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Welcome to the Era of the Cloud OS for Infrastructure!
Satya Nadella Twenty years ago at Microsoft’s first annual TechEd conference, we gathered to...
Author: Microsoft blog editor Date: 06/11/2012
Weekend Reading: June 1st Edition–The New Bing Makes its Debut, Windows 8 Release Preview Becomes Available and Photosynth Arrives in Marketplace, plus SkyDrive, Office 365 & E3
This edition of Weekend Reading is chock full of major news nuggets, including the launch of the new...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/01/2012
The Midweek Download: May 30th Edition–Kinect Gets Accelerated and Herbalife Chooses Windows Azure
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories about the Kinect Accelerator,...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 05/30/2012
Xbox Beyond the Box
Next week, the Xbox team heads to Los Angeles for E3. Having recently joined the team, I have the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 05/29/2012
More than 4.5 million Catholic School Students to Receive Microsoft Office 365 for Education
Today, the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) took an exciting step toward delivering a...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 05/24/2012
Weekend Reading: May 18th Edition–IE9 Powers “Prometheus” and “Brandon Generator” Experiences, Three Hot Windows Phone Apps & Skype Rolls Out on Xfinity in 10 Markets
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on two awesome HTML5 experiences powered...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 05/18/2012
Midweek Download, May 16: Bing Updates Begin Rolling out, New Apps/SDKs for Windows Phone and Deep Dives on Windows 8 Features
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on big updates for Bing, some new...
Author: Microsoft blog editor Date: 05/15/2012
Xbox 360: Number One Selling Console in U.S. for 16th Consecutive Month
Xbox 360 continues to hold the number one spot in the U.S., selling more units in April than any...
Author: Microsoft blog editor Date: 05/10/2012
Weekend Reading: April 27th Edition–The Skype for Windows Phone App is Here, Wordament Comes to Marketplace & Don’t Miss the Beauty of Bing Desktop
And now it’s time for a little Weekend Reading… In this edition, we’ve got...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/27/2012
The Midweek Download: April 18th Edition–Two Cool Windows Phone Developer Stories, Blending the Physical and Digital Worlds, plus Windows Azure & Microsoft Research
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got two behind-the-scenes stories of developers...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/18/2012
Weekend Reading: April 13th Edition–Behind the Scenes of the Halo 4 Soundtrack, Microsoft Announces the Biggest Cloud Customer Ever, plus MSN, Spotify & Skype Hits 40M Users
It’s that time again – time for a little Weekend Reading. You know what to do…...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/13/2012
Xbox 360 Continues Run as No. 1 U.S. Console in March
Xbox 360 continued to hold the number one spot in the U.S., selling more units in March than any...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/12/2012
India Ministry Selects Live@Edu in Microsoft’s Largest Cloud Deployment Ever to 7.5 Million People
Anthony Salcito This week, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) branch of...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/12/2012
Poll: Which Feature on the Nokia Lumia 900 Gets You the Most Excited?
Earlier this week, Microsoft and Nokia launched the Lumia 900, the smartphone that beat out the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/10/2012
The Midweek Download: April 4th Edition–Adding Dazzle to Live Augmented Reality with Kinect, SQL Server 2012 is Released, plus Windows 8, Windows Phone & a Silicon Valley News Roundup
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on SQL Server 2012’s general...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/04/2012
Silicon Valley Roundup: Microsoft Hosts Churchill Club Forum on Startups
With easier access to funding, technology and mentorship, the barrier to launching a startup has...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 04/03/2012
Knock-off or Real? Counterfeit Software Alert
The Anti-Piracy team at Microsoft launched a global campaign this week to inform small businesses...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/28/2012
Microsoft and Financial Services Industry Leaders Target Cybercriminal Operations from Zeus Botnets
In our most complex effort to disrupt botnets to date, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit –...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/25/2012
The Midweek Download: March 21st Edition–Get the Lowdown on Convergence 2012, an Update on New Markets in the Windows Phone Marketplace & Minnesota Moves to Office 365
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’re got stories on Convergence 2012, the Windows...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/21/2012
Microsoft Dynamics Maps a Path to the Cloud at Convergence 2012
This week at the Convergence conference in Houston, Microsoft Business Solutions will lay out our...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/19/2012
Microsoft Makes PhotoDNA Available to Law Enforcement
The scale of the online child pornography problem and the amount of data associated with these types...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/19/2012
Weekend Reading: March 16th Edition–Learn the Ways of the Force with Kinect Star Wars, Explore the Galaxy with NUIverse, plus Internet Explorer & Bing
This edition of Weekend Reading is a sci-fi fan’s dream. We’ve got stories on the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/16/2012
Weekend Reading: March 9th Edition–Demos Galore from TechFest 2012, More on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, plus Wordament, Windows Phone and Upcoming Xbox 360 Games
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on TechFest 2012, the Windows 8 consumer...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/09/2012
Xbox 360 Continues as Number One Selling Console in the U.S. in February
Xbox 360 continues to hold the number one spot in the U.S., selling more units than any other...
Author: Microsoft blog editor Date: 03/08/2012
The Data Explosion – Making Sense of it All
The rapid growth of data volume presents a real opportunity. It’s also a challenge that most...
Author: Microsoft blog editor Date: 03/06/2012
The Cloud’s Role in Creating U.S. Jobs
Robert Youngjohns I have been in the technology industry for more than 30 years, so you can imagine...
Author: Microsoft blog editor Date: 03/05/2012
The Midweek Download: Feb. 29th Edition–Microsoft Unveils the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Craig Mundie Hosts TechForum 2012, plus Microsoft Research, Visual Studio 11 Beta & Windows Phone
We’ve got a heavy duty edition of The Midweek Download for you today, with stories on the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/29/2012