this Issue Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders Preston Gralla: Windows 8's first theme song makes clear: This isn't your father's Microsoft Preston Gralla: Microsoft leaks prices of Windows RT Surface tablets -- at $499 to $699 they won't catch the iPad QuickPoll: Is Microsoft's Surface tablet pricing competitive with the iPad? Microsoft breaks silence, slates preview of Windows 7's IE10 next month Preston Gralla: Intel's poor earnings report could spell trouble for Windows 8 Intel must fend off trouble from sluggish PC market PCs with Intel's Haswell chips coming in first half of next year Microsoft's Surface RT pricing 'aggressive,' 'mystifying,' say analysts Qualcomm to open 2013 CES in place of Microsoft FAQ: The ins and out of Windows 8 pricing Microsoft spills Surface RT prices, start at $499 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! Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders Microsoft has exhausted its initial supply of the lowest-priced Surface RT tablet, which now is backordered by three weeks. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8's first theme song makes clear: This isn't your father's Microsoft The background theme for Microsoft's first ads for Windows 8 make clear that the company is straying far from the middle of the road and tried-and-true for music. The song, "Only Want You" by the Eagles of Death Metal, is about the last thing you'd expect from Redmond. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft leaks prices of Windows RT Surface tablets -- at $499 to $699 they won't catch the iPad Microsoft accidentally listed the selling prices of its Windows RT Surface tablets this morning, and the prices are surprisingly high: $499 for the cheapest model and up to $699 for a fully loaded one. At those prices, Surface tablets likely won't make a dent into the iPad's dominance. Read More QuickPoll: Is Microsoft's Surface tablet pricing competitive with the iPad? Microsoft's pricing of its Surface RT tablet was called 'aggressive' by some analysts, 'mystifying' by others, even as they remained skeptical that it's low enough to make inroads on the dominant player, Apple's iPad. What do you think -- is Microsoft's Surface tablet pricing competitive with the iPad? Read More Microsoft breaks silence, slates preview of Windows 7's IE10 next month Microsoft today said it will ship a preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7 next month, but would not commit to a timetable for a final release. Read More Preston Gralla: Intel's poor earnings report could spell trouble for Windows 8 Yesterday's poor third-quarter earnings report had some hidden bad news for Microsoft: The chip company projects fourth quarter revenue down two percent from last year. And that would means poor sales of Windows 8 PCs and laptops. 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. Intel must fend off trouble from sluggish PC market With Intel reporting a year-over-year drop in revenue and profit for its third quarter, industry analysts say the company isn't in trouble but it needs to ward it off -- and now. Read More PCs with Intel's Haswell chips coming in first half of next year Laptops and desktops with Intel's next-generation Core processor, code-named Haswell, will be available in the first half of next year, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said during a financial conference call on Tuesday. Read More Microsoft's Surface RT pricing 'aggressive,' 'mystifying,' say analysts Microsoft's pricing of its Surface RT tablet was called 'aggressive' by some analysts today, 'mystifying' by others, even as they remained skeptical that it's low enough to make inroads on the dominant player, Apple's iPad. Read More Qualcomm to open 2013 CES in place of Microsoft Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs will give the opening keynote at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in January, a logical choice for an event whose focus is increasingly mobile, but one that might not garner the attention of a Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer appearance. Read More FAQ: The ins and out of Windows 8 pricing Microsoft and its retail partners revealed a few more details about Windows 8 pricing, clarifying what the Redmond, Wash., developer has purposefully left muddy in the months leading up to its release next week. We try to answer the most-pressing questions. Read More Microsoft spills Surface RT prices, start at $499 Microsoft today briefly posted prices of $499 to $699 for the Surface tablet, but then pulled the listings from its online store. Read More
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