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	PC satisfaction scores dip as customers drift to tablets The jarring combination of Microsoft's radical reinvention of Windows with old-style hardware caused the average satisfaction score of PC makers to slip in the last year, a pollster said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now In this Issue Preston Gralla: Is iOS 7 a Windows Phone knockoff? Microsoft ships upgraded preview of IE11 for Windows 7 Microsoft won't discount Windows 8.1 upgrades Hackers exploit critical IE bug; Microsoft promises patch Preston Gralla: Microsoft's $40 billion stock buyout tells Wall Street: We love you, man 64-bit chip gives Apple a way to out-Surface Microsoft, Windows OEMs Dell introduces $349 Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop AT&T, Microsoft team to link business customers to Azure cloud INSIDER The best laptops, convertibles, and Ultrabooks for Windows 8 Bing gets tuneup; still grapples with 'How to top Google?' WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation VMware Horizon View and EMC VSPEX Take the Easy Route to Next Generation Virtual Desktops. Learn how VSPEX with End User Computing Transforms Central Vermont Medical Center IT from Problem Solver to Business Enabler. Learn More. Preston Gralla: Is iOS 7 a Windows Phone knockoff? Windows Phone users may experience deja vu when they look at iOS 7, because many of the design elements seem cribbed from Windows Phone. Is it pure coincidence, or is Apple getting its inspiration straight from Microsoft? Read More Microsoft ships upgraded preview of IE11 for Windows 7 Microsoft today shipped a more polished preview of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7. Read More Microsoft won't discount Windows 8.1 upgrades Microsoft today announced that it will charge full price for Windows 8.1 upgrades from Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7. Read More Hackers exploit critical IE bug; Microsoft promises patch Microsoft today said that hackers are exploiting a critical, but unpatched, vulnerability in IE8 and IE9. Its engineers are working on an update to plug the hole. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's $40 billion stock buyout tells Wall Street: We love you, man Microsoft's just-announced $40 billion share buyback program is the latest in a series of moves in which the company is playing as nice as possible with Wall Street. Is the focus on shoring up the company's stock price a good thing or bad thing for Microsoft in the long run? Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Deliver Mobile Apps: A Lifecycle Approach This white paper describes software and services that accelerate and simplify the creation of internally developed or "in-house" enterprise mobile applications. It also describes how to deploy and manage these mobile apps on both company-provided and "bring-your-own" smartphones and tablet computers. Learn More 64-bit chip gives Apple a way to out-Surface Microsoft, Windows OEMs Apple's move to 64-bit with its A7 chip inside the iPhone 5S gives the company the flexibility to launch a new line of tablet-based devices to replace at least some Intel-driven Macs, analysts said today. Read More Dell introduces $349 Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop Dell has introduced an 11.6-inch Inspiron 11 touchscreen laptop starting at $349 as the company reshapes its consumer laptop lineup with a new naming scheme and models. Read More AT&T, Microsoft team to link business customers to Azure cloud AT&T is putting the finishing touches on a service that connects its corporate customers' VPNs to Microsoft Azure services, eliminating the need to find separate links between business sites and Microsoft's cloud. Read More INSIDER The best laptops, convertibles, and Ultrabooks for Windows 8 From classic clamshell notebooks to next-gen touch hybrids, see how HP, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer stack up in InfoWorld's reviews Read More Bing gets tuneup; still grapples with 'How to top Google?' Microsoft still hasn't found what it's looking for in the search market -- a way to beat Google. But it's not giving up just yet. Read More
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