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Microsoft tunes up Windows 8 multi-screen
When Microsoft launches Windows 8 Release Preview next month the operating system will have improved navigation features for users who like more than...
Windows 8 Update: Firefox, Chrome cry foul over Windows 8 ARM
Microsoft is taking heat from browser competitors Firefox and Chrome for blocking them out of planned Windows 8 devices that will be based on ARM...
Microsoft outlines remote desktop improvements in Windows Server
The new version of Windows Server will feature improvements in its hosting capabilities that end users can tap into remotely from a variety of client...
Microsoft announces 7 bulletins for May 2012 Patch Tuesday, closes book on MAPP data leak
Just hours after releasing the advance notification for May's Patch Tuesday release, which consists of seven bulletins, Microsoft brought some...
Remember Windows Live? Forget it.
Microsoft offers a range of services such as email and messaging under the banner of Windows Live, but that is about to end, shifting instead to a...
Microsoft may take on Kindles and Nooks
Microsoft is investing $300 million in a Barnes & Noble spinoff that has agreed to create a free Metro style Windows 8 application so customers can...
Windows 8 Update: Windows 8 preview popularity kicking Windows 7's butt
Microsoft says that so far the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is twice as popular at this point than its predecessor Windows 7 was based on the number of...
Microsoft SkyDrive upgrade takes aim at Dropbox
Microsoft has set its sights on Dropbox with a new set of features for its cloud storage service SkyDrive that syncs files and folders between...
Microsoft Windows RT tablets will be more security friendly than iPad, Android devices
Microsoft can perform a type of network access control on Windows RT devices as a way to protect corporate networks from harm these devices might...
Windows 8 Enterprise holds bag of goodies
The enterprise version of Windows 8 will include a list of exclusive features, among them a desktop that is bootable from a USB stick, a standby VPN,...
Windows RT tablets will add to the BYOD nightmare
If supporting iPads makes IT pros lose sleep at night, the Windows 8 tablet edition won't be any better.
Microsoft – carefully – edges closer to the open-source community
Despite a rocky historical relationship with the open-source community, Microsoft's recent decision to create a specialized Open Technologies spinoff...
Microsoft details four versions of Windows 8
Microsoft has given formal names to the four versions of Windows 8 -- Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT.
Critical Patch Tuesday bulletin addresses Microsoft Office attack seen in the wild
While four of the six security bulletins that Microsoft issued for April's Patch Tuesday release are rated "critical," one in particular has already...
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday will address exploits in Office 2010, IE9
Four of the six security bulletins Microsoft will release on next week's Patch Tuesday are rated "critical" and will address vulnerabilities in...
New Microsoft tool maintains Windows user settings in virtual environments
Microsoft virtual Windows environments need not require a lot of manual configuration to customize applications and update operating system...
Windows 8 Update: Back up Windows Server 8 to the cloud
Microsoft is offering free tests of online backup for Windows Server 8 via its Azure cloud storage service, which could be a convenient way to...
Why Windows 8 touch sorta stinks in the Consumer Preview edition
If you've been less than impressed with the performance of the touch interface for Windows 8 Consumer Preview it may be because the hardware running...
Wanted: Windows 8 developers
Windows 8 isn't going to catch on fast without a little prompting, and Microsoft is prompting with nationwide, one-day developer camps - free - to...
Windows 8 tablet displays can be as crisp as Apple iPad's Retina
Windows 8 specs include displays that are even sharper than Apple's fabled Retina display, which Apple claims is as clear as the human eye is capable...