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	Windows XP's retirement is in doubt, say some experts Some security researchers wonder if Microsoft will indeed retire Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Read More WEBCAST: Workday CIOs in the Cloud As cloud computing infiltrates the enterprise and transforms the business, the CIO's role is also experiencing a transformation. This webcast focuses on how cloud trends arechanging the CIO mindset and how cloud SaaS fosters a cost-effective, productive, and efficient enterprise. View Now In this Issue Preston Gralla: New Windows chief: The tech press doesn't get Windows 8, but newbies do Enterprise IT is on the losing end of Microsoft's CAL price hike How to activate Windows Defender in Windows 8 Microsoft: We're working to 'adjust' IE's mouse tracking Preston Gralla: Google: Users don't care about Windows 8 or Windows Phone, so we won't release Gmail and other apps for them 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. Preston Gralla: New Windows chief: The tech press doesn't get Windows 8, but newbies do The complaints you've been hearing about problems with the Windows 8 combined tablet-desktop interface aren't due to the operating system's design, says Microsoft's head of Windows product development. Instead, the tech press is too set it in its ways to recognize the power of the new operating system. Newbies, she says, understand Windows 8 more quickly. Read More Enterprise IT is on the losing end of Microsoft's CAL price hike Microsoft's recent increase in the price of its user client-access licenses (CAL) is a 'lose-lose' deal for enterprise customers but will likely yield a major revenue boost for the vendor. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Corporation Smarter Business Requires Intelligent Systems This paper discusses the growing adoption of intelligent systems and the role Microsoft, through its Windows Embedded, Windows Azure, and other technologies, can play in developing these systems. Read Now. How to activate Windows Defender in Windows 8 Like every new Windows release, Windows 8 is more secure than the operating systems that came before it. That's due in large part to three major enhancements: An increased emphasis on UEFI Secure Boot optimizations, the extension of the SmartScreen Filter across the operating system, and the default inclusion of a more robust version of Windows Defender, which now protects against all kinds of malware--not just spyware. Read More Microsoft: We're working to 'adjust' IE's mouse tracking A U.K. analytics firm that warned earlier this week of an information leak in Internet Explorer (IE) today rebuked Microsoft for downplaying the bug. Read More Preston Gralla: Google: Users don't care about Windows 8 or Windows Phone, so we won't release Gmail and other apps for them If you believe Google, Windows 8 and Windows Phone are essential failures, so much so that the company won't bother to release popular apps like Gmail and Google Drive for them. So says Clay Bavor, product management director for Google Apps, according to the site V3. Read More
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