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	Dell sticks with Windows 8 for business tablets Demand for Windows 8 may be sluggish, but Dell still thinks it's the best operating system for business tablets and plans to roll out more Windows 8 products later this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Inside the Minds of Enterprise Mobile App Developers The success of smartphones introduced a new paradigm for developing applications that's having a broad and deep impact on application development tools and software architectures. Read Now! In this Issue Microsoft's mobile fate rests on Nokia deal Preston Gralla: Is the Surface 2 another disaster waiting to happen? Kill Windows Phone or risk dying, analyst tells Microsoft Microsoft to patch dangerous Outlook hack-by-preview bug this week Preston Gralla: Has Microsoft's court victory exposed Google as a patent troll? Lenovo Yoga hybrids strike lighter, sleeker pose Microsoft Xbox Music now available on Android, iOS and free online Microsoft adds a wing, more closets to the homes of SharePoint Online tenants WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc Dealing with the Challenges of Data Fragmentation Gone are the days when one or two central systems could meet all of the organization's IT needs. We now have more departmental applications, collaboration and sharing environments, and even cloud-based services in the mix. Learn More. Microsoft's mobile fate rests on Nokia deal Microsoft's move to acquire Nokia's devices and services business is a gamble that the company had to take to boost its flagging mobile business. For Nokia, it's an admission that it lacks the resources to compete with Samsung and Apple, say analysts. Read More Preston Gralla: Is the Surface 2 another disaster waiting to happen? If the rumor mill about the specs for the next generation of Surface tablets is true, you can expect a replay of the disaster that was the original Surface. Unless Microsoft makes big changes to the lineup, it faces serious trouble. Read More Kill Windows Phone or risk dying, analyst tells Microsoft Microsoft should have given up on Windows Phone while it could, instead of doubling down on the mobile OS with its Nokia acquisition. Read More Microsoft to patch dangerous Outlook hack-by-preview bug this week Microsoft will ship 14 security updates this week to patch critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office and SharePoint, its enterprise collaboration platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Driving End-to-End Mobile Application Life-Cycle Management Application deployment complexity and an explosion of business reliance on mobile applications are driving demand for targeted, collaborative, and agile application life-cycle management (ALM). Read Now! Preston Gralla: Has Microsoft's court victory exposed Google as a patent troll? Microsoft's clear-cut patent victory over Google-owned Motorola Mobility raises the question: Has Google, which claims to stand for openness as much as possible, become a patent troll? Read More Lenovo Yoga hybrids strike lighter, sleeker pose Lenovo introduced a new wave of Yoga hybrids, shaving off size and weight so the devices are lighter when used as tablets, and faster in laptop mode. Read More Microsoft Xbox Music now available on Android, iOS and free online Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Music service to iOS and Android devices, and also adding free streaming via the Web. Read More Microsoft adds a wing, more closets to the homes of SharePoint Online tenants To prevent SharePoint Online customers from feeling boxed in, Microsoft wants to improve the way they upload and store documents in the platform, Office 365's cloud collaboration server. Read More
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