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Nick Parker has one of the more interesting jobs in the PC business right now. As corporate vice president for Microsoft’s OEM division, he manages the company’s relationships with PC manufacturers, including sales and licensing of Windows. It’s not always an easy job. Microsoft ruffled a few feathers last year […]
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Still use Internet Explorer? There’s no shame in that. But here are a few quick and easy steps you can take to stay safer as you browse. How well Internet Explorer–or any Web browser, for that matter–protects against attacks and malware greatly depends on whether you keep it up to […]
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If you’re using Lync Server and not Office 365, you could be in for a wait Businesses hoping to connect Skype users with Lync users via their corporate Lync Server but haven’t started the process yet are in for a wait. That’s because it can take 30 days to activate […]
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Microsoft took some criticism for pushing gaming to the back burner with its Xbox One announcement, but isn’t game quality a given? Microsoft may not have wowed hardcore gamers with its initial Xbox One announcement, but I’m not sure it wanted to. All of the exclusive game titles and advanced […]
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As PC prospects decline, the tech giant moves toward a hybrid, cross-platform future with opportunities in the server closet and the cloud Microsoft has been in business, in one form or another, for 37 years. In the tech world, that’s an eternity. Which isn’t to say Microsoft has remained static […]
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Business users will find actual IT-oriented features, rather than the consumer OS adorned with extras. Microsoft recently introduced a trio of consumer Windows 8 SKUs, two for desktop and the ARM version. Lost in the hoopla was Windows 8 Enterprise edition, which wasn’t outlined in great detail. Well, Microsoft has […]
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Microsoft virtualization technology still has uphill battle vs. VMware, but third-party support making Hyper-V more alluring to customers About three years ago Embotics jumped into developing support in its private cloud management platform for Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor, hopeful that the VMware virtualization challenger would take off. When that takeoff initially […]
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Excel power user flags down this passing pilot fish to help with her PC, where she has a spreadsheet open. “She was trying to copy out information from this spreadsheet someone had sent to her,” says fish. “When she pressed Ctrl+C, the spreadsheet flickered a few times, and all the […]
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If you’ve heard about Cloud based onDemand Gaming service OnLive, you might already understand what Future of Cloud based apps and games would look like. OnLive is a step forward in earadicating requirement of high-end PC hardware for Gaming. All the complex graphics, computation and memory intensive processes from 3D […]
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The update to Windows 8 will be delivered across a variety of form factors and display sizes Microsoft’s update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses […]