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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Microsoft is getting ready to release Windows Mobile 7 to OEMs for testing in Q1 2010, with a launch date set for Q3 2010, according to ZDNet Taiwan (Chinese via WMPoweruser ). The testing program is reportedly named "Maldives" and is meant to collect feedback from OEMs, but this also means we'll likely see leaks early next year, just like we saw with Windows Mobile 6.5—and pretty...
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
John West, a Microsoft employee and Army National Guard soldier who was nearly paralyzed by a roadside bomb in 2004, has overcome substantial mental and physical hurdles to walk again and to return to the job he loves.
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft today started rolling out a new version of Bing Videos , which combines the video search we've come to expect from Bing plus the content we've been getting from MSN Video. The rollout begins today, but will only be fully available on both Bing and MSN by mid-November, a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars.
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new activation crack method has been discovered and implemented to bypass Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 activation: remove and disable Windows Activation Technologies (WAT, older versions were referred to as Windows Genuine Advantage). The hack in question works by bypassing activation altogether, and thus does not require a product key. By blocking, preventing, removing, and disabling access...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kindle for PC , Amazon's e-reader software for Windows, has finally been released to the throngs of Kindle users who want to read their books on the computer. The software, which was announced late last month, offers yet another way for customers to read their electronic books—this time in full color. In a world where e-books—particularly those from Amazon—are riddled with restrictive...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week, Within Windows noted something suspicious in regards to Microsoft's use of the GNU's General Public License (GPL): "While poking through the UDF-related internals of the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, I had a weird feeling there was just wayyyyyyyyy too much code in there for such a simple tool. A simple search of some method names and properties, gleaned from Reflector’s output,...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft has announced plans to purchase Teamprise -related assets from SourceGear but refused to reveal details of the acquisition. The Teamprise division of SourceGear, a Microsoft partner and leading provider of solutions for software developers using Microsoft tools and platforms, has been creating add-on products for Microsoft's Visual Studio line since it was founded in 1997. Teamprise has...
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | yesterday
Desmond Tutu among those included in this new monthly series at the intersection of health and information technology.
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft and industry partners continue momentum toward a common platform for information sharing and business process integration in the oil and gas industry worldwide.
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Microsoft today announced that Exchange Server 2010 is available worldwide "to help businesses reduce costs, protect communications, and delight e-mail users" and that Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (formerly known as "Forefront Online Security for Exchange") had also been released to help "Exchange Server customers further safeguard business information"...
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Customers have chosen SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell over competitive Linux distributions.
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor ( COFEE ) has made it into the hands of pirates, and their virtual ships are distributing it quickly for everyone to get a taste. The COFEE application uses common digital forensics tools to help law enforcement officials at the scene of a crime gather volatile evidence of live computer activity that would otherwise be lost in a traditional offline...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Over the weekend, Microsoft released version 4.3 of the Zune HD firmware; you can get the update via the Zune desktop software (Settings => Device => Player Update). The update is being rolled out gradually to Zune HD users, so if you haven't gotten it yet and want to force an update, you'll have to press the Power and Media side buttons together for 15 seconds (or until you see the screen that...
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Exchange 2010, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 help customers realize better productivity, efficiency and potential cost savings up to 70 percent.
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Song Zou, who helped develop Windows 7 features like Aero Shake and the new taskbar, hosted one of China’s most famous TV personalities in his Redmond home.