Windows 8 UI 'strategic mistake,' argues design guru

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	Windows 8 UI 'strategic mistake,' argues design guru Microsoft's decision to put two user interfaces inside Windows 8 was a strategic mistake that fails novice and experienced computer users alike on both tablets and traditional PCs, a usability expert said Monday. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Getting Started with VMware vSphere Hypervisor and VMware Go Join us for a look at how to deploy virtualization using VMware vSphere, the industry's best-of-breed hypervisor. Discover how solutions such as VMware Go make deploying VMware server virtualization technology a snap. This webcast will begin with a discussion of the core concepts of virtualization. Learn More Now! In this Issue Windows XP countdown clock ticks under 500 days Microsoft promises to support Surface RT for 4+ years Preston Gralla: Obama's tech team used open source and some Microsoft software to fuel its victory Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sales are sluggish and disappointing at retail and in enterprises. Will they pick up in 2013? Windows Server 2012 now runs in Amazon's cloud Richi Jennings: Windows 8: Is it really terrible and weak? Microsoft reportedly allows pirates to activate unlicensed installations of Windows 8 Pro WHITE PAPER: Symantec The Time for VM-Only Backup Technology Has Passed With cost pressures and complexity frustrating many backup teams, a platform approach across physical and virtual environments is becoming the new normal, especially as virtual workloads become mission-critical in nature. This analyst whitepaper explores a unified state of backup from Symantec. Read Now! Windows XP countdown clock ticks under 500 days The Windows XP operating system will exit support April 8, 2014, when Microsoft serves users with their final security updates. Read More Microsoft promises to support Surface RT for 4+ years Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. Read More Preston Gralla: Obama's tech team used open source and some Microsoft software to fuel its victory The presidential campaign wasn't just a battle of political philosophies -- it was also a duel between the two campaigns' IT strategies and tools. Ars technica reports that Obama's team was far more effective than Romney's, and used plenty of open source tools...and some software from Microsoft as well. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Corporation Adding Wow to the WAN Workforces are becoming increasingly dispersed, with employees needing network access from a wide range of locations and devices. That's why wide area networks need to be as fast, flexible and reliable as possible. Learn how to enhance WAN performance and increase your organizations productivity. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Windows 8 sales are sluggish and disappointing at retail and in enterprises. Will they pick up in 2013? The results are in from multiple sources, and it seems quite clear: Windows 8 sales have been sluggish and disappointing. The big question is whether they might pick up next year. Read More Windows Server 2012 now runs in Amazon's cloud Enterprises can now run Windows Server 2012 on the Amazon Web Services cloud, and take advantage of improved management features and new versions of IIS and the .Net framework. Read More Richi Jennings: Windows 8: Is it really terrible and weak? A usability guru, Jakob Nielsen, loudly slams Windows 8, calling it weak and terrible. Will Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) fans take this lying down? You must be kidding. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers line up to take sides. Read More Microsoft reportedly allows pirates to activate unlicensed installations of Windows 8 Pro Users running pirated copies of Windows 8 Pro can reportedly upgrade to a fully licensed and permanently activated version of the OS by simply installing a free Windows 8 Media Center upgrade offered by Microsoft. Read More
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