Sunday, April 29, 2012
HP’s Windows 8 tablet to take on iPad
Hewlett Packard is working on a Windows tablet for enterprises that could give the iPad a run for its money, the internet has revealed.
A PowerPoint slide said to have been leaked to the website Neowin reveals that the world’s largest PC maker has a fairly thin, fairly light tablet known as the Slate 8 in the works, that you’ll be able to control either with your fingers or with one of those digital input pens which helped to hold back the popularity of Windows tablets the last time around.
HP’s Windows 8 tablet to take on iPad
Microsoft fixes critical Hotmail password bug
Microsoft has issued a temporary fix for a scary and potentially disastrous Hotmail vulnerability that could allow hackers to erase your email password, set up their own and take over your account.
The previously undisclosed vulnerability made it possible for a remote attacker to bypass Hotmail's password recovery service and exploit the bug to reset the password using their own values, according to a notice from Vulnerability Laboratory. Hotmail has more than 350 million active users, and is the largest Web-based email service provider in the world
New Mobile Arrivals: Microsoft fixes critical Hotmail password bugPublish Post
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Collaboration made easy with a Nokia Lumia
Collaboration made easy with a Nokia Lumia – Nokia Conversations : the official Nokia blog
5 Reasons Microsoft SkyDrive is Better Than Google Drive
5 Reasons Microsoft SkyDrive is Better Than Google Drive | PCWorld
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Helpful Methods For Utilizing Microsoft Sharepoint For Your Own Business
Sharepoint 2010 is Microsoft’s very own Enterprise Content Management System or ECMS. Using this application, businesses may establish web site for spreading information. Furthermore, users can create, manage and publish documents using MS Sharepoint. Therefore, organizations and folks opt for sharepoint classes for finding out about this particular application. Other activities you can do with Sharepoint include:
Helpful Methods For Utilizing Microsoft Sharepoint For Your Own Business
How to Sync Microsoft Outlook Business Contact Manager to Android Devices with Microsoft Exchange
CompanionLink has the ability to synchronize one type of Microsoft Outlook folder to another. This allows you to sync the BCM folders to the Exchange folders in Outlook. The Exchange server can then synchronize this data to mobile devices, such as Android™, iPhone (News - Alert)®, and iPad®, that support Exchange ActiveSync
How to Sync Microsoft Outlook Business Contact Manager to Android Devices with Microsoft Exchange
How to Sync Microsoft Outlook Business Contact Manager to Android Devices with Microsoft Exchange
Yammer Integrates With Microsoft Dynamics
Yammer, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Social Networks, today announced an integration with Microsoft Dynamics, which enables updates from the CRM solution to appear as activity stories in the Yammer Ticker. Dynamics users who have installed the plug-in can follow important records such as accounts, campaigns and opportunities. When changes to these records occur, an activity story describing the event is published in Ticker in real-time.
Yammer Integrates With Microsoft Dynamics
Yammer Integrates With Microsoft Dynamics
SolarWinds Joins the Microsoft System Center Alliance
SolarWinds® (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable for more than 100,000 customers worldwide, announced that the company has joined the Microsoft System Center Alliance program. The System Center Alliance is a network of technology providers building solutions that extend System Center. The program helps customers select partner solutions that provide a seamless IT management
experience with System Center solutions.
SolarWinds Joins the Microsoft System Center Alliance
SolarWinds Joins the Microsoft System Center Alliance
Microsoft Features Family-Friendly Online Organizer AboutOne as BizSpark Startup of the Day
AboutOne (http://www.AboutOne.com), the online organizer that makes it fast, fun, and easy to preserve family memories and manage household paperwork, announced that the company has been selected from among thousands of startups to be featured by Microsoft as a BizSpark startup of the day (http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark). The announcement comes as AboutOne launches the BETA release of its new Windows Azure-based family management system.
Microsoft Features Family-Friendly Online Organizer AboutOne as BizSpark Startup of the Day - Valley News Live - KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks
Microsoft Features Family-Friendly Online Organizer AboutOne as BizSpark Startup of the Day - Valley News Live - KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks
Students put tech to good use in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup contest
Teams of high school and college students competed April 23 in using technology to help improve education, health care, the environment, and other pressing issues, reports the Seattle Times. It looked almost like a scene from an old-time video arcade: teenagers and young adults crowded around computer screens and displays, buzzing excitedly. But instead of “Donkey Kong” or “Pac-Man,” students played on-screen shooting games that obliterated diseases, or they waved their arms in front of a Kinect sensor to change the slope of a line on a screen and the math equation that generated the line.
Students put tech to good use in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup contest | eSchool News
Students put tech to good use in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup contest | eSchool News
Dotmatics Launches Novel Chemistry Add-In for Microsoft(R) Office at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo
a leading provider of informatics solutions and services to the pharmaceutical and bio-technology industries, today announced that it will showcase a new chemistry add-in for Microsoft® Office at the Bio-IT World Conference and Expo (Booth 323). The software, will facilitate communication and sharing of scientific data across applications and teams.
Dotmatics Launches Novel Chemistry Add-In for Microsoft(R) Office at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo
Dotmatics Launches Novel Chemistry Add-In for Microsoft(R) Office at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo
CommVault and Microsoft Expand Relationship to Offer Simpana Data Management with Windows Azure
CommVault and Microsoft Expand Relationship to Offer Simpana Data Management with Windows Azure
Monday, April 23, 2012
EPA RELEASES LIST OF TOP 50 GREEN-POWERED ORGANIZATIONS
Intel, Kohl’s, Microsoft rank in top three
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an updated list of the Top 50 Green Power Partnership organizations voluntarily using clean, renewable electricity from resources such as solar, wind, and low-impact hydropower. Intel Corporation tops the list as the largest single user of green power, followed by Kohl’s Department Stores and Microsoft Corporation. Combined, the Top 50 partners are using more than 15 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually. Through their use of green power, these top organizations are avoiding carbon pollution equal to that created by the electricity use of more than 1.3 million American homes each year.
EPA RELEASES LIST OF TOP 50 GREEN-POWERED ORGANIZATIONS - TheCypressTimes
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an updated list of the Top 50 Green Power Partnership organizations voluntarily using clean, renewable electricity from resources such as solar, wind, and low-impact hydropower. Intel Corporation tops the list as the largest single user of green power, followed by Kohl’s Department Stores and Microsoft Corporation. Combined, the Top 50 partners are using more than 15 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually. Through their use of green power, these top organizations are avoiding carbon pollution equal to that created by the electricity use of more than 1.3 million American homes each year.
EPA RELEASES LIST OF TOP 50 GREEN-POWERED ORGANIZATIONS - TheCypressTimes
The corporate economy is booming
Economic statistics have been terrible of late. And this is not because we've had disappointing job growth, tepid home sales, or slipping consumer confidence. What's really terrible is that the gloomy macro data distracted investors from the powerful momentum propelling corporate profits.
Weighing those inputs is a daily challenge. Sure it's nice that General Electric (GE -1.91%) nipped its earnings estimates on the strength of a 14% revenue surge in its industrial businesses. But how long can that go on with Spanish bond yields around 6%?
And sure, Honeywell (HON -0.69%) and Microsoft (MSFT -0.80%) are up after even stronger reports, but what about the recent uptick in jobless claims?
There's been a lot of discussion of late about when record corporate profit margins might revert to their long-term average far below current levels, and my guess would be not for a good long while.
The corporate economy is booming
Weighing those inputs is a daily challenge. Sure it's nice that General Electric (GE -1.91%) nipped its earnings estimates on the strength of a 14% revenue surge in its industrial businesses. But how long can that go on with Spanish bond yields around 6%?
And sure, Honeywell (HON -0.69%) and Microsoft (MSFT -0.80%) are up after even stronger reports, but what about the recent uptick in jobless claims?
There's been a lot of discussion of late about when record corporate profit margins might revert to their long-term average far below current levels, and my guess would be not for a good long while.
The corporate economy is booming
Apple News - Microsoft Releases SkyDrive for iPad and Mac OS X
SkyDrive is the place to store your files so you can access them from virtually any device. With SkyDrive for iOS, you can now easily access, manage, and share files on the go. You can also upload photos or videos from your iPhone or iPad to SkyDrive.
Features:
• Access all of your SkyDrive content including files shared with you.
• View recently used documents.
• Choose multiple photos or videos to upload from your phone.
• Share your files and photos-send a link in email or get a link you can copy and paste.
• Manage your files-move, delete, rename, or create new folders.
• Open your SkyDrive files in other iOS apps.
iClarified - Apple News - Microsoft Releases SkyDrive for iPad and Mac OS X
Microsoft: Primary Video Consumption Still Likely
Microsoft says the key to video's online future is universal access to high-speed broadband, but that the near future of video is still likely to be over traditional TV channels.
That is according to a copy of a summary of the prepared testimony of Microsoft exec Blair Westlake for Tuesday's (April 14) Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the migration of video to online platforms.
By John Eggerton
Microsoft: Primary Video Consumption Still Likely via Traditional TV: Microsoft says the key to video's online future is universal access to high...
That is according to a copy of a summary of the prepared testimony of Microsoft exec Blair Westlake for Tuesday's (April 14) Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the migration of video to online platforms.
By John Eggerton
Microsoft: Primary Video Consumption Still Likely via Traditional TV: Microsoft says the key to video's online future is universal access to high...
Go Ahead and Sneer, But Microsoft’s Windows 8 Could be Huge
The new Windows seeks, among other advances, to challenge Apple’s touch-screen functionality. Microsoft has been riding the wave of a revival in the much-maligned PC this year, as its stock has surged ahead of the broader market.
Go Ahead and Sneer, But Microsoft’s Windows 8 Could be Huge
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Nvidia says Xbox 360 graphics power will hit mobile devices by 2014
Nvidia aims to deliver the graphics power behind gaming consoles like Microsoft's Xbox 360 to mobile devices by the year 2014, which could mark a further shift to mobile gaming.
An Nvidia slide revealed by AnandTech shows its forecast for the GPU industry, which sees relatively little change in consoles, steady growth for PCs, and sharp growth for mobile devices.
The solid lines show estimated performance, which will see mobile devices matching the graphics power of the Xbox 360 next year and then surpassing it the year after. The dotted lines show trends, which suggests the power match being made in 2014, while the console market advances a little further.
What Could Have Been: Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Halo’ Movie
What Could Have Been: Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Halo’ Movie - News in Film
Aidmatrix Partners with Microsoft to Enhance Disaster Relief Communication Tools
The Aidmatrix Foundation today announced that it is partnering with the Microsoft's Citizenship team to enhance disaster relief management. The partnership will focus on further development of the Microsoft Windows Azure Disaster Response technologies and programs that facilitate communications between responders and the public during disasters.
Under a grant provided by the Microsoft, this partnership will help to build Windows Azure-based web and mobile technologies s that provide immediate access to the latest information on conditions in the disaster area, as well as the ability to rapidly share critical information with the community and other relief organizations using dynamic maps, social media integration, photos and video content.
Aidmatrix Partners with Microsoft to Enhance Disaster Relief Communication Tools
Under a grant provided by the Microsoft, this partnership will help to build Windows Azure-based web and mobile technologies s that provide immediate access to the latest information on conditions in the disaster area, as well as the ability to rapidly share critical information with the community and other relief organizations using dynamic maps, social media integration, photos and video content.
Aidmatrix Partners with Microsoft to Enhance Disaster Relief Communication Tools
Microsoft enterprise licensing changes favor Windows RT, put Android and iOS in their place
If you can't beat them, manage them. It's a strategy that has worked well for Microsoft in the past, and it is emerging as a key element in announcements last week about how Microsoft will license Windows 8 in all its variations, including the x86 consumer, Professional and Enterprise editions, the embedded Windows RT and the cloud-based Windows Intune. By Paul DeGroot
Microsoft enterprise licensing changes favor Windows RT, put Android and iOS in their place
Microsoft enterprise licensing changes favor Windows RT, put Android and iOS in their place
Microsoft adds paid storage tiers to SkyDrive cloud service
Microsoft adds paid storage tiers to SkyDrive cloud service | Microsoft - CNET News
Microsoft, Facebook Announce Patent Agreement
REDMOND, Wash. and MENLO PARK, Calif., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Microsoft Corp. and Facebook announced today a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will assign to Facebook the right to purchase a portion of the patent portfolio it recently agreed to acquire from AOL Inc. Facebook has agreed to purchase this portion for $550 million in cash.
Microsoft, Facebook Announce Patent Agreement - MarketWatch
Microsoft, Facebook Announce Patent Agreement - MarketWatch
Full online/offline mobile client for Dynamics CRM finally available
Resco a leading provider of mobile software solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM just released a revolutionary update for its Resco Mobile CRM, top level mobile solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which is leaving its competitors years behind.
Full online/offline mobile client for Dynamics CRM finally available
Windows Phone Gets Skype App
- Lumia 900 – Nokia
- Lumia 800 – Nokia
- Lumia 710 – Nokia
- HTC Titan
- HTC Radar
- Samsung Focus S
- Samsung Focus Flash
Windows Phone Gets Skype App « Solar Panel News
CommVault And Microsoft Expand Relationship To Offer Simpana Data Management With Windows Azure
CommVault today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft Corp. to offer a cloud storage capability that combines the power of Simpana® software with the benefits and flexibility of storing data on the Windows Azure cloud platform. As data is expected to double every two years, organizations are grappling with flat budgets and costly primary storage that may contain up to 70 percent of infrequently accessed, stale data[1], said Sheila Childs, Research VP, Storage Technologies and Strategies, Gartner. The new offering provides enterprise organizations a simple, cost-effective solution to archive, index, search and access massive amounts of data for long-term retention and compliance. This combined data management solution for Windows Azure offers up to 62 TBs of cloud storage capacity and the data and information management capabilities of Simpana 9 Express for a starting price of approximately $50,000.
CommVault And Microsoft Expand Relationship To Offer Simpana Data Management With Windows Azure - MarketWatch
CommVault And Microsoft Expand Relationship To Offer Simpana Data Management With Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Microsoft to Pull Plug on XP in Two Years
Microsoft has kicked off what it calls a "two-year countdown" to the death of Windows XP and the Office 2003 productivity suite.
Separately, Microsoft announced that Windows Vista, the problem-plagued operating system that never really took hold among customers, exited mainstream support on April 10. In a product's extended support phase, Microsoft provides security patches to registered users but offers other fixes, including reliability and stability updates, only to organizations that have support contracts with the company.
By Gregg Keizer
Microsoft to Pull Plug on XP in Two Years - Computerworld
Separately, Microsoft announced that Windows Vista, the problem-plagued operating system that never really took hold among customers, exited mainstream support on April 10. In a product's extended support phase, Microsoft provides security patches to registered users but offers other fixes, including reliability and stability updates, only to organizations that have support contracts with the company.
By Gregg Keizer
Microsoft to Pull Plug on XP in Two Years - Computerworld
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Linus Torvalds
Not all that's good is gold or something like that!
Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, made a startling comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore., on Monday: "Linux is bloated." While the open-source community has long pointed the finger at Microsoft's Windows as bloated, it appears that with success has come added heft, heft that makes Linux "huge and scary now," according to Torvalds.
Linus Torvalds posts on CNET
Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, made a startling comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore., on Monday: "Linux is bloated." While the open-source community has long pointed the finger at Microsoft's Windows as bloated, it appears that with success has come added heft, heft that makes Linux "huge and scary now," according to Torvalds.
Linus Torvalds posts on CNET
PC & Tech Authority wins Best Magazine award
We are happy to report we have won the Best Magazine award at the 10th Annual Microsoft IT Journalism Awards.
A panel of judges has awarded PC & Tech Authority the Best Magazine award at the 10th Annual Microsoft IT Journalism Awards, at an awards ceremony organised and hosted by MediaConnect in Sydney on Friday.PC & Tech Authority wins Best Magazine award - PC & Tech Authority
Shuttleworth: The Internet Is Changing, Not Dying
The world is moving increasingly towards environments where consumers and employees download apps from sanitized app stores and use software that is native to the devices on which they run. This is happening as a result of the increasingly important role of mobility in business and consumer life, and the security threats that lurk in the World Wide Web. Not only are app stores becoming more prevalent in both corporate and personal contexts, but companies are using virtualization technology that allows them to serve employees virtual images of software, with the effect that data is isolated from the web, and servers are insulated from unknown intruders. So does the emergence of these closed systems mean the web is losing relevance?
Shuttleworth: The Internet Is Changing, Not Dying - The CIO Report - WSJ
Shuttleworth: The Internet Is Changing, Not Dying - The CIO Report - WSJ
Top Picks: Best of Microsoft - Tech - New Straits Times
Office
1 - The Microsoft Office productivity suite has modernised the way people work, study and communicate. With the exception of Clippy (which few found amusing), Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook programs have all become household names. The current version, Office 2010, features more collaboration tools.
Windows XP
2 - Arguably its most favoured operating system, Windows XP is a platform that focuses more on user experience, beckoning more non-geeks into the world of computing.
Microsoft automates Office 365 installs
Microsoft has updated its automated software development tools to the new Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012, and in a sign it wants to push its cloudy productivity has added the ability to automate Office 365 deployments.
Details are sketchy at present, but the download page for the software promises “Comprehensive tools and guidance to efficiently manage large-scale deployments of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 365.” That's a step up from the “Office 365 Assessment Report” offered in the tool's predecessor, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit, which did little more than check if PCs were capable of running Office 365.
Microsoft automates Office 365 installs • The Register
Details are sketchy at present, but the download page for the software promises “Comprehensive tools and guidance to efficiently manage large-scale deployments of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 365.” That's a step up from the “Office 365 Assessment Report” offered in the tool's predecessor, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit, which did little more than check if PCs were capable of running Office 365.
Microsoft automates Office 365 installs • The Register
Girls In Tech hold their own in a guy's world
Girls In Tech (GIT), the global all-woman tech network, has arrived in Singapore. And so has its American founder Adriana Gascoigne, now based here.
About 150 women, a mix of Singaporeans and expatriates, have already joined the two-month-old Singapore chapter.
Girls In Tech hold their own in a guy's world
Saudi hacker dies of asthma attack
The 28-year-old hacker was known for penetrating the most well protected sites including Microsoft, Kaspersky, Milworm, besides the server of another hacker known as the king of hackers Kevin Mitnick. In addition to numerous Jewish sites, banks and major companies, he was also able to hack into the site of the Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Saudi hacker dies of asthma attack
Windows 8 Enterprise designed for mobile productivity
Microsoft this week unveiled details about the upcoming Windows 8 editions, which include Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro for x86-based PCs, as well as Windows 8 RT for tablets and devices powered by ARM-based processors.
On Wednesday, the software giant shed more light on Windows 8 Enterprise, the corporate version of the operating system designed to meet the mobile productivity, security, manageability and virtualisation needs of today’s businesses.
Here’s an overview of some of the key features available in Windows 8 Enterprise:
Windows 8 Enterprise designed for mobile productivity | Techgoondu
TechDay Malta 2012 at Golden Sands
According to a new study by analyst firm IDC, the public and private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide between 2012 and 2015, while Central and Eastern Europe show an estimated growth between 158 per cent and 168 per cent from 2012 to 1215.
Microsoft’s Cloud Technologies will be the central theme during TechDay Malta at Radisson Blu, Golden Sands tomorrow, 23 April. Microsoft will in fact be hosting two parallel tracks, one for developers and one for the IT professionals, during which the latest Microsoft technologies will be presented. INDEPENDENT online
Windows Phone to beat Android
Microsoft has always seen its Windows operating system as one of the pillars of its business. With the release of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft made it very clear that the operating system they were selling in that space was an important one for them and one that was targeted solely at phones. This allowed them to focus the operating system for a specific kind of use, with a different operating system being available for tablets (the disastrously named Windows RNT). The radical new Metro UI interface they brought to their phones is also slated to make it into desktop version of their flagship operating system as well as into the Xbox interface. This points to Microsoft sharing Apple’s view that a single integrated experience between all operating systems they offer is where the future is.
This clearly sets up the mobile landscape for a repeat of the desktop OS wars of the 1980s/1990s with a key difference. This time, there are two strong players looking to leverage their position on one end of the spectrum to get a larger slice of the overall pie: Apple will leverage its success in the mobile world to help increase the footprint of its computer offering while Microsoft will come at it in the reverse direction, trying to leverage its desktop footprint to get at the mobile market. by Tristan Louis
Windows Phone to beat Android - Business Insider
This clearly sets up the mobile landscape for a repeat of the desktop OS wars of the 1980s/1990s with a key difference. This time, there are two strong players looking to leverage their position on one end of the spectrum to get a larger slice of the overall pie: Apple will leverage its success in the mobile world to help increase the footprint of its computer offering while Microsoft will come at it in the reverse direction, trying to leverage its desktop footprint to get at the mobile market. by Tristan Louis
Windows Phone to beat Android - Business Insider
Microsoft Israel’s Best & Brightest on Parade at ThinkNext Tel-Aviv
Then there’s the annual ThinkNext conference which has become one of the local tech community’s staple events. The more interesting portion of the event (in my opinion at least) is the demo area, where startups chosen by the the local Microsofties showcase their goods. So unless you happen to be at the event in the port of Tel-Aviv this afternoon, here’s what you’re missing out:
Microsoft Israel’s Best & Brightest on Parade at ThinkNext Tel-Aviv | TechCrunch
Microsoft Israel’s Best & Brightest on Parade at ThinkNext Tel-Aviv | TechCrunch
Ultimate P-51 Racer Microsoft FSX Download
This is the Microsoft default North American P51 Mustang model with new high performance flight dynamics and new effects. Built purely for fun and speed lots of speed. Use the NOS for a added thrill. This aircraft entitled Shadow Spear is the ultimate piston racer. Textures and modifications by Mark Rooks of RDG Aircraft.
Get to grips with data-driven business applications in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 using Packt's new Book and eBook
Packt is pleased to announce the publication of Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook, a handful guide which will help the reader to design and develop rich data-driven business applications in Silverlight. Co-authored by Gill Cleeren and Kevin Dockx, this book is packed with practical recipes, illustrating the techniques to solve particular data problems.
Beware unsolicited tech help
A few days ago, in the evening, I was working at my computer in my home office when I received an unsolicited phone call from a lady who identified herself as someone working for "Windows."
I asked, "Windows? Microsoft Windows?" She said no, "Windows, for your computer. We have received some information from your computers via the Internet that some files are not working correctly, and we want to fix them for you at no charge."
Sounded good, but strange. Microsoft is a business, and they are not free.
Beware unsolicited tech help | TBO.com
I asked, "Windows? Microsoft Windows?" She said no, "Windows, for your computer. We have received some information from your computers via the Internet that some files are not working correctly, and we want to fix them for you at no charge."
Sounded good, but strange. Microsoft is a business, and they are not free.
Beware unsolicited tech help | TBO.com
Influential trio in space venture; the big Bellevue deal that wasn't; champion barista worries about cafés
Microsoft billionaire Charles Simonyi, filmmaker James Cameron and Google founder Larry Page are joining forces in a space endeavor that will be unveiled in Seattle Tuesday — but until then, no one is saying exactly what all these heavy hitters are up to.
Influential trio in space venture; the big Bellevue deal that wasn't; champion barista worries about cafés | Sunday Buzz | The Seattle Times
Influential trio in space venture; the big Bellevue deal that wasn't; champion barista worries about cafés | Sunday Buzz | The Seattle Times
Scammers Use Microsoft Name To Gain Access Into Computers
Norma Charles recently got an alarming phone call from a man she said had a heavy accent.
"I'm always a little bit weary. You hear about this all the time and I said I’m not sure I trust you or not," Charles said.
"He said ‘oh I’ll show you how bad it is,’" Charles said.
The scammer directed her to a website (teamviewer.com) and from there, Charles said he just took over.
"Do you see the arrow and I said sure, he was in my computer," Charles said.
He told her he could fix the problem, but it would cost her more than $300. It was at that point, Charles had enough and hung up. Reporter: Alyssa Chin
Scammers Use Microsoft Name To Gain Access Into Computers
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Smoked By Windows Phone Coming To UK As "Dare to Live"
Microsoft will be bringing the popular "Smoked by Windows Phone" contest to smartphone lovers in the UK tomorrow, but this time it will be known as "Dare to Live". In this challenge, participants will battle against the latest Nokia Lumia 900 for a tasty cash prize.
Dare to Live is set to begin tomorrow on 21st April, where the tour will begin in London. Over the next eleven weeks Microsoft will tour ten more cities, including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Bristol, and lastly on 7th July, Liverpool.
Microsoft launches Kinect Star Wars app
The Kinect Star Wars application allows users to see all the feeds from Twitter and Facebook in a Star Wars intro manner although its in no way related to Kinect.
Global software giant Microsoft has launched a brand new social networking based application for Android devices. Called the Kinect Star Wars, the application allows users to get feeds from popular social networking websites including Facebook and Twitter in the style of 'the crawl', the iconic Star Wars' opening title sequence. By Rahul GuptaMicrosoft launches Kinect Star Wars app
Microsoft Research: Bringing Sexy Back
Everywhere you look on Microsoft's Redmond, WA, campus, there are bicycles and places to store them.
Microsoft Surface
Walking the halls of Microsoft’s sprawling campus (many buildings, multiple locations), you’re struck not by an uptight atmosphere, but by how similar it is to other tech companies. The walls are covered in art, meeting notes and interface ideas (they have a lot of marker-friendly walls). Virtually every building has a vast commons area where co-workers hang out and hash out ideas. There are ping-pong and even pool tables (though I rarely saw anyone using them). There are bicycles everywhere, electric car ports and Microsoft minivan transportation. I saw in-house coffee shops and, while there’s no free lunch, all the drinks are free.
The Microsoft you don’t know, however, is nowhere more in evidence than in Microsoft Research. It’s a 20-year-old group where some of Microsoft’s most interesting — dare we say edgiest — ideas percolate and sometimes come to fruition. No, it’s not where the company builds Windows 8, but it could be the place where some of Windows 8’s biggest innovations begin. It was not the birthplace of Xbox 360, but Kinect had its germination there.
Microsoft Research: Bringing Sexy Back
Trials Evolution breaks XBLA record with highest day-one sales
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Trials Evolution breaks XBLA record with highest day-one sales | VentureBeat
Microsoft may be working on a two-sided smartphone display system
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published details on a Microsoft patent relating to a two-sided smart device display system for phones and tablets, PatentBolt reported on Friday. By: Dan Graziano
Microsoft may be working on a two-sided smartphone display system
Microsoft Finally Cramming Skype into Xbox
"We’re building the next generations of our products and technology right here in London and Skype is looking to hire a Development Manager to lead the development of our experiences on Xbox," the Engineering Manager listing reports. "As an experienced Engineering Manager, you will have a strong technical background developing client software and will bring a deep understanding of architecture and resource efficient engineering to the team." By Kevin Parrish
Microsoft Finally Cramming Skype into Xbox
Microsoft pulls Office 2011 SP2 from AutoUpdate
On April 12, Microsoft released the Service Pack 2 update for its popular Office 2011 for Mac software suite, which offered a number of improvements for the suite, including many for its Outlook e-mail client. However, following this announcement, it became apparent that a number of users were having problems with corrupted identity databases when installing the new software.
Microsoft originally tackled this problem by notifying users of the problem and offering instructions for how to correct the issue either before or after the SP2 update had been applied. However, today the company announced on its Office for Mac blog that it will be temporarily halting the distribution of the update through its AutoUpdate utility until it finds a resolution to the problem.
Microsoft pulls Office 2011 SP2 from AutoUpdate | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
Microsoft originally tackled this problem by notifying users of the problem and offering instructions for how to correct the issue either before or after the SP2 update had been applied. However, today the company announced on its Office for Mac blog that it will be temporarily halting the distribution of the update through its AutoUpdate utility until it finds a resolution to the problem.
Microsoft pulls Office 2011 SP2 from AutoUpdate | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
Microsoft Applies for Patent on Augmented Reality, 3-D Audio
But now it looks like Microsoft may have a solution. In a recently published patent application, the company describes technology that could solve the “outside the sweet spot” conundrum, providing listeners with a polished 3-D audio experience no matter where they’re sitting, or even standing.
Published Thursday, Microsoft’s patent application describes augmented-reality technology that tracks a user with a “depth camera system” and delivers content-accurate, 3-D audio to the listener, regardless of his or her position in a room. The system collects room and listener position data to deliver specific audio cues — instructions from virtual team mates, gunshots, chirping birds, whatever — inside a user’s unique (and often fluid) soundscape.
The patent application also describes a data-collection scenario in which the listener wears one or more microphones that capture the acoustic properties of a room. Self-calibrating surround-sound systems use a similar technology: A user places a microphone where he typically sits and the system adjusts audio output for that targeted area, delivering an optimal surround-sound experience.
Microsoft’s application also describes a data-collection scenario in which the listener wears sensors that help the system determine one’s position and rotation. The sensors could be fixed to a headset, or placed on another location of the user’s body. By Roberto Baldwin
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/microsoft-applies-for-augmented-reality-3d-audio-patent/
Published Thursday, Microsoft’s patent application describes augmented-reality technology that tracks a user with a “depth camera system” and delivers content-accurate, 3-D audio to the listener, regardless of his or her position in a room. The system collects room and listener position data to deliver specific audio cues — instructions from virtual team mates, gunshots, chirping birds, whatever — inside a user’s unique (and often fluid) soundscape.
The patent application also describes a data-collection scenario in which the listener wears one or more microphones that capture the acoustic properties of a room. Self-calibrating surround-sound systems use a similar technology: A user places a microphone where he typically sits and the system adjusts audio output for that targeted area, delivering an optimal surround-sound experience.
Microsoft’s application also describes a data-collection scenario in which the listener wears sensors that help the system determine one’s position and rotation. The sensors could be fixed to a headset, or placed on another location of the user’s body. By Roberto Baldwin
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/microsoft-applies-for-augmented-reality-3d-audio-patent/
Tom Osborne, two ex-Microsoft execs and an astronaut walk into a bar.
Credits: Photo courtesy of the Omaha Press Club. Raikes caricature by Jim Horan.
"He's not very big," Osborne said of the scouting report on Raikes, "but he sure is slow."
Burgum recalled the the story of Raikes receiving his first athletic letter. "He got his first athletic letter when he was only a high school freshman," Burgum said. "It came from the coach. It read: 'Dear Jeff, please don’t come out next year.' "
Tom Osborne, two ex-Microsoft execs and an astronaut walk into a bar... - Silicon Prairie News
Microsoft Security Fundamentals (MTA) Training Released by TrainSignal
The more folks trained the better!!
"The latest Microsoft video training from TrainSignal focuses on fundamental security concepts used in a Windows Server 2008 environment. The course aids students in gaining fundamental knowledge for beginning a career in IT security, learning concepts in security layers, Windows operating system security, network security, and key security software. Taught by Microsoft expert Don Jones, the lessons also cover firewalls and best-practices techniques for managing security on a wide variety of devices across a range of scenarios. Lesson content builds on knowledge of Microsoft networking fundamentals, another MTA certification." By TrainSignal
Microsoft Security Fundamentals (MTA) Training Released by TrainSignal - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee
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"The latest Microsoft video training from TrainSignal focuses on fundamental security concepts used in a Windows Server 2008 environment. The course aids students in gaining fundamental knowledge for beginning a career in IT security, learning concepts in security layers, Windows operating system security, network security, and key security software. Taught by Microsoft expert Don Jones, the lessons also cover firewalls and best-practices techniques for managing security on a wide variety of devices across a range of scenarios. Lesson content builds on knowledge of Microsoft networking fundamentals, another MTA certification." By TrainSignal
Microsoft Security Fundamentals (MTA) Training Released by TrainSignal - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee
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Microsoft Should Sell Bing Unit, Analyst Says: Tom Keene - Bloomberg
If their real motivation for being in the search business is to prevent Google from having complete market dominance, Microsoft would be better off working with Facebook,” Sherlund said today in an interview on Bloomberg Radio’s “Bloomberg Surveillance” with Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt.
Microsoft Should Sell Bing Unit, Analyst Says: Tom Keene - Bloomberg
Microsoft Windows RT Tablets Will Be More Security Friendly Than IPad, Android Devices
The newly announced capability can check the devices for compliance with corporate policies surrounding passwords, encrypting data, antivirus, anti-spyware and auto updates, according to the Building Windows 8 blog. This is similar but less comprehensive than what some NAC schemes do in order to keep devices that don't comply from connecting to networks.
Previously Microsoft had announced four flavors of Windows 8 -- Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT -- with Windows RT lacking many of the features included in the Enterprise edition that might make the devices more palatable to businesses. By Tim Greene
Microsoft Windows RT Tablets Will Be More Security Friendly Than IPad, Android Devices | PCWorld Business Center
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Previously Microsoft had announced four flavors of Windows 8 -- Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT -- with Windows RT lacking many of the features included in the Enterprise edition that might make the devices more palatable to businesses. By Tim Greene
Microsoft Windows RT Tablets Will Be More Security Friendly Than IPad, Android Devices | PCWorld Business Center
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Office 365 To Replace LearnLink For Email
By Nicholas Sommariva
Office 365 To Replace LearnLink For Email | The Emory Wheel
Here's Why Microsoft Shares Are Surging
Microsoft shares soar more than 5% after the software giant sidestepped a sluggish PC market and reported better-than-expected results.
Strong sales of its Office software suite combined with positive results from server software and services drove overall results. Revenue rose 6% from a year ago, surprising analysts.
By Steven Russolillo
Here's Why Microsoft Shares Are Surging - MarketBeat - WSJ
Microsoft datacenters: the fecal matter has hit the rotating blades
There’s certainly no shortage of waste to power such installations, though currently waste management and the high-density connectivity needed for reliable datacenter operations are two things that are rarely found together. Microsoft’s focus on developing grid-independent fuel cells is, among other things, an attempt to decouple the installation of a datacenter from the requirement that the infrastructure be upgraded to deliver sufficient power. The blog talks about the potential of building these conatinerized datacenters alongside water treatment plants or landfills, to get direct access to the biogas these facilities produce.
Microsoft datacenters: the fecal matter has hit the rotating blades | ZDNet
Verizon Backs Microsoft in Mobile War With Apple, Android
The telecom giant, feeling the pinch of Apple's expensive iPhone, said yesterday it wants to help Microsoft succeed in creating an alternative mobile platform.
Microsoft rises as better PC sales boost profit
(Reuters) - Shares of Microsoft Corp rose 4 percent in premarket trading on Friday, after the world's largest software maker reported a quarterly profit ahead of expectations on better-than-expected sales of personal computers.
Microsoft rises as better PC sales boost profit | Reuters
Microsoft touts corporate tools in Windows 8 Enterprise
Microsoft again touted the feature as a secure way for out-of-office workers to access corporate resources from personal or shared devices, and as a solution to the "bring your own PC" problem of people using their own machines, which may be less secure and more likely to be malware infected, to connect with the company's network. By Gregg Keizer
Microsoft touts corporate tools in Windows 8 Enterprise - Computerworld
Microsoft touts corporate tools in Windows 8 Enterprise - Computerworld
Microsoft Taps Augmented Reality for Bing-Powered Translator App
Microsoft Taps Augmented Reality for Bing-Powered Translator App
Microsoft Working to Release 32 Windows 8 Tablets by Mid-2013
We have had quite a bit on Microsoft’s next operating system here on the site including gaming performance, Internet Explorer 10 and the Metro UI (which we still do not particularly like). After tinkering around with Windows 8 and seeing the potential underneath we do get that even if Windows 8 is not a blockbuster it will change the way that the tablet market works forever.
Microsoft Working to Release 32 Windows 8 Tablets by Mid-2013
7 Things You Should Know About Microsoft Certifications Today
Microsoft is retooling its certification program, so there's likely some questions from readers out there who are just getting into the certification game (and for you who are getting back into it after a testing hiatus, this could also be useful). With that, here's a handful of facts you should know before you get wrapped up in Microsoft certification chaos.
7 Things You Should Know About Microsoft Certifications Today -- Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online
7 Things You Should Know About Microsoft Certifications Today -- Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online
Microsoft's Windows propels pleasant third-quarter surprise
Microsoft produced a surprisingly strong quarter to start the year, pleasing investors looking forward to even bigger things from the software maker's much-anticipated overhaul of Windows operating system next fall.
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Microsoft's Windows propels pleasant third-quarter surprise
Microsoft Shares Rise as Profit Boosted by Business Sales
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s largest software maker, rose after it reported fiscal third- quarter profit that topped estimates on better-than-expected sales of Windows and Office software for businesses. By Dina Bass
Microsoft Shares Rise as Profit Boosted by Business Sales - Bloomberg
Microsoft Shares Rise as Profit Boosted by Business Sales - Bloomberg
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Greenpeace Drops Cloud Protest On Amazon, Microsoft
This is stupid!
Greenpeace activists climbed to the top of Amazon’s new headquarters in Seattle on Thursday morning, rappelled from the roof, and hung a giant banner that read: “Amazon, Microsoft: How Clean is Your Cloud?”
Amazon’s headquarters is right across the street from Microsoft’s new Seattle office. Hung by “professionally trained activists,” the 800-square-foot cloud-shaped sign is designed to bring (more) attention to the way the two tech giants use power inside their massive computing facilities.
Greenpeace Drops Cloud Protest On Amazon, Microsoft | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
Greenpeace activists climbed to the top of Amazon’s new headquarters in Seattle on Thursday morning, rappelled from the roof, and hung a giant banner that read: “Amazon, Microsoft: How Clean is Your Cloud?”
Amazon’s headquarters is right across the street from Microsoft’s new Seattle office. Hung by “professionally trained activists,” the 800-square-foot cloud-shaped sign is designed to bring (more) attention to the way the two tech giants use power inside their massive computing facilities.
Greenpeace Drops Cloud Protest On Amazon, Microsoft | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
What Happened To The "Halo" Movie?
The Halo movie seemed perfect—a sci-fi alien flick with exotic locations, an iconic main character, a fanbase of millions, etc. Yet it never did see the light of day, despite years of speculation and rumors. Neill Blomkamp's version of it got canned and many design elements made it into District 9 (a good film in its own rights) instead. Rupert Sanders made a gorgeous, cinematic trailer for Halo 3: ODST, but a trailer is all it ever was. By Michael Rougeau Story
Microsoft Evangelist Retracts Comments About Windows Phone Updates
Microsoft Developer Evangelist Nuno Silva has retracted his previous statement that current Windows Phones will be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Silva writes that he confused future Windows Phone app compatibility with phone update capabilities.
Microsoft Evangelist Retracts Comments About Windows Phone Updates | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Intel teases Letexo/Cove Point Windows 8 Ultrabook Hybrid
Intel is pretty active lately and it’s easy to understand why: Microsoft will launch Windows 8, their first desktop OS to support ARM processors, so Intel has to do something with its x86 architecture, which is more expensive and consumes more power (but it’s also superior in performance).
As specs hinted by Intel I have to mention the 12.5 inch screen, two USB 3.0 ports, HDMI out and a price point of only $1000, much cheaper than the Lenovo Yoga, another touchscreen ultrabook concept I like. I just hope it will be powered by the new Ivy Bridge platform, not the crappy Atom CPUs Intel is so proud off. Author: Ionut Popa (John Pope)
Intel teases Letexo/Cove Point Windows 8 Ultrabook Hybrid
Verizon Signals Windows Phone Push - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD
During Verizon’s first-quarter earnings call Thursday, CFO Fran Shammo voiced the carrier’s support for Microsoft’s mobile OS, saying it’s “hoping to do the same thing” with Windows Phone that it did with Android.
by John Paczkowski
Verizon Signals Windows Phone Push - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD
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Skepticism mounts over Windows RT's enterprise role
Omissions from the feature set of Windows RT are making analysts increasingly skeptical that enterprises will gravitate toward tablets running the new forked version of Windows.
Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed that Windows RT, the operating system designed to run on battery-saving devices powered by ARM system-on-a-chip (SoC) silicon, will not include a pair of features critical to enterprises: Connectivity to a company's network, dubbed "domain joining," and support for Group Policies, a mechanism that enterprise IT administrators use to micro-manage machines.
Prior to this week, Microsoft had called the operating system "Windows on ARM," or WOA for short. By Gregg Keizer
Skepticism mounts over Windows RT's enterprise role - Computerworld
Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed that Windows RT, the operating system designed to run on battery-saving devices powered by ARM system-on-a-chip (SoC) silicon, will not include a pair of features critical to enterprises: Connectivity to a company's network, dubbed "domain joining," and support for Group Policies, a mechanism that enterprise IT administrators use to micro-manage machines.
Prior to this week, Microsoft had called the operating system "Windows on ARM," or WOA for short. By Gregg Keizer
Skepticism mounts over Windows RT's enterprise role - Computerworld
2012 Republican National Convention Names Microsoft Official Innovation Provider
Advancing efforts to make the 2012 Republican National Convention the most dynamic, state-of-the-art event in the party's history, organizers today announced Microsoft Corporation will serve as the convention's Official Innovation Provider. The announcement underscores convention Chief Executive Officer William Harris' commitment to embrace new technology that will spur interest and enthusiasm leading up to the August 27-30 event in Tampa. By 2012 Republican National Convention
2012 Republican National Convention Names Microsoft Official Innovation Provider - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee
2012 Republican National Convention Names Microsoft Official Innovation Provider - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee
Does Microsoft explain cloud outages better than Google? - Tony Redmond's Exchange Unwashed Blog
It seems therefore that Exchange Online has been doing a little better in its competition against Gmail recently. There was the small matter of the APAC outage on March 16, but no one really counts a problem that only affected people at the other end of the world, do they? At least, that’s what it seemed like based on the lack of coverage in the mainstream IT media.
Does Microsoft explain cloud outages better than Google? - Tony Redmond's Exchange Unwashed Blog
Does Microsoft explain cloud outages better than Google? - Tony Redmond's Exchange Unwashed Blog
Microsoft to power data center from sewage, landfills
Last year it announced it was building a data center inside an old barn that was partly open to outside air so it could take advantage of natural air circulation and heat leakage as part of its plan to cool the place.
It ran a prototype data center in a tent for seven months to make sure the idea would work.
Earlier this month it announced it was building one in Wyoming, which isn't that innovative in itself, but how many data centers have you ever visited in Wyoming? (The state offered $10 million in incentives for a data center Microsoft said will cost $112 million to build.) By Kevin Fogarty
Microsoft to power data center from sewage, landfills | ITworld
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It ran a prototype data center in a tent for seven months to make sure the idea would work.
Earlier this month it announced it was building one in Wyoming, which isn't that innovative in itself, but how many data centers have you ever visited in Wyoming? (The state offered $10 million in incentives for a data center Microsoft said will cost $112 million to build.) By Kevin Fogarty
Microsoft to power data center from sewage, landfills | ITworld
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Microsoft Unveils Windows 8 Enterprise Features
Microsoft Unveils Windows 8 Enterprise Features | WebProNews
Microsoft Corp. Files Federal Lawsuit Against Florence Business
The Microsoft Corporation is suing a Northern Kentucky electronics recycling business in federal court for copyright infringement, saying the locally owned business sold computers bearing unauthorized copies of Microsoft's Windows operating system.
The software giant also says Batton Industries LLC, based in Florence, used trademarked images, such as the Windows "colored flag design," without permission in marketing and advertising materials.
Microsoft Corp. Files Federal Lawsuit Against Florence Business - HispanicBusiness.com
The software giant also says Batton Industries LLC, based in Florence, used trademarked images, such as the Windows "colored flag design," without permission in marketing and advertising materials.
April 19, 2012 - Josh Kegley
Microsoft Corp. Files Federal Lawsuit Against Florence Business - HispanicBusiness.com
Why You Should Give Microsoft SkyDrive A Try
But there's already an alternative, and you really should try it.
It's Microsoft's SkyDrive, and it combines online storage with freebie versions of several Office apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint ,and One Note.
SkyDrive is accessible via any browser on any operating system. It works on Windows, Macs, and Linux machines. Julie Bort
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-give-microsoft-skydrive-a-try-2012-4#ixzz1sTHWT5Zm
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