Customers have been confused and upset by Microsoft’s new update policy. Instead of sending updates to everyone, depending on your carrier, your phone might be skipped for a particular release.

The Restart Page is a web page. On it are featured screen shots of a variety of restart windows, from several operating systems, to bring back "fond" memories of all the times you’ve been asked "Are you sure?"

Microsoft may be trying to market their "Storage Spaces" as something for the enterprise but Nexenta thinks Microsoft may have over-stated its capabilities.

The TippingPoint Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) notifies IT vendors about vulnerabilities in their software. If the bugs aren’t fixed in six months, TippingPoint goes public. But not all vendors respond quickly.

Webucator is offering a free course on HTML5 this month. "HTML5 Training for Web Developers" includes a variety of activities to help you learn HTML5.

Windows 8 will include something called Storage Spaces, a drive extender-like component. Windows Home Server Drive Extender was pulled last year so this may mark its return.

January 10 is Patch Tuesday. This month there will be patches for eight vulnerabilities, including one for the BEAST that was pulled from last month’s update.

Microsoft offers two versions of remote desktop computing for different environments: Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) and Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RDVH). If you think you need to push a lot of data across the channel, you may want to stress test the software – perhaps with Crysis.

The Win8 "Reset" feature can remove data and applications from your hard drive but the data could still be recovered with special equipment. If you need the disk cleaned for regulatory compliance, you’ll need to do more.

Colligo Briefcase Enterprise lets you access SharePoint content from your iPad. The app includes hardware encryption and remote wipe capabilities.