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• Microsoft details Windows 8 upgrade program for consumers

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 01 June, 2012 19:33

  Microsoft provided on Friday more details about the Windows 8 OS upgrade program for consumers who buy Windows 7 PCs, clarifying certain dates, offer limits and impact on the company's accounting.

• Wall Street Beat: June starts slow but hope for tech in 2012 remains

  By Marc Ferranti | 01 June, 2012 19:09

  June is off to a rocky in the markets for technology companies as shares slump in the wake of troubling economic reports, though cooler heads appear to have confidence in the sector for the long term.

• Google files EU antitrust complaint over use of 'patent trolls' by Nokia and Microsoft

  By Jennifer Baker | 01 June, 2012 12:45

  Google has asked European Union regulators to investigate alleged collusion between Nokia, Microsoft and so-called patent trolls.

• Online services increased their effort to protect user data, EFF says

  By Loek Essers | 01 June, 2012 12:13

  While some online services are stepping up their efforts to protect private user data from government requests, there is plenty room for improvement, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said on Thursday. It is time for all companies that hold private user data to make public commitments to defend their users against government overreach, the foundation said.

• CIOs extend unified communications to mobile devices

  By Lauren Brousell | 31 May, 2012 19:15

  A survey finds that IT leaders are accelerating their plans to invest in unified communications and collaboration technologies. But the systems aren't cheap.

• Microsoft confirms $15 Windows 8 upgrade

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 23:47

  Microsoft said on Thursday that it would kick off a Windows 8 upgrade program on Saturday, June 2, giving buyers of new Windows 7 PCs the chance to grab a copy of the not-yet-released operating system for $15.

• Microsoft previews new versions of Visual Studio and .Net

  By Joab Jackson | 31 May, 2012 23:13

  Closely following its preview release of Windows 8, Microsoft has also posted a release candidate of its next version of the Visual Studio IDE (integrated development environment), as well as release candidates of the .Net framework and the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 source-control software.

• Browser feature can be abused to misrepresent download origin, researcher says

  By Lucian Constantin | 31 May, 2012 21:43

  Legitimate browser functionality can be abused to trick users into believing that a trusted website has asked them to download a file, which is actually being served from a rogue server, Google security engineer Michal Zalewski demonstrated on Tuesday.

• Fedora Linux capitulates to Microsoft boot certificate

  By Joab Jackson | 31 May, 2012 21:34

  In order to get its Linux distribution to run on the next generation of secured desktop computing hardware, the Fedora Project will obtain a digital signature from Microsoft, a developer from the project announced Wednesday.

• Windows 8 update: All the latest news, rumours and rumblings

  By Tim Greene | 31 May, 2012 21:31

  Rumours of a version of Office for Apple iPads get more and more specific, with the latest claiming that the software will launch Nov. 10.

• Microsoft launches Windows 8 Release Preview

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 20:29

  As expected, Microsoft today shipped Windows 8 Release Preview, the final sneak peek the company will offer the general public before the operating system goes on sale later this year.

• Apple CEO Tim Cooks knocks Windows 8 'baggage'

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 19:05

  Apple CEO Tim Cook this week again slammed rival Microsoft's Windows 8 and its promise to be an operating system for all devices, whether tablets, desktops, laptops or hybrids that combine elements of all.

• Ingram Micro signed as Silver Peak distributor

  By Spandas Lui | 31 May, 2012 11:03

  WAN optimisation vendor, Silver Peak, has signed Ingram Micro as a distributor for the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on Australia.

• Microsoft to ship Windows 8 Release Preview today

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 May, 2012 11:00

  Microsoft will ship Windows 8 Release Preview today, several days earlier than expected, according to a blog briefly posted by the company.

• Windows 8, ultrabooks to get top billing at giant trade show

  By Michael Kan | 30 May, 2012 22:05

  Windows 8 and ultrabooks are expected to take center stage at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week, as industry giants Microsoft and Intel try to develop products that can compete better against Apple's iPad.