8 ways to customize Windows 8

	Microsoft touts Win8's ability to detect, fix hard disk problems | APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say
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	8 ways to customize Windows 8 The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 -- which was made available to the public to download, install, and use for free until the new Microsoft OS is officially released -- has its share of the good and not-so-good. Fortunately, you can tweak various things to make it work the way you like, particularly if you're not fond of its radically new Metro UI. Here are eight ways that you can customize your installation of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Click Here. In this Issue Microsoft touts Win8's ability to detect, fix hard disk problems APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say About 600,000 L.A. Community College students to get Microsoft Live@EDU Is November Win 8 tablet release too late? Mozilla on new browser brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple different cases What's up with Google Drive? Windows 8 Pro: Features IT pros need to know about Microsoft cloud survey: Security, cost both a deterrent and an attraction Microsoft's green data center initiative set to launch this summer Lenovo working with Intel on ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet Senate to look at Mozilla's browser competition allegations Database in the cloud: Which option is best? Windows 8 Update: Firefox, Chrome cry foul over Windows 8 ARM WHITE PAPER: Dell Managing Data Growth Small and midsize businesses can get the storage strategy advice they need in this issue of "Data Storage Insights." With a focus on managing data growth, expert articles include how tiered storage saves, tips to cost-effectively expand storage capacity and what to do once your business has outgrown its backup strategy. Learn More Microsoft touts Win8's ability to detect, fix hard disk problems Microsoft has revamped the way Windows 8 monitors hard disk operations and detects problems in an effort to make the diagnostic and repair process less intrusive and disruptive, even as disk capacity continues to balloon. Read More APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say Booby-trapped RTF documents are one of the most common types of malicious Microsoft Office files that are used to infect computers with advanced persistent threats (APTs), according to security researchers from Trend Micro. Read More About 600,000 L.A. Community College students to get Microsoft Live@EDU The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) will provide email and collaboration applications to about 600,000 students via Microsoft's Live@EDU cloud suite, a project for which it also considered Google Apps for Education. Read More Is November Win 8 tablet release too late? If Intel-based Windows 8 tablets launch in November, as one informed source expects, Microsoft would face a narrow window to play a role in the important holiday sales period. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Want to Make Compliance Easy? Get Proactive! Is your business reactively implementing compliance? If so, you're wasting time and money and destroying productivity. Get proactive! In this Quest white paper, see how centralized monitoring and reporting is more secure, saves money and helps you adapt and manage compliance needs today and tomorrow. Read Now! Mozilla on new browser brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple different cases Two wrongs don't make a right, Mozilla's chief counsel said Thursday when asked why his company hasn't lambasted Apple, as it did Microsoft, for blocking rival browsers from its mobile operating system. Read More What's up with Google Drive? Now that Google has rolled out their competitor to Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive, and both the Dropbox folks and Microsoft have made adjustments in their products to respond to what Google offers, let's take a step back to see what the newcomer is bringing to the table. Read More Windows 8 Pro: Features IT pros need to know about Microsoft announced last month that Windows 8 will be sold in three editions: two for PCs powered by x86 processors and one for ARM-based tablets, called Windows RT. Read More Microsoft cloud survey: Security, cost both a deterrent and an attraction Small and midsize businesses that actually use cloud services see them as a way to boost security and save money, according to a survey sponsored by Microsoft. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Get a 35% Virtual System Speed Boost Virtual infrastructures must be dynamic, efficient and above all else, fast because they process the most critical company data. But underlying resource use must be optimized or the platform can slow to a crawl. V-locity 3 brings an unprecedented depth of resource awareness and new technology for peak performance in any virtual environment. Download Now! Microsoft's green data center initiative set to launch this summer Starting this July, just as things get hot even in Seattle, Microsoft will launch a green initiative to make all of the company's facilities, "including data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings," go carbon neutral. Read More Lenovo working with Intel on ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet Lenovo is working with chip maker Intel on a future ThinkPad tablet based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, a Lenovo executive said. Read More Senate to look at Mozilla's browser competition allegations The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee plans to look into accusations by Mozilla that Microsoft is restricting access to important programming tools for browsers that will run in Windows RT. Read More Database in the cloud: Which option is best? The perfect storm of the cloud, mobility and big data has led to a blooming in the database market. After years and years of Oracle's dominance, with Microsoft's SQL server carving out the Windows-only market and MySQL offering a long-awaited open source alternative, the database market is booming. Read More Windows 8 Update: Firefox, Chrome cry foul over Windows 8 ARM Microsoft is taking heat from browser competitors Firefox and Chrome for blocking them out of planned Windows 8 devices that will be based on ARM processors. Read More
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