Archive for October 16th, 2008
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Microsoft Unveils Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2
Microsoft Corp. debuted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2), an update to the award-winning Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Microsoft representatives demonstrated the new release for the first time before an audience of telecom and IT professionals at the VoiceCon tradeshow in Amsterdam. Customers will be able to purchase the release, currently in [...]
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Microsoft survey teases “Oahu”: affordable consumer-version of the Surface computer, hypothetically
Would you like your own Microsoft Surface computer but don’t own a hotel chain, telephone company, Las Vegas casino, television network or themepark? If so, you need to sign yourself up for some Microsoft market research. To be precise, Microsoft recently delivered a marketing survey centered around a multi-touch computing device codenamed “Oahu”. It is, [...]
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Microsoft Launches Learning Suite for Magellan Initiative
Microsoft has launched its Magellan Learning Suite, a package of software solutions and services designed to support a portable computer called Magellan, a low-cost system based on Intel’s Classmate PC targeted toward elementary and middle school students. The suite will initially support Portuguese initiatives aimed at infusing technology into the Portuguese education system and delivering [...]
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Microsoft: Mac buyers pay Apple tax
Apple may offer lower-priced machines on Tuesday, but one top Microsoft official said Monday that Mac buyers will still be paying an "Apple tax."
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In a lengthy interview, Brad Brooks, vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing, argued that Mac buyers face hidden costs if they try to add Windows to their Mac or if they [...] -
Microsoft Offers Cheap Memory for Dashboard Update
To ensure as many Xbox 360 owners as possible can enjoy Microsoft’s November 19 Dashboard Update, the company plans to offer inexpensive refurbished hard drives and memory cards to users worldwide, reports Gamasutra.
As a result, Microsoft has instituted the “Memory Upgrade Program” — a service that allows Xbox 360 owners to visit a web site [...] -
Overview of free Server Core configuration tools
Since the launch of Windows Server 2008 a lot of configuration tools have been released to help administrators get the most out of Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server 2008 installations.
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This blog post features free configuration tools and initiatives to develop this kind of tools for Server Core installations of Windows [...] -
Microsoft issues mega-patch to crush 20 bugs in Windows, Office, IE
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday patched 20 vulnerabilities, more than half of them rated critical, in 11 separate security updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE), Active Directory, and the Host Integration Server.
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Also for the first time, the company predicted the likelihood that hackers would come up with exploits for each bug.
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"The count’s big," said Andrew [...]