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

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

Windows Phone in 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?...

WinInfo Short Takes: February 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 Nokia for not having...


Obviously, Smartphone Shipments Exceeded PC Sales in 2011

Market researchers from Canalys announced that overall sales of smartphone handsets exceeded those of PCs in calendar year 2011. ...

Windows Phone in 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?...

IE 6 and the Dark Side of Success

Enterprises expect software solutions to last indefinitely; as a result, Microsoft has had to extend support for its aging systems far beyond the original expiration date....


Obviously, Smartphone Shipments Exceeded PC Sales in 2011

Market researchers from Canalys announced that overall sales of smartphone handsets exceeded those of PCs in calendar year 2011. ...

WinInfo Short Takes: February 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 Nokia for not having...

Amazon Already Dominating Android Tablet Market

Three months ago, Amazon didn't even sell a tablet computer, but today the firm controls a stunning 40 percent of the market for Android-based tablets, according to one market analyst. ...


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Q: How can I make my website load faster?

Four tools to optimize your website performance.

Quest Software Touts New Features of Secure Copy 6.0

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 ...

New version of MFCMAPI available

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

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?

Connect to SkyDrive from Explorer by using this tool.

Microsoft Pledges Reasonable Patent Licensing, No Injunctions

Microsoft on Wednesday published a statement in which it pledged to license its "standard essential patents" using "fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms." The statement ...

What does PowerShell's [CmdletBinding()] Do?

Folks are often confused about when to use this "decorator" in PowerShell scripts and functions. Let's clear up the confusion.

Motorola Targets Apple, Microsoft Revenues in Patent Suits

This week, details of two Motorola Mobility patent-oriented legal attacks against Apple and Microsoft, respectively, and both in Germany, were revealed. The goal? To obtain a ...


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Paul Thurrott demonstrates Windows 8 on the tablet with Sean Deuby, Michael Otey, and Jeff James. They walk through the touch-screen interface and the start menu and the picture password feature where you can use gestures to log in.

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