Today in Tech: Windows 8 peek, the iOS 5 wishlist

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Windows 8 may include a Ribbon-like user interface. Photo: PC World

• PC manufacturers -- and apparently, some users -- have gotten their hands on early builds of Windows 8, which will include support for ARM chips and features like enhanced graphics, 3-D support, facial recognition, instant-on capability and a Windows app store. Microsoft also looks to be experimenting with a new Ribbon user interface (UI), the same type used in the most recent versions of Microsoft Office, like Word and Excel. Whether or not this Ribbon UI makes it into the final build in some form or another remains unclear, but the results so far are apparent in the screengrab above. What do you think: hit or miss? (CNNMoney and PC World)
• Epsilon, one of the world's largest providers of marketing email services for companies like J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Barclays, Capital One Financial Corp., and Citi, experienced a security breach that may have enabled the hackers to gain access to the names and email addresses of customers. Luckily, no financial information was leaked. (Wall Street Journal) More

Posted in: Apple, ARM architecture, Citi, CNNMoney, Episilon, Facebook, History of Microsoft Windows, Intuit, iOS 5, Microsoft, MobileCrunch, QuickBooks, ribbon, Salesforce.com, Windows 8

• Salesforce.com and Intuit join forces

  The "anti-software" company joins forces with one of the biggest small-business software makers out there, striking another blow on behalf of the cloud.

  Salesforce.com's (CRM) future depends on rapid expansion of its customer relationship management business and its ability to become the platform of choice for developers of cloud-based business applications.

  But the company can't do it all alone. That's why this morning Salesforce.com announced a strategic partnership with Intuit, maker of MORE

  Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Apr 1, 2011 1:01 PM ET
  Posted in: Customer relationship management, Eloqua, Intuit, Macquarie Group, Marketo, QuickBooks, Salesforce.com, Webtrends

• Aaron Patzer's startups

  The Mint.com founder now runs a big part of Intuit and invests in startups on the side. Here, his take on Jack Dorsey's Square and the one investment on which he's glad to take a pass.

  If you're not one of the 5.6 million active users on Mint.com, we suggest you give it a long, hard look, because even the most business savvy can benefit from its services, whether it's saving MORE

  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 1, 2011 11:12 AM ET
  Posted in: Aaron Patzer, GoPayment, HealthTap, Instagram, Intuit, Kevin Systrom, Mint, QuickBooks