10 nifty Windows 8 apps -- all free

	Outgoing Intel CEO knocks Windows 8, predicts $200 touch PCs this year | Preston Gralla: Here's why Bill Gates could be considered a visionary and Steve Jobs only a follower
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	10 nifty Windows 8 apps -- all free Need help negotiating the corporate landscape? Want to track your network usage? Just looking for a fun little time-waster? These free apps for Windows 8 can help. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8 Smart VoIP Strategies New White Paper on VoIP Advantages for Small Business! Download this new white paper today for a close look at how a VoIP phone solution can help your small business stay ahead of future challenges. Learn more. In this Issue Outgoing Intel CEO knocks Windows 8, predicts $200 touch PCs this year Preston Gralla: Here's why Bill Gates could be considered a visionary and Steve Jobs only a follower Microsoft may backtrack on Start button in Windows 8 Preston Gralla: Will Windows Blue let you boot right to the Windows 8 Desktop? Don't blame Windows 8 for PC slowdown; Apple hit, too Richi Jennings: Foxconn's mom licenses patents: Microsoft trolls another Android scalp Microsoft smart watch would be 'snipe hunt' distraction from Windows 8 Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication Microsoft exec talks mobile smack, trashes iOS as 'boring,' Android as 'a mess' WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Adopt SDNs without Losing Network Control Riverbed Technology and VMware have joined forces to help address these problems and make it easy to deploy and manage VXLAN overlay networks in highly virtualized data centers. Learn more. Outgoing Intel CEO knocks Windows 8, predicts $200 touch PCs this year Intel's outgoing CEO took a few parting shots at Microsoft's Windows 8 Tuesday as he explained a slump in both revenue and profits for the first quarter. Read More Preston Gralla: Here's why Bill Gates could be considered a visionary and Steve Jobs only a follower Conventional wisdom holds that Bill Gates is a heads-down, grind-it-out geek, while the true visionary of the tech era was Steve Jobs. In fact, though, there's an argument that the opposite is the case: Gates was the true visionary, while Jobs was a follower. So argues the afterword of the re-issued book "Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America," and there's a good deal of truth in it. Read More Microsoft may backtrack on Start button in Windows 8 Microsoft may recant its Windows 8 design theology, bloggers reported Tuesday, by offering Windows 8 users an option to bypass the "Modern" UI and by restoring the Start button and menu to the beleaguered operating system. Read More Preston Gralla: Will Windows Blue let you boot right to the Windows 8 Desktop? A rumor is making the rounds, based on leaked Windows Blue code, that the newest version of Windows will let you bypass the Start screen and boot directly to the Desktop. If true, that solve a major issue that many people have with Windows 8. Read More WHITE PAPER: serVelocity Is Your Services Organization Leaving Money on the Table? Fully adopting today's service automation technology provides executives the visibility they require to increase profitability at a time when it is sorely needed. Visibility enables actions that optimize key Services margin levers where even small improvements equate to significant bottom line and strategic impact for the company. Learn more. Don't blame Windows 8 for PC slowdown; Apple hit, too Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst at NPD Group said today. Read More Richi Jennings: Foxconn's mom licenses patents: Microsoft trolls another Android scalp Hon Hai caves in to Ballmer's IP claims. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) licenses patents to Hon Hai Precision Industry (TPE:2317), for its Chrome OS and Android ODM activities. As usual, there's no word on how much money's changing hands. As usual, we don't know which patents are being licensed. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers mutter darkly, as usual. Read More Microsoft smart watch would be 'snipe hunt' distraction from Windows 8 Microsoft is reportedly working on designs for a touch-enabled smart watch, a move one analyst called a "snipe hunt" that would distract it from the critical chore of getting Windows 8 off the ground Read More Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication Following similar initiatives by Apple, Google and Facebook, Microsoft is enabling two-factor authentication for its Microsoft Account service, the log-on service for many of its online and desktop products. Read More Microsoft exec talks mobile smack, trashes iOS as 'boring,' Android as 'a mess' Microsoft's top executive for mobile phones took shots at both iOS and Android today, calling Apple's operating system "boring" and claiming Google's is "a mess." Read More
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