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	Microsoft to ship Windows 8 Release Preview today Microsoft will ship Windows 8 Release Preview today, several days earlier than expected, according to a blog briefly posted by the company. The blog post, written by Chuck Chan, an executive with the Windows development team, went live for a few minutes late Wednesday, long enough for several users to take notice. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Optimize Your Storage Volume for Better Performance Managing a windows network? This brief discusses 5 technical proof-points clearly showing how the Windows Built-in Disk Defragmenter is not adequate for the enterprise. New innovations in Diskeeper® and V-locity® meet today's demands for optimal storage and system performance. Read Now! In this Issue 5 LinkedIn features you may not (but should) know about JavaScript founder dismisses Google Native Client Download the PCI Compliance Deep Dive report Cisco and Fujitsu garner gains as top server vendors struggle New wave of Ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud - Learn How! This white paper discusses how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, & run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Learn More! 5 LinkedIn features you may not (but should) know about When job hunting or looking to expand their professional network, many people turn to LinkedIn and its portfolio of features and tools to browse job listings, connect with colleagues, ask questions, join groups and more. But beyond those usual destinations are a number of other lesser-known features and tools that help you efficiently catch up on the day's headlines, protect your identity, and more. Here's a look at five of those features. Read More JavaScript founder dismisses Google Native Client Questioning Google's Native Client development efforts, JavaScript founder Brendan Eich argued on Wednesday that JavaScript is sufficient for the needs Google is trying to fill. Read More Download the PCI Compliance Deep Dive report Developed and enforced by the credit card industry, the PCI Data Security Standard contains a set of detailed tenets that every company dealing with customer data should adopt. InfoWorld security expert Roger Grimes explains the best approach to PCI compliance -- and the consequences of failing to do so properly. Read More Cisco and Fujitsu garner gains as top server vendors struggle 2012 has not been a stellar year thus far for the top server vendors -- IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Oracle -- all of whom saw their server shipments and revenue drop year over year, according to Gartner. Read More New wave of Ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models A fresh crop of Ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, Intel said Thursday. Intel will officially announce the Ivy Bridge chips at the Computex trade show in Taiwan next week. Some of the touchscreen Ultrabooks will be convertible, meaning the screen can fold back to turn the laptop into a tablet, said Intel spokeswoman Becky Emmett. Read More
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