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16th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

Microsoft sees Skype linking all its products, CFO says

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Computerworld Microsoft: February 16, 2012 =============================================================== Microsoft sees Skype linking all its products, CFO says Microsoft will aggressively and broadly integrate Skype across its product portfolio, the company's CFO said on Wednesday, the same day that rival Cisco Systems raised concerns about Microsoft's Skype integration plans. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552308/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/549950/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Office for Windows on ARM: Free or not? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552309/0/ 2. MSN site offers updates on topics trending on Twitter, Facebook http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552310/0/ 3. Preston Gralla: Microsoft msnNOW's view of news for under-30s: supermodels, Hollywood, and little else http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552311/0/ 4. Cisco to appeal Microsoft-Skype deal in European court http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552312/0/ 5. Preston Gralla: Apple CEO Tim Cook: PC app innovation is dead, killed by the iPad http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552313/0/ 6. Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552314/0/ 7. FAQ: WOA vs. x86, which Windows tablet to pick? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552315/0/ 8. HP offers dedicated tech support for Elite PCs http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552316/0/ 9. Mozilla commits to Metro version of Firefox on Windows 8 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552317/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/548195/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Office for Windows on ARM: Free or not? Microsoft's disclosure that it will 'include' four Office apps with Windows on ARM has analysts parsing the news like spies who once tried to figure out what went on inside the Kremlin. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552309/0/ MSN site offers updates on topics trending on Twitter, Facebook Microsoft's MSN launched its msnNow site that puts together brief summaries on topics that are trending on Facebook, Twitter, Bing, and news site BreakingNews.com on a website accessible on PCs, tablets, and mobile phones. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552310/0/ Preston Gralla: Microsoft msnNOW's view of news for under-30s: supermodels, Hollywood, and little else If you're under 30, Microsoft believes it knows the news you're most interested in: supermodels, Hollywood, and little else. That's what you'll find on msnNOW, the site Microsoft launched today designed for people under 30. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552311/0/ Cisco to appeal Microsoft-Skype deal in European court Cisco will appeal the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's US$8.5 billion Skype acquisition, saying the agency should demand that the companies support standards for interoperability with other collaboration platforms. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552312/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Akamai~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Understanding Web Application Security This paper examines current trends in Web application security, assessing the present threat environment as well as limitations in existing approaches to protection. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552318/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Preston Gralla: Apple CEO Tim Cook: PC app innovation is dead, killed by the iPad Software innovation on PCs is dead, killed by the iPad and Android, Apple CEO Tim Cook claims. He adds that tablets will outsell PCs and Macs, although didn't give a date for when that will happen. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552313/0/ Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks Microsoft today issued nine security updates that patched 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office, .Net, Silverlight and SharePoint Server, including several critical bugs that can be exploited with drive-by attacks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859158/869152251/552314/0/ FAQ: WOA vs. x86, which Windows tablet to pick? Which Windows tablet makes sense -- the upcoming ARM-based devices that might include Office apps for free or x86-based Windows 8 tablets? 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