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	Windows 8 previews to go dark in 3 weeks Microsoft's free previews of Windows 8 will expire next month, giving users about three weeks to upgrade to a paid copy or face hourly restarts. All three Windows 8 previews -- the Developer Preview of September 2011, the Consumer Preview of February 2012, and the Release Preview -- expire Jan. 15, 2013. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds, Inc. Download IP Address Manager and Say Goodbye to Spreadsheets! Are you still using spreadsheets to manage your IP space? SolarWinds® IP Address Manager (IPAM) enables you and your team to ditch your spreadsheets and switch to easy-to-use, centralized IP address management software. IPAM makes it easier than ever to manage Microsoft® DHCP/DNS, and Cisco® DHCP services, all from a single, intuitive Web console. Get SolarWinds® IP Address Manager and say goodbye to spreadsheets for good! Download a free, fully-functional 30-day trial and start managing your IP address space in less than an hour. Try it today! In this Issue Microsoft: What it did right and wrong in 2012 China set to surpass U.S. in R&D spending in 10 years Mozilla compromises on x64 Firefox after user backlash IT shifts from owning to outsourcing data center space E.U.: Samsung may have abused standards-essential patents WEBCAST: Liaison Technologies Managed Services: B2B Communication in the Cloud Learn how Neenah Paper, with the assistance of Liaison Technologies, gained business advantage through B2B communication in the cloud. Learn More Microsoft: What it did right and wrong in 2012 At this writing Windows 8 could be the biggest thing Microsoft has done wrong -- ever. But it could also wind up being one of the best things it has ever done. By CEO Steve Ballmer's own description it is the one of the top three major events in the company's history, grouped with IBM PCs adopting MS-DOS and the advent of Windows 95. Read More China set to surpass U.S. in R&D spending in 10 years It was a ghost who revealed to Ebenezer Scrooge the "shadows of what may be," but today we rely on studies for similar, if not equally dramatic insights. One such study, released last week, predicts that 2023 may be the year that America loses its global R&D leadership. Based on current trends, China is on track to overtake the U.S. in spending on research and development in about 10 years, as federal R&D spending either declines or remains flat. Read More Mozilla compromises on x64 Firefox after user backlash Mozilla has backtracked from a decision to suspend all work on a 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows, acknowledging that user criticism had changed its mind. Read More IT shifts from owning to outsourcing data center space There is increasing demand for data center space in multi-tenant facilities driven by a number of trends, according to a new report. Read More E.U.: Samsung may have abused standards-essential patents Samsung's efforts to seek injunctions against Apple for standards-essential patents in the mobile phone market may be an abuse of its dominant position and a violation of European Union antitrust rules, the European Commission said Friday. Read More
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