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	Microsoft retreats from Office 2013 restrictive licensing Microsoft today backpedaled from a sweeping change in its licensing for retail copies of Office 2013, saying that customers now have the right to move the software from one machine to another. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc What it takes to deliver Security, and Privacy at Mimecast. This whitepaper explains the process and controls that Mimecast put in place to deliver a secure, private and trusted SaaS platform for your email security, email archiving and email continuity. Learn More In this Issue EU fines Microsoft $732M over browser ballot debacle Preston Gralla: The biggest loser in Microsoft's $732 million European Commission fine may be Google Samsung to halt Windows RT tablet sales in Germany Richi Jennings: Microsoft fined $732M in anti-trust euro-SNAFU EU let Microsoft police itself on browser ballot promises Microsoft pulls last lever, discounts Windows 8 to OEMs to spark sales Microsoft fined for not offering browser choice Preston Gralla: Financial analyst slashes estimates of Surface sales, warns it will affect Microsoft's bottom line Microsoft acquires cloud monitoring startup MetricsHub IDC: PC shipments to decrease in 2013 Mammoth Asus tablet-desktop hybrid combines Android, Windows 8 WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Network-Attached Storage in the Public Cloud In this paper, after reviewing the key requirements for an enterprise-grade cloud storage system, we introduce Red Hat Storage Server and review the architectural characteristics that make it the storage system of choice for enterprise users. Learn More EU fines Microsoft $732M over browser ballot debacle European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers. Read More Preston Gralla: The biggest loser in Microsoft's $732 million European Commission fine may be Google The $732 million Microsoft has agreed to pay for violating its ant-trust agreement about browser choice may be a black eye and financial whack for Microsoft. But the real loser may be Google, because the agreement signals that the E.U. will may be taking a harder line in anti-trust actions -- and it's got Google's core business in its sights. Read More Samsung to halt Windows RT tablet sales in Germany Samsung on Thursday confirmed reports by German media that it will stop selling its Windows RT tablet, the Ativ Tab, in Germany. Read More Richi Jennings: Microsoft fined $732M in anti-trust euro-SNAFU Is Steve Ballmer worried for his job? Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been fined €561 million by European regulators. It failed to comply with a monopoly-busting agreement to offer a browser ballot screen in Windows 7. The first service pack broke it, 'by accident.' In IT Blogwatch, bloggers break out the popcorn. Read More EU let Microsoft police itself on browser ballot promises Europe's antitrust agency put Microsoft on the honor system, letting the company monitor its own compliance with a 2009 settlement that required it to offer other browsers to Windows users, the EU's top regulator admitted. Read More WHITE PAPER: Service-now.com Next Gen IT and the Cloud There is no excuse for using inflexible systems built on legacy technology. Read Now! Microsoft pulls last lever, discounts Windows 8 to OEMs to spark sales Microsoft has done something it's historically been loath to do: discount prices for the copies of Windows it sells to computer makers, online reports said today. Read More Microsoft fined for not offering browser choice The European Commission fined Microsoft $731 million Wednesday for failing to offer a browser choice page in its upgrade to Windows 7 in 2011. Read More Preston Gralla: Financial analyst slashes estimates of Surface sales, warns it will affect Microsoft's bottom line Here's more evidence that Microsoft's Surface tablets aren't selling well: Pacific Crest analyst Brendan Barnicle has cut his estimates for how many will sell for the year, and says that reduced sales will eat into Microsoft's bottom line. Read More Microsoft acquires cloud monitoring startup MetricsHub Microsoft has acquired MetricsHub, a startup focused on technology for automating cloud performance management. Read More IDC: PC shipments to decrease in 2013 Worldwide PC shipments dropped in 2012 on an annual basis for the first time in more than a decade and that is expected to continue this year, research firm IDC said on Monday. Read More Mammoth Asus tablet-desktop hybrid combines Android, Windows 8 Asustek has announced it will soon begin U.S. shipments of an all-in-one PC that can be an Android 4.1 tablet, or a fully functional desktop running Windows 8 when attached to a docking station. Read More
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