By Paul Thurrott, 02/08/2012
Microsoft on Wednesday published a statement in which it pledged to license its "standard essential patents" using "fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms." The statement ...
By Don Jones, 02/08/2012
Folks are often confused about when to use this "decorator" in PowerShell scripts and functions. Let's clear up the confusion.
By Paul Thurrott, 02/08/2012
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 ...
By John Savill, 02/08/2012
SCCM can be configured to block specific applications but this applies only to certain mobile devices.
By Orin Thomas, 02/07/2012
: @orinthomas It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone to learn that the personal computers of a lot of people have what might be delicately termed "software sourced through ...
By B. K. Winstead, 02/07/2012
It's been a while since I've written anything about my life as a smartphone addict. The reason is simple: It's a little embarrassing to claim the moniker of "smartphone addict" ...
By Jeff James, 02/07/2012
I recently interviewed Gregg Holzrichter, the VP of Marketing for Virsto Software, about two of his company's recently announced products: Virsto 2.0 for Hyper-V, and the first ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/07/2012
An on-staff attorney with the ITC believes that ebook reader maker Barnes & Noble should win a patent-infringement lawsuit brought against it by Microsoft.
By Tony Redmond, 02/07/2012
A couple of recent questions about the exact nature of archive mailboxes prompted consideration of the topic. It’s the nature of software deployment that the finer points of ...
By Paul Thurrott, 02/07/2012
The trend toward the consumerization of IT has dramatic ramifications for end users who have unwittingly forced their employers to accept these changes.