Microsoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X

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	Microsoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X Microsoft on Friday announced Windows 8 upgrade price increases of as much as 400% that will take effect Feb. 1, when a three-month promotional discount ends. 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. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Why Microsoft should invest in Dell: It's all about tablets and the cloud Richi Jennings: Surface Pro release date Feb 9; it's 'New and exciting' says Microsoft Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer is Microsoft's biggest problem and must go, says former senior executive Office 2013 costs just $9.95 for some Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer will bring an NBA team back to Seattle...why can't he save Microsoft? IE10 for Windows 7 nears final release, says report How to temporarily disable Microsoft Security Essentials Microsoft identifies 13 Shanghai PC resellers involved in Windows piracy Preston Gralla: Asus and LG eye Windows Phone 8 -- is Windows Phone finally reaching critical mass? Azure-based Microsoft video streaming service goes live Preston Gralla: Windows 8 users ignore touchscreens, flock to cheap laptops WEBCAST: Cloudera Cloudera: The Motivation for Hadoop This recorded webinar explores traditional large-scale computing systems, limitations and alternative approaches and how apache Hadoop addresses particular issues. View Now! Preston Gralla: Why Microsoft should invest in Dell: It's all about tablets and the cloud Why would Microsoft invest up to several billion dollars to help Dell go private and become part owner of the company? For Microsoft it's all about two of tech's biggest growth drivers: Tablets and the cloud. Read More Richi Jennings: Surface Pro release date Feb 9; it's 'New and exciting' says Microsoft Surface Pro now has its release date. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announces it'll be available on February 9—in the U.S. and Canada, at least (the plan for other countries isn't clear). Starting at $899, you'll still need to add a keyboard cover, pushing the price over the magic $1000 bar. Also, the 64 GB version is probably too small, so the total price is more like $1120-ish. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get their tongues around the official name: Surface Windows 8 Pro. Read More Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer is Microsoft's biggest problem and must go, says former senior executive The list of people calling for Steve Ballmer to step down has just grown, with a former senior executive saying that Ballmer is the cause of Microsoft's woes -- and that the only way the company can get back on the road to success is to fire him. Read More Office 2013 costs just $9.95 for some Microsoft today added Office 2013 to the Home Use Program (HUP), which lets employees of some companies and organizations buy the new suite for $9.95. Read More Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer will bring an NBA team back to Seattle...why can't he save Microsoft? It appears that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will bring an NBA franchise back to Seattle, as a leader of a Seattle investment group. If he can do that, why can't he bring Microsoft out of its doldrums? Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. In-the-Cloud Email Service Replaces Three Point Products Read this case study for more information on a comprehensive in-the-cloud email service to help replace three point products. Learn More. IE10 for Windows 7 nears final release, says report Microsoft is close to wrapping up work on Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) on Windows 7, according to a report Friday. Read More How to temporarily disable Microsoft Security Essentials When it comes to keeping my PC secure, I rely on a small handful of tools: Windows 7's built-in firewall, Gmail's spam filtering, Web of Trust's helpful browser plug-in, and Microsoft's free Security Essentials anti-virus utility. Read More Microsoft identifies 13 Shanghai PC resellers involved in Windows piracy Microsoft has identified 13 PC resellers based in Shanghai that it claims have been distributing counterfeit versions of its Windows OS, and the company could take legal action against them if a settlement isn't reached. Read More Preston Gralla: Asus and LG eye Windows Phone 8 -- is Windows Phone finally reaching critical mass? Among Windows Phone's many problems are that it doesn't have support among many phone manufacturers. But that appears to be changing, with LG and possibly Asus signing on to make Windows Phone 8 devices. This could be a sign the struggling smartphone operating system may evntually reach critical mass. Read More Azure-based Microsoft video streaming service goes live Microsoft continues to expand its cloud offerings with the general availability of Windows Azure Media Services, which lets enterprises skip building their own infrastructure for streaming on-demand video. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 users ignore touchscreens, flock to cheap laptops Microsoft may have envisioned people buying high-end, touchscreen devices to take advantage of Windows 8, but the truth so far is proving to be very different. The biggest sellers are cheap notebooks, not higher-priced touch models. Read More
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