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	Windows 8 app store growth slows Microsoft launched a Windows 8 app-for-cash promotion this week because growth of the company's app store has slowed this quarter, an analyst argued today. 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: Windows Blue shows why Microsoft may kill the Desktop in Windows 9 Richi Jennings: Windows Blue download leaked: Build 9364 ahoy! Microsoft Office 2013 vs. Office 365 price calculator Dell confirms bids from Blackstone, Icahn group Preston Gralla: iPad vs. PC: Sometimes the accepted wisdom is right Microsoft's Xbox does not violate Google patent, U.S. judge says Preston Gralla: Microsoft comes out in defense of Windows RT. Did it do more harm than good? WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology ADCs and APM Solutions Will Combine to Optimize Delivery As applications are consumed with different types of devices and via different types of connectivity the monitoring of end-user experiences is critical to gauging the satisfaction of the delivery of the application to the user. Read Report Now Preston Gralla: Windows Blue shows why Microsoft may kill the Desktop in Windows 9 Desktop fans, be worried: Leaked Windows Blue code hints that when Microsoft gets around to building Windows 9, there's a chance it may kill the Desktop entirely.  Read More Richi Jennings: Windows Blue download leaked: Build 9364 ahoy! Windows 9 or 8.5 on its way. Looks like a Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) partner leaked a secret build of Windows Blue. Depending on who you ask, it's SP1, Windows 8 Second Edition, or a fully-fledged next version of Windows. Microsoft is keeping schtum, natch. In IT Blogwatch, your humble blogwatcher macros poor Steve Ballmer yet again. Read More Microsoft Office 2013 vs. Office 365 price calculator Which is the better value, an Office desktop license that's good 'forever' or an annual cloud subscription? The answer is: It depends on your situation. Our interactive calculator will show you the price for each to help you make the best choice. 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. Dell confirms bids from Blackstone, Icahn group Dell has received two counter-offers related to its plans to go private, with rival bids coming in from private equity fund manager Blackstone and entities associated with investor Carl Icahn. Read More Preston Gralla: iPad vs. PC: Sometimes the accepted wisdom is right It's clear that hardware makers are experimenting far more with Windows devices than Apple is with the iPad. But that does that herald a revival of the PC? Read More Microsoft's Xbox does not violate Google patent, U.S. judge says An administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled against a ban on Microsoft's Xbox as he found it did not violate a patent owned by Motorola Mobility. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft comes out in defense of Windows RT. Did it do more harm than good? Windows RT has taken a lot of hits lately, ranging from multiple hardware partners to analysts, with some calling for Microsoft to abandon the troubled operating system. Now Microsoft has come out in a full-throated defense. But some of what Microsoft said may make things worse, not better, for RT. Read More
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