Why Microsoft redesigned Windows; Google Sync going away; Citrix BYOD; Samsung and child labor

The Editor's Daily Picks TechRepublic Member | December 14, 2012

Why Microsoft redesigned Windows New Windows chief Julie Larson-Green explains why the company felt the need to rethink the basic interface of its popular operating system. Read more Resource of the day Running your HP BladeSystem environment at top efficiency: 10 best practices Installing firmware and software updates is essential to the health of today's highly consolidated, virtualized and converged IT environments. With multiple, inter-related components integrated in blade enclosures, the update process is critical. More from TechRepublic   Drive more iOS App downloads with better icons Geek Trivia: What use of the word hobbit predates Tolkien by more than a century? News from ZDNet   Google move to drop ActiveSync support nudges you to Apps Google discontinuing support for Exchange ActiveSync, affecting Windows Phone and iPhone users Citrix favours selective BYOD program NPD questions if iPad shipments will topple 100M next year ITU chief claims Dubai meeting 'success', despite collapse of talks Report: Former HP CEO also blames board for Autonomy deal iPhone 5 launches in China, Apple shifts focus away from U.S. Microsoft's new high-performance-computing pack provides clustering in the cloud Will standardizing on a single browser today help keep IT costs at bay? Latest Mac malware adds to 'troubling trend,' says security expert Microsoft offers business users 'how to choose' Windows tablet guidance NSW responds to IT Industry Action Plan, outlines seven priorities China investigating Amazon's e-book business UK appoints first government CTO iPad mini: Bringing the elderly into the digital age Google Nexus 4 now available on Three UK News from CNET   Group says it found child workers at Samsung supplier factory Apple stock slouches toward $500, near February lows Google+ team delivers boatload of updates for mobile users T-Mobile rolls out 4G coverage in dozens of new cities Threat of mass cyberattacks on U.S. banks is real, McAfee warns Square COO predicts monster 2013, says Starbucks is just the beginning How Google is taking the Knowledge Graph global Report tags top consumer trends for 2013 Verizon updates Samsung's Galaxy S3 to Android 4.1 Yahoo shakes up board, adds PayPal cofounder Max Levchin iTunes 11 minor update brings back duplicate finder Today's recommended downloads Is It Getting Hot in Here? Different Ways to Cool Your Data Center (APC by Schneider Electric) North Shore Credit Union Case Study (Hewlett-Packard (HP)® & Intel® Xeon® Processors) Edison Group Paper: IBM PowerVM Virtualization Technology on IBM POWER7 Systems (IBM) Q&A: Use Mobile Marketing to Boost Sales (AT&T) HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers: Power, Flexibility & Serviceability (Hewlett-Packard & Intel®)   About this newsletter The Editor's Daily Picks newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow my Twitter feed (@jasonhiner) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic Automation will force inhouse IT staff to retrain IT staff will need to prepare for disruption as automation of IT management processes picks up according to the author of a new report. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Big Data Analytics Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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