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	Microsoft votes for free Windows 8.1, collects kudos Microsoft today announced that Windows 8.1, the update later this year for Windows 8, will be free to current users of the operating system, confirming analysts' expectations. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Virtualizing SAP This KnowledgeVault has answers to questions in a series of concise videos, webinars and assets that explain how SAP and VMware work together to deliver optimal application performance in a virtualized environment. View Now! In this Issue Top Metro apps for Windows 8 power users Google issues YouTube ultimatum to Microsoft as Hatfield-McCoy feud heats up A stock Android Galaxy S4 from Google will cost you $649 Microsoft's counter-attack against Windows 8 coverage makes it 'look weak' Windows 8 app store fails Top 10 test After tweeting from space station, astronauts return home Why Microsoft won't charge for Windows 'Blue' ... this time Jonny Evans: Why did Steve Jobs cancel dinner with Bill Gates? A) 'I'm sick', B) 'I'm an asshole' No Chrome-Android merger, at least in the next year or two WEBCAST: Workday The Mobile Enterprise Today's mobile enterprise requires important data anywhere, anytime. And with mobile enterprise applications, IT needs to offer simple, easy-to-use apps that employees will embrace – without compromising security. View Now Top Metro apps for Windows 8 power users The Windows 8 Metro application ecosystem is evolving. Here are 17 entrants worth adding to your tablet or PC. Read More Google issues YouTube ultimatum to Microsoft as Hatfield-McCoy feud heats up Google yesterday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Microsoft, demanding that its rival remove the YouTube app built for the Windows Phone platform. Read More A stock Android Galaxy S4 from Google will cost you $649 A special edition, stock Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone will go on sale June 26 on the Google Play store for $649, Google announced at its annual Google I/O conference. Read More Microsoft's counter-attack against Windows 8 coverage makes it 'look weak' Microsoft on Friday called some media coverage of its plans to update Windows 8 sensationalist and an effort to drive website page views. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Your IT Journey - Your Way Faced with unrelenting pressure to do more with less, IT leaders are implementing virtualization, mobility and cloud computing in their enterprises. In this Knowledge Vault Exchange you'll find a plethora of valuable information, including videos, on-demand Webcasts, white papers and Twitter chats. View Now! Windows 8 app store fails Top 10 test Microsoft's Windows 8 app store failed a test touted by a former Microsoft manager and distinguished engineer as a way to determine an ecosystem's relevance. Read More After tweeting from space station, astronauts return home A new crew is taking over the International Space Station after two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut successfully returned to Earth Monday night. Read More Why Microsoft won't charge for Windows 'Blue' ... this time Sometime soon, Microsoft will tell Windows 8 users whether they will have to pay for the upgrade code-named "Blue," and if so, how much. Analysts don't expect it to charge anything for the update. Read More Jonny Evans: Why did Steve Jobs cancel dinner with Bill Gates? A) 'I'm sick', B) 'I'm an asshole' The death of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, still visibly moves close rival and later friend, Microsoft's Bill Gates, who talked about the two men's final meeting at the home of the ailing tech Svengali on CBS last night, revealing the depth of respect that grew between the two. Read More No Chrome-Android merger, at least in the next year or two Android's new boss hinted of an eventual merger of Chrome and Android but said the two will remain separate "for the short term," in an interview posted prior to Google I/O's opening keynote on Wednesday. Read More
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