http://thevarguy.com – Microsoft is making a Windows 8 and Office partner sales push to help close fiscal Q4 2013 on a high note. The Microsoft sales push, called Beyond easy, offers profit incentives on Windows 8, Office, SQL Server, Windows Server 2012 and more. read more (IT news)

http://news.softpedia.com – Dovecot, an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind, is now at version 2.2.2.Highlights of Dovecot 2.2.2:• The last mail cached is now kept uncompressed in a temp file;• A pop3_deleted_flag setting has been added. (IT news)

http://www.talkandroid.com – We’ve been trying to pin down Google’s new Nexus 7 specs that’s bound to come out sometime in the next few years, and according to the reliable DigiTimes, we’ve got some confirmation on release date, as well as screen and processor. The release date is expected sometime in July, and the tablet will use a Snapdragon processor with a 1920 x 1200 resolution screen. (IT news)

http://techcrunch.com – Larry Page thinks we are, as a population, too negative. Especially the tech community. It’s a topic that he tackled a few times during his surprise Q&A after this morning’s Google I/O keynote, and it actually ended up being one of my favorite bits from the entire three hour presentation. The solution? (IT news)

http://techcrunch.com – Apple had a bit of a head start when it came to mobile software sales, since it launched its App Store earlier than the Android Market — now called Google Play. The gap between the two, which was more pronounced in terms of initial downloads, has begun to close. (IT news)

http://news.softpedia.com – A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system has been announced by Canonical.These are the kernel vulnerabilities found in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2012-6549, CVE-2012-6549, CVE-2013-1860, CVE-2013-1928, and CVE-2013-2634. (IT news)