04/09/13 The Raw Microsoft News Feed

Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Microsoft.

• April 2013 Patch Tuesday features nine security updates, rolls out April 9th _{2013-04-09, 03:44 am}
  Microsoft is slated to release nine security updates today, for April's Patch Tuesday, and these updates affect all versions Internet Explorer ranging from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 10, on various Windows editions.
• Write-Protecting Hard Drive Made Easy Using New Freeware Utility _{2013-04-09, 03:33 am}
  ... technology in order to write-protect the hard drive . With regards to free write protection utilities, Microsoft introduced one called Windows SteadyState which has been discontinued. Until recently then there were no commercial organizations that ...
• Microsoft: Google unfairly using Android to promote Google's products _{2013-04-09, 03:30 am}
  About a decade ago, if we were to tell you that Microsoft is part of a group who is filing a complaint against another software giant who they feel is unfairly using its own software to promote it's own products, you would have thought we were crazy.
• Microsoft starts making more of its Azure cloud services generally available _{2013-04-09, 03:05 am}
  Microsoft starts making more of its Azure cloud services generally available - Summary: Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory service is now ready for use in production.
• Training with Multisoft Systems ASP .NET 4.5 in Noida _{2013-04-09, 03:02 am}
  ASP.NET Web Forms 4.5 is prepared by MICROSOFT to introduce a number of improvements focusing improvement in the experience when working with data.
• OBIEE 11g:Excel Connectivity Using ODBC Drivers _{2013-04-09, 02:54 am}
  ... Sample Sales lite rpd and we will add the fact table Base Facts (click on Add) 7.2. Base fact will be added to Microsoft query. Drag Actual Unit Price from 'query from a ' section to the Result pane header. a.Drag Product to Drop Row Field Here ...
• Xbox Durango Rumours: Microsoft Plans for a May 720 Preview, Late... _{2013-04-09, 02:37 am}
  ... April 24 preview with the likely release date to come later this year, a new report said. Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, September 15, 2011. (Credit: Reuters) The fresh pushback, ...
• Microsoft & others complain to EU about Android bundling practices _{2013-04-09, 01:38 am}
  Sound familiar ? It should, it's a similar complaint that Microsoft faced many years ago that resulted in the browser ballot that you see today and also the N versions of the Windows platforms in Europe.
• Microsoft Surface Warranty Criticized in China After Apple Woes _{2013-04-09, 01:08 am}
  Microsoft Corp. 's after-sales service of its Surface tablet has attracted criticism from China 's state-owned radio, following similar reports in the past month targeting Apple Inc.
• Microsoft Mediaroom Buy Gives Ericsson Leadership in Fast-Growing IPTV Set-Top Box Middleware Biz _{2013-04-08, 11:42 pm}
  With its purchase of Microsoft Corp.'s Mediaroom properties, Ericsson not only will become the leading player in the market for Internet-Protocol Television set-top box middleware, it also will be able to expand its IPTV offering into a complete, integrated solution that will give the company a competitive advantage over its rivals.
• 13.4 Billion App Downloads, $2.2 Billion Revenue In Quarter 1 2013 _{2013-04-08, 11:29 pm}
  ... for consumer attention. Its app story is going from strength to strength, but there is no room for complacency. Microsoft, with the help of partners such as Nokia, is also making good progress attracting some important titles to the Windows Phone ...
• Ukraine's youngest HIV campaigner _{2013-04-08, 07:06 pm}
  ... more than the market rate. As a result the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, backed by the former Microsoft boss Bill Gates, cut its grant to the Health Ministry and rechanneled the money through non-state organisations like the ...
• Windows Blue could be dubbed Windows 8.1 _{2013-04-02, 04:53 pm}
  ... late June. Well, ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley has now added another tidbit to the growing pile: the OS's official name. "Microsoft officials supposedly have decided on the final name for Windows Blue," she writes. "The final decision, one of my sources ...
• Apple buys Microsoft, plans to kill off Windows _{2013-04-01, 03:49 pm}
  In a shocking announcement this April 1st, 2013, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, announced that the company has reached a final agreement with the board of directors of Microsoft for Apple to buy the Redmond-based tech legend for an undisclosed amount of cash and Apple stock.
• Full Profile _{2013-04-08, 10:26 pm}
  A well-connected but regularly erroneous publication is reporting that Microsoft is developing Windows Blue as a project that will merge desktop Windows with Windows Phone.
• Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6, Office 2003 enter their final support year _{2013-04-08, 09:52 pm}
  ... to replace systems that depend on the old software, both for economic or compatibility reasons. Some hope that Microsoft will buckle under the pressure and further extend Windows XP's supported lifetime. One has to question the value of such a move. ...
• Microsoft releases Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2 Public Beta _{2013-04-08, 09:48 pm}
  Back in January, we learned about Office 2010 Service Pack 2 entering private beta testing. Microsoft sent out invites to select testers to get their hands on the new Office 2010 SP2, which is the sequel to SP1, released nearly a year and a half ago. ...
• Component Extensions - A Tour of C++/CX _{2013-04-08, 09:10 pm}
  ... own unique skills and abilities. You can successfully create a Windows Store app using C++, HTML/JavaScript or the Microsoft .NET Framework, but here are some reasons why you might choose C++: The answer doesn't have to be one or the other-you can ...
• Microsoft ready to talk new Xbox? _{2013-04-08, 08:43 pm}
  U.S. software giant Microsoft may be preparing to unveil specs of its next-generation Xbox gaming console on May 21, tech-watching sites and bloggers report.
• Microsoft releases Office 2010 SP2 public beta _{2013-04-08, 08:12 pm}
  Microsoft on Monday released a public beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 , the first major update to the suite in almost two years.