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	Microsoft boosts anti-snooping protection in Outlook.com, OneDrive Microsoft has added encryption safeguards to the Outlook.com webmail service and to the OneDrive cloud storage service, in part to better protect these consumer products from government snoops. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Windows 8 and BYOD: Embrace the Trends Achieve a closer union of mobile devices and traditional desktops with Windows 8. With a unified end-user experience across smartphones, tablets and desktops, Windows 8 provides an easier way for IT to securely manage and support BYOD strategies. Discover the IT-friendly features of Windows 8 management. View Now In this Issue Has Microsoft finally realized PCs are different than tablets? Microsoft still having trouble convincing users to buy Windows 8 Wzor's return brings Windows 9 rumors Microsoft to resume email-based security notifications Critical vulnerability in popular WordPress newsletter plug-in endangers many blogs Microsoft admits technical error in IP takeover, but No-IP still down FBI, CIA can query US communications collected by NSA Microsoft Promises Frequent Office 365 Roadmap Updates Dropbox for Business folders can now be shared in read-only mode Microsoft legal action cramping other hacking campaigns, Kaspersky says WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Who does NSS Labs "Recommend" for NGFW? In 2012, NSS Labs found that most available NGFW solutions "fell short in performance and security effectiveness." In 2013 NSS Labs noted "marked improvement" and bestowed their "recommended" rating on 6 vendors. Click here to find out who they were. Learn more >> Has Microsoft finally realized PCs are different than tablets? If recently published reports are to be believed, Microsoft is finally realizing something I've been saying ever since Windows 8 first reared its ugly head: the so-called Modern (formerly Metro) tile interface may work fine on smartphones and tablets, but it basically throws traditional computers under the bus. Read More Microsoft still having trouble convincing users to buy Windows 8 Microsoft continues to have trouble getting customers to adopt its latest operating system, with combined use of Windows 8 and 8.1 declining in June as compared to other operating systems. Read More Wzor's return brings Windows 9 rumors Russian Microsoft leaker WZOR has resurfaced three months after going into hiding with new information on Windows 8.1 Update 2, as well as details on new security measures at Microsoft and Windows 9. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Microsoft SharePoint Performance Brief To use SharePoint as it was intended, it is essential to provide quick document check-in/check-out performance to all team members, regardless of where they are trying to connect from or their distance from the server. Read Now Microsoft to resume email-based security notifications Microsoft has backtracked on a plan to stop sending email-based notifications about security bulletins starting this month. Read More Critical vulnerability in popular WordPress newsletter plug-in endangers many blogs A critical vulnerability found in a WordPress plug-in that has been downloaded over 1.7 million times allows potential attackers to take complete control of blogs that use it. Read More Microsoft admits technical error in IP takeover, but No-IP still down Microsoft admitted Tuesday it made a technical error after it commandeered part of an Internet service's network in order to shut down a botnet, but the Nevada-based company says its services are still down. Read More WHITE PAPER: Code 42 Five Must-Haves for Enterprise File Sync Valuable enterprise data lives on endpoint devices, changes constantly and flows freely throughout organizations. But what happens when that data is inappropriately shared or breached because a business user adopts an unsafe consumer-based sync and share tool? Learn More FBI, CIA can query US communications collected by NSA The FBI and CIA can also query the content of U.S. residents' electronic communications that the National Security Agency inadvertently collects when targeting foreign terrorism suspects, an intelligence official said. Read More Microsoft Promises Frequent Office 365 Roadmap Updates Frequent updates to cloud software can cause compatibility problems – which is why Microsoft has outlined plans to help your other applications play nicely with Office 365. Read More Dropbox for Business folders can now be shared in read-only mode Users of Dropbox for Business will now be able to share folders with colleagues without necessarily giving them rights to edit their content.Giving users read-only access to folders hasn't been possible until now: Dropbox for Business users by default granted edit rights to the people they shared the folders with. Read More Microsoft legal action cramping other hacking campaigns, Kaspersky says Microsoft's seizure of domains from a DNS service provider has also disrupted some state-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns, according to security vendor Kaspersky Lab. Read More
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