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	Perspective: Microsoft risks security reputation ruin by retiring XP Microsoft's plans to ship the final public patches for Windows XP on April 8 could undo its hard-won reputation for security and hurt itself as much as the customers who end up with an infected XP system. Read More WHITE PAPER: AVI-SPL 4 Tech Trends that Drive Down Costs & Increase Productivity In today's do-more-with-less climate, IT groups must leverage technology to chart a path toward smarter and leaner government processes. In this paper, learn about four technology-based approaches to improving processes and increasing productivity while driving down department and agency costs Learn more In this Issue Preston Gralla: Is free Windows forever in Microsoft's future? At SharePoint, Microsoft talks up ambitious enhancements for Office 365 Microsoft plans to patch critical under-attack IE bug this week Preston Gralla: Is the PC apocalypse upon us? Latest sales figures say it might be. Preston Gralla: With Comcast deal, say goodbye to the Internet as we've known it WHITE PAPER: VMware Ebook: A Guide to Hybrid Cloud Hybrid cloud allows you to augment your internal data center resources, providing a flexible and cost-effective solution for a variety of use cases. This eBook presents an inside-out approach for extending your data center to the cloud. Learn more! Preston Gralla: Is free Windows forever in Microsoft's future? Microsoft is at work on what what may be a free version of Windows 8.1, and is considering a free version of Windows Phone. That begs the question: Will free mainstream versions of Windows be in Microsoft's future? Read More At SharePoint, Microsoft talks up ambitious enhancements for Office 365 Microsoft didn't disappoint with the new and improved capabilities it announced and demonstrated for Office 365 this week, but how well they work in the real world remains to be seen. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Advance Your Career in Technology in One Simple Step Watch this on-demand webinar with Paul Glen, award-winning author and Computerworld columnist, as he reveals the one small adjustment you should make today to yield huge career benefits. Learn more! Microsoft plans to patch critical under-attack IE bug this week Microsoft will deliver five security updates to customers this week, two tagged as "critical," including one that will quash the open vulnerability in Internet Explorer that hackers have been exploiting since January. Read More Preston Gralla: Is the PC apocalypse upon us? Latest sales figures say it might be. PC shipments had their deepest decline every in 2013, and 2014 doesn't look much better, according to IDC's latest forecasts. Does this mean that the PC apocalypse is finally upon us? Read More Preston Gralla: With Comcast deal, say goodbye to the Internet as we've known it With little or no competition, Comcast will have little reason to increase speed or lower the cost of broadband, or any impetus to preserve Net neutrality. Read More
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