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Microsoft is expected to show some love for Windows administrators on Valentine's Day, with nine patches fixing 21 vulnerabilities in February's Patch Tuesday release.
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Microsoft will host a Windows 8 Consumer Preview event in Barcelona Feb. 29. That's likely the launch date of Windows 8 beta.
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Microsoft is prepping Windows 8's beta—also known as the "Consumer Preview"—for release later in February. Although the Developer Preview gave people the chance to play around with a rough draft of the upcoming operating system, that beta will provide a much better idea of what users can expect when the release version arrives sometime in the second half of 2012. Many of Windows 8's features will be instantly familiar to anyone who's used previous versions of Windows. The traditional desktop is still there, accessible via a "Start" screen of big, colorful tiles linked to applications (the better to port Windows 8 onto tablets). The new operating system has even borrowed a few design cues from other Microsoft products like Office: There is, for instance, a "ribbon" user interface for Windows Explorer (albeit a minimized one, which could come as a relief to those who dislike that way of navigating through options). But the biggest system changes tie into Microsoft's expectations that Windows 8 will find its way onto tablets and other ultra-mobile devices: The ability to mark a wireless network as metered or unmetered is just one example of this. In a time where users are abandoning traditional PCs as their main computing device in favor of smartphones and tablets, the need is greater than ever for Microsoft to adapt with the times, lest it be left behind. The following are some new Windows 8 features designed to make the platform more portable and easier to operate once users find a space to sit down and work.
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Apple and Google Android are battling for smartphone market superiority. Microsoft's Windows Phone can learn something from each rival.
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Microsoft's Windows 8 is heading rapidly toward its Consumer Preview release, with new details emerging about its interface.
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Microsoft's senior director of Windows Phone development Brandon Watson has left to work on Amazon's Kindle platform. How that affects Windows Phone remains to be seen.
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Microsoft's week included a swipe at Google, the next version of Office in technical preview, and some leaks about Windows Phone 8.
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At its GoingNative 2012 event, Microsoft announced a new, open specification to help C++ developers tap into the compute power of graphics processing units (GPUs).
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Microsoft announces BizSpark Plus, an extension of its BizSpark program, and teams with startup accelerator TechStars to offer $60,000 in cloud computing services to startups.
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Despite all the fresh new ideas on display for the Apple world from exuberant third-party companies, it matters quite a bit that the Apple mothership isn't here with her children.
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Nokia sold 1 million Windows Phone units in the fourth quarter of 2011. That may have nearly doubled Microsoft’s smartphone market share.
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Microsoft's Windows 8 on tablets will utilize hardware sensors in a number of ways, perhaps none more important than apps.
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Nokia's Windows Phone line sold 1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, but the company’s financials declined as it continues to navigate a transition period.
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Nokia's Lumia 900, a high-end device running Windows Phone "Mango," will launch March 18 on AT&T for $99 with a two-year contract, according to a new report.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Microsoft's decision to kill its MIX developer conference, and pull out of CES, could be part of a broader strategy.
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The pre-beta of Windows 8 shows off a new UI and design features but otherwise looks familiar.
Hyper-V is positioned to support enterprise workloads with virtual infrastructure.
Microsoft's Windows 7 SP1 bundle rolls together fixes and minor features. Deployment will take careful planning to accommodate the bulky update.
The Microsoft server for small businesses offers simplicity in a full-featured package.
Avecto Privilege Guard 2.6 makes limited-rights computing possible on Windows clients, elevating rights when needed and hiding annoying UAC prompts from users.
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