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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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Microsoft Should Boost The Functionality of Third-Party Windows Store Applications
Jun 26, 2013In its ongoing challenge to attract more users to Windows 8, Microsoft is offering bits of its Bing Internet search service to boost the functionality of third-party Windows Store applications. "We're opening up Bing as an application ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1, Bing
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Microsoft's Apparent Plan to Automatically Update Its Own Windows Store Apps
May 9, 2013Microsoft's apparent plan to automatically update its own Windows Store apps is drawing praise from security experts. "Auto-updating apps ... improve security and are great for anybody that does not have their own update or patch ...
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Microsoft Would Start Pushing Updated Versions of Several Long-Criticized Windows 8 Apps
Mar 25, 2013Microsoft today announced it would start pushing updated versions of several long-criticized Windows 8 apps, including Mail, Calendar and People, the "Modern"-style program for keeping track of contacts, to the Windows Store tomorrow. ...
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Microsoft Launched a Windows 8 App-for-Cash Promotion This Week
Mar 22, 2013Microsoft launched a Windows 8 app-for-cash promotion this week because growth of the company's app store has slowed this quarter, an analyst argued today. "Month-over-month growth has slowed to just 10-15%," said Sameer Singh of ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Microsoft, APP
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Microsoft's Two-Pronged OS Push Into Tablets Confuse Customers
Mar 18, 2013Microsoft's two-pronged OS push into tablets -- Windows RT and Windows 8 -- confuses customers, and the company should focus on the more robust Windows 8, an IDC analyst said today. Tom Mainelli, IDC's research director for tablets, said ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Microsoft
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Microsoft Will Issue Security Fixes for Its Windows Store Apps on The Fly
Mar 14, 2013Microsoft will issue security fixes for its Windows Store apps on the fly, not just on the familiar monthly Patch Tuesday, the company said this week. At the same time, Microsoft spelled out how it will alert customers of security ...
Tags: APP, software, windows, Computer Products, Microsoft
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Microsoft's Two-Pronged Push Into The Tablet Market
Mar 14, 2013Microsoft‘s two-pronged push into the tablet market, consisting of the Windows RT and Windows 8 operating systems, confuses customers, an IDC analyst said on Wednesday. The company should instead focus on the more robust Windows 8 ...
Tags: Microsoft, surface, tablet market
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The APP Will Be Denied Access to The Windows Store.
Dec 31, 2012Microsoft has told Windows 8 app developers that if they use the word"metro"in the name of their software,the app will be denied access to the Windows Store. The warning now appears in online guidelines for developers,in a section ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Store apps
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Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 Is Now Available for Download
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 is now available for download. The update allows users to develop applications for Windows XP and more thoroughly test their work. The previous version of Microsoft's development ...
Tags: Microsoft's Visual Studio, Windows XP, Windows development
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Windows 8 Might, or Might Not, Prove to Be a Big Hit with Enterprise Customers
Dec 31, 2012Windows 8 might, or might not, prove to be a big hit with enterprise customers. But SAP is betting it will become an important platform in workplaces and figures Windows 8 tablets will outpace Android tablets, an SAP executive said ...
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Visual Studio Is No Longer Simply an IDE
Dec 27, 2012Visual Studio is no longer simply an IDE, no longer a place you go just to write and debug C/C++ code. It has long since become something of a development mashup. It's where you go to tackle any task in the development process, regardless ...
Tags: Visual Studio, IDE, Microsoft, Windows 8
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Microsoft Concluded Its Global Release Tour of Windows 8 Last Night in Dubai
Dec 19, 2012Microsoft concluded its global release tour of Windows 8 last night in front of a packed out crowd in Dubai. The company showcased its latest innovation in stylish fashion from inside the Burj Khalifa. Antoine Leblond, Corporate Vice ...
Tags: Dubai, Microsoft, Surface release, tablet, Windows 8, Windows