http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Microsoft Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:01:15 GMT Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:01:15 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/Use-of-SkyDrive-Eliminates-Attachments-Increases-Productivity-252199.shtml One of the benefits of using SkyDrive is the possibility to eliminate attachments from your work and to improve collaboration with colleagues or between two or more teams.

With SkyDrive and its collaboration features, working together on the same document is easier than before, given the fact that all parties have acce... (read more)]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Use-of-SkyDrive-Eliminates-Attachments-Increases-Productivity-252199.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Use-of-SkyDrive-Eliminates-Attachments-Increases-Productivity-252199.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Smoked-By-Windows-Phone-Challenge-Hits-the-Streets-252190.shtml Microsoft appears more than confident in its Windows Phone operating system. In fact, it is so confident that devices running under the platform can outperform other devices that it has kicked off a challenge to prove that.

Ben “The PC Guy” Rudolph came to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January wit... (read more)]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Smoked-By-Windows-Phone-Challenge-Hits-the-Streets-252190.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Smoked-By-Windows-Phone-Challenge-Hits-the-Streets-252190.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Will-Be-Included-in-Windows-8-on-ARM-252018.shtml When made available for purchase, devices that pack ARM processors and run under Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system will have to offer features and capabilities similar to those available for x86/64 Windows 8.

Among these, we can count the inclusion of Office applications that have been designed specifically for the desktop.... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Will-Be-Included-in-Windows-8-on-ARM-252018.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Will-Be-Included-in-Windows-8-on-ARM-252018.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Release-9-Security-Bulletins-on-February-14th-252084.shtml Next week, Microsoft will make available its February 2012 monthly security patches for the Windows platform and various other products on it.

In the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2012, that it made public on Thursday, Microsoft announced that there would be no less than nine bulletins incl... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Release-9-Security-Bulletins-on-February-14th-252084.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Release-9-Security-Bulletins-on-February-14th-252084.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-Windows-8-Apps-Is-the-Same-for-ARM-and-x86-252060.shtml One of the main focuses Microsoft has announced for the next flavor of its desktop client, Windows 8, is the availability of a consistent experience across all devices.

That also includes the development of applications for Windows on ARM, which is now to be the same as when it comes to building apps for x86 architectures.
... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-Windows-8-Apps-Is-the-Same-for-ARM-and-x86-252060.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-Windows-8-Apps-Is-the-Same-for-ARM-and-x86-252060.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-on-Tablets-Powered-by-NVIDIA-Qualcomm-and-TI-252023.shtml Windows 8, the first version of the desktop client to arrive with enhancements meant for mobile devices and with expanded support for touchscreens, will also be the first to be loaded on ARM architectures.

Dubbed WOA (Windows on ARM), the platform will offer the same features and capabilities that Windows 8 will offer when lo... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-on-Tablets-Powered-by-NVIDIA-Qualcomm-and-TI-252023.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-on-Tablets-Powered-by-NVIDIA-Qualcomm-and-TI-252023.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-on-ARM-with-Desktop-More-Metro-Style-Apps-251968.shtml As the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview approaches, Microsoft is offering more details on the upcoming Windows on ARM, or WOA.

This is the latest member of the Windows family, Microsoft says, and it will be treated as such, which means access to the features and capabilities that Windows 8 will have to offer on x86/64 dev... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-on-ARM-with-Desktop-More-Metro-Style-Apps-251968.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-on-ARM-with-Desktop-More-Metro-Style-Apps-251968.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Windows-7-Themes-for-Valentine-s-Day-251831.shtml Less than a week from now, Valentine’s Day, February’s most important celebration, will arrive. There will be gifts of flowers passed all around, that’s for sure, and sweets as well, as they too are symbols of love.

Windows 7 users can start the celebration earlier than that, courtesy of a series of themes to download and... (read more)]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Windows-7-Themes-for-Valentine-s-Day-251831.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Windows-7-Themes-for-Valentine-s-Day-251831.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/More-Windows-8-Build-Numbers-Emerge-251804.shtml On the last day of February 2012, Microsoft will show to the world the beta flavor of its Windows 8 operating system, called Consumer Preview.

The Redmond-based software giant has already confirmed the move officially, and we’re all eagerly waiting to learn more on what it has to unveil to the world on that day.

In the meant... (read more)]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/More-Windows-8-Build-Numbers-Emerge-251804.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/More-Windows-8-Build-Numbers-Emerge-251804.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cloud-Fundamentals-Video-Comparing-Security-Controls-to-Evaluate-Service-Offerings-251756.shtml The latest installment of the Cloud Fundamentals Video Series is focused on evaluating the various offerings available for cloud services based on the security controls they offer.

One of the important factors in choosing a specific service provider is transparency, but customers also need to take ... (read more)]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cloud-Fundamentals-Video-Comparing-Security-Controls-to-Evaluate-Service-Offerings-251756.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cloud-Fundamentals-Video-Comparing-Security-Controls-to-Evaluate-Service-Offerings-251756.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-to-Debut-on-February-29th-at-MWC-2012-251656.shtml Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the next iteration of Microsoft’s newest desktop client, is set to make its official debut on February 29th at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Windows 8 is the first desktop client from the Redmond-based software giant to sport enhancements for touchscreens.
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Some more info on what the platform version is bound to include has started to emerge, suggesting that there could be no Media Center available inside it.

The fact ... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-Media-Center-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-251617.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-Media-Center-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-251617.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Foreground-Based-Approach-to-Metro-Apps-in-Windows-8-251536.shtml Metro applications in Windows 8 will receive access to the device’s resources based on one of the three possible states they could be in, Microsoft detailed today in a blog post.

One of these would include applications that are actively running in the foreground, and which will have access to CPU, disk, memory, and other ... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Foreground-Based-Approach-to-Metro-Apps-in-Windows-8-251536.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Foreground-Based-Approach-to-Metro-Apps-in-Windows-8-251536.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Metro-Style-Apps-with-IE10-Performance-When-Showing-HTML5-Content-251559.shtml One of the great features the Microsoft decided to include inside Windows 8 was the ability of Metro Applications to take advantage of the performance of Internet Explorer 10 when displaying web content.

Microsoft explains that web content will always be JIT compiled and hardware-accelerated when it comes to Metro ... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Metro-Style-Apps-with-IE10-Performance-When-Showing-HTML5-Content-251559.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Metro-Style-Apps-with-IE10-Performance-When-Showing-HTML5-Content-251559.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Preinstalled-Apps-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-251524.shtml When made available for the general public later this month, Windows 8 Consumer Preview will include a series of pre-installed applications.

Clearly, this is something that many have been expecting, but no specific info on what these applications will be all about has emerged until now.

Today, however, we learn that th... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Preinstalled-Apps-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-251524.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Preinstalled-Apps-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-251524.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Metro-Apps-Will-Be-Power-Efficient-251466.shtml Due later this year, Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform is expected to offer a new approach to the manner in which applications make use of device’s features, including the battery.

One of the main focuses when developing Windows 8 was on the power efficiency of applications, so that users could benefit from longer battery life... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Metro-Apps-Will-Be-Power-Efficient-251466.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Metro-Apps-Will-Be-Power-Efficient-251466.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Expands-OneNote-s-Reach-with-Android-App-251412.shtml Starting today, Microsoft’s OneNote is available on more mobiles than before, as it has just landed on devices powered by Google’s Android operating system.

The OneNote Mobile for Android application has been made available for download via the Android Market, with access to all of the features and capabilities OneNot... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Expands-OneNote-s-Reach-with-Android-App-251412.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Expands-OneNote-s-Reach-with-Android-App-251412.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Partners-with-24-7-Inc-Over-Services-Delivery-251334.shtml Today, Microsoft and 24/7 Inc. announced a partnership aimed at the delivery of customer service for businesses, by putting together natural user interfaces (NUIs) and data analytics at cloud scale (Big Data).

As part of this agreement, Microsoft is merging its interactive self-service assets (clients, people and technologie... (read more)]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Partners-with-24-7-Inc-Over-Services-Delivery-251334.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Partners-with-24-7-Inc-Over-Services-Delivery-251334.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Dynamics-CRM-for-Android-BlackBerry-iOS-and-Windows-Phone-251294.shtml Microsoft is gearing up for an update to its Dynamics CRM service for the second quarter of the year, and it will include the Dynamics CRM Mobile as part for this update.

Through this software update, a new cloud-based, cross-platform, native mobile client service will allow customers the possibility to access ... (read more)]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Dynamics-CRM-for-Android-BlackBerry-iOS-and-Windows-Phone-251294.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Dynamics-CRM-for-Android-BlackBerry-iOS-and-Windows-Phone-251294.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Games-for-Microsoft-s-Windows-App-Store-Spotted-251245.shtml Later this month, Microsoft is expected to deliver some more info on the Windows Store that will accompany the upcoming Windows 8 platform.

The company already announced plans to unveil some more details on the application portal as soon as Windows 8 Beta is here, and we can now count the weeks until that happens.

Wind... (read more)]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Games-for-Microsoft-s-Windows-App-Store-Spotted-251245.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Games-for-Microsoft-s-Windows-App-Store-Spotted-251245.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-Still-Most-Effective-at-Blocking-Social-Engineered-Malware-NSS-Labs-Finds-251236.shtml
Testing conducted between November 21, 2011 and January 5, 2012, showed that Internet Explorer 9 was able to block the most malware when compared to rival browsers.

In the report summing up the findings of their testing, the people over at NSS Labs note that Internet Explorer’s malware blocking rate ... (read more)]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-Still-Most-Effective-at-Blocking-Social-Engineered-Malware-NSS-Labs-Finds-251236.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-Still-Most-Effective-at-Blocking-Social-Engineered-Malware-NSS-Labs-Finds-251236.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-s-Social-Search-to-Evolve-Soon-Microsoft-Says-250972.shtml Google is pushing its Google Plus social networking site hard. In fact, it is pushing it so hard that users will have it linked to all of their search results.

Just head over to google.com and perform a search. This has been around for some time now, and those who have a Google+ account and use the search engine every day know it.... (read more)]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-s-Social-Search-to-Evolve-Soon-Microsoft-Says-250972.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-s-Social-Search-to-Evolve-Soon-Microsoft-Says-250972.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Stephen-Toulouse-Xbox-Live-s-Director-of-Policy-Enforcement-Leaves-250994.shtml Microsoft is losing another of its prominent employees, the Internet has just learned. Stephen Toulouse, Xbox Live's director of policy and enforcement, has announced plans to leave the company.

A Microsoft employee since 1994, he took the decision to leave the Redmond-based software giant based on complex and per... (read more)]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Stephen-Toulouse-Xbox-Live-s-Director-of-Policy-Enforcement-Leaves-250994.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Stephen-Toulouse-Xbox-Live-s-Director-of-Policy-Enforcement-Leaves-250994.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Charms-Bar-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-250921.shtml Windows 8 Consumer Preview is expected to become available for the general public in the next few weeks, with a great deal of interface changes packed inside.

Among them, we can count the lack of a Start button, although it has been present in all flavors of Windows ever since Windows 95 was launched.

But this is only one... (read more)]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Charms-Bar-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-250921.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Charms-Bar-in-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-250921.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Bing-Video-Background-Touts-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-250827.shtml The beta flavor of Windows 8, expected to be released to the public as Consumer Preview, will emerge before the end of this month.

Thus, Microsoft has already started to make the necessary preparations to raise awareness on its platform, and came up with a new Bing video background for that.

The said special... (read more)]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:57:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Bing-Video-Background-Touts-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-250827.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Bing-Video-Background-Touts-Windows-8-Consumer-Preview-250827.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Beta-Loses-the-Start-Button-250806.shtml Microsoft is making further changes to the user interface of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, the latest of which is to remove the Windows Start button from the task bar.

The Start button has been present in all the flavors of the Windows operating system for the past 15 years. It was introduced in Windows 95 and has remained there to... (read more)]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Beta-Loses-the-Start-Button-250806.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Beta-Loses-the-Start-Button-250806.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Promises-Windows-8-Tablets-x86-Configurations-Arrive-First-250736.shtml Hewlett Packard is one of the manufacturers set to bring to the market tablet PCs running under Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 platform.

The company’s CEO Meg Whitman confirmed this in a recent interview with CRN, but did not offer specific info on when devices might hit stores.

One thing that ... (read more)]]> Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Promises-Windows-8-Tablets-x86-Configurations-Arrive-First-250736.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/HP-Promises-Windows-8-Tablets-x86-Configurations-Arrive-First-250736.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Phone-s-Brandon-Watson-Leaves-for-Amazon-s-Kindle-Team-250716.shtml Microsoft’s Brandon Watson, the head of the Windows Phone Developer Experience, is leaving the company for Amazon.

He announced the move on Twitter, and Microsoft themselves confirmed that he would no longer work for the company starting with the next week.

At Amazon, he will be the Director of the ... (read more)]]> Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Phone-s-Brandon-Watson-Leaves-for-Amazon-s-Kindle-Team-250716.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Phone-s-Brandon-Watson-Leaves-for-Amazon-s-Kindle-Team-250716.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Microsoft-Codename-Trust-Services-SDK-and-Management-Tool-250605.shtml Today, Microsoft made available for download the Codename Trust Services SDK and Management Tool, for those interested in offering increased protection for sensitive data. With this utility, you should be able to easily encrypt stored content.

Offering support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the new tool... (read more)]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:13:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Microsoft-Codename-Trust-Services-SDK-and-Management-Tool-250605.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Microsoft-Codename-Trust-Services-SDK-and-Management-Tool-250605.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-Is-Fast-Secure-and-Reliable-on-Windows-7-250572.shtml Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is the most used browser on Windwos 7 in the United States, and is aspiring for the worldwide title as well.

This is so mainly due to the great choices it provides users with when it comes to speed, security and reliability. Moreover, it also focuses on keeping users’ data private while they browse the I... (read more)]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-Is-Fast-Secure-and-Reliable-on-Windows-7-250572.shtml Microsoft http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-Is-Fast-Secure-and-Reliable-on-Windows-7-250572.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)