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	Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell comes with strings As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said. Read More WHITE PAPER: QLogic Corporation The Value of Shared SSDs in Enterprise Computing With Mt. Rainier Accelerator technology, QLogic delivers a unique solution set that is optimized to address the growing performance gap between what today's processors can compute and what the storage I/O subsystem can deliver. Read Now! In this Issue Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows 8 will never approach Vista's awfulness Time to say goodbye to Windows RT tablets? Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet Preston Gralla: Microsoft's smartwatch: Been there, didn't do that Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch Qualcomm defends Windows RT tablets despite lackluster sales, biting criticism Acer waits for Windows RT 8.1 to make tablet decision Microsoft to grow Office 365's capacity to import contacts from third-party tools Retailers didn't do Windows 8 any favors Intel's new CEO Brian Krzanich to focus on mobile, Ultrabooks Kinect modified for wheelchair gaming 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. Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows 8 will never approach Vista's awfulness Windows 8 has taken plenty of criticism since its release. But even though it's been called as big a bomb as Vista, Windows 8 will have much more success than that version of Windows. Here's why. Read More Time to say goodbye to Windows RT tablets? Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4% of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy. Read More Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked Friday when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-in. Acer Iconia tablet. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's smartwatch: Been there, didn't do that Vendors are falling all over themselves to develop smartwatches. Will this be yet one more example of Microsoft getting to a market first and then failing to cash in? Read More Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch Microsoft late Friday confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8, the company's most popular browser. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems The Art of Application-Centric Networking Application-centric networking solves the application challenges facing IT departments, helping them maintain visibility into and control over applications regardless of where they reside or are accessed from. Read Now Qualcomm defends Windows RT tablets despite lackluster sales, biting criticism A Qualcomm executive Friday defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is 'very optimistic with the future of Win RT.' Read More Acer waits for Windows RT 8.1 to make tablet decision Acer is waiting for the next version of Windows RT, due in the second half of this year, before deciding whether to release a tablet that runs on that OS. Read More Microsoft to grow Office 365's capacity to import contacts from third-party tools Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for Facebook and LinkedIn. Read More Retailers didn't do Windows 8 any favors Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today. Read More Intel's new CEO Brian Krzanich to focus on mobile, Ultrabooks Intel has named Brian Krzanich the company's next CEO and he'll replace retiring Paul Ottellini on May 16. Read More Kinect modified for wheelchair gaming A research project on show at the Computer Human Interaction conference demonstrated how gamers in a wheel chair could interact with motion games. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More
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