Tag Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft’s BLUE will be free upgrade

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Demoman

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

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Demoman

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.

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Demoman

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

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Demoman

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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Windows Surface FLOPS!

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Demoman

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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Microsoft to End Vista Mainstream support Tuesday.

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Demoman

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

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Demoman

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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Further Details on the Zeus BotNet Raid

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Demoman

Microsoft, working with others in the financial services and computer security industry, has disrupted a number of botnets being used by the Zeus malware family.

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Microsoft Leads Raids on Botnets and Hosting services. [VIDEO]

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Demoman

Microsoft employees, accompanied by United States marshals, raided two nondescript office buildings in Pennsylvania and Illinois on Friday, aiming to disrupt one of the most pernicious forms of online crime today — botnets, or groups of computers that help harvest … Continue reading →

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Is Microsoft leaking Critical Vulnerabilities to Hackers?

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Demoman

You have got to be kidding me – Microsoft leaking attack vectors for its own Windows vulnerabilities to hackers these days?

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