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IT Management: Leaving Microsoft: Software Giant’s Key Employee Losses

As with any big company, Microsoft has seen its share of departures. Turnaround is an issue in every business and in every industry. However, if many of those who left Microsoft banded together to form a single entity, it would be enough to scare the living daylights out of many a startup or even some […]

Defcon: The security penetration testing quagmire

How corporate security flaws are handled raises lots of questions LAS VEGAS — The relationship between CISOs and security penetration testers is anything but clear-cut and raises ethical issues for both parties, a Defcon crowd heard from a former CISO. Whether penetration testers should come in looking for the place where they can spectacularly break […]

Tips for printing digital photos at home

It’s easy to capture and preserve memories as digital snapshots with Windows 7 and Windows Vista, and so is turning them into stunning scrapbooks or photo albums. If you’d like to create professional-looking photo prints using a home PC, here are a few hints and tips that will help you produce sharper, more eye-catching results. […]

Microsoft, Google War of Words Marked Week

Microsoft and Google intensified their animosity in a war of words related to mobile patents, even as new data suggests Microsoft’s smartphone share continues to fall. Microsoft’s competition with Google proved the highlight of the week, as a series of Tweets and blog postings by the respective companies’ executives threatened to make an already-tense relationship […]

Gartner: Windows Phone 7 sales modest, but promising

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 sold 1.6 million units in the first quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. Though this represents only “modest sales,” Nokia’s support for the new smartphone OS will help it move forward in the future, the research firm adds.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com Microsofts Windows Phone […]

New book: MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-643): Configuring Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure (2nd Edition)

We’re pleased to announce that MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-643): Configuring Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure (2nd Edition) (ISBN 9780735648784; 640 pages) is available for purchase here, here, and here. This Training Kit is designed for information (IT) professionals who support or plan to support Windows Server 2008 R2 networks and who also plan […]

IE Users Have Lower IQ Than Users of Other Web Browsers [STUDY]

A recent study links intelligence test results with browser usage — and the results don’t look good for users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, especially its older versions.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com   The study, titled “Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage” by Canadian company AptiQuant, compiled IQ test scores […]

Microsoft adds RAW photo file support to Windows

Some welcome news for serious photographers running Windows: Microsoft has added support for the RAW file format from within Windows Explorer as well as Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011. “Dealing with raw images on Windows hasn’t always been easy,” admited Brad Weed, group program manager for Microsoft’s Windows Live in a blog post emailed to […]

Microsoft drops patch support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Vista mainstream support ends for good next year Microsoft  dropped support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 this week, and recommended that Vista users buy Windows 7 or upgrade to the most recent version of Vista.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com There were two Vista service packs. Support for the […]

Microsoft: Buy Windows 7 today, keep same PC for Windows 8 upgrade

Microsoft may lower hardware requirements for Windows 8 Any computer running Windows 7 will be upgradable to Windows 8, Microsoft said today while pledging to keep hardware requirements level or even lower when the next version of Windows comes out.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com IN PICTURES: The 11 hottest […]

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