The real story behind the big Microsoft and B&N deal

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	The real story behind the big Microsoft and B&N deal I figure the first Windows RT-Nook hybrid will be called a Wookie. Yesterday, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble surprised the world -- especially the stock market -- with an astounding joint venture that has the potential to change the tablet scene permanently. To understand what really happened, you need to look at the people involved. Read More WEBCAST: Intel and Dell The Higher-Bandwidth, Lower-Cost Connection of Choice Join Intel and Dell Live as they discuss their new LAN on Motherboard enhancements to the Dell PowerEdge servers. Learn how Expedient, a cloud provider, is using 10 Gigabit Ethernet to boost its services and rein in costs. View Now In this Issue Agile: How it became a way of life at HomeAway Microsoft's Office Live Small Business closes today Samsung overtakes Apple, grabs biggest smartphone share in Q1 Skype investigates tool that reveals users' IP addresses Flashback gang could be making $10K a day off infected Macs WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud - Learn How! This white paper discusses how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, & run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Learn More! Agile: How it became a way of life at HomeAway Agile software development, billed as the most contemporary way to build software, has faced its share of criticism over the years. But at HomeAway, which provides a worldwide marketplace for vacation rentals, agile has simply become the way the company's 250 software developers conduct themselves. Read More Microsoft's Office Live Small Business closes today Microsoft is sticking to its plan to shut down its Office Live Small Business (OLSB) suite of cloud-based services on Monday, even though it seems many customers are either unaware of the deadline or are having difficulties migrating. Many OLSB customers are still posting questions and reporting problems related to the migration in discussion forums, social media sites and blogs, as the clock ticks. Read More Samsung overtakes Apple, grabs biggest smartphone share in Q1 The worldwide smartphone market grew 42.5 percent year-over-year during the first quarter, as Samsung Electronics overtook Apple for the smartphone leadership position, according to IDC's estimates. Vendors shipped 144.9 million smartphones during the first three months of 2012 compared to 101.7 million in the same period last year, the market research company said. Read More Skype investigates tool that reveals users' IP addresses Skype said Tuesday it is investigating a new tool that collects a person's last known IP address, a potential privacy-compromising issue. Instructions posted on Pastebin on Thursday showed how a person's IP address could be shown without adding the targeted user as a contact by looking at the person's general information and log files. Read More Flashback gang could be making $10K a day off infected Macs The Flashback malware that's infected hundreds of thousands of Macs may be generating more than $10,000 a day for the hackers who made the Trojan horse, Symantec said Monday. The malware steals clicks from ads that Google's search engine displays alongside search results. Read More
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