http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - General Business Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:03:55 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:03:55 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Makes-Changes-to-Its-Product-and-Service-Agreements-272068.shtml Recently, Microsoft started to perform various changes to its user agreements that consumers need to accept when accessing the company’s products and services.

Among these changes, the Redmond-based software giant included one that would require users to bring any issue they have with the company in small claim co... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 09:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Makes-Changes-to-Its-Product-and-Service-Agreements-272068.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Makes-Changes-to-Its-Product-and-Service-Agreements-272068.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Feeding-America-Adopts-Microsoft-s-Windows-Phone-Platform-269689.shtml Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States, has announced plans to move to Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform and to leave the previously used BlackBerry solution aside.

Through this move, the organization expects to strengthen its capabilities and to complement the use of various... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 19:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Feeding-America-Adopts-Microsoft-s-Windows-Phone-Platform-269689.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Feeding-America-Adopts-Microsoft-s-Windows-Phone-Platform-269689.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Live-edu-Rolls-Out-for-Los-Angeles-Community-College-District-269628.shtml On Monday, Microsoft announced that the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) chose to roll out Microsoft Live@edu to provide its students, faculty and alumni with a communication service accessible anytime, anywhere.

Through this deployment, LACCD will be able to offer all those in its campus easy-to-us... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 12:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Live-edu-Rolls-Out-for-Los-Angeles-Community-College-District-269628.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Live-edu-Rolls-Out-for-Los-Angeles-Community-College-District-269628.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MindTree-Limited-Develops-SharePoint-Server-2010-Based-PeopleHub-Portal-268130.shtml MindTree Limited, a company with expertise in global IT and product engineering services, has developed a unified corporate intranet portal using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, PeopleHub.

The new portal was meant to help it ease the management of the load of intranet applications and portals that were deplo... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 14:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/MindTree-Limited-Develops-SharePoint-Server-2010-Based-PeopleHub-Portal-268130.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/MindTree-Limited-Develops-SharePoint-Server-2010-Based-PeopleHub-Portal-268130.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Institute-for-Emergency-Medical-Service-in-Novi-Sad-Adopts-Lync-2010-268000.shtml Today, Microsoft announced that its Lync 2010 service was selected by the Institute for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in Novi Sad, Serbia.

EMS’ services needed an upgrade, as patients calling for assistance had their details taken down on paper and then delivered to teams in the field via radio station or... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 09:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Institute-for-Emergency-Medical-Service-in-Novi-Sad-Adopts-Lync-2010-268000.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Institute-for-Emergency-Medical-Service-in-Novi-Sad-Adopts-Lync-2010-268000.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-and-Aspen-Avionics-Sign-Patent-Agreement-on-exFAT-267782.shtml On May 3rd, Microsoft announced the signing of a patent licensing agreement with Aspen Avionics, through which the latter receives broad access to the latest Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT).

Microsoft’s exFAT modern file system was designed to facilitate large files for audiovisual media, and also to provide ... (read more)]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 13:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-and-Aspen-Avionics-Sign-Patent-Agreement-on-exFAT-267782.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-and-Aspen-Avionics-Sign-Patent-Agreement-on-exFAT-267782.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Is-Gearing-up-for-TechEd-and-WP-Developer-Summit-in-June-267640.shtml Next month, Microsoft will hold two important conferences focused on software development, one in Orlando and the other in San Francisco, namely TechEd North America and Windows Phone Developer Summit.

This year marks the 20th annual TechEd conference for the North American continent, being the most important Micro... (read more)]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 14:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Is-Gearing-up-for-TechEd-and-WP-Developer-Summit-in-June-267640.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Is-Gearing-up-for-TechEd-and-WP-Developer-Summit-in-June-267640.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Rebrands-Advertising-for-Small-and-Medium-Businesses-to-Bing-267608.shtml This week, Microsoft announced more changes to the names of its products, in an attempt to make them easier to use.

Not only will the company use other names for the Windows Live services available for Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms, but it also announced that its “Microsoft Advertising” for ... (read more)]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 13:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Rebrands-Advertising-for-Small-and-Medium-Businesses-to-Bing-267608.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Rebrands-Advertising-for-Small-and-Medium-Businesses-to-Bing-267608.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Phone-References-Found-in-Microsoft-Barnes-Noble-Agreement-267571.shtml On Monday, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced the signing of a new agreement, aimed at accelerating the advancement in the e-reading area.

In the press release announcing the new deal, the two companies also mentioned the creation of a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, as well as plans for coming up with a Windows... (read more)]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 12:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Phone-References-Found-in-Microsoft-Barnes-Noble-Agreement-267571.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Phone-References-Found-in-Microsoft-Barnes-Noble-Agreement-267571.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Research-Launches-New-York-City-Lab-267558.shtml Starting today, the number of Microsoft Research labs around the world will increase with the debut of a New York City lab, the Redmond-based software giant has announced.

Microsoft has already expanded its reach around the world with 12 labs available across four continents, and it is now making a new step towards computing research. ... (read more)]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 11:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Research-Launches-New-York-City-Lab-267558.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Research-Launches-New-York-City-Lab-267558.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/German-Court-Grants-Motorola-Injunction-Against-Windows-7-and-Xbox-360-267386.shtml Today, a judge at the German Mannheim Regional Court ruled in favor of Motorola in a patent dispute with Microsoft over the H.264 video encoding standard.

The ruling covers a series of four lawsuits that Motorola filed against Microsoft, and grants the phone maker an injunction against the marketing of Windows ... (read more)]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 12:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/German-Court-Grants-Motorola-Injunction-Against-Windows-7-and-Xbox-360-267386.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/German-Court-Grants-Motorola-Injunction-Against-Windows-7-and-Xbox-360-267386.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-and-Barnes-Noble-Partner-on-E-Reading-267059.shtml Today, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced a new partnership aimed at accelerating the transition to e-reading, the new way in which people consume, create, share and enjoy digital content.

The partnership will materialize with the creation of a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, currently referred to as Newco, the two companies announce... (read more)]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-and-Barnes-Noble-Partner-on-E-Reading-267059.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-and-Barnes-Noble-Partner-on-E-Reading-267059.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Virtual-Labs-Available-265593.shtml This week, Microsoft made generally available its System Center 2012 solution, aimed at helping customers around the world ensure that their businesses move faster, enjoy cost savings and become more competitive.

As part of the launch, Microsoft announced the availability of System Center 2012 client solutions that ha... (read more)]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Virtual-Labs-Available-265593.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/System-Center-2012-Configuration-Manager-Virtual-Labs-Available-265593.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Plans-Skype-Web-App-264910.shtml Skype might soon become available for even more users around the world, courtesy of a web app that is supposedly under development over at Microsoft.

Skype is the most popular VoIP service out there, with millions of users both on the desktop and mobile space.

However, it appears that Microsoft feels that there is room for more, and that ... (read more)]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Plans-Skype-Web-App-264910.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Plans-Skype-Web-App-264910.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Creates-Open-Source-Subsidiary-Microsoft-Open-Technologies-Inc-264532.shtml On Thursday, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced a new wholly owned subsidiary, known as Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc., aimed at bringing the company closer to openness, including interoperability, open standards and open source.

Jean Paoli, currently the general manager of the Interoperabilit... (read more)]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Creates-Open-Source-Subsidiary-Microsoft-Open-Technologies-Inc-264532.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Creates-Open-Source-Subsidiary-Microsoft-Open-Technologies-Inc-264532.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Dynamics-CRM-and-CSA-s-STAR-264256.shtml Microsoft has made yet another step towards increasing the cloud security transparency of its products through publishing a new self-assessment in the CSA’s STAR, this time for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Previously, the company has provided a series of details on how its Office 365 and Windows Azure products can fulfill various security, pri... (read more)]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Dynamics-CRM-and-CSA-s-STAR-264256.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Dynamics-CRM-and-CSA-s-STAR-264256.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Rallies-Its-Certification-Program-to-the-Cloud-264120.shtml Today, Microsoft announced a series of changes to its certification program so as to bring it in line with the evolution of cloud technologies.

The change was also fueled by the fact that an increasing number of companies is adopting cloud to improve productivity and cut costs.

Research firm IDC expects IT innov... (read more)]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Rallies-Its-Certification-Program-to-the-Cloud-264120.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Rallies-Its-Certification-Program-to-the-Cloud-264120.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Windows-Phone-Reaches-New-Milestone-LTE-Devices-Available-263563.shtml Microsoft’s Windows Phone has come a long way. One year and a half following the initial launch of the platform, the first two LTE-enabled devices came to the market.

These are the Lumia 900 from Nokia and the TITAN II from HTC, both available today at wireless carrier AT&T.

This is a key mileston... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 18:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Windows-Phone-Reaches-New-Milestone-LTE-Devices-Available-263563.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Windows-Phone-Reaches-New-Milestone-LTE-Devices-Available-263563.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Free-Time-Machine-Celebrates-the-Launch-of-Lumia-900-and-TITAN-II-263546.shtml Two new Windows Phones became available for purchase in the United States on Sunday, namely the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC TITAN II, both of them on shelves at wireless carrier AT&T.

These two feature support for AT&T’s LTE network and promise fast data connectivity, as well as a great overall exp... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Free-Time-Machine-Celebrates-the-Launch-of-Lumia-900-and-TITAN-II-263546.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Free-Time-Machine-Celebrates-the-Launch-of-Lumia-900-and-TITAN-II-263546.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Pays-1-056-Billion-for-800-AOL-Patents-263523.shtml Today, AOL and Microsoft announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of over 800 patents and their related patent applications from AOL, for aggregate proceeds of $1.056 billion in cash.

Additionally, as part of this agreement, Microsoft receives a non-exclusive license to AOL’s retained patent portfolio... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 11:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Pays-1-056-Billion-for-800-AOL-Patents-263523.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Pays-1-056-Billion-for-800-AOL-Patents-263523.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gradatim-Migrates-to-Windows-Azure-for-Time-and-Cost-Savings-262097.shtml One of the companies who have recently migrated to Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform to ensure increased efficiency and time and cost savings is Gradatim.

An independent software vendor, the company has specialized in creating technology solutions for businesses that offer microfinance products and services.
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Basically, the company is working on producing a keyboard that sports integrated screens inside each key, so that they could be set up for use with different roles when needed. <... (read more)]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Patents-Interactive-Keyboard-with-Configurable-Keys-261969.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Patents-Interactive-Keyboard-with-Configurable-Keys-261969.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-and-Intelligent-Systems-Gain-Momentum-261739.shtml Intelligent System are gaining impressive momentum, with over 2.6 billion units expected to be shipped by 2016, the latest reports on the matter unveil.

In fact, the segment has already experienced great expansion, with over 1.1 billion unit shipments today and a total value for this market estimated at $649 billion. <... (read more)]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-and-Intelligent-Systems-Gain-Momentum-261739.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-and-Intelligent-Systems-Gain-Momentum-261739.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Embedded-Helps-Hillcrest-Family-Health-Clinics-Increase-Efficiency-261731.shtml Hillcrest Family Health Clinics in Central Texas is currently taking advantage of the features and capabilities that an intelligent system has to offer.

With over half a million transactions processed every day for the clinic’s 200,000 patients across several facilities and towns, the network needed ... (read more)]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Embedded-Helps-Hillcrest-Family-Health-Clinics-Increase-Efficiency-261731.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Embedded-Helps-Hillcrest-Family-Health-Clinics-Increase-Efficiency-261731.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kinect-for-Windows-in-More-Markets-Version-1-5-Coming-in-May-261381.shtml Microsoft is working on pushing its Kinect for Windows software and hardware to more markets around the world in the coming months.

The company has just announced that its product will arrive in nineteen new countries soon, including Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan in late May.

Countries like Austria, Be... (read more)]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kinect-for-Windows-in-More-Markets-Version-1-5-Coming-in-May-261381.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kinect-for-Windows-in-More-Markets-Version-1-5-Coming-in-May-261381.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Set-Things-Right-for-quot-Smoked-by-Windows-Phone-quot-Winner-260937.shtml Ben Rudolph, Microsoft’s employee behind the latest marketing campaign for Windows Phone, plans on having a better look at a recent event that involved the Santa Clara Microsoft Store and the owner of a Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

“Smoked by Windows Phone” is one of the greatest marketing ca... (read more)]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Set-Things-Right-for-quot-Smoked-by-Windows-Phone-quot-Winner-260937.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Set-Things-Right-for-quot-Smoked-by-Windows-Phone-quot-Winner-260937.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Pushing-Hard-for-the-Marketing-of-Windows-Phone-260584.shtml 2012 has been long said to be the year of Windows Phone, and it appears that things are finally starting to shape up in this direction.

Microsoft is pushing hard for the marketing of its mobile operating system, especially in the United States, and is also working on making the platform and services associated with it avai... (read more)]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Pushing-Hard-for-the-Marketing-of-Windows-Phone-260584.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Pushing-Hard-for-the-Marketing-of-Windows-Phone-260584.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Preps-New-Smoked-by-Windows-Phone-Ads-260176.shtml Microsoft’s latest campaign for Windows Phone has started to pick up steam, and the company is planning on taking full advantage of this.

We’re referring here to the Smoked by Windows Phone campaign that kicked off back in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Microsoft is getting ready to ... (read more)]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Preps-New-Smoked-by-Windows-Phone-Ads-260176.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Preps-New-Smoked-by-Windows-Phone-Ads-260176.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Appoints-Thom-Gruhler-as-Corporate-VP-of-Windows-Phone-Marketing-260080.shtml Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketing has got a new corporate vice president, none other than Thom Gruhler, the Redmond-based software giant announced recently.

Gruhler, 42, comes to Microsoft from McCann Worldgroup, where he was global managing partner of Telecom & Technology. In this position, he was... (read more)]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Appoints-Thom-Gruhler-as-Corporate-VP-of-Windows-Phone-Marketing-260080.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Appoints-Thom-Gruhler-as-Corporate-VP-of-Windows-Phone-Marketing-260080.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Prevent-Employees-from-Purchasing-Macs-iPads-260036.shtml Microsoft is reportedly putting in place a new policy through which it wants to prevent its employees from purchasing Apple products with company’s funds.

The new ruling is expected to be put in place for Microsoft’s Sales, Marketing, Services, IT, & Operations Group (SMSG).

What appears to be an ... (read more)]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Prevent-Employees-from-Purchasing-Macs-iPads-260036.shtml General Business http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Prevent-Employees-from-Purchasing-Macs-iPads-260036.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)