By Paul Thurrott, 07/30/2010
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including the completion, sort of, of "Windows Phone Secrets," Microsoft's re-commitment to slate PCs, why you should wait for 2011 for that slate PC, Microsoft's cloud experience, 8 core businesses for Microsoft but only one that matters, IE 9 public beta in September, iPhone 4 to plague 17 other countries today, and Apple's pointless new Mac gadget...
By Paul Thurrott, 07/29/2010
Online retailing giant Amazon this morning announced its third-generation Kindle eBook reader, which is smaller, lighter, and faster than its predecessor, while offering the same screen dimensions and 50 percent better contrast. Best of all for potential customers, the new Kindle is getting a significant price cut, with the base model costing just $139....
By Seamus Quinn, 07/29/2010
Windows IT Pro's Europe team has teamed up with Oracle to present a series of on-demand webcasts....
By Seamus Quinn, 07/29/2010
Microsoft Portugual is to co-host a two-day SharePoint Connections conference in October....
By Paul Thurrott, 07/28/2010
At the Black Hat security conference on Wednesday, Microsoft and Adobe announced they were dramatically expanding their relationship in order to better protect users against electronic threats. Now, Adobe will provide vulnerability information about its products via Microsoft's Active Protections Program (MAPP) to security solution vendors...