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	Microsoft's Office for iPad Shakes Up Mobile Enterprise It's hard to overstate the impact of the Microsoft Office for iPad. The arrival of the dominant productivity suite on the dominant tablet promises to change how iPads are viewed in the enterprise. Office for iPad may also crush competitive apps, shut out cloud storage providers and limit MDM vendors. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Learn More In this Issue Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft give away desktop-and-laptop Windows for free? Microsoft beefs up Office Online Microsoft extends Windows 8.1 Update migration deadline for business Windows XP retirement creates opportunity for Chinese security firm Preston Gralla: Intel: We're betting our tablet future on Android, not Windows Microsoft slashes Windows XP custom support prices just days before axing public patches Intel looks to Android, not Microsoft, to boost tablet business Preston Gralla: Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign bites the dust. Or does it? Richi Jennings: Windows Phone 8.1 download download download download Microsoft launches toolset for capturing 'ambient intelligence' How to get Windows Phone 8.1 today WHITE PAPER: BMC Software MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Learn More Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft give away desktop-and-laptop Windows for free? Microsoft's giving away all versions of Windows on devices smaller than 9 inches was a shocker -- but could a bigger one eventually be on the way? Will Microsoft eventually give away all versions of Windows for free, including those on traditional computers? Read More Microsoft beefs up Office Online Microsoft is updating its Web-based Office Online suite, narrowing the features gap with the main Office 365 and Office 2013 suites installed on users' devices. Read More Microsoft extends Windows 8.1 Update migration deadline for business Microsoft on Wednesday extended the Windows 8.1 Update migration deadline for businesses by three months, but again told consumers they had less than four weeks to make the move before the company shuts off their patch faucet. Read More Windows XP retirement creates opportunity for Chinese security firm Microsoft may have retired Windows XP, but one of China's leading security vendors is trying to keep the OS threat-free, and rolling out protection software to hundreds of millions of users in the nation. Read More Preston Gralla: Intel: We're betting our tablet future on Android, not Windows The unthinkable has happened: When Intel looks into its future, it sees Android, not Windows, at least as far as tablet sales go. Does this mean the end of the Microsoft-Intel Wintel alliance that once ruled the world? Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software The Future of IT: Putting the Customer First IT is adapting to this new world of consumerized technology, and focusing on its own employees as internal customers. Learn More Microsoft slashes Windows XP custom support prices just days before axing public patches Just days before Microsoft retired Windows XP from public support, the company drastically reduced the price of custom support agreements that give large companies and government agencies another year of XP patches, experts reported today. Read More Intel looks to Android, not Microsoft, to boost tablet business In case it wasn't clear already, Intel and Microsoft are no longer joined at the hip. Intel is trying desperately to grow its share of the tablet market, and with Windows flunking out on those devices, Android is where it's at. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign bites the dust. Or does it? Microsoft's controversial anti-Google "Scroogled" campaign finally seems to be at an end, with a Microsoft corporate vice president saying the company is "done with the campaign." But not so fast -- the Scroogled site still lives, and Microsoft has left itself wiggle room. Is Scroogled really done? Read More Richi Jennings: Windows Phone 8.1 download download download download No need to be a developer. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is allowing anyone to download the near-final Preview build of Windows Phone 8.1. Although it's billed as a developer-only release, it's easy to get. The reviews are positively glowing. 8.1 is really pushing their (capacitive) buttons. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ignore the warnings and update anyway. Read More Microsoft launches toolset for capturing 'ambient intelligence' Microsoft is targeting the growing volume of data being generated by both machines and humans: CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday showed off tools that could help organizations better understand -- and profit from -- this trove of information. Read More How to get Windows Phone 8.1 today Microsoft released Windows Phone 8.1 today, and contrary to its label of "Windows Phone Preview for Developers," anyone can upgrade their current Windows Phone 8-powered handset. Read More
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