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Although it is a well known fact that rebooting your Windows 7 PC is the option for going to the solution while any program is not shutting down or the system has started working in a different way, there is another option which can hold importance & can be more effective than this one. You can indulge in using the very powerful & result oriented Task Manager which will act as one of the major... Read More »

The biggest computer giant & tycoon, Microsoft bagged a handsome amount of fifteen thousand USD on the occasion of annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, using its Internet Explorer tactic on Tuesday. This process was mainly used by a researcher, Stephen Phewer of Harmony Security.  Before Stephens step in killing down IE8 on Windows 7 at Pwn2Own, the company did scrap Internet explorer twice for nullifying... Read More »

Today, we all are affected by computer security issues. There are different vulnerabilities that can affect your computer system. In the world of Internet, no one can keep his/her system safe until he is well aware of these vulnerabilities. If you keep your computer updated and you have the latest version of strong antivirus, then only you feel safe. System security is one of the most important issues... Read More »

Microsoft is in talks with TV channels to establish subscription-based services on its Xbox console. Microsoft is making efforts with the companies to produce a new TV service with the Xbox which will create a virtual cable operator.  In this, users will have to pay a monthly fee for accessing cable and broadcast network services via the Xbox. The company may also sell individual channels directly... Read More »

During an interview it was revealed by, Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft Corp. that Japan is the biggest marketplace outside of the U.S. in the present time. India is the next biggest market after Japan and it is performing really well. The company proclaims a better intellectual property control across India, in comparison of China. It has also commenced great business in India in... Read More »

The upcoming version of Windows Phone 7 will be known as Windows Phone 7.5 as it was previously known as Mango. The updated edition Mango was unveiled at Microsoft’s MIX11 occasion. On the Microsoft Partner Network blog, Microsoft has announced the changed name from Mango to Windows Phone OS 7.5. It was revealed that the preview of the New Windows Phone OS 7.5 is available and soon beta edition... Read More »

Microsoft has developed an ultra-modern, interactive panoramic program called Photosynth. This application is now available for the iPhone. Microsoft said earlier that using the latest computer apparition technology, the Photosynth app makes capturing natural scenes fun and appealing, while creating sharp, high-resolution results. By using this application, you can easily process, view, and store... Read More »

According to a Microsoft official, the company is trying to link embedded computing systems to the cloud. The cloud is going to reveal a number of wider options to embedded computing. Windows Embedded General Manager of Microsoft, Kevin Dallas made a note that the capability of capturing the intelligence from the verge of the network shall make an intense change in the charges which is going to be... Read More »

Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint 2010,  Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, for its business customers. More than 90 million business organizations can now install the 2010 suite and can expect to see major productivity gains and greater result on their software investments. The Beta applications for Microsoft’s Office... Read More »

A range of analysts from the market, and from internal Microsoft sources, have found their way across news items worldwide, announcing the non-availability of a Windows based tablet at least till early or mid 2012. With Bill Gates launching the first Microsoft tablet, way back in 2001, and promoting the natural evolution of the laptop into the world of tablets, with attached or detached keyboards,... Read More »

CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, at the Mobile World Congress 2011, announced that Microsoft will launch an update later this year and this much awaited update will add a lot to Windows Phone 7. The update will add Internet Explorer 9 to Windows Phone 7. Along with Internet Explorer 9 this update will also carry support for Twitter. After this update Windows Phone 7 will also be able to use the Skydrive... Read More »

Last week, Microsoft had announced a latest addition for Windows Phone 7 that did not work appropriately on approximately 10 % of phones. This update was launched to organize the operating system for an added update which is supposed to be launched in next week. The rollout was re-initiated by Microsoft roughly after 10 days when they first tried to release this update. Although it was a relatively... Read More »

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 service is the most advanced version of the CRM program that facilitates midsize industries to help to follow their clients. This program is now made available for their on location usage as well as by partnering with Microsoft in terms of hosted solution.The news of the arrival of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 services comes around exactly a month after Microsoft launched... Read More »

Have you ever ran into a situation where you have opened so many windows that there is no space in the taskbar. If this happens, the size of the window buttons reduces and you cannot even read and identify which button is for which window. The situation worsens if multiple windows are of the same type because in this case even the icon image looks the same on these buttons. To avoid such situation... Read More »

Nokia and Microsoft have formed a partnership in the smartphones market. According to analysts, both are competing against Google, which has developed the Android operating system and handsets such as Google Nexus One. Google launched the Nexus One smart phone on January 5, 2010. There are lots of features that make it smarter than all the other phones in the market. It has the Qualcomm QSD 8250... Read More »

The 16th edition of the journal MidWeek includes information about the plans of Microsoft. The company has always kept its developers at the very core of their business because it is they who actually think and create what is demanded by the people. Let us see what all was there in the 16th edition of MidWeek. Everyone is aware of the deal between Microsoft and Nokia. Quite a lot has been said about... Read More »

In recent times, we have continuously witnessed great enhancements and improvements in the operating system technologies. Microsoft has always worked upon it immensely and has been launching new features in each of its releases. Windows has come up with a new idea related to computer booting. Microsoft is working to get this technology and approach patented so that no one else duplicates the same.... Read More »

Microsoft and Nokia have declared that they will forge a long-term strategic alliance in order to challenge their competitors in the mobile devices industry. At a news conference, President and CEO of Nokia, Mr. Stephen Elop, and Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, discussed their high level new strategy. The alliance will be much deeper and more integrated than had it been with Android and Google. According... Read More »

In January 2011, Microsoft released two bulletins for patching up three shortcomings related to security measures which can affect the Windows operating system. The major vulnerabilities of serious nature can be exploited through drive-by downloading websites as warned by the software company. Flaws for the drive-by download which were covered through MS11-002 were briefed to Microsoft through the... Read More »

Microsoft has officially declared that a product will be released by them for permitting Windows Phone 7-based smartphones to sync content with Apple Macintosh computers. The Zune software is required for syncing information between Windows Phone 7 (WP7) and computers. However, Microsoft makes only the PC version for the application. Phones which are based on Windows Phone 7 were the first to offer... Read More »

Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, provided a glimpse of the company’s plans for the year 2011 as it addressed the Mobile World Congress. The company is planning to update its Window Phone 7 operating system. According to sources, Internet Explorer Mobile 9 will be available on Windows Phone 7. At present the users of Windows Phone 7 are using Internet Explorer Mobile, which is commonly known... Read More »

On February 11, 2011, Nokia and Microsoft announced a joint venture regarding their future developmental strategies. Nokia is considered one of the best mobile hardware makers in the world. The company’s devices are famous for their excellent screen, high resolution cameras and other high end hardware designs. The Nokia products with their attractive, well designed and durable hardware designs can... Read More »

Microsoft has launched the website, www.ie6countdown.com, to encourage users of Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) to upgrade to the latest version of the web browser. With the announcement by Microsoft of planning to do away with IE6 and the launch of a countdown for the old version of the browser, Internet Explorer 9 will have better positioning. internet Explorer 6 is a very popular browser in China, South... Read More »

Microsoft has integrated Windows Live Messenger with Facebook chat. Recently, Microsoft declared on a blog post that nearly eighteen million people have been connected with Facebook chat through Windows Live Messenger. These people have now accumulated more than 2.8 billion minutes of Facebook chat. Microsoft briefed that four hundred forty million sessions of chatting between Facebook and Windows... Read More »

In February 2011, Microsoft issued three bulletins related to the Internet Explorer (IE) security based patches for each week. These bulletins address 22 security vulnerabilities. MS11-003 carries updates related to 4 vulnerabilities. Also included is a fix for the bug that is outlined in the Microsoft advisory. This is a bug that could give outsiders access to a person’s settings. Focused on this... Read More »