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Supersite Microsoft blogged about its February 2011 browser market share this week. Usage share in both IE 8 and IE 9 grew during the month, again. ... View the full article

Windows IT Pro And this past week, Google delivered a tool called Google Cloud Connect that drives home Google's strategy in this market. Which is: we'll work with what you use today, with an eye toward getting you to migrate away from Office in the future. ... View the full article

Windows IT Pro According to a report in Business Insider, Microsoft will publicly demonstrate Windows 8 for Tablet PCs for the first time by the end of June. ... View the full article

Microsoft launched over the past weekend a redesigned version of the Microsoft Answers site. So far, the “new and improved” version has been largely down for the count. View the full article

It’s that time again. Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals — the company’s all-volunteer army of enthusiasts — are in Redmond for another MVP Summit. And they’re lighting up Twitter. View the full article

Supersite This week, Apple will unveil its second generation iPad. So here's a look back to a year of iPad coverage on the SuperSite, with an eye to the future. ... View the full article

Supersite Today: Gmail pulls a Hotmail, Google goes after content farms, Facebook needs a Dislike button, Nokia and Microsoft, what it's like being a developer at Microsoft, $9 billion in R&D and all I got was this lousy motion sensor, Microsoft Answers update, and a teaser for COD: Modern Warfare 3. ... View the full article

Is Verizon about to launch its first WP7 handset, the HTC 7 Trophy? View the full article

Microsoft plans to make its Windows Intune cloud-management service available for trial or purchase in 35 countries on March 23, company officials disclosed on February 28. View the full article

Windows IT Pro Microsoft on Monday announced that its cloud-based PC management service, Windows Intune, will become available for purchase on March 23 after nearly a year-long beta cycle. ... View the full article

Windows IT Pro In July 2010, Consumer Reports caused waves by confirming that the then-new iPhone 4 suffered from a serious hardware defect, refuting Apple's claims that the device behaved similarly to the competition. This week, the consumer advocacy group released the results of similar testing with the iPhone for Verizon. And they've got bad news, Apple fans: This version of the iPhone is just as flawed as the original. ... View the full article

Supersite In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss the Windows Phone pre-update mess, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, my decision to use Windows Home Server 2011 "Vail", some thoughts about portability and connectivity, a Windows SDK for Kinect, and Amazon vs. Netflix in the streaming video market. ... View the full article

Supersite This week's Windows Phone 7 app of the week is iBlast Moki, an addictive physics-based puzzle game that is an ideal time-waster. ... View the full article

Supersite This week, Apple released a developer preview of Mac OS X 10.7 ("Lion"), the next evolutionary update to the company's desktop OS. Lion takes many design cues from iOS, and Microsoft should examine these changes to see how Windows would most benefit from some of the designs Apple is now pursuing. ... View the full article

There’s a new Windows 7 slate coming to town (starting in April this year) that Microsoft is hoping may give the company at least a temporary answer to Apple’s iPad and the various Android slates coming to market this year. View the full article

Microsoft has introduced a new tool for its “system builder” OEM partners to help them more quickly and preload more Microsoft software on new PCs. View the full article

Windows IT Pro An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including some news on the widespread Windows Phone updating glitch, Google's collaborative alternative for Microsoft Office users, a Windows Phone GPL controversy, a Microsoft non-compete clause that actually worked, an extended Windows Azure free trial, a Gears of War 3 release date, and Apple underwhelms with new MacBooks. ... View the full article

Microsoft really needed to hit a home run with WP7 to make a comeback in smartphones. So far, I’d say they’ve fallen short of what’s needed. What do you think, WP7 users and potential buyers? View the full article

Windows IT Pro IE 9 beats Firefox and Safari and why Windows Home Server is still excellent. ... View the full article

“Tiles” seem to be the new design metaphor — or at least the buzzword du jour — all across Microsoft as of late. View the full article

Windows IT Pro If the initial Windows Phone "pre-update" is any indication, Microsoft was wise to hold off on updating its new mobile platform for so long: Some users have reported this update as having "bricked" their phone, which in some cases may require them to actually replace the devices. And Microsoft has allegedly suspended delivering the update to some users because of this issue. ... View the full article

Supersite Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 to the public this week, two weeks after declaring it released to manufacturing (RTM) and one week after delivering the update to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Today I'd like to quickly describe a few ways in which you can snag the update and discuss a few issues to consider. ... View the full article