Three quick ways to ease your transition to Windows 8

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	Three quick ways to ease your transition to Windows 8 Over the past few weeks I've had the opportunity to test-drive a couple Windows 8 laptops, and even though I've used the OS intermittently for months now, I still find it jarring every time the Metro interface (a.k.a. Start screen) appears. Read More 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. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Windows Blue's Start button -- no, it won't be the real thing Microsoft says Office 365 adoption accelerating, but questions remain Microsoft to announce next Xbox on May 21 Review: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 narrows the gap Virtualization showdown: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 vs. VMware vSphere 5.1 Preston Gralla: Hedge fund invests $2 billion in Microsoft, calls for Office to be released for iOS and Android Microsoft re-releases 'Blue Screen of Death' patch Motorola Android phones infringe on Microsoft SMS patent, German court rules WHITE PAPER: ServiceNow Boost IT Visibility & Value with a Great Service Catalog Many CIOs are being pressured to demonstrate IT value. Create a great service catalog that widely promotes your services that are easy to understand and request. Read Now! Preston Gralla: Windows Blue's Start button -- no, it won't be the real thing The Start button that Microsoft is said to be baking into Windows Blue may not be the Start button that users are clamoring for. In fact, it is said to do the exact opposite of what people want it to do, and merely bring up the Windows 8 Start screen, but not the traditional Start menu. So reports the Verge, and if true it would be a major misstep for Microsoft. Read More Microsoft says Office 365 adoption accelerating, but questions remain When Microsoft reported its third-quarter financial results last week, company officials trumpeted several metrics about sales and adoption of Office 365, the cloud subscription suite for email and collaboration. Read More Microsoft to announce next Xbox on May 21 Eight years after the first Xbox 360 units shipped, Microsoft will finally pull the curtains off its long-awaited successor on May 21. Read More Review: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 narrows the gap Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V combines easy setup and management with new features that lower the entry barrier to highly available virtualization clusters Read More WEBCAST: Red Hat The Five Must-Haves of Big Data Storage Join this webinar to learn four distinct factors contributing to the challenge of storing big data including volume, variety, scale, and portability. We'll also cover the five elements a storage system must have in order to meet these challenges. View Now Virtualization showdown: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 vs. VMware vSphere 5.1 Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V brings advanced virtualization features to small shops, but VMware still reigns at the high end Read More Preston Gralla: Hedge fund invests $2 billion in Microsoft, calls for Office to be released for iOS and Android Microsoft may not be ready to port Office to iOS and Android, but a hedge fund titan, which just bought a nearly $2 billion stake in the company, wants Office to released for devices beyond Windows. Will the suggestion make any difference at all to Microsoft? Read More Microsoft re-releases 'Blue Screen of Death' patch Microsoft today re-released a security update that had crashed customers' PCs and crippled the machines with endless reboots, saying that the revised patch is now safe to install. Read More Motorola Android phones infringe on Microsoft SMS patent, German court rules Motorola Mobility Android phones infringe on a Microsoft text messaging patent, the Higher District Court of Munich ruled on Thursday. Read More
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