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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Microsoft Corporation has just released Microsoft Security Essentials, a new and free anti-malware service which provides real time protection for modern computers equipped with Windows 7 operating system, but in the same time it is compatible with older PCs with a CPU of only 500 MHz running Windows XP SP2. Microsoft Security Essentials provides comprehensive malware protection against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. (more…)
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Approximately in a week after Windows 7 RTM was released to major OEM (original equipment manufacturers), hackers have found an innovative method to crack and activate pirated copies of the operating system. Based on a Windows 7 Ultimate OEM DVD ISO leaked on a Chinese forum, the hackers have identified the OEM-SLP (System Locked Preinstall) product key and the OEM certificate for Windows 7 RTM Ultimate. The necessary data to permanently activate Windows 7 RTM Ultimate was grabbed via boot.wim file existing on the leaked DVD ISO. (more…)
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Microsoft has just released an useful free tool for Windows Mobile applications developers: Application Verifier Tool for Windows Mobile. This software is capable to check the validity of the mobile applications functions and to detect common programming mistakes. A positive diagnostics reports of Application Verifier Tool for Windows Mobile is critical for the applications submitted to Windows Marketplace for Mobile catalog. (more…)
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
The 7600 build of the Windows 7 was officially announced as RTM. The leaked Windows 7 Build 6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255 seems to be identical with the final Windows 7 RTM. As you expected, Windows 7 RTM was made available for free download on various websites, before the official announcement made by Microsoft in a press release and on Windows 7 Team Blog. In the same time, Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM was also announced, simultaneously with Windows 7 RTM, on July 22, 2009.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
In an attempt to improve the interoperability between Windows operating system and Linux open source platform, Microsoft has released under the terms of GPL 2 license, 20000 lines of code corresponding to three Linux device drivers. This is the first time when Microsoft provides codes for device drivers directly to the Linux kernel community for the inclusion in the Linux tree. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Microsoft has just announced the availability of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 (12.2.0), which contains many improvements intended to increase stability, security and performance of all applications existing in the Office suite. In addition, the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 comes with a new application called Microsoft Document Connection. It allows you to manage files hosted on a SharePoint site or on Microsoft Office Live Workspace. (more…)
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
In addition to the Windows 7 RTM Build 7600, now Microsoft Office Mondo 2010 Beta 1 is available for free download from torrent links. The leaked version of Microsoft Office Mondo 2010 Beta 1 has the Build number 14.0.4302.1000 and can be downloaded in two flavors for 32bit, as well as 64bit platforms (the DVD ISO file size has 1.58 GB). It seems to be a major update, as compared with the latest leaked Office 2010 Technical Preview. Practically, Microsoft Office Mondo 2010 Beta 1 could be the ultimate SKU, according to the following screenshot:
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
In many news articles related to the official date of Windows 7 RTM availability, there were made a series of speculations regarding the fact that Microsoft will announce the final build of Windows 7 RTM on July 13th, 2009 at the annual Worldwide Partner Conference, which takes place in New Orleans. The rumors are sustained by the leaked version of Windows 7 RTM Build 7600, now available for free download from torrent links or file sharing services, such as RapidShare, MegaUpload and DepositFiles.
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
In February 2009, the “quick add” feature was introduced into Hotmail service. Now, Microsoft has announced that the quick add pane will provide you the option to integrate into emails content found via Bing Search. With a single mouse click, the user is allowed to insert into the HTML email body movies, images and other types of web based content retrieved by Bing search engine.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2 software has the capability to automatically control the processes and tools required to deploy the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, as well as Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Server 2003 (2008) and Office Professional, Professional Plus, Enterprise, and Ultimate 2007. Practically, it will reduce the interaction time needed to install desktop and server operating systems. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2 has many new features, as compared with the previous version of the software (MDT 2010 Beta 1).
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
On July 06, 2009, Microsoft has made public the existence of a severe security flaw in Internet Explorer, caused by a vulnerability discovered in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. As a consequence, if any attacker succeeds in exploiting this security leak of Internet Explorer browser, then the user computer could be remotely controlled by the attacker, with the same access rights over the machine resources and data, as the ones corresponding to the owner.
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 provides you various tools and add-ons to improve your browsing experience. The new Accelerators feature introduced in the version 8 of Microsoft Internet Explorer will definitely change the way in which you perform various tasks by removing the need to navigate to specific websites containing the desired web service. Practically, Accelerators are free browser add-ons capable to help you to execute common tasks, like translating a text or sending an email much faster.
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Even Microsoft has not made an official announcement about offering a Family Pack license to the upcoming Windows 7 Home Premium, a few news publishing websites already speculate the possibility of existence of this special type of license. According to the EULA of the latest leaked builds of Windows 7 and the agreements for retail copies of Windows 7 Home Premium, a Qualified Family Pack User will be able to install a copy of this software in a single household on three computers for use by people who reside there.
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