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Microsoft patent spies on consumers to enforce DRM
ZDNet
Microsoft patent spies on consumers to enforce DRM. Summary: Microsoft has been granted a patent that makes sure consumers are paying for content. Charlie Osborne. By Charlie Osborne for Between the Lines | November 8, 2012 -- 11:11 GMT (03:11 PST) ...

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Microsoft's Big Hidden Windows 8 Feature: Built-In Advertising
Hot Hardware
Despite the fact that I've been using Windows 8 for the past three weeks, I somehow managed to overlook a rather stark feature in the OS: ads. No, we're not talking about ads cluttering up the desktop or login screen (thankfully), but rather ads that ...

Hot Hardware
Master Chief in Microsoft's 'Halo 4' is human after all
Daily Herald
Technology-enhanced super-soldier Master Chief has always been efficient, even by military standards. Drop the "Halo" protagonist on any alien-infested setting featured in the last three games and he can make it safe for human colonization. For "Halo 4 ...
Microsoft switching users to Skype from Messenger
Columbus Dispatch
Maintaining Windows Live Messenger made less sense after Microsoft Corp. bought Skype for $8.5 billion last year. A new version of Skype released a few weeks ago allows users to sign in with a Microsoft account. By merging the two services, people won ...
Microsoft Office For Android, iOS In The Works
InformationWeek
Reports suggesting that Microsoft would offer Office to platforms that compete with its own Windows Phone have long been in circulation. Today's report comes from The Verge, which claims to have details from several sources close to Microsoft's plans.
Microsoft offers cut-price Win 8 PCs and fondletops to UK schools
Register
British schoolkids and teachers are to be offered discounted Windows 8 laptops and tabs in a Microsoft programme to close the digital divide. Government-funded schools have become eligible to receive Windows 8 Intel-based laptops and tablets from Asus, ...
Microsoft waves goodbye to FAT with exFAT deals
bit-tech.net
Future peripherals could be Windows-only, if Microsoft succeeds in pushing its exFAT file system as a replacement for the ageing FAT format. Microsoft has begun the long process of phasing out the FAT (File Allocation Table) filesystem and replacing it ...

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Microsoft HR chief: 'We cannot stand by and watch young people struggle'
Telegraph.co.uk
For Microsoft, the UK has always been a key part of our history. This is our 30th year here, and during those three decades, we've helped to create thousands of jobs, partnered with more than 30,000 small and medium sized businesses, built a world ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Microsoft rumored to be scaling up Windows Phone 8 displays, while scaling ...
Ubergizmo
Yesterday we reported on a ZTE Windows Phone 8 device that came with an alleged 5.9" display and a Full HD resolution. We expressed our doubt, especially since Microsoft has not officially announced their support for resolutions beyond 720p HD, ...

Ubergizmo
Verizon Introduces New Managed Unified Communications and Collaboration ...
Equities.com
To meet this challenge, Verizon is introducing Managed UC&C for Microsoft Lync Server 2010, which enables businesses to more easily adopt advanced communications and collaboration throughout their organizations while leaving the service and ...
Microsoft to help tackle Britain's youth unemployment
SMEweb
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is looking to help Britain's youth get the skills and inspiration necessary to succeed in getting started on a career path. The new programme involves 300,000 training opportunities being made available to 16-24 ...
Amazon, Microsoft and Google targeted by cloud provider Joyent
Network World
That means it's rubbing elbows with the big names of cloud computing -- Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, Microsoft and Google. "They're the most interesting cloud company that few people talk about," says George Reese, CTO of enStratus, a company ...
Microsoft announces strategic partnership with Westcon Convergence
AME Info
Westcon Middle East is a leading value-add distributor of convergence, security, networking and mobility products and services, covering the Middle East, Pakistan and North Africa regions. The company has specific expertise in the Convergence of voice, ...

AME Info
Free Microsoft Office app for iPhone, iPad to be released in early 2013
Apple Insider
Free Microsoft Office app for iPhone, iPad to be released in early 2013. By Sam Oliver. A version of Microsoft Office designed for Apple's iPhone and iPad is now expected to arrive on the iOS App Store in early 2013, offering free document viewing ...

Apple Insider