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In a bid to increase licensees and gain some badly needed market share, Redmond won’t charge for its phone OS anymore. Rumors and speculation have swirled on this for months, but now it’s official: Microsoft is giving away Windows Phone for free, at least to a pair of Indian handset […]
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Free tools for Windows Server admins There are endless software tools and utilities out there to help you in managing your network. Here are some of the best free ones. They can help you with deploying, maintaining, troubleshooting, and upgrading Window Servers, your domain, and aid with other miscellaneous network […]
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Report claims the company turned off botnet software on user’s PCs. Is that their right? Microsoft took down yet another botnet, but its method for doing so many not sit well with a lot of people, as the company removed software from their computers without their knowledge. In October 2013, […]
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All business in the front and party in the back, this category is the mullet of mobile devices. At CES, dual-boot devices running Windows 8.1 and Android revealed a conflicted situation for Microsoft. In the struggle to make Windows 8 relevant in mobile, the OS has been cobranded with Android […]
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Crashes are the top complaint from iPad Air, Fire HDX owners, No. 2 annoyance on iPad Mini, says Fixya Browser problems are the most common complaints of iPad Air and Fire HDX tablet owners, an online community of troubleshooters said Friday. San Mateo, Calif.-based Fixya mined 10,000 user-generated reports related […]
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Considering all that’s being patched this month, it seems as if Redmond forgot to include the kitchen sink… Tripwire’s Tyler Reguly says that considering all that’s being patched this month, it seems as if Redmond forgot to include the kitchen sink. Next week, Microsoft ends 2013 with 11 bulletins, offering […]
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Quells concerns fueled by cloud emphasis as the company pivots to services from packaged software Microsoft today shut down talk that it would soon stop shipping new versions of its Exchange Server, promising customers that it would continue to develop and release the popular email software for on-premise use. In […]
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Microsoft Windows Server R2 capbilities to be aware of and consider as part of an IT stratgey. With any server operating system upgrade, IT is always looking for the hooks that help motivate the upgrade process and deliver additional value. Sometimes it is as simple as better performance, a single […]
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Ballmer hammers home Microsoft’s ‘high-value’ strategy in final letter to shareholders Unlike last year, no surprises in CEO’s last letter to investors In his last letter to shareholders before retiring, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hammered on the same themes he and other executives struck three weeks ago in front of […]
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Microsoft may be well-served to bring in an outsider to replace departing CEO Steve Ballmer. Here are two strong candidates. As I said in a prior blog post, I feel Microsoft’s problems are too big for an insider to handle. This person will have allegiances, friendships and biases that may […]