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Microsoft Pledges Reasonable Patent Licensing, No Injunctions

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 ...

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

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.

Motorola Targets Apple, Microsoft Revenues in Patent Suits

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 ...

Q: Can I block applications running on mobile devices that are managed with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 by using the Exchange Server connector?

By John Savill, 02/08/2012

SCCM can be configured to block specific applications but this applies only to certain mobile devices.

Piracy and Consumerization/BYOD

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 ...

Droid Razr Maxx: Return of a Smartphone Addict

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" ...

Virsto Updates Hyper-V Offering, Brings Storage Virtualization to VMware vSphere

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 ...

ITC Attorney Claims Barnes & Noble Isn't Violating Microsoft Patents

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.

Top Six things to know about Exchange 2010 archive mailboxes

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 ...

The Consumerization of IT Is Not a Victimless Crime

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.


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