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Microsoft takes on global cybercrime epidemic in tenth malware disruption
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The following post is from Richard Domingues Boscovich, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit. Playing offense against cybercriminals is what drives me and everyone here at the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit. Today, Microsoft has upped the ante against global cybercrime, taking legal action to clean up malware and help ensure customers stay safer online. In a civil case filed on June 19, Microsoft named two foreign nationals, Mohamed Benabdellah and Naser Al Mutairi, and a U.S. company, Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, LLC (doing business as No-IP.com), for their roles in creating, controlling, and assisting in infecting millions of computers with mal…
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Weekend Reading: June 27th Edition – More free storage is on the way with OneDrive
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In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on the greatly increased OneDrive storage space coming in the next month for those who have free or subscription accounts, Xbox One’s holiday lineup of exclusive games winning awards and nominations, and how you can now use Bing to search for tweets from your favorite folks and celebs. Office 365 subscribers are going to get 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage, way up from the current 20 GB. That’s great news for a service that works across Windows, iOS, OS X and Android, and for those of us who need to securely offload our stuff from our computers and other devices. Individuals who use OneDrive only will also get a nice…
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Skype's latest update adds voice messaging support, contact profiles and more
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Skype's latest update, which brings the iOS client to version 5.2, comes with new additions in the form of voice messaging support, ability to view contact profiles and invite participants to a conversation. Here are more details on the new additions: Voice message support: When you receive a new voice message from someone, it will show up in the conversation. To listen, just press play. View contact profiles: Simply tap on any contact in your people list and then select profile from the "…" menu, and your contact's mood message, Skype name, birthday, location and more will be available. Additionally, if you are in a 1 to 1 conversation, you can just tap on …
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Please do this before you upgrade to iOS 7.1.2!
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iOS 7.1.2 has caused some problems for some iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. Here's how you can avoid ruining your day Last week Apple released iOS 7.1.2, a maintenance update to iOS with some iBeacon, data transfer and Mail improvements. Most iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners have been able to update with no issues. Some, however, have run into big problems with the update — enough to brick their device. If you haven't upgraded yet, follow these instructions before you do to help avoid problems. The same day the update was released, some users experienced a freezing problem. That was fairly easy to recover from by rebooting the device. I work for an Apple r…
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Amazon launches a dedicated storefront for wearable devices
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Amazon UK has launched a dedicated store that features various wearable devices across categories like activity trackers, smartwatches, smartglasses, wearable cameras and more. With over a 100 different products already listed, Amazon's wearable technology store currently offers the largest selection of wearable devices. The store features several guides on the different kinds of wearable devices available for purchase, including device compatibility information and user reviews. There is also a "coming soon" section that highlights upcoming devices in this segment. Products currently listed on the store include smartwatches from mainstream vendors, like LG's G Wa…
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Vodafone launches WorldTraveller to eliminate international roaming costs
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After slashing roaming costs earlier this year, Vodafone is now rolling out a new deal that allows customers to continue using their plan while abroad for £5 a day. Dubbed WorldTraveller, the deal lets you use our current allowance of texts, voice and data when you travel to the USA, India, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Ghana, Qatar and South Africa. Should you exceed your quota while roaming, you will be charged the standard overage UK rates. The deal is valid on monthly as well as certain business plans, but does not extend to pay-as-you-go subscribers. If you're visiting countries within the EU, a EuroTraveller deal offers the same benefits for £2 a day. Vo…
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The secret history of technology
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Mysteries isn't the right word. There's nothing mysterious about how the technology that shapes our culture and changes our lives came into being. It's a combination of profound insight and arduous work by incredibly talented people. That's why those stories — their stories — are so very important to us. They, the engineers and designers, are the crossroads of science and art, technology and humanity. They are why we have things like the iPhone and iPad, like Safari and Siri. And while not mysteries, their stories have remained largely untold. They've remained secrets. So, why am I repeating this particular refrain? One of the reasons Guy English and I started the Debu…
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Welcome, Cortana, part of Skype 2.19 update for Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Phone 8!
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A Skype update now available for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 integrates Cortana, Microsoft’s new digital personal assistant. Now you can start Skype video and audio calls by simply asking Cortana something like “Skype, get Mom on the screen.” Cortana is currently available in the U.S. on Windows Phone 8.1. The Skype update also has increased language support, from 19 to 51 languages, and improved notifications. Download the update from the Windows Phone Store, and to learn more, head over to the Skype Garage & Updates blog. You might also be interested in: · Microsoft Research: Cortana is the start of personal assistants that naturally anticip…
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Xbox One holiday lineup: Already more than 25 awards, 60 nominations
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Xbox One’s 2014 holiday lineup of nine exclusive games, announced at E3 2014 earlier this month, has already received more than 60 nominations and 25 awards. Seven of the nominations are for the prestigious Game Critics Best of E3 2014 Awards, leading the industry for 2014 games. “Congratulations to the creators who are receiving broad acclaim for the games shown at E3,” said Phil Spencer, head of Xbox. “We saw an incredible display of games at E3 from across the industry and we’re thrilled gamers will have such a wide selection available this year on Xbox One, including ‘Halo: The Master Chief Collection,’ ‘Sunset Overdrive,’ ‘Forza Horizon 2,’ ‘Ori and the Blind Fore…
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Mining for digital gold with Amir Netz
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Editor’s note: The following is a post from Geoff Carter, a writer for microsoft.com/stories. When you watch the video, you think, wow, the man is cool. Amir Netz is cool. The video in question, which is easily found on YouTube, shows Netz introducing Power BI for Office 365 to an audience of thousands at the 2013 World Partner Conference. Watch it and you’ll see a TED-quality speaker who pretty much owns the room. He’s effusive, upbeat and genuinely funny, even giving a sort of stand-up routine: Using Power BI’s data visualization features, Netz analyzes some 50-plus years of number-one pop songs, from Elvis Presley to Rihanna, with a breathless, dizzying f…
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Launch day: Surface Pro 3 is now available in the US and Canada
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The Surface Pro 3 is now available at retail stores, online and through authorized resellers in the U.S. and Canada. “Many of you have placed pre-orders for the new Surface, and those who ordered the Intel Core i5 versions will be receiving them directly,” writes Panos Panay, corporate vice president, Microsoft Surface, in a blog post. Also, it was previously announced that the Core i3 and Core i7 versions would ship sometime in August. But Panay says the date is now Aug. 1 for those versions to be in stores and at commercial resellers in the U.S. and Canada. The Docking Station for Surface Pro 3 will be available starting Aug. 15 in the U.S. and Canada, and you can…
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Weekend Reading: June 20th Edition—LA County moves 100,000 employees to Office 365
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In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on the impact of Office 365 on the L.A. County Fire Department and the city of Chicago, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and news coming from the Cannes Lion Festival of Creativity 2014. Los Angeles County, the largest in the nation, is migrating more than 100,000 employees in more than 30 departments to Office 365. The fire department, which responded to more than 300,000 incidents, is included, as well as the county’s social workers, district attorneys, assessors, field investigators, animal control and coroners. Half a country away, the city of Chicago and The Walsh Group used Office 365 to handle the details and…
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Many around the globe have been following the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ closely. Regardless of which country you are supporting, many folks have been impressed by the defensive display put on by keeper Tim Howard in a loss against Belgium. It was a great performance highlighting a strong defense – always a good thing to have, be it on the pitch or on your system.
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Today we released six security bulletins addressing 29 unique CVE’s. Two bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical, three have maximum severity Important, and one is Moderate. We hope that the table below helps you prioritize the deployment of the updates appropriately for your environment. Bulletin Most likely attack vector Max Bulletin Severity Max exploit-ability Likely first 30 days impact Platform mitigations and key notes MS14-037(Internet Explorer) Victim browses to a malicious webpage.
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TSA will check to see if your device turns on for international, U.S.-bound flights
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As part of new security protocol at foreign airports, the United States Transportation Security Administration will require cell phones and select electronic devices to be fully charged with the ability to be powered on when going through security screening. The TSA says that devices that won't power on will not be allowed on flights headed to the U.S. The increased security measure arises amidst concerns that al Quada may blow up a jetliner and Agency officials fear that phones, tablets, and laptops may be used as bombs. TSA will be asking travelers to power on their electronic devices at security checkpoints to verify that they are safe on board a flight. The in…
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How to watch movie trailers with Siri
by Guest Allyson Kazmucha- 0 replies
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Apple has had a special relationship with movie trailers for years. From the early days of QuickTime to iTunes and dedicated apps on iOS and the Apple TV, Apple's always provided high quality trailers for movies new and old. Siri is no different. Thanks to Siri, you're never more than a Home button press and a few words away from almost any movie trailer on the internet. Don't waste time searching — just ask Siri! How to look up and instantly play movie trailers with Siri Press and hold the Home button on your iPhone or iPad to activate Siri. Say something like "Play the trailer for How to Train Your Dragon 2." If Siri finds more than one movie match, you'll be a…
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How to use the Lock screen on iPhone or iPad: The ultimate guide
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The Lock screen exists in between states, when your iPhone or iPad is no longer asleep, but is also not yet open and fully functional. It can protect your device from unauthorized access and actions by a simple slide-to-unlock gesture, by a 4 number pin-code, by a strong alpha-numeric password, or Apple's Touch ID fingerprint identity scanner. Yet the Lock screen can be functional as well. If you want to, you can access Notification Center and Control Center, the Camera, and Siri. On the iPhone, you can even make emergency calls. Yes, the Lock screen can be secure or it can be convenient, it's entirely up to you! How to change the auto-lock time on your iPhone or iPad…
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Going not-indie: Lower revenue, less value, and the lure of big software
by Guest Rene Ritchie- 0 replies
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The App Store is a hard business and getting harder. Unlike almost any other aspect of Apple's business, "premium" isn't stressed. Prices have raced to the bottom, discovery is a perpetual challenge, and casino games are thriving, not beautiful, magnificent, audacious new software ideas. What affect is that having on indie software developers? Screens VNC developer Luc Vandal writes: I believe that we will see a consolidation of the market at some point. This reminds me of the early 1990s, where any kid with a few thousands of dollars could start his own snowboard company. Eventually, the market got saturated and many of those companies disappeared, got acquired or …
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Apple makes first distribution deal with Middle Eastern retail outlet
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Apple has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabian bookshop Jarir to sell Apple products through the outlet. This deal is the first of its kind between Apple and a retail outlet in the Middle East. The arrangement could lead to better prices on Apple products, according to Al Arabiya News: In an interview with Al Arabiya News Channel, Jarir's chairman, Mohammad al-Aqeel, said that this agreement will allow the prices of Apple products sold at Jarir branches to be slightly reduced. Jarir has previously sold Apple products, though they had to be acquired through third-party retailers, a process that took three to six months. What do you think of Apple's agreemen…
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LA County brings its 100,000 employees together with Office 365
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On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Los Angeles County is moving more than 100,000 employees working in more than 30 departments to Office 365. The county is the largest in the nation, and it’s decided to go with Office 365 to get all employees on the same platform and “on an even playing field,” said Richard Sanchez, Los Angeles County's chief information officer. This move gives L.A. County workers access to the tools that come standard in Office 365, such as email; productivity apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint; voice and video conferencing and other collaboration tools; the ability to work from anywhere and virtually any device; and built-in security and pr…
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Microsoft and American Family Insurance launch startup accelerator for home automation
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The following post is from Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President of Developer Experience & Evangelism and Chief Evangelist for Microsoft. On Tuesday, we hosted a number startups at Microsoft’s Global Startup Day in San Francisco, all of which were from Microsoft accelerator and incubation programs. This event wasn’t just an excuse to celebrate the successful startups that we’ve nurtured – it was an affirmation that startups from anywhere in the world can find success, on their terms, working with Microsoft. Most of these startups were participants in our Microsoft Ventures Accelerators in Bangalore, Beijing, Berlin, London, Paris and Tel Aviv. We chose …
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Microsoft Azure Machine Learning combines power of comprehensive machine learning with...
by Guest Jeffrey Meisner- 0 replies
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The following post is from Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Machine Learning at Microsoft. Maybe you haven’t noticed it, but machine learning – a way of applying historical data to a problem by creating a model and using it to successfully predict future behavior or trends – is touching more and more lives every day. For example, search engines, online product recommendations, credit card fraud prevention systems, GPS traffic directions and mobile phone personal assistants like Cortana all use the power of machine learning. But we’ve barely scratched the surface of its potential to change the world. Soon machine learning will help to drastically reduce wa…
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Weekend Reading: June 13 Edition — Xbox brings the big guns to E3, Bing maps favelas, soccer...
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It’s been a long four years for soccer fans everywhere, but the wait is over. The world’s premiere fútbol tournament is finally here! To celebrate, we’ve got a Weekend Reading guaranteed to make you shout “GOOOAAAAAL!” Also, on the list of big events this week, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, where Xbox made a splash with the announcement of a spectacular lineup of games, including the following, planned for a fall or holiday season launch: “Halo: The Master Chief Collection,” “Sunset Overdrive,” “Fable Legends,” “Dance Central Spotlight” and “Forza Horizon 2.” Feel like you need a crystal ball to compete in your soccer tournament office pool? Bing Predi…
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E3: Lots of holiday Xbox One exclusives, including ‘Halo: The Master Chief Collection’ and...
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Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, at E3 2014 in Los Angeles on Monday. Lots of great games are coming to put under the tree this holiday season with new, exclusive Xbox One titles including “Halo: The Master Chief Collection,” “Sunset Overdrive,” “Forza Horizon 2,” “Fable Legends” and “Dance Central Spotlight.” The games were announced at E3 Monday, and also include: “Destiny,” “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,” “Assassin’s Creed Unity” as well as a “vibrant catalog of games from independent developers,” said Phil Spencer, head of Xbox. To learn more, read the press release and head over to Xbox Wire. You might also be interested in: · Here’s how to stay in sync…
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Best entertainment of the week: Rio 2, High Life, The Fault in Our Stars
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Every week Apple adds tons of new media content on iTunes — music, books, movies and more. It's impossible to keep up with all of it, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! This week we've got a new album from two giants in electronic music, animated fun for the kids, a tear jerker and more! High Life - Eno-Hyde The second collaboration between two legendary electronic musicians — ambient music pioneer Brian Eno and Underworld frontman and cofounder Karl Hyde. This is the second outing for the two in just a few months (a followup to Someday World, which just out in May). This album combines electronic sounds, voice, rhythms and guitar wo…