Why Bill Gates Can't Save Microsoft

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	Why Bill Gates Can't Save Microsoft CEO Ballmer and his predecessor shared a vision of how Microsoft could stay on top by focusing on Windows. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Can You Benefit from Social CRM? Social tools and strategies are now crucial to building a successful CRM strategy. Learn how to take advantage of social CRM to improve business processes and enhance customer loyalty without a complete "rip-and-replace" of traditional CRM tools. Read Now In this Issue Mayer's plan gets a boost as Yahoo tops Google US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin Dell commits again to Windows 8 for business tablets Samsung: Has the anti-Apple lost its way? As Ballmer departs, tech world awaits white smoke from Redmond Australian startup's tool tracks corporate strategy execution ARM acquires Sensinode, a maker of software for 'Internet of Things' Samsung claims Ericsson demands billions more for patent licenses WHITE PAPER: Crittercism New Problems Require Innovative Solutions Crittercism surveyed over 250 technology professionals responsible for mobile apps from North American companies, across multiple industries, to understand their sentiments on Mobile Application Performance Management (APM) solutions. Read more! Mayer's plan gets a boost as Yahoo tops Google For the first time since 2011, Yahoo topped Internet behemoth Google in Web traffic, according to Internet tracker comScore Inc. Read More US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin A Bitcoin trade group met with representatives of several U.S government agencies Monday as regulators debate whether the online currency should comply with currency rules. Read More Dell commits again to Windows 8 for business tablets Windows 8 may be seeing sluggish demand, but Dell believes its the best OS for business tablets and plans to roll out more products built with the operating system later this year, a senior executive said. Read More Samsung: Has the anti-Apple lost its way? The Apple versus Samsung story takes a new twist next month when the Korean firm attempts to undermine September 10's iPhone launch with its own earlier special event, but has the anti-Apple lost the power to innovate? Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Intelligent IT Operations: Making IT Smarter Consolidating IT event management in a centralized operations bridge can help you increase efficiency in the short term while setting the stage for greater competitiveness over the long term. Read Now! As Ballmer departs, tech world awaits white smoke from Redmond Mere days into the Steve Ballmer Successor Watch, guessing his successor has become a tech industry pastime. Read More Australian startup's tool tracks corporate strategy execution A cloud-based web service called Cascade keeps employees in tune with how they can help the goals of the organization, and ensures everyone's work remains aligned with the company's strategy for management. Read More ARM acquires Sensinode, a maker of software for 'Internet of Things' ARM has acquired Sensinode in Finland in its bid to provide technology and processors for the 'Internet of things' consisting of a variety of low-power and inexpensive devices including sensors communicating with the Internet and one another. Read More Samsung claims Ericsson demands billions more for patent licenses Samsung Electronics claims that Ericsson demanded billions more for patent licenses after their license agreement expired in 2007. Read More
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