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Microsoft announces $260,000 contest to uncover new approaches to computer security
Today Microsoft announced the BlueHat security prize, which will award $260,000 in cash and prizes at the Black Hat USA event in 2012.
Microsoft claims that it is putting together the prize to “generate new ideas for defensive approaches to support ...
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Microsoft: HTML5 and JavaScript key for Office 15 development
Microsoft’s seemingly never-ending infatuation with HTML5 continues, this time in regards to Office 15, the next version of Office likely due in 2012.
In Office 15, Microsoft intends to allow developers to use HTML5 and JavaScript to build add ons, ...
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Is Android About to Get Crushed? [Smartphones]






This fall, smartphones are going to be better than they've ever been. That's true every year, but iOS 5 and Windows Phone 7.5 are looking pretty fantastic. What about Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, thou...
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The Zune HD Just Got Some New Apps and Even the Zune is Confused [Microsoft]






It's a shame that the Zune HD died so young. It had so much potential. But life goes HEY LOOK! Microsoft just released 9 new Zune HD apps. For some reason... Should we stop mourning now? More &raq...
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Microsoft releases new Zune HD apps. We don’t know why
Despite killing off the Zune HD line (effectively) and telling people to buy Windows Phones instead, Microsoft today released a spate of new applications for its old music player line.
Why would it do that? We have no idea. Oddly, the company is already p...
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Archaeologists Now Use Kinect to Build 3-D Models During Digs [Kinect]






University of California, San Diego students will be going to Jordan soon to take part in an archaeological dig that's decidely futuristic: As they uncover artifacts and structures in the soil, they'll be...
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The new Windows Phone logo
This is the sort of blog post that includes one real nugget of information. We’ll put it in context, but really, this post is about a new logo, how hard can we spin it?
Right, with no further ado, via WinRumors, is the new set of Windows Phone 7 log...
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Microsoft releases beta of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2
Listen up you enterprise fanatics, we have news: Today Microsoft released the beta of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2. As of now, there is no known ship time for the final R2 edition.
Forefront Identity Manger 2010 was released in March of 2010. The R2...
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Microsoft Locks Down Their Location Tracking Database [Privacy]






After Microsoft's database of publicly-accessible Wi-Fi locations was exposed, they've heeded the criticisms and decided to make the information a bit less accessible. More »





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IE9′s market share fails to impress
Microsoft sent out a press bulletin last night that contained a number of figures about Internet Explorer 9 and its progress across a number of market segments. We found the numbers to be anemic.
We must recall that Microsoft’s roll out schedule for...
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Right on schedule, Microsoft releases MDOP 2011 R2
If you are reading this story, I assume that such enterprise matters interest you, so I will not attempt to toss a veneer of excitement across this post; if you don’t care, I can’t save it anyways, and if you do care, then no humor is needed.
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Report: Fewer than 1.5 million WP7 handsets shipped in Q2
While there is a Mango shaped sun on the horizon, for Windows Phone 7 in its current form it appears that there are only clouds in the sky.
A new report from Canalys claims to have a dismal number on hand that will be sure to disappoint any person who cla...
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Microsoft closes security hole in stored geodata
Microsoft has closed a rather obvious privacy loophole in its geographic location positioning service.
The issue came to light after CNET pointed out the flaw. The issue revolved around Microsoft collecting, and then storing, the location of millions of d...
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Microsoft and Nokia announce mid-August event
Microsoft and Nokia appear poised to unveil the fruits of their combined labors.
Today, invitiations began to go out that announced a joint August 17th event that the two firms will host at GamesCon, in Cologne, Germany. The venue feels nontraditional for...
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The craziest, most ludicrous PCs on the market
As a professional Microsoft watcher, I am tasked with the taxing job of keeping an eye on the PC market. I mean that in two senses, the first that I have to look at the strength of the PC market and track total sales, but also that I observe what sort of ...
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Wassup? What's Down Is More Like It, As China Settlement Fails to Stem Yahoo Stock Decline

You would think the settlement of a major dispute would goose the stock of a company, but Yahoo’s deal with its Chinese partner Alibaba Group on Friday did exactly the opposite.
Despite the clearing of an obvious overhang to its shares, the stock o...
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Ads for the first Windows Phone 7.5 handset hit the Internet
We’ve discussed the Fujitsu IS12T a number of times here on TNWmicrosoft, mostly because it was the first Windows Phone running Mango to be officially unveiled.
Today it knocked down another record, and manged to be the first Windows Phone 7.5 hands...
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WP7 app development stalls in the face of Mango
With Mango peeking over the horizon, the Windows Phone 7 application store is going through a monumental slowdown.
But don’t fret, the reason is in fact quite simple: Developers are waiting to send in new applications because the gates for submittin...
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This week at Microsoft: DOS, Gmail, and Bing
It’s that time again folks, the time of the week when we gather around to poke at four Microsoft stories that were big hitters in the past seven days.
Instead of being serious this time around, we are going to relax and look at mostly fun stories to...
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Anyone Can Access Microsoft's Massive Database Showing People's MAC Addresses (and Their Geographical Location) [Privacy]






Microsoft has been going around and building a database of publicly broadcast MAC addresses (along with their corresponding street address) for location services purposes. That might include those of your...
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Document: FBI Surveillance Geeks Fear, Love New Gadgets [Video]






Can't wait for 4G to become the ubiquitous standard for mobile communication? On the edge of your seat for the unveiling of Microsoft's secret Menlo Project and Greenfield application? More »...
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Microsoft Thinks Gmail Sure Is Hilarious [Video]






As far as internal corporate-sponsored parody videos, I would actually have expected a lot worse out of Microsoft than this three-minute takedown of Gmail. Nerd fight! More »





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Skype for Windows updated with improved Facebook integration
If you’re a Skype user running Windows, it’s well worth grabbing the latest update to the soon-to-be-Microsoft-owned VoIP and IM software. Version 5.5, fresh out of beta, brings a number of useful improvements.
First up, Facebook integration i...
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Microsoft spoofs Gmail in new internal video
Microsoft, in an internal video that leaked from the company’s Global Exchange sales conference, took Gmail to task for, what it claims to be, abuse of the data of its users.
The company uses this sort of short ‘sales clip’ to show its t...
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Latest WP7 Mango build allows for music streaming from SkyDrive
Microsoft’s process of slowly giving new Mango builds to Windows Phone developers seems to be having the desired effect: As new features are released, they are discovered, and crowed over.
Today a new tidbit that came in the 7712 build is making the...
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Microsoft claims Xbox LIVE subscriber growth at all time high
While rumors of the next Xbox are beginning to swirl, the overall Xbox ecosystem (the 360 and LIVE) is performing surprisingly well given how long its current hardware has been in the market.
According to Robin Burrowes, Head of Product Marketing for the ...
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Microsoft spent only 0.14% of its cash on acquisitions in fiscal 2011
As the Skype deal has yet to become finalized, Microsoft spent a mere 75 million dollars in fiscal 2011 (just finished) on acquisitions.
That works out to roughly 0.14% of the company’s massive $52 billion cash and short-term investments stash. The ...
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US consumers prefer Windows Phone over BlackBerry
A new survey taken by PriceGrabber highlights how far Windows Phone has yet to go before it can be considered a leading mobile operating system.
When US consumers were polled, only 7% indicated that phones running Microsoft software were their preference....
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DOS Turns 30
Today DOS is 30 years old. If only someone sent Microsoft free baked goods for milestones.
What is fascinating, and perhaps scary, is that Hotmail is 15 years old. That means that from the naming day of DOS to today, half of the time has included Hotmail....
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Microsoft touts IE9 as “the best browser for the enterprise”
The Internet Explorer team, even during a full-scale dash towards IE10, is pushing IE9 on the enterprise with every ounce of PR muscle it has.
The group commissioned a Forrester study to track what the benefits and costs involved with a company moving to ...
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Bill Gates Spent the Best Money of His Life 30 Years Ago Today [Techversary]






Break out the beer, MS-DOS turns 30 today. On July 27, 1981, Microsoft purchased QDOS from Seattle Computer Products. It was kind of a good deal. More »






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The New ESPN on Xbox 360 Is the Only Way I Want to Watch Sports Now [Video]






You officially have a reason to watch ESPN on your Xbox 360 come this fall—ESPN 2.0 is pretty goddamn awesome. Watch multiple games in HD. Pause one while keeping the other going. Stats! So many st...
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Microsoft to unveil first official WP7 Mango handset today
Microsoft is set to unveil the first WP7 handset officially running Mango in just over 8 hours.
At 10 AM Tokyo time on Wednesday, or 8 PM CST Tuesday, the Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T Windows Phone will be revealed. This timing fits with our previously reported ...
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Should Microsoft Dump Bing?
Does Microsoft need Bing, and the massive losses that it entails? Or would the company be better off jettisoning it, taking a piece of the new independent Bing, and walking away?
It depends on who you ask. An opinion piece that landed on both Reuters and ...
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Windows Phone Mango released to manufacturing
It is official at last: the Windows Phone Mango update has been released to manufacturing. That Mango has ‘gone RTM’ is not surprising, as a phone that employs the software is set to be unveiled in mere hours.
Phones designed for and running M...
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Windows Phone Mango Is Done [Blip]


Microsoft's just pushed out Windows Phone Mango to manufacturers—that means it's done. Complete. Finished. Now, companies are optimizing it for their phones, and you'll be able to snag it sometime in the next couple of months. [Window...
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RAW Image Support Is Now in Windows Photo Gallery and Explorer [Windows]


Professional and casual photogs alike will be happy to know that Microsoft caved and finally supports raw, uncompressed images in Photo Gallery and Windows Explorer. They may be bigger, but they just look better. And Microsoft knows it. ...
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The New, Awesomer Xbox 360 Headset Doubles As a Legit Bluetooth Headset (But Please Don't Wear It in Public) [Video]






The old Xbox 360 headset is gigantic and expensive, considering it only worked with the Xbox 360. The new Xbox 360 headset? Not only is it much, much better promises Senior Director of Xbox Accessories, ...
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Should Facebook Take Bing Off Microsoft's Hands? [Bing]






This isn't a rumor. This isn't even a speculation. This is just the New York Times saying that Bing is killing Microsoft from the inside, and that if Microsoft wanted to sell, they could maybe do worse th...
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Avatar Kinect for Xbox available now in Kinect Fun Labs
Only slightly earlier than our previous predictions, Xbox’s Avatar Kinect has finally dropped and is available through Kinect Fun Labs.
In the future, Avatar Kinect will require users to have an Xbox Live Gold plan, but there’s a free trial pe...
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Yahoo Search Exec Chang Lands at Mobile Ad Start-Up
Longtime Yahoo search veteran Chi-Chao Chang, who left the Internet giant recently, has landed at xAD, a San Francisco-based mobile local search advertising network. He’ll be its president of product and technology and said, in an interview, he made...
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A Peek Behind Avatar Kinect's Wireframe Curtain: How Xbox Turns You Into a Virtual Blinking, Winking Chatterbox [Video]






Avatar Kinect, your not-quite-creepy smirking, winking virtual self, is launching today in Kinect Fun Labs. It tracks your eyebrows, mouth, and other points on your face to translate your real-world expr...
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Skype CEO promises brand will stay intact despite Microsoft acquisition
Skype's brand will remain intact despite the Microsoft acquisition, Skype CEO Tony Bates today promised in an interview with Fortune's Adam Lashinsky.

Bates only references the brand and not the interface, but we're left wondering if this means Skype won...
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As CEO Bartz Fiddles With Turnaround, Yahoo's Stock Value Burns

Yahoo — which turned in yet another disappointing second quarter on Tuesday, but with all new excuses for the continuing decline in revenue — is now getting toasted by Wall Street.
That would be the marshmallow — and not the champagne &...
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The Anti-Nokia-Yahoo Charts: The Microsoft-Shoots-Scores-in-Q4 Data

Microsoft has a lot to crow about in its fourth quarter earnings today, including a 30 percent jump in profits and strong overall revenue growth in its many divisions.
It is sure a lot better than what Yahoo and Nokia turned in this week in their quarter...
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Liveblogging Microsoft Q4 Earnings: I'm So Excited and I Just Can't Hide It

Microsoft had a solid fourth quarter, which is why the conference call with Wall Street analysts should be relatively short and sweet.
Or sweet, at least.
Microsoft reported beat expectations on profits that rose 30 percent, as well as on revenue. Of par...
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Fujitsu to launch Windows 7 phone on July 23rd
That title is not garbled. Fujitsu did not announce the release of its Windows Phone 7 handset today, but instead its Windows 7 phone. All of a sudden Microsoft's naming system is a bit of a mouthful, isn't it? The phone will be released on July 23rd.

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Microsoft unveils Star Wars themed Xbox 360
Let the trumpets sound and the nerds rejoice: The Xbox team and the folks who run the Star Wars franchise have come together to build something special.

Or, at least, that seems to be the general market reaction to the freshly announced Star Wars themed ...
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Microsoft releases Q4 earnings, posts $17.37 billion in revenue
Today Microsoft released its fourth quarter earnings for fiscal year 2011.

For the quarter, Microsoft posted $17.37 billion in revenue. That compares favorably to the same quarter last year, in which Microsoft did $16.04 in revenue. Operating income was ...
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Tulalip Tribes investigate Microsoft’s use of their name
Microsoft may have opened up more than one can of worms when it recently leaked its internal project, codenamed 'Tulalip,' to the world.

Not only did the company have to answer to every major news organization over just what it was up to, but there is a ...
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