Windows 10 Technical Preview; 12 things to know about Windows 10

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	Windows 10 in pictures: See the Technical Preview's new features After months of rumors and leaks, Windows 10 is officially here, and this is no mere paper launch. The operating systems isn't due to hit consumer PCs until mid-2015, but Microsoft's already rolled out a Windows 10 Technical Preview stuffed with all sorts of new goodies designed to entice PC power users—not tablet owners. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Countering Threats By Modeling "Normal" Website Behavior Check out this informative technology dossier to explore the ins and outs of using big data analysis and web-user profiling to protect your company against cyber threats. Read Now In this Issue Will Windows 10 address the operating system's biggest weakness? How hackers accidentally sold a pre-release XBox One to the FBI Microsoft weaves around Office bloat complaints with Sway authoring tool Windows 8.1 backups can leave sensitive files exposed to Internet 12 things to know about Windows 10 Trying Windows 10 Tech Preview? Keep these 7 things in mind Google shakes up cloud services market with another price cut With Windows 10, a contrite Microsoft will try to atone for Windows 8 mistakes Windows 10 Technical Preview: The consumer goodies we expect to see next WHITE PAPER: VMware The Practitioner's Guide to the VMware vCloud Suite This paper gives an overview of the editions, and addresses the top five questions asked by practitioners who want to better understand and effectively use the capabilities of vCloud Suite. Read now! Will Windows 10 address the operating system's biggest weakness? The real question on my mind is whether Windows 10 will finally address a problem that has plagued pretty much every Windows OS since at least 95: the decay of the system over time. As you add and remove apps, as Windows writes more and more temporary and junk files, over time, a system just slows down. Read More How hackers accidentally sold a pre-release XBox One to the FBI Earlier this week, an indictment was unsealed outlining a long list of charges against a group of men accused of running a three-year hacking spree that stole intellectual property from gaming companies. Read More Microsoft weaves around Office bloat complaints with Sway authoring tool The new app, now in preview mode, meant to be simple yet powerful, and built from the ground up for mobile devices and cloud computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: MobileIron The Ultimate IT Director Guide to iOS 8 in the Enterprise To help IT departments understand how iOS 8 will impact their organizations, this white paper provides recommendations for three key management areas most affected by the new features: security, application development, and content publishing. View now Windows 8.1 backups can leave sensitive files exposed to Internet Failing to properly set up Windows File History can make private data Google-able. Read More 12 things to know about Windows 10 Microsoft gave the first look at its Windows 10 operating system on Tuesday, a major release that will span all hardware from PCs to phones and try to address the ills that have dogged Windows 8. Read More Trying Windows 10 Tech Preview? Keep these 7 things in mind The software you'll install on your PC is an early stage version of the OS that'll have bugs and will change a lot over time. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic Leader in Forrester Wave evaluation of emerging MSSPs In this paper Forrester shares the results of their 15-criteria evaluation of the top ten emerging players in the MSSP market. Learn More Google shakes up cloud services market with another price cut Microsoft last week cut prices of some Azure services. Read More With Windows 10, a contrite Microsoft will try to atone for Windows 8 mistakes Humbled by businesses' dislike for Windows 8, Microsoft has issued a mea culpa, offered the world a first peek at Windows 10 and pledged that the new OS will delight IT executives. But the true test of whether Microsoft can move past its Windows 8 mistakes will come when Windows 10 is commercially released at some point next summer. Read More Windows 10 Technical Preview: The consumer goodies we expect to see next The current preview is all about making businesses happy, but Microsoft hasn't forgotten about the user on the street. Look for news about Cortana, Internet Explorer and more, probably at the Consumer Electronics Show. Read More
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