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	Microsoft shuns its own Silverlight while embracing Flash Yesterday on the MSDN Internet Explorer blog, IE group program manager Rob Mauceri announced that Internet Explorer 10 running on both Windows RT and the Metro side of Windows 8 will now show all Flash animations, except those specifically blocked by a blacklist created and maintained by Microsoft. What about Microsoft's own Silverlight? Nope. Silverlight sites can't strut their stuff in Windows RT or the Metro part of Win8, no matter how hard you try. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network World Technical Seminar New Launch - Open Flow, SDN & Network Virtualization Event Join Network World and key players across the networking industry at The Westin Galleria Dallas on April 11th for a new seminar entitled, "Open Network Exchange: Understanding Software Defined Networking (SDN), Openflow and Network Virtualization." Your seminar registration fee is waived. Register now! In this Issue U.S. to China: Please stop hacking our companies, if you don't mind Slick trick: $5 tool lets Windows 8 users shun Modern UI HP's Autonomy acquisition under investigation in the UK WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Breaking Big Data Performance Barriers In this exclusive webcast, you'll hear how IBM's Platform Symphony improved Big Data performance over pure Hadoop - by 74X - and how you can take advantage of this competitive differentiator. Learn More. U.S. to China: Please stop hacking our companies, if you don't mind The U.S. government has at long last called out the Chinese government for tolerating, if not outright supporting, cyber attacks against American businesses. In a speech yesterday, President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Tom Donilon called on China to acknowledge that cyber crime poses a threat to international trade; to investigate and put a stop to cyber crime emanating from China; and to work with the United States to "establish acceptable norms of behavior in cyberspace." Read More Slick trick: $5 tool lets Windows 8 users shun Modern UI A Michigan developer last week started selling a $5 utility that lets Windows 8 customers shun the new Modern UI by running apps on the classic desktop. Stardock, best known to Windows 8 users for Start8, software that restores the Start button and menu, shipped a beta of ModernMix on March 6. As it did with Start8, Stardock priced the ModernMix beta at $5 and promised buyers the final software when it's released later this month or in early April. Read More HP's Autonomy acquisition under investigation in the UK Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Autonomy is under investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office, the company said in a regulatory filing ahead of its annual meeting where there are expected to be challenges to the re-election of Chairman Ray Lane and two board members. Read More
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