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Microsoft Security Essentials vNext Now in Beta
Microsoft sends word that it is now offering a public beta version of the next Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) product. »
Service Pack 1 Beta for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2: Direct Download Links
If you go through Microsoft's Download page for the Service Pack 1 Beta for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you're going to have to jump through some hoops to get it. In fact, you might even have to lie: If you inform Microsoft that you're not a developer, the site will... »
Xbox Live: Over $1.2 Billion in Revenues This Year, Half of Subscribers Now Pay
So this is arguably big news. In the past, Microsoft was pretty cagey about the percentage of Xbox Live subscribers that were paying, "Gold"-level members. (The free version is called Xbox Live Silver.) The consensus was that the vast majority were, in fact, not paying »
Microsoft Introduces Web Matrix
Microsoft today released a beta version of WebMatrix, a free tool for "building, customizing and deploying websites in one common, straightforward experience." WebMatrix targets developers of all skill sets, and can be downloaded today at www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix . WebMatrix is a tool that includes the following: Web server: IIS Developer Express is a lightweight... »
Life-sized Elite from Halo is taller than it looks on television
Pete Mander is a special effects artist in Ontario who knows how to get his name out there on the internet. Appeal to fans of Halo ! So he's put together a life-sized costume of an Elite. »
Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Facts and Figures
As part of the marketing push for the new ("wave 4") Windows Live Essentials, Microsoft has provided some interesting facts and figures that justify, I suppose, the feature push here. They are: Worldwide, Messenger alone has 9 percent of total Internet minutes , compared to Facebook with 7.4 percent. »
Microsoft Announces Long-Awaited Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta
Since posting my review of the new Windows Live Essentials a few weeks back, I've gotten a lot of email from people wondering when they could get their hands on it too. I've been wondering myself, but it's here now, or will be tomorrow »
Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 3
Today, Microsoft is announcing the third Platform Preview (PP3) release of Internet Explorer 9, the company's next web browser version. IE 9 PP3 follows the previous release, PP2 , by about seven weeks; PP1 was released during MIX'10 in March, at which time Microsoft said it would update the pre-release browser on a... »
Microsoft (Sort Of) Explains What’s Going On With Live Mesh And Live Sync
I'm a day behind on this because yesterday's flight home turned into an all-day affair, but Microsoft posted an explanation about its combining of Live Mesh and Windows Live Sync to the Inside Windows Live blog yesterday and it's worth reading. I explained most of this in my review of Windows Live Sync... »
MS10-035 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (982381)
Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system... »