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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and chat service Skype is investigating a potential security threat that can expose a person’s last known Internet Protocol (IP) address. “We are investigating reports of a new tool that allegedly captures a Skype user’s last known IP address,” said Adrian Asher, Skype’s director of product security. Steps taken by Skype Skype, which is owned... Read More »

Microsoft Corporation’s security research team has discovered a new malware that exploits an old bug in Microsoft Office. The strange thing about this malware is that instead of attacking the PCs, the bug is actually targeting Mac OS X systems. The vulnerability, which was categorized as critical when it was discovered and patched in 2009, allows the attackers to execute remote code, which enables... Read More »

Software giant Microsoft Corporation will from now onwards be paying more attention to the icons, titles, and content of the apps that are available on its Windows Marketplace, and expects them to get more subtle and modest in the imagery used. Content policy for app store According to the recent official blog post, Microsoft’s content policies for the app store do not allow apps containing “sexually... Read More »

Microsoft Research gave demonstration of its new and fascinating technology concepts during the Microsoft TechForum. Three tech concepts were showcased by the Microsoft research team that included Illumishare, Interactive 3D desktop display, and the Holoflector augmented reality mirror. All these concepts will find diverse applications in gaming, education, and business fields. The Holoflector technology... Read More »

Although it is a well known fact that rebooting your Windows 7 PC is the option for going to the solution while any program is not shutting down or the system has started working in a different way, there is another option which can hold importance & can be more effective than this one. You can indulge in using the very powerful & result oriented Task Manager which will act as one of the major... Read More »

The biggest computer giant & tycoon, Microsoft bagged a handsome amount of fifteen thousand USD on the occasion of annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, using its Internet Explorer tactic on Tuesday. This process was mainly used by a researcher, Stephen Phewer of Harmony Security.  Before Stephens step in killing down IE8 on Windows 7 at Pwn2Own, the company did scrap Internet explorer twice for nullifying... Read More »

Today, we all are affected by computer security issues. There are different vulnerabilities that can affect your computer system. In the world of Internet, no one can keep his/her system safe until he is well aware of these vulnerabilities. If you keep your computer updated and you have the latest version of strong antivirus, then only you feel safe. System security is one of the most important issues... Read More »

Microsoft is in talks with TV channels to establish subscription-based services on its Xbox console. Microsoft is making efforts with the companies to produce a new TV service with the Xbox which will create a virtual cable operator.  In this, users will have to pay a monthly fee for accessing cable and broadcast network services via the Xbox. The company may also sell individual channels directly... Read More »

During an interview it was revealed by, Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft Corp. that Japan is the biggest marketplace outside of the U.S. in the present time. India is the next biggest market after Japan and it is performing really well. The company proclaims a better intellectual property control across India, in comparison of China. It has also commenced great business in India in... Read More »

The upcoming version of Windows Phone 7 will be known as Windows Phone 7.5 as it was previously known as Mango. The updated edition Mango was unveiled at Microsoft’s MIX11 occasion. On the Microsoft Partner Network blog, Microsoft has announced the changed name from Mango to Windows Phone OS 7.5. It was revealed that the preview of the New Windows Phone OS 7.5 is available and soon beta edition... Read More »

Microsoft has developed an ultra-modern, interactive panoramic program called Photosynth. This application is now available for the iPhone. Microsoft said earlier that using the latest computer apparition technology, the Photosynth app makes capturing natural scenes fun and appealing, while creating sharp, high-resolution results. By using this application, you can easily process, view, and store... Read More »

According to a Microsoft official, the company is trying to link embedded computing systems to the cloud. The cloud is going to reveal a number of wider options to embedded computing. Windows Embedded General Manager of Microsoft, Kevin Dallas made a note that the capability of capturing the intelligence from the verge of the network shall make an intense change in the charges which is going to be... Read More »

Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint 2010,  Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, for its business customers. More than 90 million business organizations can now install the 2010 suite and can expect to see major productivity gains and greater result on their software investments. The Beta applications for Microsoft’s Office... Read More »

A range of analysts from the market, and from internal Microsoft sources, have found their way across news items worldwide, announcing the non-availability of a Windows based tablet at least till early or mid 2012. With Bill Gates launching the first Microsoft tablet, way back in 2001, and promoting the natural evolution of the laptop into the world of tablets, with attached or detached keyboards,... Read More »

CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, at the Mobile World Congress 2011, announced that Microsoft will launch an update later this year and this much awaited update will add a lot to Windows Phone 7. The update will add Internet Explorer 9 to Windows Phone 7. Along with Internet Explorer 9 this update will also carry support for Twitter. After this update Windows Phone 7 will also be able to use the Skydrive... Read More »

Last week, Microsoft had announced a latest addition for Windows Phone 7 that did not work appropriately on approximately 10 % of phones. This update was launched to organize the operating system for an added update which is supposed to be launched in next week. The rollout was re-initiated by Microsoft roughly after 10 days when they first tried to release this update. Although it was a relatively... Read More »

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 service is the most advanced version of the CRM program that facilitates midsize industries to help to follow their clients. This program is now made available for their on location usage as well as by partnering with Microsoft in terms of hosted solution.The news of the arrival of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 services comes around exactly a month after Microsoft launched... Read More »

Have you ever ran into a situation where you have opened so many windows that there is no space in the taskbar. If this happens, the size of the window buttons reduces and you cannot even read and identify which button is for which window. The situation worsens if multiple windows are of the same type because in this case even the icon image looks the same on these buttons. To avoid such situation... Read More »

Nokia and Microsoft have formed a partnership in the smartphones market. According to analysts, both are competing against Google, which has developed the Android operating system and handsets such as Google Nexus One. Google launched the Nexus One smart phone on January 5, 2010. There are lots of features that make it smarter than all the other phones in the market. It has the Qualcomm QSD 8250... Read More »

The 16th edition of the journal MidWeek includes information about the plans of Microsoft. The company has always kept its developers at the very core of their business because it is they who actually think and create what is demanded by the people. Let us see what all was there in the 16th edition of MidWeek. Everyone is aware of the deal between Microsoft and Nokia. Quite a lot has been said about... Read More »

In recent times, we have continuously witnessed great enhancements and improvements in the operating system technologies. Microsoft has always worked upon it immensely and has been launching new features in each of its releases. Windows has come up with a new idea related to computer booting. Microsoft is working to get this technology and approach patented so that no one else duplicates the same.... Read More »

Microsoft and Nokia have declared that they will forge a long-term strategic alliance in order to challenge their competitors in the mobile devices industry. At a news conference, President and CEO of Nokia, Mr. Stephen Elop, and Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, discussed their high level new strategy. The alliance will be much deeper and more integrated than had it been with Android and Google. According... Read More »

In January 2011, Microsoft released two bulletins for patching up three shortcomings related to security measures which can affect the Windows operating system. The major vulnerabilities of serious nature can be exploited through drive-by downloading websites as warned by the software company. Flaws for the drive-by download which were covered through MS11-002 were briefed to Microsoft through the... Read More »

Microsoft has officially declared that a product will be released by them for permitting Windows Phone 7-based smartphones to sync content with Apple Macintosh computers. The Zune software is required for syncing information between Windows Phone 7 (WP7) and computers. However, Microsoft makes only the PC version for the application. Phones which are based on Windows Phone 7 were the first to offer... Read More »

Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, provided a glimpse of the company’s plans for the year 2011 as it addressed the Mobile World Congress. The company is planning to update its Window Phone 7 operating system. According to sources, Internet Explorer Mobile 9 will be available on Windows Phone 7. At present the users of Windows Phone 7 are using Internet Explorer Mobile, which is commonly known... Read More »