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	Ballmer regrets not aping Apple sooner In his first public appearance since he stepped down as Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer again acknowledged that the company missed the boat on mobile. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky IT Security by the Numbers: Calculating the TCP Humorist Franklin P. Jones may have said it best: "When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet." These are wise words of warning for businesses counting on so-called "free" IT security software. View Now In this Issue Microsoft reaches RTM milestone for Windows 8.1 update IDC forecasts deeper declines in PC shipments for 2014 Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer's temper tantrum over Nokia buyout led to his firing, says report Microsoft digs into 'natural interaction' tech for touch-first Office Quick Look: Dell XPS 11 Windows convertible laptop Microsoft finally rolls out Skype-Outlook.com integration to all users No special treatment for China on XP, patches end April 8 in the PRC, too Microsoft aims to make Office 365 'smarter' via social, APIs, machine learning Microsoft reacts to XP upgrade critics with free file transfer tool Red Hat to take on Microsoft with .NET hosted service Facebook's Messenger app now supports Windows Phone 5 tips for data manipulation in Excel WHITE PAPER: SAS See the Possibilities Utilizing Data Visualization Regardless of size, today's businesses are bombarded with structured and unstructured data from a variety of sources. Take advantage of all this data with in-memory analytics and data visualization techniques, to get day-to-day insights for making better decisions. Learn more Microsoft reaches RTM milestone for Windows 8.1 update Microsoft has reached a critical milestone for its next update to Windows 8, which is slated to ship early next month, according to reports. Read More IDC forecasts deeper declines in PC shipments for 2014 Shipments of new PCs, most of them equipped with Microsoft Windows, will decline more in 2014 than thought a few months ago, according to IDC. Read More Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer's temper tantrum over Nokia buyout led to his firing, says report Steve Ballmer's famously volcanic temper was the last straw for Microsoft's board, and eventually led to his firing after he berated them so loudly about their not backing his Nokia buyout plan that his shouts could be heard outside the closed doors of a conference room. So reports Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Was there more to it than just Ballmer's temper tantrum? Read More Microsoft digs into 'natural interaction' tech for touch-first Office As it works on its much-anticipated version of Office for touch interfaces, Microsoft envisions building on what it calls "natural interaction" technologies like digital ink and voice recognition, according to a company official. Read More Quick Look: Dell XPS 11 Windows convertible laptop Computerworld reviewer Brian Nadel shows some features of the Dell XPS 11 Windows convertible laptop. Read More Microsoft finally rolls out Skype-Outlook.com integration to all users After testing a preview version of the Outlook.com-Skype integration for almost a year in some markets, Microsoft has now made it generally available to all users. Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Measuring Customer Satisfaction with Support Services This HDI Research Corner report reveals the findings from 264 support organizations that provide technical support for the services or products used by customers. Learn More No special treatment for China on XP, patches end April 8 in the PRC, too Microsoft today said it has not changed the end-of-support policy for Windows XP users in China, and will still cut off those customers -- as it will others around the world -- from security patches after April 8. Read More Microsoft aims to make Office 365 'smarter' via social, APIs, machine learning Microsoft will add new software, developer tools and capabilities to Office 365 in an attempt to make the cloud applications suite a "smarter" product that is better at helping people interact at work. Read More Microsoft reacts to XP upgrade critics with free file transfer tool Reacting to criticism from customers that upgrading from Windows XP was 'impossible,' Microsoft today announced it would give away a limited migration tool to help people move to a newer operating system. Read More Red Hat to take on Microsoft with .NET hosted service Challenging Microsoft's Windows Azure on its own turf, Red Hat is ramping up services that would offer Microsoft .NET and SQL Server capabilities on its OpenShift platform as a service (PaaS). Read More Facebook's Messenger app now supports Windows Phone Facebook has made its Messenger app available for Windows Phone 8, a bonus for Microsoft as it seeks to increase the number of applications available for its smartphone OS. Read More 5 tips for data manipulation in Excel You don't always need high-end tools like Python or OpenRefine to reformat data. Plain old Excel can do the job. Read More
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