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Man I talk a lot. But anyone who listens to my weekly podcasts already knows that. For those of you who don't know me, I've been a professional computer nerd about 15 years. I've focused on SharePoint about the past eight.
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You’d have to be a forensic accountant to understand Microsoft’s financials. However, a few things are clear from this week's second quarter earnings release. The first is that the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is starting to make serious ground in the cloud space.
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If you're a PC user and you woke up this morning with an undefined fear, maybe you're subconsciously recalling that today is the day Microsoft stops offering free support for Windows 7.
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The Microsoft rumor mill became reality in France. Reports are blowing up on the Web that a French Microsoft executive revealed Microsoft will unveil Windows 9 next Tuesday. "Last year we had Windows 8.
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No sooner did the party invitations start landing in people’s mailboxes than the rumor mill cranked up a few gears and went into hyper drive. According to the invites, which Microsoft started sending out yesterday, the September 30 event will be about Windows.
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It’s been in the air for some time now, but it’s finally happened.
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Question: When is an update not an update? Answer: When Microsoft says so. If that seems a bit cryptic, consider this. Microsoft is releasing a number of updates to its Windows 8.1 operating system and Windows Server 2012 R2, but you’re not supposed to call them updates.
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We all remember the warnings and confusion around the end-of-support for Windows XP in April. But support is ending or changing for other Microsoft products, too. By the end of the year, you will have to pay for support for a whole list of products — and support for other
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For those of you on one of the 25 percent of workplace computers still running Windows XP, understand you're working on a system that's increasingly vulnerable to attack.
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Satya Nadella’s came close to calling for a return to Microsoft's founding principals during his keynote speech at the the company's Build 2014 conference in San Francisco yesterday. The speech by the newly appointed Microsoft CEO contained a lot for Windows lovers and mobile phone fans.
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It’s rare that you read a blog post that combines hard sell and desperation in equal measure. But Microsoft has managed to do just that in a blog post that urges users to give up on Windows XP and upgrade. Upgrade to what, you might ask? Windows 8.1, of course.
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Millions of PC users are still running Microsoft's 13-year old operating system — around 30 percent of all users according to estimates. But with official support ending, it's now time for businesses to upgrade and move on.
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Rumors are flying about Microsoft's plans to reveal its newest operating system (OS) —Windows 9 — at its annual Build conference in April. The speculation comes just in advance of ticket sales for Build 2014, which runs April 2 through 4 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
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While new tablets and smartphones launch monthly, game consoles arrive once every six or so years.
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