Next Generation Firewalls: It’s all about tuples

By Michael KassnerNovember 28, 2011, 11:23 AM PST Takeaway: Next-generation firewalls have been around for several years, but garnered little interest. That’s changing as first-generation firewalls aren’t keeping up. IT professionals responsible for… Read More →

Windows Live Service Status page gets an update, now tracking Live ID and Family Safety

As part of the latest SkyDrive update today, as we predicted earlier, the rest of Windows Live web services received an update too, up to Wave 5 M2 (version 16.2). As part of… Read More →

Free Windows utilities you should download right now

Everyone who works on a Windows computer has his or her favorite system utilities. But, there are a handful of must-have tools that no Windows user or IT support pro should be without.… Read More →

Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion; creates new business division

The rumors were right. Microsoft announced on May 10 that it bought Skype, an Internet communications vendor, for $8.5 billion. Instead of trying to mash Skype into an existing Microsoft business division, the… Read More →

What Comeing with Windows 8?

When Will Windows 8 be Released? According to the article, Microsoft currently plans to ship Windows 8 by mid-2012; thus, the first beta should be released by mid-2011 and public beta should follow… Read More →

Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack Released

With the retail availability of Office 2010 just a couple of days ago Microsoft has released the official and final filter pack which has been updated to include the new file formats in… Read More →

Office 2013 details surface on the web

Hot on the heels of the official worldwide release of Office 2010 yesterday, details have surfaced on the next version of the award winning suite – Office 15, or its likely name, Office… Read More →

Microsoft’s Office Web Apps go Live

Anyone keeping up with Microsoft Office news in the past year knows about Office Web Apps. With Office 2010, Microsoft has promised the world a free version of its world dominating office productivity… Read More →

Microsoft Download Manager for Windows

The Microsoft Download Manager enables you to download files from the Internet in a more reliable and faster way than using a browser alone. Using the Download Manager makes it easier to download… Read More →

Complete List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Window Live Hotmail

Windows Live Hotmail is the email service from Microsoft and it is the most popular email service used all over the world. Keyboard shortcuts are always handy as they helps you to be… Read More →

ABUSE PAGE OF OUR HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S.A.A.W)

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed all concerned operators in Pakistan to block website www.facebook.com till further orders. These directions have been issued in compliance with the directions issued by Ministry of… Read More →

Free eBook : Career Ideas from Microsoft

Microsoft is offering a free ebook: Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft, by Katherine Murray. The ebook contains eight chapters and an appendix describing how you… Read More →

Ballmer: Microsoft Will Beat Google Eventually

Microsoft CEO is realistic but optimistic about the competition. During an interview yesterday morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about his thoughts on Twitter, Yahoo! and Google. Ballmer shared a lot of interesting… Read More →

Microsoft Boasts 90,000,000 Windows 7 Sold

Windows 7: Over 90 Million Served. Even when Windows 7 launched into a warm reception (and brisk sales), Microsoft didn’t reveal exact sale numbers for its new OS – until today. Microsoft CFO… Read More →

Microsoft Wants Internet Tax to Keep PCs Clean

Healthcare reform for PCs. While speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney told attendees that the technology industry needs to change in… Read More →

Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Update Now Live

New patch checks for more activation hacks. Earlier this month, we detailed that Microsoft was prepping a Windows 7 Update that would improve Windows Activation Technologies to detect more than 70 known and… Read More →

WINDOWS 8 “Mind Blowing” and “Completely Different”?

This week, several Microsoft employees took the liberty of describing Windows 8 for us, without actually describing Windows 8 for us. An MSDN blog titled, “Whats in store for the next Windows,” which… Read More →

Microsoft Help: How to Install, Reinstall, Upgrade or Uninstall Windows

Install, reinstall, upgrade or uninstall Windows – a new Microsoft Windows webpage providing information for when you need to Install, Reinstall, Upgrade, or Uninstall Microsoft’s Windows. (Thanks Chris) INSTALL WINDOWS:  If you’re installing… Read More →

Talking about Hidden Windows 7 Media Center Options

Hidden Windows 7 Media Center Options /nostartupanimation – disables the startup animation /noshutdownui – removes the shutdown item from Tasks /mediamode – start in “media only mode” with no minimize/close buttons /widescreen –… Read More →

Movie Maker: YouTube publishing issue now resolved

It came to our attention late last week that a change was made on YouTube.com resulting in a failure to publish movies directly from Windows Live Movie Maker.  The change was minor and… Read More →