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Microsoft is readying new features and tweaks for its Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) portal, which will be incorporated this coming November. View the full article

The Windows 7 Family Pack promotion is coming back, right after the back-to-school PC buying rush is over. View the full article

While many are foolishly writing off Windows Phone 7 already, the truth is, Microsoft has created an amazing and compelling platform, not just for users, but also for that most critical of markets: Developers. View the full article

Microsoft Research is exploring a new way to connect servers directly to other servers, without the use of any switches or dedicated networking inside a datacenter container. View the full article

Microsoft is running an ad in USA Today, in the form of an open letter to VMware customers, asking them to talk to Microsoft before signing a contract that might lock them in to a less-than-complete cloud solution from Redmond’s foremost virtualization rival. View the full article

Amazon's latest Kindle is the best eBook reader on the market, with a superior screen, a smaller, lighter, and more attractive form factor, and crazy-good battery life. And it now comes in two new affordable models, both of which are backed by the deepest eBook market anywhere. View the full article

Greetings Ricardo and welcome to the community.

Microsoft has been getting a lot of download love for its Bing app for the iPhone. On August 30, the company announced delivery of a new Bing app — this time for Android. View the full article

Microsoft has released a beta refresh of its Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack (SP) 1 to selected PC and Technology Adoption Program (TAP) partners, company officials confirmed on August 30. View the full article

Microsoft’s Hotmail ActiveSync now is supported on Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Nokia E_Series, S-Series and N-Series phones. But it will not work right off the bat with Android devices. View the full article

In this week's mailbag, Facebook and Windows Phone integration, the future of Games for Windows - LIVE, home swapping and computer security, eBook lending libraries, whether Windows Phone will have a common connector, and whether you should wait for the next version of Windows Home Server. View the full article

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Paul's completion of Windows Phone 7 Secrets, Windows Phone Marketplace and developer tools news, an SBS "Aurora" and WHS "Vail" update, Hotmail support for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), Yahoo Search transitioning to Bing, Internet Explorer 9's UI revealed, a promising first update to Office Web Apps, Halo: Reach pirated and a look at Paul's upcoming Xbox 360 games purchases, a second look at Intel/McAfee, and whether Microsoft really is late to the tablet game. View the full article

While Windows has long had Internet connection sharing functionality, a hidden low-level feature in Windows 7 now lets you share an Internet connection with other PCs and devices using a single adapter. Called Wireless Host Networking, it's particularly useful for wireless network sharing. View the full article

Windows 7 includes integrated parental controls functionality for limiting when your children can use the computer and which applications they can run, but if you want the full meal deal--with web filtering, activity monitoring, contacts management, and more--you'll need Windows Live Family Safety as well. View the full article

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Hold onto your hats, Windows Live fans. Microsoft is making a bunch of changes to what was going to be known as Windows Live Sync, its competitor to DropBox, that is slated to be part of Windows Live Essentials 2011. View the full article

Combining guesswork with analyst estimates, TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft may spend as much as a billion dollars to launch and develop Windows Phone 7 in its first year. I bet that number is low, if anything. View the full article

Microsoft officials are acknowledging that they are planning to add ActiveSync support to Hotmail on August 30. View the full article

The analysts at Gartner Inc. are warning that business migrations from Windows XP and Windows 2000 to Windows 7 in the next couple of years could create budgetary and resource burdens on IT shops. View the full article

Hotmail will soon support Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) for over-the-air, push access to your Hotmail-based email, contacts, and calendar on supported mobile devices like the iPhone and Windows Phone! View the full article

Microsoft announced general availability of the final version of Exchange 2010 Service Pack (SP) 1 on August 25. View the full article

Microsoft Russia’s press site, on August 25, posted information and a photo that seem to be connected to the coming IE 9 beta. (The site has since pulled their post, but I grabbed the information and screen shot in the nick of time.) View the full article

Check the system time. Maybe you inadvertently set it ahead. This would cause the update service to fail because it would think you already have the update installed.

Welcome to the community Nick. I'm sure we will be able to help you when you need it.

Microsoft has added some of missing and requested features to its Webified version of Office, known as Office Web Apps. View the full article