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VMware Workstation 9 Is All About Windows 8
Aug 24 2012 01:30 AM | xper
Staying ahead of Microsoft itself, VMware has updated its Workstation desktop computer hypervisor so it can run Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8. VMware Workstation 9, availa...
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Microsoft rebrands itself
Aug 24 2012 01:01 AM | Tripredacus
As we saw the wavy "flag" of Windows past replaced with something more flat, Microsoft has changed its own company logo. The new logo looks to use the same Segoe font, and the old...
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Skype 5.10.114
Jun 14 2012 05:16 PM | xper
Skype is software for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world. The calls have excellent sound quality and are highl...
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Opera 12.00 Released
Jun 14 2012 04:59 PM | xper
Opera 12 gets you online in record time, with improvements that mean faster startup and quick page loading. Thanks to responsive tab loading sequences, you can start up or shut down in th...
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Google Chrome vs. IE10 on Windows 8 Metro
Jun 13 2012 04:51 PM | xper
Want to see what a Windows 8 Metro-style app can do when it isn't constrained by the usual Metro conventions? The latest developer build of Google's Chrome browser brings a fascin...
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Skype to serve display ads to Window users
Jun 13 2012 04:13 PM | xper
Skype said today that users who do not have Skype Credit or subscriptions will now see advertisements in their call windows when they are making one-on-one audio calls using Skype for Win...
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Microsoft kicks off beta of new Windows 8 encryption tool
Jun 12 2012 02:44 PM | xper
Microsoft is rolling out new test versions of a number of its tools for Windows business users that are meant to complement Windows 8. The new (2.0) version of the Microsoft Bitlocker Adm...
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Google releases Metro-style Windows 8 browser
Jun 12 2012 05:32 AM | xper
As promised, Google released its first stab at a Metro style enabled desktop browser for Windows 8 this week. The new code appeared late this afternoon and is available as an automatic up...
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Microsoft Office logo goes Metro, hints at 2013 releas...
Jun 12 2012 05:28 AM | xper
Microsoft has revealed very little about Office 15, its next-generation Office suite, but Chinese site cnBeta says the beta version, due in the summer, will include a Metro logo like its ...
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Microsoft Camera Codec Pack (16.3.1483.0410)
Apr 20 2012 09:24 AM | xper
The Microsoft Camera Codec Pack enables the viewing of a variety of device-specific file formats in Window Live Photo Gallery as well as other software that is based in Windows Imaging Co...
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Microsoft opens up Windows Live Messenger
Dec 16 2011 01:28 PM | xper
Microsoft has made it possible for others' instant-messaging software to tap into its Windows Live Messenger, in a move that would have been shocking a decade ago. Instant-messaging n...
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Microsoft to begin automatic Internet Explorer upgrade...
Dec 15 2011 03:51 PM | xper
In January 2012, Microsoft will begin installing the latest version of Internet Explorer on Windows PCs automatically, via Windows Update.Automatic browser updates will begin rolling out ...
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Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS Takes on iCloud, Dropbox
Dec 14 2011 07:31 PM | xper
Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service debuted for iPhones this week, after it had been available to Windows users for several years and on Windows Phone 7 devices more recently. Micr...
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Firefox 8 released, finally fixes frivolous add-ons an...
Nov 09 2011 06:07 AM | xper
The latest iteration of everyone’s favorite furry is now available to download. As with the other rapidly-released iterations, Firefox 8 is mostly just a faster, cleaner version of the pr...
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Linux Foundation Releases Blueprint for UEFI Secure Boot
Oct 28 2011 11:57 PM | Tripredacus
The Linux Foundation paper calls Microsoft's plans "counter to the UEFI recommendation that the platform owner be the PK controller" and says that it is "a legitimate choi...
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Microsoft ships final Office 2007 service pack
Oct 26 2011 02:55 PM | xper
Microsoft on Tuesday delivered its last service pack for Office 2007. Service Pack 3 (SP3), which weighs in at 351MB, was posted to Microsoft's download center yesterday, and has beg...
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Microsoft Office likely to get the Metro treatment
Sep 16 2011 03:01 PM | xper
This week, Windows president Steven Sinofsky reiterated what we already knew: Windows 8 PCs and tablets running on ARM chips won’t be able to load applications originally built for Intel-...
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Silverlight 5 RC now Available
Sep 05 2011 02:11 PM | xper
This RC is a developer-only release (there is no go-live license), designed to get you read for the final release later this year. Use this release to update your SL5 beta code to work wi...
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Windows 7 Codecs 3.0.5
Sep 05 2011 01:54 PM | xper
All the codecs you need for Windows 7 to play AVIs, DVDs and more! It does not contain a media player and it does not associate file-types. With the Windows 7 codec package installed ...
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VMware Gets Into File Sharing, Collaboration
Sep 05 2011 01:45 PM | xper
VMware this week unveiled a technical preview of Project Octopus , a new file sharing virtual environment that it describes as a "Dropbox for the enterprise." According to a demon...
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Firefox 6 Is Ready for Release To Match Chrome Updates
Aug 16 2011 05:58 AM | xper
With improvements such as extended HTML5 support and site-specific privacy controls, Mozilla's Firefox 6 is ready to be released. One goal for Firefox is to match Google in quickly up...
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