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First look at the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820

Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph gives us the first look of the Nokia phones that will be launched with Windows Phone 8.

All in all, I’m seriously impressed with the new Lumias, both inside and out. Design-wise, they’re a nice evolution of the iconic design that Nokia introduced in the Lumia 800 and Lumia 900 – solid, ergonomic, and comfortable. And inside, they’ve added technology like PureView and PureMotion HD+ that offer up real, tangible benefits like smoother, faster, more responsive navigation and professional grade photos. Combined with the power of Windows Phone 8, they’re really something special.

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Windows 8 launching late October

Windows 8 launching late October, RTM ‘on track’ for August | The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/9/3146476/windows-8-will-rtm-august-release-late-october via @verge

Paul Thurrott recommends viewing the BUILD 2011 keynote given by Steven Sinofsky in which Windows 8 was finally unveiled to understand the roadmap of the development and release of what is the most significant OS from Microsoft since Windows 95.

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Finished The VDI Delusion by J…

Finished The VDI Delusion by Jack Madden et al. and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/b9EOtHha #Kindle

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Computing Microsoft

What’s Plan B should Windows 8 fail?

Windows 8 Failure Could Set Off Tech Industry Chain Reaction

What’s plan b?

Plan b should be an Office Everywhere initiative

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Computing Microsoft

Removing administrator rights fixes 90 percent of Windows 7 vulnerabilities

Ars Technica reports that 90 percent of Windows 7 flaws fixed by removing admin rights

After tabulating all the vulnerabilities published in Microsoft’s 2009 Security Bulletins, it turns out 90 percent of the vulnerabilities can be mitigated by configuring users to operate without administrator rights, according to a report by BeyondTrust.

Ars Technica describes this as being good news for IT departments who can reduce security breaches by mandating the use of the ‘Standard User’ account, but it is still not common practice for home users to do the same.

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How many characters?

I know Microsoft is striving hard to improve the security of their operating systems but this is ridiculous.

At least 18770 Characters! Bloody hell!