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Microsoft and friends to push open data standard at OASIS

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Cloud driving data-sharing standards, says Microsoft
25 May 2012

Open standards exposé beggars belief


24 May 2012

Microsoft launches social network, So.cl – quietly

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Experimental social networking site not intended to trouble Facebook
23 May 2012

Windows RT 'may have anti-trust implications', says Mozilla

Ovum: Biggest winners of API war could be Android
11 May 2012

Microsoft releases critical security update

Patches are released for Microsoft Office, Windows, .NET Framework and Silverlight
09 May 2012

Microsoft exempts UK public sector from 25 per cent price hike

Adjustments to UK pricing will mean big increases for everyone else
04 May 2012

New Mac OSX malware highlights risks of late patching

Microsoft has discovered that a Mac vulnerability it patched in 2009 is still affecting Snow Leopard and earlier OS versions
02 May 2012

Conficker worm is still biggest threat to enterprises - Microsoft

220 million instances in 100 countries reported - but still Microsoft claims it is easy to defend against
26 Apr 2012

IP war: Facebook grabs Microsoft patents as profits slip

Deal buys Zuckerberg a bulk of the $1bn AOL portfolio Microsoft bought a fortnight ago. But away from the grandstanding, Facebook's Q1 profits have fallen
24 Apr 2012

Smartphones to make cash and card redundant by 2020 - report

Smartphones with ‘paytags' will make both cash and credit cards redundant by 2020, according to a survey of 1,200 technology experts
20 Apr 2012

Microsoft reveals Windows 8 Enterprise mobility features

New features include bootable external USB stick to access corporate environment
19 Apr 2012

Gain better control of your data with enterprise database consolidation

Join us for this Computing web seminar, in which the Head of BI at the Co-operative Group Nick Colebourn will be explaining just how he reigned in the Group’s sprawling database estate and how significant savings were realised and data quality improved as a result.
19 Apr 2012

‘Wearables’ will need backing from the ‘big five’ to go mainstream, claims Forrester

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon.com and Facebook will take wearable computing from niche to mainstream
19 Apr 2012

Microsoft to release two enterprise editions of Windows 8

Windows 8 Pro and Windows Enterprise to include virtualisation and PC management tools
17 Apr 2012

Analysis: Technology patent wars

This week Microsoft spent $1bn purchasing patents from AOL, and its rivals have been making similar investments recently. But this flexing of corporate muscle is potentially bad for innovation
13 Apr 2012

Yammer acquires UK collaboration specialist OneDrum

Enterprise social network also looking to hire 40 software engineers in London
12 Apr 2012

Microsoft agrees $1bn deal for AOL patents

Software giant agrees to purchase 800 patents for roughly £800,000 each
10 Apr 2012

University of the West England deploys Microsoft Lync to boost productivity

Unified communications form part of £10m IT overhaul
09 Apr 2012

How tablets can be put to work

While there is a lot of hype behind tablet computers, they are already doing a worthwhile job in many niche areas. And the advent of Windows 8 may see even wider uptake
03 Apr 2012

BSA tackles Rugby-based power company over unlicensed software

Converteam UK has to pay out more than £8,000
26 Mar 2012

Microsoft addresses critical vulnerability in latest security update

Seven vulnerabilities are closed by the patch, including a critical flaw with Windows Remote Desktop Protocol
14 Mar 2012

Mozilla developing IE10 rival for Windows 8

Mozilla is developing a new version of Firefox that will function across both desktop and tablet versions of Windows 8
13 Mar 2012

Microsoft tracks greenhouse gases in the cloud

Software giant deploys application to tot up its energy use across the globe
12 Mar 2012

Knight Frank makes a home for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Microsoft's brand-new database moves into estate agent chain
09 Mar 2012