
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit as a hefty write-down weighed on the software giant’s year-earlier results and sales in its servers and business divisions increased. Shares fell 3.4% to $34.22 after hours as results fell short of analyst expectations. Through the close, the stock is up The latest…

Beyonce, Miguel and Kelly Clarkson are being recognized for not only their music, but the ability to tie songs like "I Was Here" and "People Like Us" to social activism. According to MTV, all three acts are nominated for this year’s "Best Video with a Social Message" award at the…

le 29/09/10 a 07h45 Fin de l’histoire pour Windows Live Spaces. Lundi dernier, a la conference Techcrunch Disrupt, Microsoft a annonce un partenariat avec WordPress.com, fameux outil de blogging. Selon ses termes, les 30 millions d’utilisateurs de Windows Live Spaces vont dans les six mois a venir devoir migrer leur Microsoft…

Microsoft is phasing out its Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) product in part because it’s no longer needed to secure newer versions of Exchange and Exchange Online. Newer Exchange messaging solutions are now so secure that it’s less necessary to check for unauthorized users, said Microsoft’s Greg Taylor, principal program…

Microsoft is hoping to boost the number of people paying for Office 365, its subscription-based cloud productivity suite, by bundling in a 12 month Xbox Live Gold subscription for free. Anyone that buys and activates an Office 365 Home Premium or Office 365 University annual subscription, or the physical boxed product for Consumers will…

Federal taxpayer funds intended to connect students to the Internet are going to pay for teachers’ text messages and phone bills, something an FCC commissioner is looking to change. FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai unveiled on Tuesday a plan to rein in the E-Rate Program. Also called the Schools and Libraries…

Microsoft has added another piece to its "free" Office package for iPhone usersfree as in "free with an Office 365 account," that is. This time, Microsoft included an Outlook mail client and calendarsort of. Called OWA (as in Outlook Web App) for iPhone, this app takes the behaviors and interface As…

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A recently released report from U.K. paper The Guardian reveals that Redmond, WA-based Microsoft allowed the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to have preferential access to user data for its Hotmail email service, and Skype video chat service. This new information is contrary to earlier reports by the…

Microsoft on Wednesday suggested that newer versions of Exchange and Exchange Online are now so secure that it’s less necessary to check for unauthorized users. Newer Exchange messaging solutions are now built with more secure code. Consequently, routing traffic to carry out user preauthentications isn’t a necessity anymore. That view…