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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News | 20 May 2013
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Corel finds consumers like to keep it shrink-wrapped
Corel has discovered that consumers still want to buy their software rather than stream it from the cloud News | 16 May 2013
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Microsoft reveals free Windows 8.1 upgrade
Microsoft will make the upgrade to Windows 8 free to those users that have already invested in its latest operating system News | 15 May 2013
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FAST calls for more IP protection
The Federation Against Software Theft has called on the government to do more to protect right holders of intellectual property News | 14 May 2013
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important ICT channel stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News | 13 May 2013
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Microsoft confirms Windows 8 upgrade preview in June
Microsoft has revealed that the upgrade to Windows 8, codenamed Blue, will be made available for public preview next month News | 10 May 2013
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Microsoft confirms Windows 8 upgrade preview in June
Microsoft has revealed that the upgrade to Windows 8, codenamed Blue, will be made available for public preview next month News | 09 May 2013
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Microsoft prepares for Windows 8 u-turn with Blue
Microsoft has indicated that a major upgrade to Windows 8 is in the works raising some expectations that it will reintroduce some of the traditional functionality into the OS News | 08 May 2013
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013
Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News | 29 Apr 2013
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 April 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News | 22 Apr 2013
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Migration from Windows XP could be dominating issue in the year ahead
Amro Gebreel looks ahead at some of the issues that could loom large for the channel during the year ahead Report
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A trip down memory lane
Simon Quicke revisits some of the events that made the headlines during MicroScope's first decade in print – the heady days of the 1980s Feature
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What opportunities lie in wait for the year ahead?
The crystal balls tend to come out at this time of year as the channel tries to predict just what will happen over the next twelve months as Amro Gebreel discovers Feature
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The sales opportunities behind Windows 8
Amro Gebreel looks at the related security, management and hardware pitches resellers can make with the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system Feature
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Slow business uptake for Windows 8 but OS could still transform market
Consumer sales have been most evident at launch, but Windows 8's touch OS could change direction of hardware, writes Simon Quicke Feature
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Will Microsoft’s mobile Windows gamble pay off?
Developed for touch devices, MS's new OS marks a big shift away from the traditional UI. But it could be too big for many users who are content with Windows 7. Billy MacInnes reports Feature
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Windows XP user? It's not the end of the world
Billy MacInnes looks ahead to the end of Microsoft Windows XP support next year, and suggests that the growing sense of urgency may be misplaced Opinion
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Can the industry learn from Football Manager 2013?
Nick Booth finds some lessons for the industry in the latest release in Sports Interactive's Football Manager video game series. Opinion
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Is Microsoft wrong to release a desktop version of Windows 8?
Billy MacInnes finds out that even before the launch next month of Windows 8 there are doubts being raised by Gartner over the speed at which customers should adopt the software Opinion
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Microsoft's Metro mystery
Microsoft may have to rename its Metro UI after a trademark dispute with a mystery European company. Billy MacInnes is on the trail. Opinion
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Microsoft's Android patent bonanza
Here's an interesting stat: according to Microsoft, it now has patent agreements with OEMs that account for over half of all Android devices. Including its latest deal with Compal, Microsoft has patent agreements with 10 Android device makers. ... Opinion
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Red Hat: on track to become a billion dollar open source software company
Amid all the reports about Red Hat's very strong performance in the second quarter ending 31 August, only one site seems to have picked up on an intriguing comment made by the vendor's CEO Jim Whitehurst in the statement accompanying the results anno... Opinion
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Can Microsoft explanation for Office 365 and Windows Live outage reassure cloud customers?
The explanation as to why Microsoft suffered an outage of three and a half hours to its Office 365 and Windows Live services on 8 September might not be too reassuring for those people out there tempted to move to the cloud. According to a blog post ... Opinion
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Who else thinks resellers can thrive in the cloud era?
I'm a bit confused by the Channel Transformation Alliance, the body which has been set up to promote and further the spread of cloud computing and managed services in the channel. It's not that I don't think it's a good idea. After all, who could... Opinion
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PCs in retreat as market prepares for tablet invasion
Poor old PC. Things are not looking good. After all the furore surrounding HP's decision to retreat from the PC arena, we now read that Gartner has downgraded its PC market forecast for 2011, suggesting the PC is "not a particularly compelling p... Opinion
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Why make a mobile app? You won't get rich but you might impress
Keep quiet about this -it's an industry secret - but some IT companies can be a bit dull to work for. But how do you move up the ladder? If your current job leaves you creatively unfulfilled, and you want something impressive to put on your Linkedin ... Opinion
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News
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Corel finds consumers like to keep it shrink-wrapped
Corel has discovered that consumers still want to buy their software rather than stream it from the cloud News
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Microsoft reveals free Windows 8.1 upgrade
Microsoft will make the upgrade to Windows 8 free to those users that have already invested in its latest operating system News
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FAST calls for more IP protection
The Federation Against Software Theft has called on the government to do more to protect right holders of intellectual property News
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important ICT channel stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News
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Microsoft confirms Windows 8 upgrade preview in June
Microsoft has revealed that the upgrade to Windows 8, codenamed Blue, will be made available for public preview next month News
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Microsoft confirms Windows 8 upgrade preview in June
Microsoft has revealed that the upgrade to Windows 8, codenamed Blue, will be made available for public preview next month News
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Microsoft prepares for Windows 8 u-turn with Blue
Microsoft has indicated that a major upgrade to Windows 8 is in the works raising some expectations that it will reintroduce some of the traditional functionality into the OS News
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013
Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 April 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News
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About Microsoft Windows Services
Windows continues to provide revenue opportunities for resellers, whether it be on a desktop, server or mobile level. This year, Windows 8 is due out and users of older operating system versions may have issues, with service and support being retired by the vendor. The Microsoft Windows services market continues to provide plenty of opportunities for the channel.