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	Microsoft's cash-for-apps pitch to devs smells like desperation, says analyst Microsoft yesterday kicked off a promotion that rewards Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers $100 for each app that they publish in the company's app stores. 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 Microsoft to cooperate with feds in bribery, kickback probe Microsoft: Hackers obtained high-profile Xbox Live accounts Microsoft discontinues Office 2010 sales, some retailers jack up prices Microsoft to sunset Windows Phone 8 support in July 2014 Preston Gralla: Nvidia CEO: Windows RT has been "disappointing," but will eventually succeed Microsoft to let Office 365 users replace SharePoint's newsfeed with Yammer's 5 useful tools in Windows 8 Preston Gralla: Three reasons Microsoft OneNote beats Evernote. Can Google's rumored Keep note-taking app improve on it? Microsoft targets enterprise with Dynamics AX ERP Microsoft set to roll out new mobile Dynamics ERP, CRM apps Skype preview for Windows Phone 8 gets HD video WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc The Total Cost of Email In this white paper, we'll explore the true costs of fragmented email management and uncover how to reduce those costs with a cloud-based solution for email management. Learn More. Microsoft to cooperate with feds in bribery, kickback probe Microsoft today said it would cooperate with federal regulators who are reportedly investigating claims that some of its business partners bribed officials in China, Romania and Italy to close deals. Read More Microsoft: Hackers obtained high-profile Xbox Live accounts Several high-profile Xbox Live accounts for former and current Microsoft employees were compromised by attackers using social engineering techniques, the company said late Tuesday. Read More Microsoft discontinues Office 2010 sales, some retailers jack up prices Some sellers have raised the price of Office 2010's lowest-cost multi-license package after Microsoft discontinued retail sales of the suite. Read More Microsoft to sunset Windows Phone 8 support in July 2014 Microsoft's support for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.8 will end in the second half of 2014, according to the software maker. Read More Preston Gralla: Nvidia CEO: Windows RT has been "disappointing," but will eventually succeed Nvidia is the latest in a line of hardware makers who complain that Windows RT has so far been a bust. Nvidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang has called RT sales "disappointing," although he adds that he expects that eventually Microsoft will figure out a way to make it succeed. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign Thwart the Threat of DDOS First published in SC Magazine, this article discusses the threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), Domain Name System (DNS) as a common attack vector for DDoS, and makes the case for combined, cloud-based DNS and DDoS protection services to thwart the risks of DDoS. Learn More. Microsoft to let Office 365 users replace SharePoint's newsfeed with Yammer's Microsoft offered more details on Tuesday about its plans to integrate SharePoint and Yammer, saying it will give Office 365 customers the option of replacing SharePoint Online's activity-stream component with that of Yammer. Read More 5 useful tools in Windows 8 From bookmark syncing to easy file recovery, Windows 8 has some pretty handy features built right in. Read More Preston Gralla: Three reasons Microsoft OneNote beats Evernote. Can Google's rumored Keep note-taking app improve on it? I'm a big fan of Evernote and Microsoft's OneNote and am looking forward to the rumored Google note-taking app named Keep as well. But if I had only one note-taking and data capture app to rely on, I'd stick with only OneNote. Here are three ways that OneNote beats Evernote, and how Google might beat OneNote if it released its rumored Keep note-taking app. Read More Microsoft targets enterprise with Dynamics AX ERP Microsoft hoped recent updates to its Dynamics AX 2012 ERP software would help it grab enterprise-level deals that would ordinarily be won by the likes of Oracle and SAP. To some degree, the strategy appears to be clicking. Read More Microsoft set to roll out new mobile Dynamics ERP, CRM apps Microsoft's AX ERP application will be receiving a set of mobile applications that mix connectivity to back-end systems and processes with a social milieu. Read More Skype preview for Windows Phone 8 gets HD video The latest version of the Skype for Windows Phone 8 Preview has support for HD video calls on some phones and reinstated integration with the People hub. Read More
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