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	Microsoft patch Tuesday focuses solely on Windows The January 2015 edition of Microsoft Patch Tuesday might be more notable for what the monthly release of security bulletins does not contain—there are no fixes for the Microsoft Explorer browser this month. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMTurbo, Inc. Making the Case for a Software-Defined Data Center In this paper, we outline the need for "Software-Driven Control" - the intelligence or "control plane" that can take advantage of new software-defined capabilities. Learn More In this Issue Hacker builds wireless Microsoft keyboard keylogger disguised as USB wall charger Attention iPhone owners: Microsoft wants YOU Cloud price wars give way to feature battles among Amazon, Microsoft and Google Microsoft to make the case for Windows 10 on both PCs and phones Scroogled no more: Microsoft's anti-Google campaign slinks away for good Spec showdown: Microsoft's Lumia 532 makes more sense than Samsung's Tizen-based Z1 Degree-free IT: Can college-skippers thrive in tech? The Lumia 435 is Microsoft's cheapest smartphone yet at $80 Microsoft cloud services provide construction firm with cost-savings, increased productivity WHITE PAPER: IBM Repeatable Patterns that Improve Business Processes Read this white paper for more information about seven examples of repeatable approaches for using social business practices and capabilities to impact your business, to create competitive advantage and to gain identifiable and measurable ROI. Read more Hacker builds wireless Microsoft keyboard keylogger disguised as USB wall charger Security researcher Samy Kamkar is at it again; this time, his KeySweeper "stealthy Arduino-based" device is disguised as a USB wall charger that can eavesdrop on most wireless Microsoft keyboards. Read More Attention iPhone owners: Microsoft wants YOU Microsoft pitched a preview of a new Skype client to iPhone and iPad owners, asking for volunteers to test the software. The call for testers may be part of Microsoft's decision to change the name of its corporate messaging platform -- Lync -- to Skype later this year as it blends aspects of both in the next generation of its enterprise software, which will be called Skype for Business. Read More Cloud price wars give way to feature battles among Amazon, Microsoft and Google Two years ago the biggest battles in the IaaS cloud computing industry were over price. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Accelerate Business Operations with Cloud IBM Software-as-a-Service solutions for business operations accelerate innovation and deliver secure, always up-to-date collaborative solutions. Learn More>> Microsoft to make the case for Windows 10 on both PCs and phones It has been Microsoft's goal ever since it dumped Windows Mobile: to deliver an operating system kernel that worked just as well on a handheld device as on a laptop. Read More Scroogled no more: Microsoft's anti-Google campaign slinks away for good Microsoft's sleazy ad campaign against Google is no more, as the "Scroogled" website has quietly vanished. Read More Spec showdown: Microsoft's Lumia 532 makes more sense than Samsung's Tizen-based Z1 Competition among low-price smartphones has gotten more intense, as Microsoft and Samsung Electronics hope to devices based on Android a run for their money with, respectively, the Lumia 532 and the Z1. Read More WHITE PAPER: Proofpoint, Inc. How Attacks Exploit People as the Weakest Link in Security Most advanced attacks rely as much on exploiting human flaws as they do system flaws. This paper uses original field research to provide insight on who's clicking, what they're clicking on, and when, where, and why the weakest link in security is all of us. Learn More. Degree-free IT: Can college-skippers thrive in tech? Mike Samaras has worked steadily in IT for a decade, starting when he was 17 and fresh out of high school. He's worked in contract jobs and staff positions, held titles like junior systems administrator, desktop administrator, network engineer and systems administrator, and picked up knowledge of Microsoft Server and Windows, Cisco routers and EMC storage. Read More The Lumia 435 is Microsoft's cheapest smartphone yet at $80 Microsoft is hoping to turn around the fortunes of Windows Phone with a growing number of cheap smartphones: The Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 are its latest contenders. Read More Microsoft cloud services provide construction firm with cost-savings, increased productivity Chicago-based Walsh Group Construction is finding that buying into Microsoft's Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility Suite is yielding a mixed bag of benefits – better BYOD, cost-saving, time-saving, increased productivity – but adopting the cloud services required a dose of blind trust in their security. Read More
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