[TechRepublic] Microsoft offers $40 Windows 8 upgrade

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Editor's note We lead off this week with news that Microsoft will sell upgrades to Windows 8 for only $40. However I find it more interesting that many of the comments on the article are concerned with being able to upgrade, and then downgrade to Windows 7, from the earlier versions. Locally, the BSA is offering a $20,000 reward for dobbing in software pirates. Make sure you check out the Microsoft.com preview web site at the bottom of that article for an excellent example of how adaptive frameworks can and should work. There's a nice conversation happening on whether the leap second added over the weekend impacted any of the computers you work with. The combination of Java and Linux appears to have been a recipe for disk thrashing. Take care over the next week. --Chris Microsoft offers $40 Windows 8 Pro upgrade Windows 8 downloadable upgrade special runs until January 2013 Read more Resource of the day HP and Intel Deliver Flexible Networking Solutions Check out this webcast to learn more about how HP and Intel are making network flexibility easy. AtG: dob in your boss for $20K Today's Around the Grounds contains pirates, adaptive websites, and Boot to Gecko becoming Firefox OS. Read more Were you hit by the leap second? It caused more damage than Y2K, and lasted for a solitary second. Were you caught up in this weekend's leap second carnage? Read more Using Tor and Firefox config on Android It is possible to use Firefox and Twitter on Android with full Tor anonymity Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   The Cern tech that helped track down the God particle European research lab Cern today announced a landmark discovery for physics. TechRepublic explores the technology used in the hunt for the Higgs Boson particle. Read more How Microsoft's Azure IaaS offering stacks up against the major players Thoran Rodrigues evaluates the new Microsoft Azure IaaS offering using the same criteria that he devised for the other major competitors like Amazon and Rackspace. Here's what he found. Read more Software patents: What developers should consider before getting one Learn the difference between offensive and defensive patents, and find out why Justin James believes defensive patents are becoming a necessity. Read more Apple whines, court caves, Samsung stops sales Another senseless patent. This time Apple blocks the U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 tablet. Jack Wallen offers his take on this slippery slope that could tarnish the reputation of the Big A. Read more Featured multimedia   Hands-on with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (pictures) On the first day of Google I/O 2102, Google took the wraps off Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean. CNET takes you for a deeper dive through some of the update's new features. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business If you thought luck only happens to a select few, you're wrong. Serendipity can be planned and fostered to occur early and often. How you ask? Good question. Don't miss this webcast with Lane Becker, the author of "Get Lucky," as he shows how to guarantee success. Today's recommended downloads Raven Industries Elevates Corporate Services with Improved Uptime on NetApp - Video (NetApp) HP and Intel Deliver Flexible Networking Solutions (Intel & Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Live Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) ESG Lab Validation Report: Deploy and Manage Storage with Ease using NetApp FAS2240 (NetApp) Connect with TechRepublic ICANN's expanded domain name offerings coming soon Ryan Boudreaux asks a legal expert some preliminary questions about the expanded set of domain names that will become available soon. How will applications be decided and what are some of the consequences? TechRepublic newsletters   Get programming, mobile development, and design tips and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Software Engineer App Builder Web Designer IT Consultant

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[TechRepublic] Microsoft offers $40 Windows 8 upgrade

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Editor's note We lead off this week with news that Microsoft will sell upgrades to Windows 8 for only $40. However I find it more interesting that many of the comments on the article are concerned with being able to upgrade, and then downgrade to Windows 7, from the earlier versions. Locally, the BSA is offering a $20,000 reward for dobbing in software pirates. Make sure you check out the Microsoft.com preview web site at the bottom of that article for an excellent example of how adaptive frameworks can and should work. There's a nice conversation happening on whether the leap second added over the weekend impacted any of the computers you work with. The combination of Java and Linux appears to have been a recipe for disk thrashing. Take care over the next week. --Chris Microsoft offers $40 Windows 8 Pro upgrade Windows 8 downloadable upgrade special runs until January 2013 Read more Resource of the day Baldwin Wallace College Case Study: 194% ROI with Virtualized NetApp and VMware Platform Take a look at this white paper to learn how this decision led to a 194% return on investment. AtG: dob in your boss for $20K Today's Around the Grounds contains pirates, adaptive websites, and Boot to Gecko becoming Firefox OS. Read more Were you hit by the leap second? It caused more damage than Y2K, and lasted for a solitary second. Were you caught up in this weekend's leap second carnage? Read more Using Tor and Firefox config on Android It is possible to use Firefox and Twitter on Android with full Tor anonymity Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   The Cern tech that helped track down the God particle European research lab Cern today announced a landmark discovery for physics. TechRepublic explores the technology used in the hunt for the Higgs Boson particle. Read more How Microsoft's Azure IaaS offering stacks up against the major players Thoran Rodrigues evaluates the new Microsoft Azure IaaS offering using the same criteria that he devised for the other major competitors like Amazon and Rackspace. Here's what he found. Read more Software patents: What developers should consider before getting one Learn the difference between offensive and defensive patents, and find out why Justin James believes defensive patents are becoming a necessity. Read more Apple whines, court caves, Samsung stops sales Another senseless patent. This time Apple blocks the U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 tablet. Jack Wallen offers his take on this slippery slope that could tarnish the reputation of the Big A. Read more Featured multimedia   Hands-on with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (pictures) On the first day of Google I/O 2102, Google took the wraps off Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean. CNET takes you for a deeper dive through some of the update's new features. View on site Today's recommended downloads Having It All: Breath Taking Data Visualization + Record Performance (Actian) WhiteWater West Drives Agility, Tackles Unprecedented Growth with NetApp and Microsoft (NetApp) Real World Example: Improving Network Performance Using HP ProLiant Servers (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Live Webcast: The Truth Behind Big Data Analytics (TechRepublic) Live Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) Connect with TechRepublic ICANN's expanded domain name offerings coming soon Ryan Boudreaux asks a legal expert some preliminary questions about the expanded set of domain names that will become available soon. How will applications be decided and what are some of the consequences? TechRepublic newsletters   Get programming, mobile development, and design tips and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Software Engineer App Builder Web Designer IT Consultant

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[TechRepublic] The tech that helped track down the Higgs Boson

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The Cern tech that helped track down the God particle European research lab Cern today announced a landmark discovery for physics. TechRepublic explores the technology used in the hunt for the Higgs Boson particle. Read more Anyone for Pi? Mods and hacks for the Raspberry Pi Resource of the day Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones You need the ability to support users on today's most popular platforms -- including iPhones and iPads. LogMeIn Rescue can help. Test drive LogMeIn Rescue for free and start providing complete on-demand remote support to customers and colleagues. How IT workers are losing the battle against nerd stereotypes The IT industry is still dogged by the cliche of the geeky and socially inept IT worker and it's putting off young people from a career in IT. Read more Why Microsoft's Kinect and Google's Android are headed to space A UK space project wants to replace traditional spacecraft computer hardware with smartphones and video games controllers. Read more Put down that axe: Why CIOs are chopping good projects for bad reasons If tech chiefs make knee-jerk reactions to the tough financial climate, it could hurt their organisations in the long run. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   BYOD apps: Five ways business can tap into workers' software Staff using their own devices for work is the least of the problem. What really matters are the apps that come with BYOD and how organisations capitalise on that software. Read more BYOD face-off: The case for, and against Can't decide whether to implement Bring Your Own Device? Two CIOs explain how they made their decision. Read more Featured multimedia   Hands-on with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (pictures) On the first day of Google I/O 2102, Google took the wraps off Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean. CNET takes you for a deeper dive through some of the update's new features. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business If you thought luck only happens to a select few, you're wrong. Serendipity can be planned and fostered to occur early and often. How you ask? Good question. Don't miss this webcast with Lane Becker, the author of "Get Lucky," as he shows how to guarantee success. Today's recommended downloads HP and Intel Deliver Flexible Networking Solutions (Intel & Hewlett-Packard (HP)) WhiteWater West Drives Agility, Tackles Unprecedented Growth with NetApp and Microsoft (NetApp) Live Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) Wikibon ROI Study: Business Case for Unified Storage Consolidation (NetApp) WhiteWater West Drives Agility, Tackles Unprecedented Growth with NetApp and Microsoft (NetApp) Connect with TechRepublic ICANN's expanded domain name offerings coming soon Ryan Boudreaux asks a legal expert some preliminary questions about the expanded set of domain names that will become available soon. How will applications be decided and what are some of the consequences? TechRepublic newsletters   Get tech analysis, IT Leadership and networking tips, a look inside the latest business technology devices, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! SMB Tech -- Launching soon! Tech Sanity Check IT Leadership Data Center 10 Things Cracking Open

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[TechRepublic] The tech that helped track down the Higgs Boson

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The Cern tech that helped track down the God particle European research lab Cern today announced a landmark discovery for physics. TechRepublic explores the technology used in the hunt for the Higgs Boson particle. Read more Anyone for Pi? Mods and hacks for the Raspberry Pi Resource of the day Free 2011 Salary Report IT Professionals - Register on activeTechPros for immediate access Business Professionals - Join the activeBizPros community to view the report How IT workers are losing the battle against nerd stereotypes The IT industry is still dogged by the cliche of the geeky and socially inept IT worker and it's putting off young people from a career in IT. Read more Why Microsoft's Kinect and Google's Android are headed to space A UK space project wants to replace traditional spacecraft computer hardware with smartphones and video games controllers. Read more Put down that axe: Why CIOs are chopping good projects for bad reasons If tech chiefs make knee-jerk reactions to the tough financial climate, it could hurt their organisations in the long run. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   BYOD apps: Five ways business can tap into workers' software Staff using their own devices for work is the least of the problem. What really matters are the apps that come with BYOD and how organisations capitalise on that software. Read more BYOD face-off: The case for, and against Can't decide whether to implement Bring Your Own Device? Two CIOs explain how they made their decision. Read more Featured multimedia   Hands-on with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (pictures) On the first day of Google I/O 2102, Google took the wraps off Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean. CNET takes you for a deeper dive through some of the update's new features. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business If you thought luck only happens to a select few, you're wrong. Serendipity can be planned and fostered to occur early and often. How you ask? Good question. Don't miss this webcast with Lane Becker, the author of "Get Lucky," as he shows how to guarantee success. Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Live Webcast: Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business (Citrix Online) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Deliver a Secure Cisco Cloud Experience (Cisco Systems, Inc) Single vs. Multi-Vendor IT Strategies: CIOs Weigh In (Cisco Systems, Inc) Connect with TechRepublic ICANN's expanded domain name offerings coming soon Ryan Boudreaux asks a legal expert some preliminary questions about the expanded set of domain names that will become available soon. How will applications be decided and what are some of the consequences? TechRepublic newsletters   Get tech analysis, IT Leadership and networking tips, a look inside the latest business technology devices, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! SMB Tech -- Launching soon! Tech Sanity Check IT Leadership Data Center 10 Things Cracking Open

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