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	Windows Live's demise creates Windows 8 problems As I anticipated two months ago, Microsoft officially sent Windows Live to the bit bucket yesterday. We're supposed to believe that the 'Softies are unifying their cloud services and lining them up under the "Microsoft Account" banner, but that's a whole lot easier said than done. Or explained. In particular, users are going to lose a lot in the transition from Windows Live to cloud-friendly Windows RT Metro apps, and there are lots of legacy loose ends. Read More WHITE PAPER: Imation Scalable Storage 7 Simple Truths About Tiering Your Data Dealing with the explosion of extreme data means more than containing it all. It's about determining what data is most useful to your business and where "speed meets need." Learn how you can use data tiering to transform unstructured data into "content" while keeping protection high and costs low. View Now In this Issue Tablet shipments up 200 percent as netbook demand tanks The 10 worst Web application-logic flaws that hackers love to abuse CIOs: Will you still be relevant in five years? Xamarin ports Android from Java to C# Nook deal lets Microsoft integrate e-bookstore with its software, services WHITE PAPER: Imation Scalable Storage A Scalable Approach To SMB Data Protection Now that data has become an indispensable asset to your business, you can't afford to ignore it. Learn why an Imation RDX solution is the perfect scalable solution for SMBs with limited resources. View Now Tablet shipments up 200 percent as netbook demand tanks Tablet shipments soared 200 percent over the past years, according to research company Canalys, but Apple didn't ship enough iPads in Q1 to retain the No. 1 position for the most client PCs shipped. Read More The 10 worst Web application-logic flaws that hackers love to abuse Hackers are always hunting to find business-logic flaws, especially on the Web, in order to exploit weaknesses in online ordering and other processes. NT Objectives, which validates Web application security, says these are the top 10 business-logic flaws they see all the time. Read More CIOs: Will you still be relevant in five years? When computing costs dropped like a proverbial stone after 1970, it created a remarkable opportunity for businesses to improve operations and grow. Suddenly, "the guys in the basement" became the IT department, and the data center manager became a very powerful CIO. This new role wielded a large budget and incredible control as companies invested heavily in enterprise applications, immense data repositories and thousands of PCs. That was then. This is now. Read More Xamarin ports Android from Java to C# Xamarin has ported Android to C# in an effort to improve its own development tools and show that the OS doesn't have to be dependent on Java. Development tools vendor Xamarin was started in May last year to take care of the Mono project, an open source implementation of the .Net framework, after Attachmate decided to drop it following its deal with Novell, where Mono had its home previously. Read More Nook deal lets Microsoft integrate e-bookstore with its software, services Barnes & Noble will distribute its free Nook Metro app through Microsoft's Windows Store, putting to rest talk of Microsoft embedding the program in Windows 8. But Microsoft and Barnes & Noble will work on ways to integrate digital content purchased through the Nook app with other Microsoft products and services. Read More
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