Microsoft to deliver next Windows Intune release on October 17 (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft Blog)

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:Microsoft to deliver next Windows Intune release on October 17  —  Summary: A new version of Microsoft’s PC security and management service, Windows Intune, is due out on October 17.  —  Microsoft plans to roll out its Windows Intune 2. release starting October 17, according to a new [...]


Microsoft to make inbound data transfer free on Windows Azure cloud (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft Blog)

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:Microsoft to make inbound data transfer free on Windows Azure cloud  —  Microsoft plans to tweak its Windows Azure pricing, come July 1, to make the platform more attractive to users who want to migrate lots of data to the cloud.  —  The change, announced on June 22, [...]


Microsoft takes the wraps off Storage Server ‘Breckenridge’ (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft Blog)

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:Microsoft takes the wraps off Storage Server ‘Breckenridge’  —  On November 8, Microsoft took the wraps off a new version of Windows Storage Server, which seems to be the product codenamed “Breckenridge.”  —  Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, like its Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 sibling …


Surface computing + augmented reality = Microsoft LightSpace (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft Blog)

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:Surface computing + augmented reality = Microsoft LightSpace  —  Microsoft is looking to extend its surface-computing work into the spatial-computing arena with a new research project known as LightSpace.  —  Andy Wilson, a Microsoft research who was key in bringing the Microsoft Surface tabletop to market …


Microsoft Office 2010 system requirements: Changes in disk space, GPU recommendations (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft)

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:Microsoft Office 2010 system requirements: Changes in disk space, GPU recommendations  —  Via a January 22 blog post, Microsoft is providing more details about the system requirements for its Office 2010 suite, due out by June 2010.  —  The bottom line: If your PC can run Office 2007, it [...]


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Microsoft begins testing new tech support forum staffed by paid ‘independent experts’ (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft)

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:Microsoft begins testing new tech support forum staffed by paid ‘independent experts’  —  Microsoft launched a pilot test program for an online tech-support forum that will be staffed by paid “independent experts.”  —  News of the pilot was first reported by Manan Kakkar …