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	Windows 8 cheat sheet Windows 8 presents a radically new interface to users, but never fear: Our comprehensive guide will help you find your way around the new OS and make the most of its features. 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 Windows Store has enough apps to prevent Windows RT flop, say analysts Preston Gralla: Eight ways Microsoft can improve Windows 8 Michael Horowitz: What to tell your mother about Windows 8 10 useful new features in Office 2013 Microsoft starts $40 Windows 8 upgrade sales Microsoft Surface goes on sale to cheering crowds Windows 8 security focuses detecting malware early Barbara Krasnoff: Will Windows 8 introduce a new era of touch computing? Full report: Microsoft Windows 8 aimed at tablet, mobile users In search of the sub-$300 Windows RT tablet 7 new Windows 8 Ultrabooks Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is, says Ballmer Microsoft Surface RT: First impressions 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! Windows Store has enough apps to prevent Windows RT flop, say analysts The apps available for Microsoft's new Windows operating systems are good enough to entice early buyers of tablets and other touch devices, analysts said. 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 Michael Horowitz: What to tell your mother about Windows 8 Techies will inevitably be asked by friends and relatives about upgrading older Windows machines to the just-released Windows 8. Weigh in on what you'll do when the time comes. Read More 10 useful new features in Office 2013 See how Microsoft's popular applications are changing along with the Windows OS. Read More 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 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 WEBCAST: VCE Boosting Asset Utilization of Vblock Customers This webcast will highlight detailed results from a recent IDC study, sponsored by VCE, of five organizations that have implemented Vblock Systems, and seen dramatic cost savings, vast improvement in deployment times, and reduction in downtime. Learn more. Windows 8 security focuses detecting malware early In Windows 8, Microsoft has greatly improved the operating system's ability to detect malware before it has a chance to run, experts say. Windows 8 should also make it more difficult for people to unknowingly install malware in the first place. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Will Windows 8 introduce a new era of touch computing? On the other hand, those who have been thinking of getting a new machine sudden have a vast array of choices to consider. Starting this week, and going into the next few months, vendors are going to be offering new Ultrabooks, laptops, all-in-ones, tablets and convertibles -- and most of those will have touch screens. Read More Full report: Microsoft Windows 8 aimed at tablet, mobile users Microsoft introduced its latest operating system Windows 8 at an event in New York Thursday. It's the first time the OS will run on devices with ARM chips. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More In search of the sub-$300 Windows RT tablet Where are the sub-$300 Windows RT tablets? It's a question that might not be answered until Friday, when tablet makers finally put them on sale. Read More 7 new Windows 8 Ultrabooks The introduction of MIcrosoft Windows 8 has spawned a variety of new and exciting devices. Here are 7 Ultrabooks that have been developed especially for the new operating system. Read More Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is, says Ballmer Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, says Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is while speaking at a New York news conference on Oct. 25, 2012 Read More Microsoft Surface RT: First impressions We finally go hands-on with the Surface RT. Here's our first impressions. Read More
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