| InfoWorld Daily PM | | | Where many people are begging for significant advances in the Surface line, the top improvement mentioned to date is a kickstand. If that and Windows 8.1 are all we have to look forward to, Microsoft's heading into a disastrous holiday season. | | | Issue highlights 1. The lost art of listening to users 2. Review: Acer Iconia W3-810 is too little, too lame 3. Download InfoWorld's Malware Deep Dive report 4. How to Prepare for (and Ace) the Technical Interview | | White Paper: Level 3 Communications Incumbent carriers dominate the competitive landscape. However, competitive carriers are fast emerging as key challengers. Level 3, in particular, has been making inroads into the enterprise market through a combination of organic and inorganic growth strategies. Read Now | | Beyond book learning and college courses, there's a way to hone your tech skills and solve users' IT issues: Lend them your ears. READ MORE | | Billed as "the world's first 8-inch Windows tablet," the Acer Iconia W3 is proof that getting there first isn't always the most important achievement. READ MORE | | New malware needs new defenses, and InfoWorld's special report tells you how to identify -- and stop -- these online threats. READ MORE | | The job interview process is a tough road with many pitfalls that can catch job seekers off-guard and cause great opportunities to fall to the wayside. One often over-looked part of the process is the technical interview. Here's how to be ready for it. READ MORE | | White Paper: SolarWinds Enterprise IT network management tools are difficult to use, expensive and do not address the realities of today's real-world IT management challenges, according to the results of an IDG Research Services survey. Learn More | | | | |