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	Hackers exploit Windows XP zero-day, Microsoft confirms Hackers are now exploiting the zero-day Windows vulnerability that a Google engineer took public last week, Microsoft confirmed. Although Microsoft did not share details of the attack, other researchers filled in the blanks. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue In this Issue Microsoft Office Web apps: Five needed fixes Things I'd love to know about the Xbox 360 'Slim' Microsoft "all in" the cloud, customers not as much One argument for Office 2010 you might not have considered Dell says Ubuntu is safer than Windows Xbox Project Natal is now called Kinect and looks amazing Eucalyptus expanded for Windows use Controversial Windows XP vulnerability now being exploited WHITE PAPER: VMware Windows 7 Migration Solutions from VMware While the benefits of moving up to Windows 7 are compelling, the migration path introduces many challenges, including application compatibility, recoding custom apps, and carrying over user settings, data, and applications. Learn about how VMware View helps address these and other Windows 7 migration issues. Learn more. Microsoft Office Web apps: Five needed fixes Microsoft officially completed its deployment of Office 2010 on Tuesday by releasing its new productivity suite to retail stores, and ending the Office 2010 free beta testing program. One of the most discussed pieces of the new Office 2010 suite is Microsoft's new free Office Web Apps including browser-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Read More Things I'd love to know about the Xbox 360 'Slim' Microsoft's surprise E3 reveal--a slimmed up Xbox 360--looks smaller, sleeker, and comes packing serious feature punch, but what don't we know about it that might surprise us? Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation The Information Agenda Guide for Financial Markets CIOs need relevant information to achieve both short-term and long-term strategic goals. Read this guide to find out how an IBM Information Agenda can help financial institutions address a wide variety of business tasks, as well as unlock the value of their information, by using it in entirely new ways. Read Now Microsoft "all in" the cloud, customers not as much Microsoft's chief cloud evangelist -- after Mr. Ballmer, of course -- is probably Tim O'Brien, senior director of the Platform Strategy Group at the company. While he preached the "we're all in" gospel at yet another cloud conference this week, O'Brien acknowledged there are some nonbelievers in the congregation. Read More One argument for Office 2010 you might not have considered First thing this morning, I threw a lawn chair in the car and headed out to my local big box retailer, prepared to sit in line waiting for the doors to open so I could make sure I could get hold of Microsoft Office 2010. Alas, that was all unnecessary as an ample supply of the shrink-wrapped software was on inconspicuous display on a shelf near the back of the store. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP - Cupertino Virtualize your end-to-end IT infrastructure A virtual storage infrastructure available only from HP can double your capacity utilization and cut management costs in half with innovations that unlock trapped capacity in individual servers or in enterprise disk arrays. Learn how. Read Now Dell says Ubuntu is safer than Windows Linux has a powerful booster in the never-ending debate over what OS is safest from malware and spyware: Dell. Read More Xbox Project Natal is now called Kinect and looks amazing Microsoft announced the commercial name for Project Natal: Kinect. It demonstrated the gesture-based interface during the opening night of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. Kinect allows users to control an Xbox video game without a controller. Jump around and your onscreen avatar jumps with you. Read More Eucalyptus expanded for Windows use The enterprise version of the Eucalyptus private clouds software can now run the Windows operating system as well as Linux. Read More Controversial Windows XP vulnerability now being exploited It only took days for hackers to take advantage of the Windows XP security vulnerability that was disclosed last week by a Google engineer. Read More
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