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MDOP Suite of IT Management Tools Has Been Updated with Support for Windows 8.1 Device
Dec 4, 2013The Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) suite of IT management tools has been updated with support for Windows 8.1 device and application management and Office 2013 virtualisation. MDOP 2013 R2,released on Monday, lets IT ...
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One Thing That Will Remain The Same Is The Price to U.S. Consumers
Sep 18, 2013While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers. For people who are on Windows 7 and previous editions of the OS, the standard version of Windows 8.1 will cost ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Microsoft Has Backtracked on Its Decision to Prevent Software Developers
Sep 11, 2013Microsoft has backtracked on its decision to prevent software developers gaining early access to Windows 8.1, the updated version of the Windows 8 operating system, following an outcry from developers. In August, Microsoft revealed that ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft
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Microsoft Has Directly Accused Google of Sabotaging The Youtube APP
Aug 19, 2013Microsoft has directly accused Google of sabotaging the YouTube app on the Windows Phone platform with "impossible roadblocks", accusing the web company - which owns the video streaming network - of demanding unnecessary development ...
Tags: Microsoft, Youtube, Windows Phone
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Congress Will Begin Its Summer Break This Week Without Any Plan for High-Skill Immigration
Aug 5, 2013Congress will begin its summer break this week without any plan for high-skill immigration. But here's what to watch for when lawmakers return in September. House Republican leaders have been working on an immigration strategy since the ...
Tags: Tech Immigration Battle
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The U.S. Senate Has Voted to Allow States to Collect Sales Tax From Online Retailers
May 8, 2013The U.S. Senate has voted to allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers, making it more difficult to buy tax-free products online. The Senate's vote of 69-27 for the Marketplace Fairness Act late Monday sends the bill to the ...
Tags: US Senate, Internet Sales Tax
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A Handful of Lawmakers Have Stalled The U.S. Senate From Voting on Legislation
May 2, 2013A handful of lawmakers have stalled the U.S. Senate from voting on legislation that would require large Internet and catalog sellers to collect state sales taxes from their customers. Supporters of the Marketplace Fairness Act still hope ...
Tags: Senators, Computer Products
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Microsoft Will Ship Surface Windows 8 PRO Tablet with an Intel Core I5 Processor on Feb.9
Jan 24, 2013Microsoft will ship the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet with an Intel Core i5 processor on Feb. 9, with prices starting at $899. The tablet has a 10.6-in. screen and comes in models with 64GB and 128GB of storage. The tablet will include the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet, Intel Core i5
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The Next Version of Microsoft Office Will Start to Reach Enterprise Customers Next Month
Jan 4, 2013The next version of Microsoft Office is complete and will start to reach enterprise customers next month, with general availability planned for early next year, Microsoft said Thursday. The Office engineering team marked the "release to ...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Computer Products, RTM, Microsoft
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Microsoft Is Hardening Security Certificates as Part of This Month's Patch Tuesday Update
Dec 27, 2012Microsoft is hardening security certificates as part of this month's Patch Tuesday update, which includes nine fixes. In the Microsoft TechNet security blog, Yunsun Wee, director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing wrote: "Today we are ...
Tags: Microsoft, security certificates, IE patch, document handling
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Microsoft Unwrapped The Next Edition of Its Office Money Maker at a Press Event
Dec 26, 2012Monday, Microsoft unwrapped the next edition of its Office money maker at a press event and simultaneously launched a public preview for users to try out now. CEO Steve Ballmer touted the new software as "the most ambitious release of ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office, money maker, public preview
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Microsoft Has Ditched The 30-Day Grace Period
Dec 20, 2012Microsoft has ditched the 30-day grace period, a trademark of Windows 7, in the retail copies of Windows 8, mandating that users provide a product key during setup. The change runs counter to previous practice by the Redmond, Wash. ...
Tags: Microsoft, grace period, trademark, Windows 7, retail copies, Windows 8
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Users of Windows 8 Release Preview Can Do a Full Upgrade to The Final Code
Dec 19, 2012Users of Windows 8 Release Preview can do a full upgrade to the final code, something Microsoft said was impossible, an IT consultant said today. Microsoft has been clear that the Windows 8 previews were a dead end. "There is no upgrade ...
Tags: Windows 8, Preview, final code, Microsoft, Bloggers, RTM
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The U.S. Air Force Is Openly Soliciting Technologies During Cyberwarfare Operations.
Dec 19, 2012The U.S. Air Force is openly soliciting technologies that would improve its capability of launching cyberattacks and gathering intelligence during cyberwarfare operations. "The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center invites concept papers ...
Tags: U.S., Air Force, soliciting technologies, cyberwarfare capabilities
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Massachusetts and Delaware Have Made The Most Progress in Promoting Broadband
Dec 17, 2012The U.S.states of Washington,Massachusetts and Delaware have made the most progress in promoting broadband and in providing a broadband-friendly business climate,according to a new study by trade group TechNet. Those three states lead the ...
Tags: Washington, TechNet, broadband, US