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	Microsoft patent division taking cash from at least 5 Android vendors One of Microsoft's hottest new profit centers is a smartphone platform you've definitely heard of: Android. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Top 2 Virtualization Challenges Virtualized data centers must become more highly available to ensure timely access to data. This paper examines the trends toward server consolidation and how WAN optimization technology can address application performance and information availability issues. Read now! In this Issue Most Popular Windows Phone 7 Apps In this digital age, what the heck happened to the Constitution? Winner of Webucator's Microsoft certifcation classes Office 365 off-limits to existing BPOS customers New York Times has a lot of angry iPad subscribers after latest gaffe Sniffing open WiFi may be wiretapping judge tells Google Samsung Chromebook out-selling Android tablets on Amazon.com Microsoft to retire Office XP, Vista SP1 next week EU upset by Microsoft warning about US access to EU cloud Microsoft ignores IE slide, touts IE9 success on Windows 7 Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application-Aware Network Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. Most Popular Windows Phone 7 Apps A choice selection of games, maps, office productivity and media apps for Microsoft's smartphone. Read More In this digital age, what the heck happened to the Constitution? Ms. Smith: As we celebrate Independence Day, let's ponder the clash of technology and civil liberties that We the People face 235 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Read More Winner of Webucator's Microsoft certifcation classes Julie Bort: The following lucky reader won a set of Microsoft certification classes from Webucator. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Streamline Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solutions To succeed and thrive, today's organizations must create network environments that enable them to continue operations or recover in the shortest possible time. This paper provides practical advice for maintaining a functional DR strategy, and for streamlining business continuity solutions. Read More Office 365 off-limits to existing BPOS customers Office 365 is now officially out, having been launched with great fanfare by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in New York City this week, but customers of the suite's previous version, called BPOS, will have to wait at least two months to join the party. Read More New York Times has a lot of angry iPad subscribers after latest gaffe Jon Brodkin: The New York Times, which recently started charging readers for online content, has a lot of angry subscribers on its hands after an update broke the NYTimes for iPad application. Read More Sniffing open WiFi may be wiretapping judge tells Google Ms. Smith: A federal judge did not dismiss the case against Google; instead in the first such decision of its kind, the judge ruled that sniffing open Wi-Fi packets might violate the Federal Wiretap Act. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Evolution of Data Deduplication The way an organization deploys deduplication will depend on a number of factors. This paper will guide you through key considerations highlighting the pros and cons of in-line, client side and post process deduplication. See how to anticipate dedupe's impact on backup windows, restore performance, and learn what deduplication ratios really mean. Read Now Samsung Chromebook out-selling Android tablets on Amazon.com Jon Brodkin: When Google pitched new Android tablets and Chrome OS laptops at its annual Google I/O conference, some attendees predicted Android would gain the lion's share of adoption with Chrome OS being relegated to the dustbin. Read More Microsoft to retire Office XP, Vista SP1 next week Microsoft is set to retire 2001's Office XP and the first service pack for Windows Vista next week. Read More EU upset by Microsoft warning about US access to EU cloud Members of the European Parliament have demanded to know what lawmakers intend to do about the conflict between the European Union's Data Protection Directive and the United State's Patriot Act. Read More Microsoft ignores IE slide, touts IE9 success on Windows 7 Chrome and Safari continued to chip away at Internet Explorer's usage share last month, while Firefox remained stalled for the fourth straight month, a Web statistics firm said today. Read More Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs This newsletter features posts from the Microsoft Subnet community of industry expert bloggers plus news and giveaways. Follow us on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
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