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Windows 8 is coming, and now we know that Windows on ARM (WOA) will include four Office 15 apps. In Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) latest spot of kimono-opening, we gain surprising new insights into the new OS. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers dig into the details. Not to mention: Off and on and off and on and off...

The Windows 8 beta release date is drawing ever-nearer. Leaked Consumer Preview builds show that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has done away with Windows' Start Button (or 'Orb' as pedants insist). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers warm up their download managers. Not to mention: Dan's got a date, so he got his hair cut (even though Dan doesn't approve)...

The legacy approach to email, typified by Microsoft's Outlook program, permanently mated email to one computer. While cleaning up an old Windows XP laptop, so that it could be given away, I ran across a not-so-obvious flaw in this scheme. Removing all traces of email accounts requires lots of registry hacking.

The PC is dying. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see what's coming: Apple dominates the so-called 'tablet' market, even while Apple's Mac sales are propping up the entire PC industry.

Recall when RIM devices seemed to exude rubber-clad cool: if you didn't have a BlackBerry you wanted one, and business users loved them so much they'd work in bed with them, creating armies of BlackBerry widows. But Apple made the widows happy too, farewell RIM...

Microsoft's earnings report yesterday shows that although Windows is the product most associated with the company, its best days are well behind it. Windows-related revenue dropped six percent, while other parts of the company had solid growth. Expect more quarters like this in the future.

Led by the fast-emerging BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend, Apple is crunching into the enterprise market, creating a growing market share with the Trojan Horse of its mobile devices and a fast-growing interest in its Macs.

We're told by those in the know that Microsoft is in talks to buy Nokia, or at least buy its smartphone division. The well-sourced rumor has the two sides meeting in Las Vegas this week, to thrash out a deal. Let's dissect it and see if it has legs, in The Long View
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Windows 7 was brought to its knees by the simple act of installing application software. It needs to do a better job of defending itself, especially now that there is competition that does.

The president of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone 7 division, Andy Lees, is no more. CEO Steve Ballmer just replaced him with an underling, Terry Myerson. Lees is to work on an unspecified special project. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers read between the lines. Not to mention: (sqrt(cos(x))*cos(400*x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.4)*(4-x*x)^0.1...

Viewing a particular web page with Internet Explorer, if you know what to look for, indicates whether the Windows kernel is being used to render TrueType fonts. If it is, that Windows system is vulnerable to the bug that Duqu exploited and needs to have Microsoft's temporary workaround installed ASAP.

Even if you pooh-pooh Duqu, the Windows vulnerability that it attacked can also be exploited by simply viewing a web page.

There's been a great deal of talk and reporting about Microsoft's never-released Windows-based Courier tablet, and the political infighting that led Microsoft to kill it. But amidst all the hubbub, one thing has been overlooked: The tablet would likely have been a poor seller.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is this week celebrating the 10th birthday of Windows XP, the preadolescent operating system that will not die. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers eXPerience XP's twilight years. Not to mention: When you see it, you will...

The tech world may be waiting to see what Nokia has on tap later this week for new Windows Phone 7 devices. But if you really want to make Microsoft happy, you should consider buying an Android phone instead, because the company will rake in an estimated $444 million from Android royalties for the 2012 fiscal year.