September, 2010
WinInfo Short Takes: Week of September 6, 2010
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including ... an IE 6 usage drop is an IE 8 gain, Microsoft's Fix It tool for the DLL vulnerability, Toshiba's new Tablet PC is no Tablet PC, HP's $2.3 billion purchase of a company no one's heard of, Microsoft patents OS shutdowns, Paul Allen vs. the world, and some upcoming browser updates ...
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September, 2010
No Surprises at Apple Music Event
This week, Apple held its annual music event, announcing new iPod, Apple TV, and iTunes products as expected.
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September, 2010
Windows 7 Family Pack Coming Back for the Holidays
Confirming news I had exclusively revealed in early July, Microsoft this week announced that the popular but limited-time Windows 7 Family Pack offering would be coming back for this holiday season.
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September, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Heads to Manufacturing
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its Windows Phone 7 OS has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and delivered to its partners for inclusion on new smartphones that will be provided to consumers in the months ahead.
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September, 2010
Microsoft: Android Is More Expensive than Windows Phone
It was all touched off by a classic bit of know-nothing blogosphere silliness: A prominent Silicon Valley blogger claimed that Microsoft's mobile business was "fatally flawed" because, get this, the software giant actually charges handset makers a small per-unit fee for its Windows Phone software.
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August, 2010
Windows Phone's Real Secret Weapon: Developers, Developers, Developers
Companies are still jockeying for position in the smartphone market. The Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms have some development deficiencies that could benefit Microsoft in the long run.
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August, 2010
What the? Microsoft Announces Xbox Live Price Hike
When it comes to multiplayer gaming on a console, there's Xbox Live and then there's everything else. But starting this November, Microsoft is going to really test the loyalty of its best customers, when it raises the price of the Gold version of that service from $50 a year to $60 a year.
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August, 2010
Microsoft Calls a Mulligan, Will Rejigger Live Sync as Windows Live Mesh
Microsoft late last week announced that it was dramatically altering its course on PC-to-PC sync and reversing an earlier branding decision.
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August, 2010
WinInfo Short Takes: Week of August 30, 2010
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including Microsoft's supposedly exorbitant cost of launching Windows Phone, Hotmail EAS support coming on Monday, Microsoft's supposed plans to connect Windows Phone and Xbox 360 with cross-platform gaming capabilities, the real key to the success of the new Xbox 360 console, the evil plan to push H.264, and Apple's upcoming music event.
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August, 2010
Paul's Picks: Windows InTune Beta and Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta
Small businesses should check out Windows InTune beta; and Firefox 4 could rejuvenate Mozilla's web browser offerings.
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August, 2010
What You Need to Know About Windows 8, Small Business Server, and Service Pack Timing
From Small Business Server's two new incarnations to the timing of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, we've got you covered so you can stay on top of technologies yet to come.
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August, 2010
Yahoo! Search Completes Transition to Bing
Yahoo! this week completed the transition of its search engine to the Bing back-end in both the US and Canada. The move comes almost 14 months after the two companies first announced their sweeping agreement to align in the search space to take on market leader Google.
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August, 2010
Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Arrives
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the immediate availability of the first service pack for Exchange Server 2010, adding a slew of new features in addition to the expected bug and security fixes and previously-released roll-ups.
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August, 2010
Microsoft Updates Office Web Apps, Facebook Docs
This week, Microsoft began rolling out the first functionality updates to its online office productivity suites, Office Web Apps (OWA) and Facebook Docs.
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August, 2010
Microsoft Warns Would-Be Halo: Reach Pirates
Three weeks before the public release of the most eagerly-awaited Xbox 360 game title of the year, Microsoft is probing how hackers obtained the game from its servers and made it available online.
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August, 2010
Microsoft Issues DLL Hijack Blocker Tool
Microsoft reacted to reports of rampant new zero-day electronic attacks on numerous third-party Windows applications by issuing a tool that prevents DLL hijacking, the underlying technique used in the attacks.
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August, 2010
Windows Phone Marketplace Set for October Opening
Microsoft is preparing for the final release of its Windows Phone 7 platform, announcing this week some key milestones leading up to the launch. The final release of the Windows Phone 7 developer tools is slated for September 16.
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August, 2010
Intel + McAfee: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?
Intel's announcement about purchasing McAfee shocked many people. However, Intel's move makes sense when you consider the direction in which the tech industry is going.
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August, 2010
Maybe Microsoft Isn't So Late to the Tablet Game After All
During his Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address back in January, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer infamously held up a prototype HP tablet device and declared, in not so. many words, that Microsoft was back in the Tablet PC game
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August, 2010
WinInfo Short Takes: Week of August 23, 2010
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including Intel's jump-the-shark purchase of McAfee, Steve Ballmer's surprising positive performance given his pay, Xbox 360 hits the half-way mark, Microsoft's supposed plans to link Windows Phone and Kinect, Arc Touch Mouse stupidity, VMWare's taking the ball home again so Hyper-V can't play, Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1, and Facebook's latest assault on your children.
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