This latest version of Microsoft Office became available to the public in June of 2010 and is the first version of Office were the volume license editions require a product key code for activation.
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Microsoft Security, DDoS Attacks and Spam Top Security News
December 26th, 2010 |
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A recap of the past week in IT security news includes vulnerability reports from Microsoft, new research on the impact of DDoS attacks on free speech and more. – The past week in security featured a round of new security warnings from
Microsoft, security research and a feud between neighbors that turned
into a miniature cyber-war.
Microsoft issued an advisory Dec. 22 for a security
vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8.
According to …
Windows Phone 7 Sales, ARM and Nokia Rumors Dominated Microsoft Week
December 26th, 2010 |
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Microsoft offered some Windows Phone 7 sales numbers, while rumors of ARM and Nokia partnerships swirled around the company ahead of CES. – Microsoft’s week was filled with rumors about its announcements at the
upcoming Consumer Electronics Show.
On Dec. 21, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft would use the show to debut a
version of Windows that leverages ARM
Holdings technology. ARM chip designs currently
dominate much of the mobil…
Microsoft Bing Beat Google in Social in 2010: Analysts
December 26th, 2010 |
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Microsoft Bing may be well behind Google in the search market, but it has trumped Google in social software tools, thanks to its Liked Results deal with Facebook. – Microsoft announced several updates
to its Bing search engine, including improvements to its user experience, local
and mobile capabilities.
Google has made great strides in these areas, too. The
leading search engine launched its Google Places local business search in April, overhauled its sear…
Microsoft Notifies BPOS Cloud Customers of Breach
December 24th, 2010 |
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Microsoft has notified all the customers affected by a configuration error that impacted the company’s cloud-based Business Productivity Online Suite and exposed corporate data. – A configuration error recently exposed corporate data belonging to
customers of Microsofts cloud-based Business Productivity Online Suite.
BPOS is a set of messaging and collaboration tools that
includes Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft
SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Communications O…
The advanced version of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Posted By : Ray Rador
December 24th, 2010 |
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Through this article you will get to know about the purpose of utilizing the softwares and the different versions which keep coming on to upgrade is performance.
Microsoft ActiveX Security Bugs ‘Highly Critical’
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Researchers at Secunia are warning users about ActiveX bugs the firm described as ‘highly critical.’ Microsoft is unaware of any attacks targeting the issues. – Microsoft counted 106 security bulletins for 2010 when it released
its final Patch Tuesday update for the year. But with 2010 now coming
to a close, additional bugs are popping up – this time in an ActiveX
control.
According to researchers at Secunia, quot;highly
critical quot; vulnerabilitie…
Microsoft, UW Medicine Sign Deal on Health Care Informatics
December 23rd, 2010 |
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University of Washington Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft Amalga data-aggregation software to find ways to use the results of basic medical research to improve patient care. – Microsoft and University of Washington Medicine have signed an
agreement to collaborate on biomedical informatics technology. Under the deal,
UW Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft’s Amalga UIS (Unified Intelligence System) data-aggregation platform to further
research and medical education…
Windows Phone 7, Kinect, Cloud Defined Microsoft`s 2010
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft came back from the brink in 2010, reversing a period of declining revenues as businesses and consumers began their post-recession tech refresh. Windows 7 continued to sell well, as did the companys business products. However, Microsoft continued to lose ground in smartphones to fierce competitors such as Google Android and the Apple iPhone, prompting the company to restart its entire mobile franchise with Windows Phone 7. At the same time, Microsoft also embraced an "all in" cloud strategy, seeking to expand beyond its traditional strengths in desktop software. That strategy includes offerings such as Office 365, which combines subscription applications such as SharePoint Online and Lync Online, and Windows Azure, its cloud-development platform. By doing so, Microsoft hopes to blunt the competitive effect of Google and other players in the cloud arena. Despite its aggressiveness in the cloud, however, Microsoft failed to capitalize early on the burgeoning tablet market. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has indicated that his company will leverage Intels upcoming "Oak Trail" Atom processors for a new generation of Windows tablets, but in the meantime Apples iPad and Android tablets continue to dominate. – …
Salesforce.com, i4i, Android Marked Microsoft’s Legal Battles in 2010
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft engaged in a number of legal battles throughout 2010, most of them seen by analysts as a way to leverage its growing interest in smartphones and the cloud. – Microsoft found itself at the center of a number of intellectual-property battles throughout 2010, as lawsuit fever seemed to grip the tech industry as a whole. Despite the intercompany partnerships seemingly signed on a weekly basis, the rapid pace of innovation in markets such as smartphones, and …
Xbox Kinect, Bing and Kin: Microsoft’s Consumer Plays in 2010
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s 2010 saw a continued investment in Bing, its search engine, and the release of Kinect, a hands-free controller designed to increase the Xbox’s viability. – Microsoft made some substantial bets in 2010. In addition to pouring
millions of dollars into the development and marketing of its Windows
Phone 7, the reboot of its smartphone franchise, the company invested
in somewhat riskier endeavors.
One of those endeavors was Kinect, a hands-free control…
Windows Phone 7, Tablets and Cloud: Microsoft’s Push in 2010
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft focused on Windows Phone 7 and cloud-based applications throughout 2010. However, it failed to get a head start in the burgeoning tablet market. – Microsofts 2010 was one of transitions and make-or-break decisions.
Although Windows 7s strong sales indicate the company still has a lock on the traditional desktop-bound software market, the tech industry as a whole has shifted its interest and efforts increasingly toward mobile devices and the c…
Windows Phone 7: Can the Apps make it a Winner? Posted By : joserodrig
December 23rd, 2010 |
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So, the news is true. Microsoft is again paying attention to its mobile windows business. And the android must sweat out, because the windows phone 7 is here. Its a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft which has already been launched mainly in Europe.
Windows Phone 7 Sales Suggest Competitive Smartphone
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s early sales numbers for Windows Phone 7 suggest a platform with the potential to compete with Google and Apple if the early momentum can be maintained. – Microsoft finally offered some hard sales numbers for Windows Phone 7 this
week, suggesting that mobile operators and retailers had purchased some 1.5
million devices from manufacturers.
“Our numbers are similar to the performance of other first-generation mobile
platforms,” Achim Berg, Microso…
Microsoft Unveils Beta for Dryad Technology
December 22nd, 2010 |
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Microsoft has started a beta program for its Dryad technology, its answer to Google MapReduce. – Microsoft has launched a beta program for its Dryad
Project, a set of technologies aimed at answering enterprise needs
around large data sets.
The company recently unveiled Community Technology Previews (CTPs)
of Dryad, DSC and DryadLINQ, technologies meant to support
data-intensive applica…
Microsoft Debuting ARM-Based Windows for Tablets: Report
December 22nd, 2010 |
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Microsoft will debut an ARM-based version of Windows for tablets and mobile devices at CES, according to a new report from Bloomberg. – Microsoft is planning to use Januarys Consumer Electronics
Show to debut a version of Windows that leverages ARM Holdings technology,
according to a new report from Bloomberg. ARMs chip designs currently hold a
sizable portion of the mobile-device market, especially smartphones.
That
Dec. 21 r…
Microsoft Windows 7 Phone passes 1.5 mn mark
December 22nd, 2010 |
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More than 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices have been sold in the six weeks since the smartphone went on the market, Microsoft announced Monday. While far from the 300,000 daily activations attributed to the iPhone and phones powered by Google’s Android operating system, the Windows Phone sales figures met the company’s “realistic expectations”, Microsoft [...]
Windows Phone 7 Ships 1.5 Million Units, but Customer Sales Unclear
December 22nd, 2010 |
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Microsoft claims manufacturers sold 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices in six weeks, but actual customer sales remain a question. – Microsoft is claiming sales of 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 smartphones in
the platform’s first six weeks of release, reversing the company’s previous
reluctance to discuss anything numbers-related. However, the number of devices
actually sold to customers remains unclear.
Microsoft hopes th…
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Shipments Fail to Impress: 10 Reasons Why
December 22nd, 2010 |
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News Analysis: Microsoft says its partners have shipped 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices. But a closer look at that number reveals why Microsoft’s mobile operating system isn’t really challenging Apple’s iOS or Google Android. – Microsoft
mobile device partners shipped 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 units to carriers
during the first six weeks of its availability, according to Microsoft
officials. At first glance, that might not seem like a figure to scoff at.
After all, there are few products in the tech space that gain t…
Microsoft Launches HTML5 Labs Site to Prototype New Specs
December 21st, 2010 |
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Microsoft has created a new Web site called HTML5 Labs for developers to test new and evolving specs that are still evolving and not yet stable enough for inclusion in IE9. – Microsoft has launched a new site for prototyping new HTML5 specifications that are still under development and not quite ready for primetime.
In various Dec. 21 blog posts, Microsoft unveiled its new HTML5 Labs Web site, “a place where we prototype early and not yet fully stable drafts of specific…