Annual Windows upgrades need consumer-business split

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	Annual Windows upgrades demand consumer-business split, say analysts Microsoft will speed up the release cadence of Windows, starting in 2013, to issue annual OS upgrades, according to reports on the Web today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue Analysts debate effect of Facebook's policy changes on users Analyst, SAP dispute over reported support discounts reveals murky picture Gartner: SaaS now replacing legacy apps, as well as extending them Amazon introduces data warehouse service Tablet trade-in drop hints at low iPad Mini cannibalization rate Hackers hit International Atomic Energy Agency server Apple gets sales ban on some Samsung Galaxy products in the Netherlands JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 7 4G: To buy or not to buy? Darlene Storm: Electronic lock picking: Hotel heists allegedly exploited Onity keycard lock hack Jonny Evans: Apple's Map sackings continue, so why does it matter? Preston Gralla: Call the fact checkers! New Yorker cover doesn't know the difference between the Windows 8 Start screen and desktop WHITE PAPER: Innotas The Smart Approach to IT Resource Management This whitepaper from Innotas- the leader in cloud solutions for Project Portfolio and Application Portfolio Management - identifies why effective resource management is crucial for any IT department. Read Now! Analysts debate effect of Facebook's policy changes on users Despite calls for Facebook to stop planned changes to the way it makes privacy policy, analysts are divided over how bad the changes would be for users. Read More Analyst, SAP dispute over reported support discounts reveals murky picture SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, which said that a handful of customers had received substantial discounts on their software maintenance renewals. Read More Gartner: SaaS now replacing legacy apps, as well as extending them Companies are not only buying into SaaS (software as a service) more than ever, they are also ripping out legacy on-premises applications and replacing them with SaaS, according to analyst firm Gartner. Read More Amazon introduces data warehouse service Adding to an already considerable set of cloud IT offerings, Amazon has introduced a hosted data warehouse service called Redshift, pitching it as a lower-cost alternative to on-premise data warehouse deployments. Read More Tablet trade-in drop hints at low iPad Mini cannibalization rate Tablet trade-in queries plummeted by 45% when Apple introduced its new iPad Mini, hinting that the smaller Apple device is not significantly cannibalizing sales of the larger tablet, an electronics recycling firm said. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Managing Requirements for Mobile Development Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 12:00 PM EST Join us for a web cast with Jon Walton, a Senior Technical Client Professional at IBM who will walk you through the best practices of managing requirements effectively in mobile development. Register Now Hackers hit International Atomic Energy Agency server A group of hackers leaked email contact information of experts working with the International Atomic Energy Agency after breaking into one of the agency's servers. Read More Apple gets sales ban on some Samsung Galaxy products in the Netherlands A Dutch court has banned sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy products that infringe on an Apple patent describing a way to scroll through a photo gallery using a touchscreen. Read More JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 7 4G: To buy or not to buy? Google is selling an updated version of its Nexus 7 tablet with integrated support for HSPA+ mobile data. So what's the device like to use -- and is it worth the extra cost? Read More Darlene Storm: Electronic lock picking: Hotel heists allegedly exploited Onity keycard lock hack Hotel burglars seem to be exploiting a known security vulnerability in Onity hotel keycard locks to steal from hotels. Hacking the design flaw in the electronic door locks was described as "stupidly simple" at the Black Hat security conference this summer. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's Map sackings continue, so why does it matter? How important are Maps to Apple? Very important, if the recent rash of senior sackings and the company's public apology mean anything at all. So why do Maps matter? Here's three potential reasons behind the company's cartographic conundrum. Read More Preston Gralla: Call the fact checkers! New Yorker cover doesn't know the difference between the Windows 8 Start screen and desktop My weekly New Yorker appeared in my mailbox this afternoon, with a giant faux cover in front of the real one, showing what the magazine might look like if it were a Windows 8 app on the Start screen. Clearly, the New Yorker fact checkers were taking a vacation, though, because in big type, the magazine mistakenly calls the Windows 8 Start screen the "desktop." Read More
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