Category Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft’s BLUE will be free upgrade

Microsoft has announced that its coming Windows Blue, or Windows 8.1, will be delivered as a free update through the operating system’s app store. 

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Hotmail is extinct, and evolves into Outlook.com

Microsoft has completed the move from Hotmail to the new Outlook.com, which now boasts more than 400 million accounts. 

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Time Running out on Windows XP, under 365 days left.

For those with Windows XP, it’s time to think about what’s NEXT!!  That’s right after several years of putting off closing down support for the vernerable OS.  Microsoft will be ending Extended Support and LifeCycle. 

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Microsoft Updates Core Windows 8 Productivity Apps: Mail, Calendar and People

Microsoft is finally releasing an update for its built-in Mail, Calendar and People apps. The Mail app will support organizational functions like flagging emails and creating folders. The Calendar app will get a new look and meeting scheduling support. And … Continue reading

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Video: Twitter, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Yahoo open to hijacking

Twitter, Linkedin, Yahoo! and Hotmail accounts are open to hijacking thanks to a flaw that allows cookies to be stolen and reused, according to a researcher.  

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Windows Surface FLOPS!

It looks like the sceptics were right, Microsoft’s Surface tablets are lemons. Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft has sold about 400,000 Surface Pro tablets since their debut last month. In addition, it only managed to sell a little over a … Continue reading

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32GB Surface tablet SOLD OUT in UK

One version of Microsoft’s new Surface tablet has sold out in the UK, despite only being available for pre-order for less than a week. 

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Microsoft Surfaces with their own Tablet.

LOS ANGELES — Forget about operating systems. Forget about mice, keyboards and snoozy computer accessories. Microsoft is now a full-fledged, no-excuses mobile computing manufacturer. On Monday a team of excited executives showed off Microsoft Surface — a pair of Windows … Continue reading

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Microsoft to End Vista Mainstream support Tuesday.

If you need to make a warranty claim or get incident support on a Windows Vista PC, now’s the time.  On Tuesday, Microsoft will end “Mainstream Support” for Windows Vista, moving into an “Extended Support” phase that lasts through April … Continue reading

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Microsoft in the List of TOP Contributors for Linux

The Linux Foundation has released its annual report on the top contributors to Linus Torvalds’s open source operating system, and there’s a new name on the list: Microsoft.

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