Microsoft begins testing Office 2010 SP2, extends Office 2013 Preview period

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Microsoft has started testing Service Pack 2 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 and sent invitations for those who are interested in. Here is the excerpt of the email: Greetings from Microsoft Connect! You have been invited to participate in the Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2 Beta program on Microsoft Connect. The [...]

Pranav Kalyan, a 9 year old boy becomes the youngest MCTS

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Now this is what amazes everyone! A 9 year old boy from California, named Pranav Kalyan has become the youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS). Pranav Kalyan is a 4th grade student at Willow Elementary School in California and has passed the MCTS exam in ASP.NET 3.5 on 12 January. He dreams to be a scientist in [...]

Windows Phone Next App Star: Microsoft offers promotional ad

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The companies continue to strive to attract developers to their platforms. A few days ago RIM managed to add 15,000 apps to the catalog of BlackBerry 10, where developers were rewarded with $100 each who succeeded in getting approval of their applications. Now, Microsoft has launched Windows Phone Next App Star campaign where developers will compete for [...]

Joe Belfiore the man behind Windows Phone 8 admits, he uses Android

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What if we tell you that the Manager of Windows Phone Program at Microsoft himself carries a Samsung Galaxy S3? It is hard to believe, but Joe Belfiore, the man behind Windows Phone 8 has accepted that he uses the Android based rival smartphone. Not only this, the former President of the Windows Division, Steven [...]

1 million Surface RT tablets sold since launch

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Microsoft is scheduled to come up with its quarterly results on January 24. However, speculations regarding it has already hit the streets. According to an estimate by a Research Analyst, Microsoft has sold just 1 million Surface RT tablets in the past quarter. Brent Thrill, an analyst at UBS believe that Microsoft has sold just 1 million Surface which is actually half of what he [...]

Office 2013 could be launched on January 29

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Several sources suggest that the official date for the launch of Office 2013, the latest version of the productivity suite from Microsoft, will be January 29. Different planned press conferences and events around the world for the last week of January hint the release date of Office 2013. Reportedly, Microsoft Brazil will organize an event on the new Office [...]

Bing homepage gets a new image info button

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Bing has been testing some minor changes on its homepage to enhance the user interaction. The alterations can be observed on the main page of the site which has already undergone various changes and improvements over the past few years. Sources have revealed that some of the Bing users have sighted a new info button on [...]

Microsoft sends out invitations to surprise event in Brazil

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Microsoft has started sending out invitations to the tech press, journalists, and analysts for an event to be held on January 29th in Brazil. Without letting anybody know much about the event, they just mentioned “a release that will surprise you.” Well, this surprise by Microsoft may be predicted as a release event for Surface Pro, [...]