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	Office for iPhone downloads start with a bang, but fizzle before 4th After an initial rush, downloads of Microsoft's free Office for the iPhone quickly tailed off, data from a mobile app analytics company showed Sunday. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs with Data Deduplication This IDC Buyer Case Study explores the benefits EMC realized from the use of a range of EMC's own backup and recovery solutions that leverage deduplication technology. Learn more. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's restructing be Ballmer's last stand? Ex-Windows 8 chief agrees not to badmouth Microsoft, gets stock payout Microsoft restores $14.3M in stock awards to ex-Windows chief Sinofsky Microsoft trumpets early success in IE11 bug bounty Microsoft to close down MSN TV on Sept. 30 Internet Explorer pegged for critical fix on Tuesday WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup and Recovery Changes This IDC Whitepaper provides an overview of the forces driving change within today's IT organizations and data centers and discusses how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT infrastructure and business transformation. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's restructing be Ballmer's last stand? Steve Ballmer is said to be close to unveiling a major shakeup in Microsoft's organizational structure, to more closely align it with his goal of turning Microsoft into a services and devices company. It's a very big reorganization, the biggest the company has seen in some time. Will it work, or will this be Ballmer's last stand? Read More Ex-Windows 8 chief agrees not to badmouth Microsoft, gets stock payout Microsoft's former head of Windows 8 development has agreed not to badmouth Microsoft or work for some of its competitors and in return will receive a payout for unvested stock in the company, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. Read More Microsoft restores $14.3M in stock awards to ex-Windows chief Sinofsky Microsoft has reached an agreement with former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky -- ousted from the company last November -- that will award him stock worth more than $14 million, according to an SEC filing. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Next Generation Backup and Recovery Read this IDC analysis of ten midsize companies that have deployed EMC backup and recovery solutions to learn key IDC findings including: - Average payback period of 7 months ROI of 450% over 3 years - Reduced restore times from 17 to 2 hours - Reduced backup windows from 11 to 3 hours Learn more. Microsoft trumpets early success in IE11 bug bounty Microsoft today said it had received "a few submissions" so far for its Internet Explorer 11 bug bounty program, the first for the company. Read More Microsoft to close down MSN TV on Sept. 30 Microsoft is shutting down on Sept. 30 its MSN TV service that allowed users to browse the Web from their TVs, as there are now new ways to access the Internet including mobile phones, tablets and its own Xbox console. Read More Internet Explorer pegged for critical fix on Tuesday Microsoft's monthly patch release for July will cover seven security issues, six of which could be remotely exploited by an attacker. Read More
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