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WOA! Windows 8 on ARM Revealed

By Paul Thurrott, 02/11/2012

This week, after over a year of silence in the face of persistent and understandable questions from customers, tech enthusiasts and the press, Microsoft finally revealed more ...

Windows Weekly 247: WOA Nelly!

By Paul Thurrott, 02/11/2012

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo, Mary Jo and I discuss Microsoft's blockbuster revelation about Windows 8 on ARM (WOA), the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, ...

Windows Phone 7.5: Apps Organization Improvements

By Paul Thurrott, 02/11/2012

While Windows Phone still offers basic apps organization capabilities compared to iOS or Android, things have improved somewhat in Windows Phone 7.5.

Paul's Picks: Microsoft Hotmail and Microsoft Office 365 for Individuals and Small Businesses

By Paul Thurrott, 02/10/2012

How Microsoft Hotmail beats Office 365 for email for most consumers, but Office 365 beats "free" for most small businesses.

Windows Phone in 2012

By Paul Thurrott, 02/10/2012

With Windows Phone "Tango," has Microsoft finally found a recipe for success in the smartphone market? And will Windows Phone "Apollo" address business phone needs?

Windows 8 Secrets: Windows 8 is NOT Dropping the Start Button

By Paul Thurrott, 02/10/2012

There's been a lot of silliness and angst about Windows 8 supposedly dropping the Start button, the first time this central user interface has been absent from Windows since its ...

WinInfo Short Takes: February 10, 2012

By Paul Thurrott, 02/10/2012

An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including Microsoft's incredible but overdue revelations about Windows 8 on ARM devices, why the tech press is wrong to deride ...

Q: How can I make my website load faster?

By John Savill, 02/10/2012

Four tools to optimize your website performance.

Microsoft Launches MSN App for iPad

By Paul Thurrott, 02/09/2012

Microsoft today launched an MSN app for iPad which it says delivers great MSN content in a magazine-like experience you can read anywhere, whether online or off.

Solutions to VLT concerns around statistics and maintenance!

By Kimberly L. Tripp, 02/09/2012

Question: Partitioned tables were the new shiny feature in SQL Server 2005 – why are partitioned views even still available? Are there any benefits that they provide? Answer: In ...

Screenshots: Windows 8 Consumer Preview + Office "15" Technical Preview

By Paul Thurrott, 02/09/2012

Thanks to an exhaustive blog post and video about the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft's ARM plans, and Office 15, we now have our best peek yet at the future of Windows. ...

Quest Software Touts New Features of Secure Copy 6.0

By Jeff James, 02/09/2012

Scriptlogic was acquired by Quest Software in August 2007, and Secure Copy 6.0 -- released in late January -- is one of the first Scriptlogic products to be branded under the ...

Microsoft Finally Explains Windows 8 on ARM: Desktop and Office 15 Applications Will Be Included

By Paul Thurrott, 02/09/2012

Over a year after vaguely announcing that it would provide versions of Windows 8 on the ARM platform, Microsoft today provided detailed information about its plans. The post ...

Google Chrome 17

By Paul Thurrott, 02/09/2012

Google announced this week that the latest version of its web browser, Chrome 17, is now available. The new version sports page pre-rendering for faster performance, plus some ...

SQL Server Database Corruption Part III : Preventing Corruption

By Michael K. Campbell, 02/09/2012

In previous posts we touched upon an overview of what causes corruption and looked at ways to simulate corruption. In this post we’ll talk about more about corruption – in terms ...

Windows 8 Secrets: The Windows 8 Update Interview

By Paul Thurrott, 02/09/2012

Onuora Amobi of Windows8update.com recently interviewed Rafael Rivera and I about our forthcoming book, Windows 8 Secrets. We met Onuora at BUILD last September, had a great time ...

First Look: Kinect for Windows

By Paul Thurrott, 02/09/2012

Microsoft has delivered its improved Kinect for Windows, a motion sensor device that aims to bring Kinect entertainment to the PC masses. But unlike its Xbox 360 forefather, the ...

New version of MFCMAPI available

By Tony Redmond, 02/09/2012

Microsoft, or rather the program’s author Stephen Griffin, has published an updated version of the venerable MFCMAPI utility on Codeplex. The new version is dated January 2012 and ...

Use TLS with SMTP to Secure Your Email

By Paul Robichaux, 02/09/2012

Email transmission over SMTP is inherently insecure, but with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, you can enable TLS with SMTP to encrypt messages during transport.

Q: How can I access Microsoft SkyDrive files from Windows Explorer?

By John Savill, 02/09/2012

Connect to SkyDrive from Explorer by using this tool.



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