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Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango review

Nearly a year after its initial release, Windows Phone 7 becomes 7.5 with the arrival of Microsoft’s ‘Mango’ update. It’s much anticipated by current WP7 users, but is this fruit juicy enough to tempt those conside [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 365 and SQL Azure updates: What's on tap

As opposed to most Microsoft software, the company’s cloud services — at least some of them — are updated several times a year. A number of Microsoft’s major service platforms, including Office 365 (and its Exchang [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office: 32- or 64-bit?

Björn Odent asked if he should install the 32- or 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010 on his 64-bit PC. Unless you're working with ridiculously huge Excel files, or prefer the bleeding edge to practical utility, go with the 3 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Discusses Windows 8 Tweaks After User Feedback

Microsoft's Windows 8 developer preview has been out for about a month, and the software giant is ready to discuss some new changes to Windows 8 based on user feedback. In an incredibly long and detailed blog post, Marina Dukhon, a se [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Tablet licensing rules with Microsoft Office

As consumer-oriented tablets move into the enterprise, they pose new Microsoft licensing challenges. Apple and Android operating systems dominate the tablet market, so relatively few devices run Windows and Microsoft Office. But if users [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft launches Office 365 test at GITEX

“Today is great milestone and we can announce that this service will be coming at least in trial form by at least the end of this calendar year and we are working very hard to ensure we can start offering it commercially,” sai [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Boss Says Dual-Core, LTE Models Co...

Sales of the first crop of Windows Phones may have been less than CEO Steve Ballmer was hoping for, but Windows Phone unit boss Andy Lees said the company met its more important goal — becoming credible again in the phone market. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 365 trial version soon to be launched

Local businesses will get the “feel” of how a world class cloud-based collaboration solutions could work wonders to their advantage on productivity and financial savings when the Microsoft Office 365 will be open to them on a [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft: Windows 8 Start menu ‘not just a replacement’

Microsoft has already made it clear it sees Windows 8 as a re-imagining of the popular platform. And after weeks of talking up myriad new elements – from app store support to improving copy management – the software giant is r [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012: Another Microsoft Office wa...

Not long ago, investing in an office suite meant parting with a fairly substantial amount of cash, and while it is still possible to pay a great deal for a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation tool, there are also an increasing nu [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

REVIEW: Microsoft Windows 8

Microsoft has launched Windows Developer Preview, a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for software developers and its hardware partners. Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows Division at Microsoft, talked about a “re-imagining of Wi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Windows Phone 'Mango' Rolling Out

Microsoft’s rollout of its long-awaited Windows Phone “Mango” update (also known as Windows Phone 7.5) has begun, but some smartphone owners may need to wait several weeks before it arrives on their device. Microsoft [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows 8 first look

Originally unveiled in a video demo and set of screenshots a few months ago, Microsoft has now released the Developer Version of its next-generation operating system, Windows 8. We've downloaded the software to find out where Microsof [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

How to: Migrating to Microsoft Office 2010 Pt 2

The next 18 months is a hectic period for Microsoft customers with research showing organisations are undertaking major upgrades including plans to replace operating systems, office suites, mail servers and collaboration infrastructure. [...]