Nadella leaves no doubt about who is in charge in first six months as CEO

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	Nadella leaves no doubt about who is in charge in first six months as CEO Say what you will about Satya Nadella's first six months as Microsoft CEO, but no one can deny the man jumped in with both feet from day one and has led the company with decisiveness. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Learn More In this Issue YoYo's game development tool now targets Xbox One Why incumbents Android and iOS need to watch it Windows 8's no-name update plan nails OS's coffin shut Microsoft, Google, others back Facebook in New York privacy dispute Win Phone 7 users aghast Microsoft axed Skype for their phones Windows 9: Goodbye, Charms bar, hello virtual desktops? IE plays security catch-up, will block outdated Java plug-ins Microsoft still believes in basic phones, launches Nokia 130 for $25 WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Tolly Test Report - How NetScaler outperforms F5 Measurable performance is a key factor when selecting an Application Delivery Controller(ADC) solution for modern data centers. In this report, Tolly evaluates the performance of several Citrix NetScaler ADC models vs. that of comparable products. Learn how NetScaler fared and provided up to 480% the performance of F5. Learn more YoYo's game development tool now targets Xbox One Scottish company YoYo Games has added support for Microsoft's Xbox One to GameMaker: Studio, and will let developers write games that can be exported to run on that console as well as all current Windows versions. Read More Why incumbents Android and iOS need to watch it New operating systems are on the heels of the incumbents. What you need to know about mobile device, OS-upstarts, like Sailfish, Firefox OS, and Tizen. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Software Increase Your Data Center IQ Discover how to improve network efficiency, lower IT costs and more proactively manage your physical, virtual and cloud environments. Join BMC Software and partners, Entuity and Sentry Software, to learn how to build data center success with a comprehensive performance monitoring solution. Learn More Windows 8's no-name update plan nails OS's coffin shut Microsoft will not, contrary to some expectations, put a name to its next Windows 8.1 update, a decision that not only reflects a scaling back of ambition for the reputation-plagued OS but also indicates a different approach to all Windows' releases, analysts said today. Read More Microsoft, Google, others back Facebook in New York privacy dispute Key technology companies including Google, Microsoft and Twitter on Friday filed in support of Facebook's dispute with the New York County District Attorney's office over the collection of user data in bulk under a gag order for a fraud investigation. Read More WHITE PAPER: DocuSign CSO Insights: A Sales Rep's Digital Admin 2014 sales success will be dictated by increasing efficiency and effectiveness of our sales teams. Read this whitepaper and explore advances in CRM 2.0 technology to optimize this aspect of selling. Learn More>> Win Phone 7 users aghast Microsoft axed Skype for their phones Owners of Windows Phone 7 smartphones are apoplectic that Skype no longer works on their devices.Commenting on the official Skype support forum, affected users say they're in disbelief at Microsoft's decision to not only stop support for Skype, but go further and make it unusable on their smartphones. Read More Windows 9: Goodbye, Charms bar, hello virtual desktops? Reports about the next major Windows release keep getting better and better. It looks like Microsoft has finally come to its senses and will dump the Charms bar in Windows 9 (also known as Threshold) slated for release next spring. Read More IE plays security catch-up, will block outdated Java plug-ins Microsoft today said that Internet Explorer (IE) will begin blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls -- the browser's proprietary plug-in format -- when the company updates the versions that run on Windows 7 and Windows 8 next week. Read More Microsoft still believes in basic phones, launches Nokia 130 for $25 Microsoft's Devices Group has unveiled the Nokia 130, a mobile phone that costs just $25 but lacks an Internet connection and apps. Read More
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