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Microsoft updates SkyDrive

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Microsoft announced an update to its SkyDrive with new cool features.SkyDrive now available for Windows,Mac OS X ,Windows Phone and iOS. What's new? 7GB free for all new SkyDrive users. Ability to upload large files – up to 2GB. Paid...

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Bing going to charge for it’s search API

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Microsoft has announced that it will move the Bing Search API to Microsoft’s Windows Azure Marketplace and going to charge for it's search API calls. Some Notes: approximately $40 (USD) per month for up to 20,000 queries. transition will begin...

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Microsoft buys $1 Billion Worth of Patents from AOL

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AOL announced that it has entered a agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications and licenses for AOL’s remaining 300 patents to Microsoft. Source...

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 released

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is now available for purchase and download.What's new in this release? SQL Server AlwaysOn- a new high availability solution delivering increased application availability. xVelocity - boost data warehouse and analytics performance by up to 100x. Power...

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Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 released

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Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 has gone on sale."LightSwitch offers downloadable starter kits and flexible deployment options that help you create and easily release custom business apps that look professional and polished, with no coding required".And it includes customizable templates and...

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Microsoft registers microsoft-sony.com and sony-microsoft.com

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Microsoft has registered microsoft-sony.com and sony-microsoft.com domains.Maybe this is a domain protection process or some type of Windows Phone partnership with Sony Ericsson in future. To check the whois information click the below two links. microsoft-sony.com READ MORE »

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No More common passwords-Hotmail

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Microsoft will soon be changing its password policy, to increase security of hotmail. Now creating a new Hotmail account or changing the password of an existing account won't be able to use common passwords. Having a common password makes your...

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Microsoft Acquires Skype

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Microsoft announced that it has acquired Skype for $8.5 billion. The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications. Now Skype will support Xbox,Kinect, Windows Phone and a wide array of Windows devices, and Microsoft will connect...

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Microsoft Releases Windows 7 SP1 Beta

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Microsoft finally announced the availability of the SP1 Beta at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2010.Microsoft  also said that this early release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not available for home users. The SP1 Beta...

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150M Copies of Windows 7 Sold

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Microsoft announced that it has sold over 150 million Windows 7 copies.Now Windows 7 is the fastest selling operating system in history with 7 copies of Windows 7 sold every second.Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a blog post.