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Microsoft launches Windows Server 2012

While it is in just a few more weeks that Windows 8 will hit store shelves, the Redmond Company has already released its enterprise solution to the market. Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Server 2012, which it has dubbed as the cloud OS. Microsoft says that the new server OS maximizes the utility [...]

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Windows 8: Secure at the deepest level

Windows 8 will come with antivirus protection running, but its real security benefit is vastly improved protection of low-level activities like memory allocation. If every computer had antivirus software running, life would be tough for bot herders and cyber crooks. Their ability to orchestrate spam campaigns and denial of service attacks relies on a plentiful [...]

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Microsoft launches Office Store, for third-party Office 2013 apps

Microsoft has launched a new feature for Office 2013 which is very similar to the Windows Store for Windows 8 apps. Called the new Office Store, it allows third party app developers to create, publish, sell and distribute Microsoft Office related apps. The store is specifically designed for Office 2013 applications. Few weeks ago Microsoft [...]

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Windows 8 retail packaging revealed

The Verge has photos of what looks to be the boxed retail packaging for two of Microsoft’s upcoming operating systems, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. Windows RT, meant for ARM-based tablet / netbook devices, will not be available off the shelves. The packaging features ‘Metro UI’ style (or should we say, ‘New User Interface’ [...]

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Microsoft dropping ‘Metro’ name in Windows 8

    Since Microsoft first showed off Windows 8 last year, the company has consistently referenced the operating system's dual interfaces – the standard, Windows desktop with which we're all familiar and the more mobile-friendly Metro-style option that replaces icons with apps. Now it appears that we will bid adieu to the phrase "Metro style" [...]

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Microsoft tackles iPad with Surface tablet

      (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp introduced its own line of tablet computers on Monday at a much-hyped press event in Los Angeles, marking a major strategic shift for the software giant as it struggles to compete with Apple Inc and re-invent its aging Windows franchise. The new tablet line, named Surface, includes a [...]

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