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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 7.0 B...

May 20 2012 02:30 PM | BSchwarz in Windows Beta

The latest release from the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) team provides organizations with tools to assess readiness for Windows and Windows Server 2012 Beta. Accelerate your move to the Private Cloud with MAP 7.0 Beta Thanks for your ongoin...

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Creating the Windows 8 user experience

May 20 2012 02:21 PM | BSchwarz in Windows 8

At the D: All Things Digital conference in June 2011, we demonstrated for the first time the new user interface that we developed for Windows 8. This new UI is fast and fluid to use, and optimized for mobile form factors such as laptops, tablets, and...

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Introducing the “We’re In” app from Bing

Aug 19 2011 08:55 PM | BSchwarz in Microsoft

Today we're happy to announce the release of the "We're In" app for Windows Phone. We’re In makes organizing get- together’s, carpooling and trying to find people in a crowd a breeze. Any time you want to see where your friends are—We...

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Windows Intune 2.0 beta Now Available

Jul 14 2011 01:40 PM | BSchwarz in Microsoft

You can go to Windows Intune Springboard site for information on signing up for your beta subscription. Once you have completed the sign-up process and activated your account, you can go to https://beta.manage.microsoft.com to begin evaluating the beta.

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Microsoft Drops Use of 'Supercookies' On MSN

Aug 20 2011 09:04 AM | BSchwarz in Microsoft

In response to work by Stanford University researchers who found that Microsoft and several other high-profile companies were using a controversial technique to keep persistent cookies on users' PCs to track their movements, Microsoft says it has disco...

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Windows Phone Mango Build 7720 leaked

Aug 14 2011 07:49 PM | BSchwarz in Microsoft

WPCentral reports that the official RTM build of Mango (build 7720) has been leaked on the XDA forums. Yup, this story is still developing but it looks to be the case. A poster by the name of longshot442 has posted a 404MB file which contains the of...

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KB971029 update disables AutoRun on XP, Vista

Mar 05 2011 12:04 PM | BSchwarz in Windows Vista

There is an update to Windows XP and Windows Vista that was probably installed on your machine without you even knowing about it. This update, KB971029, disables the AutoRun feature and provides the user with no file-installation prompts when insert...

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Microsoft Confirms Yahoo! as the Data Leak Culprit

Feb 01 2011 11:13 AM | BSchwarz in Microsoft

Microsoft this evening belatedly admitted that Yahoo! Mail was in fact the data leak culprit in Windows Phone, just hours after Rafael had already proven that to be the problem. Here’s the note from Microsoft, which also includes information about anot...

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Microsoft Warning Over Browser Security Flaw

Jan 31 2011 12:48 PM | BSchwarz in Security

Microsoft has issued a "critical" warning over a newly-discovered flaw in Windows. In a security advisory, the company warned of a loophole that could be used by malicious hackers to steal private information or hijack computers. The bug potential...

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Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 10 released

Jan 26 2011 10:37 AM | BSchwarz in Internet

Mozilla has released yet another beta of their upcoming browser release Firefox 4. Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 10 is now available as a free download. Firefox 4 Beta is based on the Gecko 2.0 Web platform. Please read below for more detailed information...

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How To Turn Off UAC in Windows 7

Jan 29 2011 10:35 AM | BSchwarz in Windows 7

Windows 7 carried a lot of features over from Vista including design, functionality and more importantly security features. One of these features was the User Account Control or most commonly known as UAC. Enthusiasts in the field simply know it as...

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