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All you technology fans and Windows 7 geeks would have heard about Microsoft’s announcement that they will be introducing Tablets running on Windows 7. During Microsoft’s worldwide partner conference during mid July 2010, CEO Steve Ballmer said his company would be coming up with Windows 7 tablet prototypes to give Apple’s iPad a run for money. But will the new Windows 7 enabled tablet prototypes... Read More »

What is all this talk about Windows shortcut bug ?   The Links are vulnerable in the Windows shell.  An Emergency patch has been issued this week to address this bug. It is indeed a critical bug. This bug affects various versions of Windows like Windows XP,   Windows server 2008 R2, Windows server 2008,   Windows Vista and Windows 7.  Microsoft had issued a temporary solution to the problem... Read More »

In the corporate world with rapid movement of business on the internet, it has become all the more important that the companies formulate their policies, re-check the strategies to be adopted and must try to maintain good relations with its customers, competitors and suppliers. In businesses, customers come and go and you may sometimes even not have an idea as to how many customers have left due to... Read More »

The first announcement of Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 release was made at the Microsoft Tech-Ed 2010 in New Orleansduring summer and this was also recently renewed in order to integrate many new potential.  Microsoft VS Scrum 1.0 was released by Aaron Bjork, who is the PM on MS Team (TFS) Foundation Server which was earlier known as Team Foundation Server Scrum v1.0 Beta. With the development... Read More »

In a recent event organized by Microsoft, Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft gave a massive promotion to its new Cloud-based developmental projects. While most of the Microsoft’s products found mention during the event, what left several of the experts bewildered was Microsoft’s lack of addressing to the issue of software security. Most of us are aware of the fact that Microsoft has forever... Read More »

In another move to boost sales and reputation and to keep up with the growing industry trends, Microsoft has turned the Xbox 360 into a social entertainment and movie hub.  Microsoft’s John Schappert says the Xbox is an entertainment device and not just a machine and as if to prove a point, Microsoft has just recently announced a tie up with MovieTickets.com to offer users the option to purchase... Read More »

Zune is an entertainment platform released by Microsoft which is used for audio and video purposes. The user has to download the Zune application and get a Zune player and pass. Then he has to go to the Zune market place which consists of music, movies and videos. Zune pass is necessary for the user so that he will be able to download the stuff from the market place. Microsoft has launched the Zune... Read More »

In a recently released advisory, Microsoft has dispatched a warning to all users informing them of Microsoft Windows Shell’s vulnerability towards malware and other hacker attacks. These malicious attacks are usually spread via USB’s which are infected by a virus. This vulnerability can affect every windows system, be it Vista or Windows 7. Microsoft further ascertained that these attacks... Read More »

It has been long since we have seen a successful product from Microsoft’s factory. The recent failures by the company include Mira, Origami and Kin. The problem has become so fierce that Microsoft’s employees are requesting Mr. Bill Gates to rejoin the company and pull it back from shambles. An Opportunity for Microsoft The recent debacle by Apple in the form of the  iPad, has brought the company... Read More »

Microsoft has recently decided to undertake changes by giving up some control over its development platform by rendering it to the open source community. Python and Ruby Released The code for Microsoft’s Python and Ruby was developed for .NET IronPython, and IronRuby and was been distributed under the Apache Software Foundation license. Along with this the company had decided to release Dynamic... Read More »

A lot is being said and done about cloud computing which is something like a newer version of what we call utility computing. Information technology is always changing and reforming and the new terms are indicators of this revolution. Cloud computing is trying to address the issue of the brittleness and rigidity that we face every time while handling a PC or a laptop. It starts with admitting the... Read More »

After the failure of Windows Vista, Microsoft was concerned about the success of new operating system, Windows 7. The efforts of system developers paid off and as it can be claimed now, Windows 7 has become one of the most admired operating system in existence. Due to user friendly interface and lots of applications to enjoy, you also might be the one who is willing to install this OS on your system.... Read More »

The Windows Shell vulnerability is caused because of improper usage of shortcuts in the system. It drew the attention of all the users as the cyber criminals used this problem to spread the Malware targeting SCADA systems. These systems generally include single input and output, networks, and software. The attacks made by using the Windows Shell vulnerability were generally small and it is just implemented... Read More »

Microsoft’s week mainly revolved around its Worldwide Partner Conference popularly known as Microsoft’s WPC, which was conducted in Washington D.C. between 11 to 15th of July. The Worldwide Partner Conference is a meeting which is conducted annually by the Microsoft. This conference acts as a platform for the partners to meet with one another and also with the staff of Microsoft giving... Read More »

Microsoft has released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta version recently. But it has released this version as testing software only to some sections of the people like IT managers or professional. Microsoft always follows this process of releasing their product in the corporate and information technology sectors first. It releases to the regular people and customers only after testing its products... Read More »

Tracking an address was quite a difficult job once, but it seems as if everything has changed a great deal now. You can now easily trace any address by just sitting on your work station. Type in the address and hit ENTER, you will get every possible detail about the address that you are looking for. Life has been made a lot more convenient then it was ever before. Google was the first one to come... Read More »

Webmasters the world over will find this as alluring news. Your career as a webmaster can now be taken to the next level with the all new Microsoft Bing webmaster tools, thanks to Microsoft and its ever competitive outlook. These tools really take your work as a webmaster from the limited state it was to an entirely new level where you can actually have a real nice time and have a lot of things working... Read More »

Microsoft is actually planning the launc of the windows phone 7. This is one phone that will give you something more than the run of the mill experience that you have been having with other forms of technology in the same line with the window phone 7. Several features are very much on this window phone 7 and it is sure to take your taste beyond the ordinary. All you actually need is to lay your hands... Read More »

One thing that had rather become very noticeable about Microsoft Corporation is their undying desire to satisfy all their teaming clients and customers. Though some people say that it is impossible to satisfy everybody, but Microsoft seems to be calling the bluff of that kind of understanding. In fact, Microsoft corporation seems to be telling the world that they are actually looking beyond the level... Read More »

If you are a developer using an application like Microsoft visual studio 2010, you can be sure that you have some kind of improvement coming your way without delay. This is one of the ways through which Microsoft Corporation is telling the world of their willingness to be in a position to satisfy you as a customer. The improvement is coming as an effort by Microsoft to bring about productivity enhancing... Read More »

The future of the Microsoft small business server seems to be uncertain. This comes in the wake of Microsoft announcing that they want to remove the EBS. Though this news came unexpectedly, but it actually didn’t come as a surprise to many others. Some people who can be said to possess some kind of third eye seem to have a foresight about the future of the Microsoft small business server. The essential... Read More »

Windows Vista is an Operating System which was released by Microsoft after Windows XP. It is of course easy to go ahead with every type of operation with a bit of knowledge and practice. Once you do it, you will find things pretty easy to navigate at Vista. There has been loads of debate on whether to go for Vista or continue with the existing XP Operating System, both in favor and against. Navigate... Read More »

Young minds nowadays are sometimes far better and way advanced than those of adults who have gain much of expertise in their fields. Sometimes, difficult situations can be turned out much simple for them. This has been the common issue regarding the Microsoft Corporation and the student’s body. Microsoft has always been organizing a technology competition, encouraging the young minds to contribute... Read More »

Recently, people are having troubles regarding expired support system of an Operating Software. It has been reported that many users having an expired support system of their OS have been targeted by  malicious software and viruses . Although we say that this are expired operating system that must be replaced, issues arise regarding the difficulty of replacing them. What is an operating system? Operating... Read More »

It was not expected that Apple would launch the iPad, so early. This launch has quickly left a great impact on the industry. Apple crossed the bar of selling 3 million slates this year. This has given Apple a big market share and a really huge success. It has shaken a new ecosystem for softwares that would run on a newly emerged type of device called “slates”. Microsoft Goes Sloppy It... Read More »