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  • Microsoft confirms Windows 7 service pack

    Microsoft today announced service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users' hands. According to a company spokesman, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will…
    19 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Server • Service Pack • Packs • Gregg Keizer • Date

  • Internet Explorer 9 puts Microsoft back on top, says analyst

    The browser is the way to promote search, for Microsoft that means Bing, and of course Microsoft has an interest in creating the best experience it can within Windows.Microsoft may not believe that only its engineers can create the best Windows…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Rendering • Javascript • Browsers • Benchmarks • Architect • Acceleration

  • VMware launches new version of ThinApp

    VMware has launched a new version of application virtualisation software ThinApp VMware has upgraded its ThinApp application virtualisation software in order to incorporate support for Microsoft Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2, according to a company…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Virtualisation Software • Thinapp • Reporting • Cooter • Array • Application Virtualisation

  • Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview

    He did not, however, disclose a release schedule for the successor to 2009's IE8, the browser bundled with Windows 7.IE 9 Platform Preview is far from polished, or even finished, Microsoft acknowledged, which is why it has slapped the moniker on…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Technically • Preview • Operating Systems • Heart • Explorer

  • Microsoft Excel glitch turns English into Chinese

    Microsoft confirmed that a security update for its Excel spreadsheet had turned English text in an important Windows tool into Chinese. Microsoft has confirmed that a security update for its Excel spreadsheet had turned English text in an important…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Remove • Programs • Microsoft Office • Crash • Confirmed • Chinese

  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows, Office fixes next week

    Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office. Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.In its monthly advance notification…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Network Security • Excel • Editions • Bugs • Bug • Attackers
 

How-Tos

  • How to protect yourself from Windows 7 hacks

    It was a notable accomplishment when Windows 7 was not impacted in any way by the vulnerabilities addressed in the six Security Bulletins released by Microsoft for the November Patch Tuesday. It would be even more impressive if Windows 7 proved…
    13 November 2009
    Tags: Smb • Addressed • Windows Xp • Exploit • Attackers • Bulletins

Reviews

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    UAG goes beyond this by providing some URL syntax checking, which can protect against some types of attacks, such as SQL injection.Third, UAG includes Microsoft's new DirectAccess technology, an IPv6-based feature that can simplify end-to-end…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Portal • Microsoft Windows • Endpoint • Credentials • Checking • Active Directory

  • Microsoft DirectAccess review

    DirectAccess, Microsoft's pairing of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 for connect-anywhere access, is possibly the best thing Redmond has produced in a long time. For those just getting up to speed on some of Windows 7's new features…
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Domain • Connected • Windows Server • Remote Access • Gateway • Running Windows

  • VMware Workstation 7 review

    Similarly, VMware's lead in usability is being challenged by Parallels, which has finally brought the ease of use of its awardwinning Parallels Desktop for Mac product to the Windows platform. And since both solutions are significantly cheaper than…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Category • Class • Vm • Bar • Guest • Leader

  • Windows 7 RTM - Hands on with the OS release

    Now that Microsoft's Windows 7 has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) stage, it's time to take a close look at all the features of the upcoming operating system. You might think that, because there are so many similarities between Windows 7…
    13 August 2009
    Tags: Media Player • Pin • Windows Media • Resolved • Control Panel • Clicks

  • Microsoft Office 2010 review

    Sporting mostly incremental improvements, Office 2010 serves to bridge the gap between the Windows Vista and Windows 7 eras by streamlining the product's controversial Ribbon-based user interface and extending it to encompass the full range of…
    13 July 2009
    Tags: User Interface • Videos • Spring • Editor • Edit • Rendering

  • Windows 7 RC1 review

    Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is a polished piece of work, ready for prime time. One of the most significant of these is HomeGroups, which give structure to the process of sharing devices and media files over a home network.Setting up a…
    29 April 2009
    Tags: Magic • Windows Media • Notification • Tweaks • Quicker • Control Panel

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