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	Microsoft to double OneDrive free space, slash extra storage prices up to 73% Microsoft plans to double OneDrive's free storage space for consumers to 15GB from its previous allowance of 7GB. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Top Reasons: Build Virtual Infrastructures On VNX EMC VNX Family is built for virtualized infrastructures, built for applications, and is EMC tested and supported. Learn the Top 3 reasons why customers build virtual infrastructures on the EMC VNX family. Learn More In this Issue Preston Gralla: Trade in a Macbook Air for a Surface Pro? In your dreams, Microsoft. Microsoft turns cloud storage into Office 365 feature Surface Pro 3 not a notebook replacement to DIYers who want inside Microsoft wants MacBook Air owners to trade up to a Surface Pro by trading in Richi Jennings: Surface Pro 3 is magical and breakable, say reviews Google trumps Microsoft's 1TB of storage with unlimited space Microsoft fixes Exchange Online outage after almost 9 hours Opera grabs prime spot on Microsoft's Nokia X2, but searches go to Google Microsoft's Exchange Online becomes Exchange Offline as service goes dark Microsoft's Smith calls for new privacy push in Congress WHITE PAPER: SAS Unlocking the Promise of Demand Sensing & Shaping Many organizations have limited insight into big data. These limitations have significant opportunity costs and can have a negative effect on identifying and understanding customer demand patterns and related supply constraints. This paper explains how the use of advanced analytical techniques and big data can enhance supply chain networks. Learn more Preston Gralla: Trade in a Macbook Air for a Surface Pro? In your dreams, Microsoft. Microsoft is so serious about pushing the Surface Pro 3 as a laptop replacment that it has launched a campaign to get people to trade in their Macbook Airs and use the credit towards buying a Surface. Nice try, Microsoft, but this campaign is a non-starter. Read More Microsoft turns cloud storage into Office 365 feature Microsoft's decision to boost free storage space to one terabyte for Office 365 subscribers is less a game changer for the rent-not-own concept than additional evidence that storage is transforming from a separate service to a feature, analysts argued today. Read More Surface Pro 3 not a notebook replacement to DIYers who want inside Microsoft may pitch its Surface Pro 3 as a notebook replacement, but to do-it-yourselfers, it's a tablet pure and simple, iFixit concluded today. Read More Microsoft wants MacBook Air owners to trade up to a Surface Pro by trading in Microsoft has launched a buy-back program to try to get MacBook Air owners to part with their laptops and replace them with new Surface Pro 3 devices. Read More Richi Jennings: Surface Pro 3 is magical and breakable, say reviews Careful with that spudger, Eugene. The Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Surface Pro 3 is here, and reviewers are falling over themselves to look at in in-depth (and inside it). Is it the usual 3rd-times-a-charm act for Redmond? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers give Surface another chance. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Infographic: Optimize VDI With EMC Flash See how EMC VDI solutions with flash technology transform desktop computing, enabling supercharged performance for organizations of all sizes. Learn More Google trumps Microsoft's 1TB of storage with unlimited space Google today answered Microsoft's boost of cloud storage space by announcing it would give Google Apps for Business customers an unlimited amount of storage for an additional $5 a month per user. Read More Microsoft fixes Exchange Online outage after almost 9 hours Microsoft has finally fixed an Exchange Online outage that left affected users without access to email for almost nine hours on Tuesday, prompting many to vent their frustration online as they struggled to get their work done. Read More Opera grabs prime spot on Microsoft's Nokia X2, but searches go to Google Microsoft's newest Android smartphone, the Nokia X2, relies on Opera as the pre-installed default browser. But Opera defaults to using Google's search engine, not Microsoft's own Bing. Read More Microsoft's Exchange Online becomes Exchange Offline as service goes dark Exchange Online went offline today, affecting businesses that had shifted to the off-premises email service; Microsoft confirmed the outage and said it's working on a fix. Read More Microsoft's Smith calls for new privacy push in Congress Congress needs to do more to protect private data of U.S. citizens from government surveillance and the misuse of technology by companies, a top Microsoft executive said Tuesday. Read More
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