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	Microsoft links Windows 8 apps to Azure Microsoft is adding mobile connectivity between Windows applications and the Windows Azure cloud platform with the introduction this week of Windows Azure Mobile Services. The technology will enable users to connect client and mobile applications based on Windows 8 to a scalable cloud back end. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Become a Cloud expert at AWS re: Invent Amazon Web Services invites you to AWS re:Invent, our first global customer and partner conference. Hear how companies are migrating their IT applications to the Cloud. Learn best practices for managing security, monitoring your resources, optimizing performance, and cutting costs. Get your questions answered by AWS experts to help you get started. Register today for AWS re: Invent, the largest gathering ever of the AWS community. In this Issue Start8 beta restores Start button to Windows 8 10 to-do apps for Android and iOS HP announces Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid with Windows 8 WD claims new Thunderbolt desktop hard drive is faster than SSD New Samsung Slates: You can have your tablet and your laptop too WHITE PAPER: Centrify Privileged User Activity Auditing: Security's Missing Link User activity auditing is the missing element that enterprises require to improve security and speed compliance by quickly establishing who performed which actions on Windows, UNIX and Linux servers with a clear context for each event or change to a system, file or database. View Now Start8 beta restores Start button to Windows 8 Stardock today released a beta version of its "Start8" utility that restores a Start button to the desktop of Windows 8. The beta follows a series of preview versions that kicked off in March from Plymouth, Mich.-based Stardock, best known for its WindowBlinds customizing program. Start8 reinstates the Start button and ensuing Windows 7-style Start menu to the Windows 8 desktop, and is free while in beta. Read More 10 to-do apps for Android and iOS In today's over-scheduled society, a solid task-management app can help keep you on top of your to-do list -- and prevent last-minute panics. For example, it can help you meet milestones for a work-related project, or remind you while running errands that your dry cleaning is ready for pick-up. In this roundup, we looked at 10 task management apps: five for iPhones ( Checkmark, Remember the Milk, Reminders, Schedule Planner Pro, and Smart Time) and five for Android-based smartphones ( Any.DO, Astrid, GTasks, Taskos, and Wunderlist) Read More HP announces Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid with Windows 8 Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced an Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with the Windows 8 OS, signaling the company's re-entry into the tablet market, which it abandoned after the highly publicized failure of its TouchPad product. At first glance, the HP Envy X2 resembles a netbook, with a keyboard base and an 11.6-inch touch display. But the device turns into a tablet once the screen is detached from the base. Read More WD claims new Thunderbolt desktop hard drive is faster than SSD Western Digital (WD) today released a portable external drive for Macs and a dual-disk external desktop backup drive that it claims is faster than a solid-state drive (SSD). WD announced the My Book VelociRaptor Duo desktop backup drive and the My Passport for Mac. The My Passport for Mac portable drive comes with one 5Gbps USB 3.0 port. Read More New Samsung Slates: You can have your tablet and your laptop too In a bid to provide users with combined benefits of a tablet and a laptop, Samsung on Wednesday rolled out a set of tablet-cum-laptops, its new Series 5 and Series 7 Slate PCs. These machines comprise a touchscreen tablet that connects to a hinged keyboard base, effectively transforming the device into a laptop on the fly. Read More
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