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	Preston Gralla: Pointless Windows 8.1 Update 2 shows Microsoft has given up on Windows 8 | Gates cashes out another 20M Microsoft shares for $882M
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	Revenue explosion from iPad for Office fails to ignite   Contrary to some experts' expectations, Microsoft hasn't been "printing money" since it launched Office for iPad in March. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Medhost Patient Portals: Connecting Communities of Care Connecting patient health data across the care continuum is essential to achieve improved care, increased access to personal health records and lowered costs. A successful approach rests in having the hospital serve as the connectivity hub for bringing patients, care givers and healthcare professionals together in a secure, online environment. Learn More In this Issue Preston Gralla: Pointless Windows 8.1 Update 2 shows Microsoft has given up on Windows 8 Gates cashes out another 20M Microsoft shares for $882M Preston Gralla: Windows 9 will kill Charms, be an operating system you can love Microsoft discounts Surface for college kids, goes for price edge over Apple's MacBook Air Richi Jennings: Windows 9 Threshold download release date ''soon'' Preston Gralla: With $1.7 billion in Surface losses, is it time for Microsoft to pull the plug? After dumping PCs, Sony pulls the plug on e-readers, too Windows Phone communicates better via upgraded Facebook, Viber apps China reads Microsoft the riot act: Don't mess with antitrust inquiry WHITE PAPER: Citrix 10 Reasons to Strengthen Info Security with Virtualization New ways of working call for new ways of managing risk. Mobility, flexwork, BYOD and increased collaboration across organizations have changed the risk profile and undermine existing IT architectures. This paper describes how desktop virtualization can help regain control and reduce risk without sacrificing business productivity and growth. Learn More Preston Gralla: Pointless Windows 8.1 Update 2 shows Microsoft has given up on Windows 8 The fat lady has finally sung for Windows 8. With a list of non-features slated to be rolled out next week in what was once called Windows 8.1 Update 2, Microsoft has made clear it's given up on improving the struggling operating system, and instead focusing on Windows 9. Read More   Gates cashes out another 20M Microsoft shares for $882M Bill Gates has sold another 20 million shares of the company he co-founded, driving his portfolio under the 300-million mark for the first time, according to regulatory filings. Read More   Preston Gralla: Windows 9 will kill Charms, be an operating system you can love Windows 9 is going to strip out even more of Windows 8 than we thought: It will kill the Charms Bar. Considering that it will also add back the Start menu, and allow Metro apps to run as windows apps on the desktop, when it's done it may be an operating system you can love. Read More   Microsoft discounts Surface for college kids, goes for price edge over Apple's MacBook Air   Microsoft has kicked off a month-long deal on its new Surface Pro 3 tablet-slash-notebook for college students, cutting prices between 10% and 19%. Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   THE RISE OF THE PROTECTION STORAGE ARCHITECTURE Redefine data protection for your business and transform data protection from cost center to business enabler in order to improve delivery service times, deploy applications, and scale operations. Learn More Richi Jennings: Windows 9 Threshold download release date ''soon'' Morrissey celebrates Microsoft ditching the Charms Bar, with gladioli. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to be giving up on the whole Charms schtick. Windows 9 -- the assumed name for codename Threshold -- will instead move those Metro controls into a title bar. So here's the obvious question: Is Redmond on the threshold of greatness or irrelevance? (And other lame puns.) In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pamper life's complexities, when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat. Not to mention: Will nature make a man of me yet?… Read More   Preston Gralla: With $1.7 billion in Surface losses, is it time for Microsoft to pull the plug? In the nearly two years since the launch of the Surface tablet line, Microsoft has racked up $1.7 billion in losses on it, with no end to the red ink in sight. Is it time for Microsoft to finally pull the plug? Read More   After dumping PCs, Sony pulls the plug on e-readers, too   Sony is stopping e-reader production following the transfer of its e-book business outside Japan to Canada's Kobo. Read More   Windows Phone communicates better via upgraded Facebook, Viber apps Windows Phone is getting better voice and chat features thanks to upgraded applications from Facebook and Viber -- and that's key if Microsoft wants its OS to gain share. Read More   China reads Microsoft the riot act: Don't mess with antitrust inquiry Chinese authorities publicly warned Microsoft not to hinder the ongoing antitrust probe into the company's practices in the People's Republic. Read More
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