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Testers riled by Microsoft decision to pull Drive Extender storage from 'Vail,' 'Aurora' servers
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In a move that has riled a number of Windows Home Server enthusiasts, Microsoft has announced it is removing its Drive Extender storage technology from the upcoming Windows Home Server ‘Vail,” Small Business Server Essentials “Aurora” and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
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Microsoft and Southwest Airlines are teaming to make free holiday photos available to travelers this holiday season. The program, unveiled on November 23, is one of several promotional events Microsoft is doing this year to highlight new and existing Windows 7 PCs and Windows Live services. View the full article
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In this week's mailbag, understanding linked Windows Live IDs and Windows Phone, whether Windows 8 will be 64-bit only, transferring files between print queues, changing the Live ID associated with your Xbox LIVE account, whether Call of Duty: Black Ops is as easy as described in a You Tube video, and whether you can install 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 on different PCs using the same product key. View the full article
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Microsoft is going "all-in" with cloud computing, and there's no better evidence than Office 365, which seamlessly blends hosted versions of Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2010, and Lync 2010 with client and web versions of Microsoft Office, all for a reasonable cost. View the full article
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Microsoft will be making changes to its Windows Server pricing in January 2011 that will affect companies that are in the commercial hosting business. View the full article
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Both Google and Microsoft are intent on being Office users’ preferred way of collaborating on documents. Microsoft’s solutions are SharePoint, Office Web Apps (and its Microsoft Docs sibling). Google, as of November 22, has its own alternative: Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office. View the full article
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It was just about a year and a half ago that Google started talking up plans for its Chrome OS. As I recall, a number of bloggers and reporters began tolling the death knell for Windows at that time, claiming Google’s “operating-system-less” OS would trump Windows 7, Windows 8 and maybe even Mac OS X. So where is it? View the full article
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Seattle-based Attachmate Corp. is buying Novell for $2.2 billion, the companies announced on November 22. At the same time, Novell announced the “concurrent sale of certain intellectual property assets to CPTN Holdings LLC, a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft Corporation, for $450 million in cash.” View the full article
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I have a practically fresh install of Windows Server 2008 R2 that I installed last month however after each restart, it prompts me for a reason why it improperly restarted. Any reasons why it's doing this?
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In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and Paul discuss Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 7, Office 365, the Facebook Messaging update, the return of KIN, Living room technology, including Kinect, Boxee Box, and Hulu Plus, OnLive, and Call of Duty Black Ops, week two. View the full article
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Electronic Arts does it again with Need for Speed Undercover, a stellar racing game that improves on the iPhone original by adding Xbox LIVE achievements and leaderboards, and even Avatar integration. View the full article
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With today marking the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Windows, I'm taking a stroll down memory lane and looking back at the early years and my complicated relationship with Microsoft's now-dominant OS. View the full article
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Here are a few Microsoft-related news items to end the week, including some new roadmap data for System Center and Dynamics ERP, the latest comScore search numbers and information on a Microsoft-Symantec security deal for small businesses. View the full article
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D-Link's Boxee Box is a quirky but credible challenger to Roku and Apple TV, offering an interesting collection of web-based TV shows and movies, aggregated into a single, semi-seamless experience. View the full article
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As of November 18, Google Apps — the primary competitor of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and Office 365 successor — has gone from being a bundle of eight apps to one with 60. Sort of…. View the full article
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The rumors from earlier this month were true: Verizon is again selling the Microsoft Kin phones. This time around, however, Verizon is positioning them as feature phones, not smartphones. View the full article
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Microsoft is working on a new video connector update for its Kinect sensor that will bridge the living room and the office. Microsoft announced plans to deliver the Video Kinect update “shortly.” View the full article
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What Windows Server 2008 capability would allow me to do a mass installation quickly and efficiently? Thanks.
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Microsoft has made available to a select group of testers a first beta of Service Pack (SP) 1 for Office 2010, Microsoft officials confirmed on November 17. View the full article
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Microsoft launched the latest version of its unified-communications server, now known as Lync Server, on November 17. The Lync Server and client aren’t available for purchase until December 1, but a 180-day trial version is available to those interested in kicking the tires starting today. View the full article
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Microsoft is making available to anyone interested a seventh developer preview build of its Internet Explorer (IE) 9 browser on November 17. View the full article
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Just a year after setting up FUSE Labs as a dedicated social-computing lab, Microsoft is moving the team into its Microsoft Research division. View the full article
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Microsoft Windows - Solving IE 6 Compatibility Issues Doesn't Require Expense, Complexity of Virtua
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Microsoft offers a variety of virtualization solutions for those businessses that are resisting migrating to Windows 7 because of browser compatibility issues. Browsium Unibrows is a simpler, less expensive way to get there. View the full article
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A year ago, shortly after the launch of Windows 7, Windows 7 PCs were a hot holiday gift item. But what about this year? View the full article
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In this week's mailbag, what's going on with Windows Home Server "Vail," Google and Windows Phone 7, Exchange ActiveSync and desktop PC apps, Windows Phone 7 and wireless sync, differing Zune implementations on Zune HD and Windows Phone 7, and IE search modifications on Windows Phone 7. View the full article
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