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The tile-based Metro user interface that runs on Windows Phones will soon be the look and feel of all devices in Microsoft’s ecosystem. Is this smart streamlining or a foolish consistency? At its Worldwide Partner Conference last week, Microsoft strongly implied that the Metro user interface that adorns its Windows Phones will become the standard…
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Adds Chrome support for online apps as Office 365 launches Computerworld – Along with today’s launch of Office 365, Microsoft also released the first service pack for its Office 2010 business productivity suite. Microsoft had previously said it would ship Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) by the end of June. …
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As of Aug. 1, Google Apps won’t support older browsers Computerworld – Google will drop support for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 browsers for its online apps, including Gmail and Docs. Best MicrosoftMCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com “Beginning August 1, we’ll support the current and prior major release…
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Microsoft CEO maintains confidence that its mobile OS would draw more users in years to come, however IDG News Service – While Microsoft has enjoyed many successes over the past year, Windows Phone 7 hasn’t been among them, admitted Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the opening keynote Monday at the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference,…
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Sole critical bulletin will fix flaws only in Vista and Windows 7 Computerworld – Microsoft today said it will issue four security updates next week, only one of which is pegged as critical, to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Windows and Visio 2003. Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com Next Tuesday’s…
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The Windows 8 start screen merges the multi-touch, tile-based design of WP7 with desktop OS features for a completely new UI. Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky gave a sneak peek of the next version of Windows — code-named Windows 8 — at the Wall Street Journal’s D9 conference on Wednesday. Best Microsoft MCTS Training,…
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Microsoft has announced a free, 358-page book providing a detailed introduction to Windows CE 6.0. The downloadable Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Preparation Kit is intended as a text for students taking the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exam, but is also useful generally, the company says. Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com…
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For his annual keynote at the Microsoft Wordwide Partner Conference, taking place this week in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner wasted little time challenging Microsoft’s many competitors. He flouted the supposed weaknesses of Cisco, IBM, Google, Oracle and others, letting attendees know that Microsoft is gunning for these companies’ business. Best…
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IT job seekers have real reason to hope. No fewer than 10,000 IT jobs were added to payrolls in May alone, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, reflecting a steady month-over-month increase since January. And in a June survey by the IT jobs site Dice.com, 65 percent of hiring managers and recruiters said they…
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We survey the cloud’s effects on nine classes of IT jobs: Architects and sys admins win, middle managers and tech specialists lose — what about you? Winners: System administrators Other than architects, the jobs undergoing the greatest change as cloud encompasses the data center are those involving hands-on system administration. Best Microsoft MCTS Training,…