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How Microsoft IT Uses Windows Azure to Support <endeca_term>Microsoft.com</endeca_term>

How Microsoft IT Uses Windows Azure to Support Microsoft.com

...currently power the social features of Showcase, Cloud Power, and 50 other Microsoft.com properties through a multitenant web service known as the Social eXperience... Read more

2 August, 2011
Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

...the official software.XP users can run Windows update by visiting update.microsoft.com, Windows 7 and Vista users can use the in-built Windows... Read more

21 April, 2012 by Craig Simms

Adventures with Outlook 2010 Problems

...of replies that are marked as answers. Very misleading. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/outlook/thread/d4782ce6-a15c-4023-b70c-5d1a8379c536 http... Read more

11 November, 2011

Microsoft to drop Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

...Windows Phone, to a range of consumer connection points like Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft.com and our retail stores -- it feels like the right time to... Read more

21 December, 2011

Keeping temp folders clean

...Utility. This page has more details on setting this up: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253597 . In Windows, by default there is nothing scheduled to... Read more

8 December, 2011

Microsoft's Mouse without Borders controls multiple PCs

...PCs on the same Wi-Fi network, no switching required.Editor of microsoft.com/next Steve Clayton wrote in a blog post: "The software is... Read more

13 September, 2011 by Joe Svetlik

Windows 7 driver signing conundrum

...the Automated Troubleshooting Service, at the Microsoft Support Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=192997). Go to the device manufacturer’s Web site... Read more

9 September, 2011

Microsoft Office 365, Hotmail and SkyDrive go down

...to its DNS configuration, which indicated the issue lay with lookups for Microsoft.com. Microsoft doesn't claim 99.999-percent reliability. If you want... Read more

9 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Hacker crash reports send code to Microsoft

...first thing [script kiddies] do is fire off all these attacks at Microsoft.com," he said. "On average we get attacked between 7000 and 9000... Read more

26 August, 2010 by Josh Taylor
MediaHouse-Pro UPnP / DLNA 1.2.6

MediaHouse-Pro UPnP / DLNA 1.2.6

...you can configure Windows Media Player to allow remote control : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-settings-for-streaming-media-in-Windows-Media... Read more

25 May, 2012
WeeDuplicateDetective 1.5.0.0

WeeDuplicateDetective 1.5.0.0

...Vista users: WDD requires the .NET Framework 4.0 (here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24872 ) Why use WeeDuplicateDetective? * Its 100... Read more

27 April, 2012
Microsoft News Reader 1.7

Microsoft News Reader 1.7

...Cloud Talk (La iniciativa de Microsoft para aprender de los expertos) y Microsoft.com (Empresa lder en entornos de Cloud Computing).Caractersticas clave: nmero ilimitado... Read more

22 July, 2011
iRemoteDesktop Free 1.1.6

iRemoteDesktop Free 1.1.6

...more infomation on how to enable Remote Desktop, seeWindows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXp/using/mobility/getstarted/Remoteintro.mspxWindows Vista/Windows 7:http://www... Read more

20 July, 2011
Project Professional 2007 Trial Version

Project Professional 2007 Trial Version

...capabilities. More of the same content can be found at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HA101747981033.aspx Read more

8 June, 2011
Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Windows Embedded CE 6.0

...runtimes, please consult with a Microsoft Windows Embedded Authorized Distributor. Visit http://microsoft.com/embedded/howtobuy Read more

6 June, 2011

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

3 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

6 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

8 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

8 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

12 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

13 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

16 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

20 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

22 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry