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Microsoft Stops Offering Mainstream Support for Its Windows 7 OS
Jan 13, 2015Windows 7 today enters into extended support, meaning that you can no longer get free support for the OS. January 13, 2014 marks the date that Microsoft stops offering mainstream support for its Windows 7 OS. The popular operating system, ...
Tags: Windows 7, Consumer Electronics, OS
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Cisco Extended Its Data Centre Product Line to Support Microsoft's Windows Server
Apr 17, 2013Cisco?last week extended its?data centre?product line to support Microsoft's?Windows Server 2012?hypervisor and VM management features to more tightly align the two companies' data centre and cloud architectures for joint customers. The ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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European Antitrust Regulators Will Slap Microsoft with a "Large Fine" Wednesday
Mar 7, 2013European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot, the New York Times reported today. According to the ...
Tags: Microsoft, browser ballot, Windows
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Recent Back-End Upgrades Are Causing Problems for Some Users and Developers
Jan 10, 2013IDG News Service - Recent back-end upgrades by Microsoft to Office 365's SharePoint Online are causing problems for some users and developers whose workflows and applications have been disrupted by a variety of bugs. At SP Marketplace, a ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office 365, SharePoint Online, bug
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Some Early Users of Two Windows Phone 8 Smartphones Have Complained of Recurring
Jan 4, 2013Computerworld-Some early users of two Windows Phone 8 smartphones have complained of recurring and random reboots on Nokia's Lumia 920 and HTC's 8X smartphones. More than 65 similar posts had been filed by users on a Microsoft support ...
Tags: Windows Phone 8, reboot, Nokia's Lumia 920, HTC's 8X smartphones
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Microsoft's Windows 8 Is Vulnerable to Attack by Exploits That Hackers
Dec 26, 2012Computerworld - Microsoft's Windows 8 is vulnerable to attack by exploits that hackers have been aiming at PCs for several weeks, Adobe confirmed Friday. Microsoft said it will not patch the bug in Flash Player until what it called "GA," ...
Tags: Windows 8, Adobe, software, company news
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Microsoft's First-Time Move Tuesday to Update Windows 8 Before The OS Launches
Dec 21, 2012Microsoft's first-time move Tuesday to update Windows 8 before the OS launches is a sign of the company's continued edging toward practices long held by rivals Apple and Google, analysts said today. On Tuesday, alongside the usual Patch ...
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Microsoft's Free Previews of Windows 8 Will Expire Next Month
Dec 21, 2012Computerworld-Microsoft's free previews of Windows 8 will expire next month,giving users about three weeks to upgrade to a paid copy or face hourly restarts. All three Windows 8 previews--the Developer Preview of September 2011,the ...
Tags: Windows 8, free previews, upgrade, new OS
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Microsoft Has Extended Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 Months
Dec 20, 2012Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months. Announced in the latest Microsoft Support Lifecycle newsletter, the extension was triggered by a company policy that requires an extension if the follow-up ...
Tags: Microsoft, mainstream support, Windows Server 2008, 18 months
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Microsoft Could Have Escaped The Wrath of European Union Antitrust Regulators
Dec 18, 2012Microsoft could have escaped the wrath of European Union antitrust regulators and the risk of potential fines in the billions if it had paid attention to an exchange on its own support site more than a year ago. The back-and-forth between ...
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Microsoft Will Support Its Surface RT Tablet with Updates
Dec 17, 2012Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is less than half the ...
Tags: highlightedpost, Microsoft support, Security patches, Surface launch