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Microsoft has significantly updated Windows Explorer yet again in Windows 7, this time with a new toolbar, a resizable search box, and a new navigational pane. View the full article -
Apple's latest version of iTunes is like a cruel joke foisted on Windows users. It features some minor UI changes and a new and largely empty social networking service called Ping. View the full article
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The October 2010 edition of my print magazine column looks at a Windows Small Business Server "Aurora" update, a Windows Home Server "Vail" update, the great Windows Phone 7 debate, Windows 7 sales and deployment stats, the Slate PC, Internet Explorer on the rebound, and PDC 2010. View the full article
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Microsoft’s hosted suite of enterprise applications — the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) went down for 90 minutes on September 3 for a number of customers in North America. View the full article
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I appeared on this week's episode of the What The Tech podcast with Tom Davis and Andrew Zarian, and discussed Windows Phone 7, Media Streaming in the home, Apple Event perspectives, thoughts on the upcoming Phone Marketplace interface, Legacy architecture, and why Microsoft is still the most powerful force in the IT world. View the full article
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I appeared on this week's episode of the Home Theater Geeks podcast with Scott Wilkinson to discuss the changing face of TV and movie delivery. View the full article
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Microsoft execs haven’t been beating the parallel-computing drum as loudly as they were a year or two ago, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening in this space. View the full article
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Should Web developers target Internet Explorer 9 or Silverlight when creating new Web and mobile applications? One Microsoft exec takes a new stab at an answer. View the full article
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This month’s version of my Microsoft Codename Tracker includes a number of brand-new entries in the high-end server space — including MFx, Dryad, Nectar, Orleans, Quincy and TidyFS — plus lots, lots more. View the full article
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Microsoft has released to manufacturing (RTM’d) the Windows Phone OS 7.0, company officials announced on September 1. View the full article
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I’m kicking off a new series on my site: (Not So) Crazy Microsoft Rumors. This week’s rumor is all about whether Microsoft may bring to market one more Zune HD before it turns Zune into an audio/video service only. View the full article
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Microsoft is readying new features and tweaks for its Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) portal, which will be incorporated this coming November. View the full article
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The Windows 7 Family Pack promotion is coming back, right after the back-to-school PC buying rush is over. View the full article
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While many are foolishly writing off Windows Phone 7 already, the truth is, Microsoft has created an amazing and compelling platform, not just for users, but also for that most critical of markets: Developers. View the full article
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Microsoft Research is exploring a new way to connect servers directly to other servers, without the use of any switches or dedicated networking inside a datacenter container. View the full article
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Microsoft is running an ad in USA Today, in the form of an open letter to VMware customers, asking them to talk to Microsoft before signing a contract that might lock them in to a less-than-complete cloud solution from Redmond’s foremost virtualization rival. View the full article
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Amazon's latest Kindle is the best eBook reader on the market, with a superior screen, a smaller, lighter, and more attractive form factor, and crazy-good battery life. And it now comes in two new affordable models, both of which are backed by the deepest eBook market anywhere. View the full article
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Microsoft has been getting a lot of download love for its Bing app for the iPhone. On August 30, the company announced delivery of a new Bing app — this time for Android. View the full article
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Microsoft has released a beta refresh of its Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack (SP) 1 to selected PC and Technology Adoption Program (TAP) partners, company officials confirmed on August 30. View the full article
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Microsoft’s Hotmail ActiveSync now is supported on Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Nokia E_Series, S-Series and N-Series phones. But it will not work right off the bat with Android devices. View the full article
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In this week's mailbag, Facebook and Windows Phone integration, the future of Games for Windows - LIVE, home swapping and computer security, eBook lending libraries, whether Windows Phone will have a common connector, and whether you should wait for the next version of Windows Home Server. View the full article
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In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Paul's completion of Windows Phone 7 Secrets, Windows Phone Marketplace and developer tools news, an SBS "Aurora" and WHS "Vail" update, Hotmail support for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), Yahoo Search transitioning to Bing, Internet Explorer 9's UI revealed, a promising first update to Office Web Apps, Halo: Reach pirated and a look at Paul's upcoming Xbox 360 games purchases, a second look at Intel/McAfee, and whether Microsoft really is late to the tablet game. View the full article
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While Windows has long had Internet connection sharing functionality, a hidden low-level feature in Windows 7 now lets you share an Internet connection with other PCs and devices using a single adapter. Called Wireless Host Networking, it's particularly useful for wireless network sharing. View the full article
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Windows 7 includes integrated parental controls functionality for limiting when your children can use the computer and which applications they can run, but if you want the full meal deal--with web filtering, activity monitoring, contacts management, and more--you'll need Windows Live Family Safety as well. View the full article
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Hold onto your hats, Windows Live fans. Microsoft is making a bunch of changes to what was going to be known as Windows Live Sync, its competitor to DropBox, that is slated to be part of Windows Live Essentials 2011. View the full article