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Microsoft announced on June 15 plans to add new parallel-computing technologies to the next version of its C++ compiler. Source: All About Microsoft
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Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 Coming in August
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Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows Microsoft is bolstering its ergonomic keyboard collection in August with the release of the Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000, which will cost just $19.99. Here are the details from the Microsoft Hardware Blog. Personally, I
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Confirmed: Apple iCloud Does Not Stand Alone
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Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows Paul Paliath at Infinite Apple worked with my co-author Rafael Rivera to confirm that Apple
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Microsoft Hints at Windows 8 Release Date
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Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows And as I
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Microsoft begins distributing Internet Explorer 9.01 update with critical security fi
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Microsoft is addressing many of its latest IE security issues in one fell swoop, with the newly released IE 9.01, its June Cumulative Security Update. Source: All About Microsoft
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Microsoft’s upcoming Gamefest conference is largely about Kinect, but also looks to offer glimpses at the next Visual Studio and upcoming SDKs for Xbox 360. Source: All About Microsoft
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Microsoft Hints at Windows 8 Release Date
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Is Apple really using Windows Azure to power iCloud?
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Over the past month, I received a couple of tips claiming that Apple was a Windows Azure customer. At first, I just dismissed the tips as nothing but a crazy rumor. Then I got more serious and started asking around, to no avail. But once Apple launched the beta of its iCloud iMessage service, the Infinite Apple site, along with a few other blogs, analyzed the traffic patterns and found that Apple appeared to be using both Azure and Amazon Web Services for hosting. Source: All About Microsoft
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Confirmed: Apple iCloud Does Not Stand Alone
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Paul Paliath at Infinite Apple worked with my co-author Rafael Rivera to confirm that Apple’s iCloud cloud service does in fact use outside cloud services—including Microsoft’s Windows Azure and Amazon S3—to do its thing. And what they’ve found is that iCloud doesn’t even (currently) host images sent over iCloud’s iMessage service. Instead, it places them on Azure (or S3) and links to them instead.
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MS11-048 - Important: Vulnerability in SMB Server Could Allow Denial of Service (2536
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker created a specially crafted SMB packet and sent the packet to an affected system. Firewall best practices and standard default firewall configurations can help protect networks from attacks originating outside the enterprise perimeter that would attempt to exploit this vulnerability. Read Bulletin
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MS11-049 - Important: Vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Editor Could Allow Informati
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft XML Editor. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opened a specially crafted Web Service Discovery (.disco) file with one of the affected software listed in this bulletin. Note that this vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate their user rights directly, but it could be used to produce information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system. Read Bulletin
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves eleven privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. Read Bulletin
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MS11-051 - Important: Vulnerability in Active Directory Certificate Services Web Enro
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Active Directory Certificate Services Web Enrollment. The vulnerability is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow elevation of privilege, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the site in the context of the target user. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability would need to send a specially crafted link and convince a user to click the link. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force a user to visit the Web site. Instead, an attacker would have to persuade a user to visit the Web site, typically b…
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MS11-052 - Critical: Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code
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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Microsoft implementation of Vector Markup Language (VML). This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows clients and Moderate for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows servers. Internet Explorer 9 is not affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted tha…
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Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 Coming in August
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IT Toolbox: Some Software for the Road
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Windows IT Pro Earlier this year, I wrote an article about my own IT toolbox, and then a follow-up article based on reader recommendations. I love these kinds of tips and tricks, because there's always a better way to do something. And the more you need to do that thing, the more valuable the savings are. ... Source: Win Super Site
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Windows UI Evolutions and Revolutions
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Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows The Windows 8 Start screen is just the latest in a long line of Windows user interfaces, some evolutionary, some revolutionary. But understood in retrospect, this new UI makes plenty of sense, and it certainly has precedent in Windows UIs past. ... Source: Win Super Site
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Windows IT Pro According to a Microsoft job posting that was originally reported by MobileTechWorld, Microsoft plans to release one major update to its Windows Phone OS each year. ... Source: Win Super Site
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Nokia and Apple Settle Patent Claims Against Each Other
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Microsoft wants guarantees if Google buys Nortel patents
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If Google ends up buying 6,000+ telecommunications patents as part of a Nortel bankruptcy proceeding, Microsoft wants some guarantees, according to bankruptcy court filings today. Source: All About Microsoft
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More thoughts on what may be on tap for Microsoft's WinC++
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Fires are continuing to blaze over how to interpret Microsoft’s focus on HTML5 and JavaScript (but failure to mention .Net and Silverlight) in the Windows 8 context. Amid all the smoke, Microsoft quietly is setting the stage for one of its coming dev tools that could figure big in the Windows 8 timeframe. Source: All About Microsoft
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Windows 8 UI Revolution Triggers Fear and Loathing
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Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows The new Windows 8 user experience has triggered excitement in the Windows user community, but also some fear and loathing for competitors and their supporters, and for developers. I'm happy to see Microsoft's competition on the run for a change, but the software giant needs to address developer concerns immediately. ... Source: Win Super Site
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Microsoft poised to launch new Visual Studio debugging tool
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Microsoft is on the verge of making available for download a new experimental Visual Studio Power Tool, known as the Debugger Canvas, via its Dev Labs site. Source: All About Microsoft
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Microsoft Confirms that Xbox Will Provide Media Services in Windows 8
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Windows IT Pro A Microsoft executive last week confirmed that the software giant will use its popular Xbox brand for media services across devices types in more specifically in Windows 8. I had previously and exclusively reported that Microsoft was retiring its lackluster Zune brand over time and that the products and services that currently fall under Zune would be rebranded as part of this change, most likely to Xbox. This now appears to be the case. ... Source: Win Super Site
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Windows 8 UI Revolution Triggers Fear and Loathing
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Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows The new Windows 8 user experience has triggered excitement in the Windows user community, but also some fear and loathing for competitors and their supporters, and for developers. I'm happy to see Microsoft's competition on the run for a change, but the software giant needs to address developer concerns immediately. ... Source: Win Super Site