Earlier on in the week Microsoft rolled out their latest Windows 10 preview to Windows Insiders which includes the new Project Spartan browser. Now considering this is a preview Project Spartan isn’t complete yet and as such doesn’t have all the features yet – however there’s still plenty of awesome things to play around with. First […]
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Windows 10 Upgrade Will Be Free – Even For Your Questionable Windows Install
Microsoft has always been fighting a battle against piracy – in-fact almost every software maker has to deal with it – albeit not everyone has to deal with it on the scale that Microsoft has had to over the years. Ever since Windows XP introduced software activation pirates have been out there defeating these methods and […]
Farewell Internet Explorer – It’s Time For A New Brand
Back in January when Microsoft released their Windows 10 preview they also showcased Project Spartan – a new browser which will ship with Windows 10. If you haven’t played with the Windows 10 preview build – Spartan is much more than just an update to Internet Explorer. Spartan uses a brand new rendering engine, is […]
NYC Public School Students & Teachers Get Free Access to Microsoft Office
Students in New York City’s public schools are joining the ranks of NYC’s college students who have gotten free access to Microsoft’s Office 365. During the “State of the City” address made by New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito it was announced that every student and teacher will get full access to Microsoft Office 365 for free. You’ll […]
Scam Warning: Microsoft Isn’t Really Calling You To Fix Your Computer
Have you received a phone call recently from a partially legible call center representative who proceeded to tell you how your Microsoft Windows computer has been sending critical error notifications …
Microsoft Integrates Bing Search into Microsoft Office
Microsoft has launched Insights for Office – a new tool which scans users’ documents and makes educated guesses about the nature of their search query, thus saving time and eliminating the potential of distractedly getting sucked into the vortex of search engines. The search results are then ranked in order of importance and shown to […]
There’s A New Share Button Around Called Yammer
There’s a new share button in town and this time around it’s from a social network you’ve probably never actually used. Chances are unless you’re working in a truly enterprise environment in a company with thousands of employees – you’re probably not using Yammer – Microsoft’s Enterprise Social Network. However various organizations are using Yammer […]
Students: Get Microsoft Office For Free With Your School Email Address
Finally a quick, easy, and legit way to get Microsoft Office completely for free by simply using your school issued email address.
Microsoft Aims To Revive MSN
MSN was one of the original all-in-one portals created by Microsoft over 2 decades ago. It’s your default Internet Explorer homepage, and as of late something you probably have almost forgotten about. In-fact with almost no real updates to the MSN portal Microsoft may have very well almost forgotten about it as-well. This is all […]
MSN Messenger Sends It’s Final Message on October 2014
It seems that more and more of the technology that I grew up with is on it’s way out lately. Just a few hours ago I wrote about the official retirement of Google’s Web Search API; earlier on at the end of 2013 Winamp closed it’s doors; and now I’m writing to tell you that MSN Messenger, […]
Starting Today Internet Explorer Starts Blocking Outdated ActiveX Controls
It’s always been a popular thing among webmasters to bash Internet Explorer – and truthfully there was always good reason for it. Lately however Microsoft has been hard at work …
Fasthosts Launches Microsoft Exchange 2013 Platform
Fasthosts Internet Limited, www.fasthosts.co.uk, a leading web hosting provider, has leveraged its gold partner status with Microsoft to launch its latest Hosted Exchange platform aimed at small and medium sized businesses. Enabling customers to leverage Software as a Service (SaaS) flexibility and featuring up to 50GB mailbox capacity, Fasthosts Hosted Exchange 2013, is a highly affordable […]
1&1 Launches Microsoft Exchange 2013 Hosting
[frame align=”left”][/frame]1&1 Internet Ltd yesterday became one of the first providers globally to offer a business-class email package based on Microsoft Exchange 2013. The brand new hosting packages have been designed to help SMEs drive the most value from their email communication. Prices are set at $9.99/month (£6.99/month+VAT ) per account. The new 1&1 Microsoft Exchange 2013 […]
Bing Launches Bing Ads Intelligence
Having trouble building your keyword list for your website? Then try using Bing Ads Intelligence. This tool will build lists from suggested keywords, which in turn will help you develop strategies. The tool uses Bing’s extensive network data to assist you with the various tasks. To quote straight from the Bing Ads Intelligence website, the […]
Microsoft Launches modern.IE; Browser Testing Becomes Easier
Lately Microsoft has really done quiet good at making it known that they are aware of the faults within Internet Explorer – and how difficult it makes development
New Tools Launched: HTML to WORD/PDF Generator
Every now and then I find myself using a computer that doesn’t have Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Pro installed. Maybe it had a trial version that had expired, or simply never had it in the first place – however here I am sitting by this computer and I need to create a Microsoft Word/Adobe Acrobat PDF […]
Microsoft SEO Toolkit Released
If you’re looking for a way to help increase website traffic, and in turn increase revenue, then try this Microsoft SEO Toolkit. This kit will provide SEO recommendations, and allow you to control the issues hampering your website. The IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit helps Web developers, hosting providers, and Web server administrators to improve their Web site’s […]