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Graffiti Artists Wanted for Windows 8 Digital Ads

It's Advertising Week 2012 in New York the week of October 1. Given the countdown is on to the Windows 8 launch on October 25, it's not too surprising the Softies will be attending this event in force and talking up Windows 8 as an advertiser's dream. Microsoft has been strategically placing graffiti-inspired Surface tablet ads on walls in various cities around the U.S. for the past few weeks. It looks like Microsoft plans to carry over the graffiti theme to the digital advertising side with Windows 8, as well, according to the Microsoft Advertising page for Advertising week.

October 1, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Microsoft Delivers Test Build of First SQL Server 2012

Microsoft made available for download on September 20 a Customer Technology Preview (CTP) test build of a first update to its SQL Server 2012, the latest version of its database. They also have made available a handful of service updates to their Windows Azure SQL Azure cloud database this week. Included among those features is SQL Server support for Linked Server and Distributed Queries against Windows Azure SQL Database.

September 21, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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New SkyDrive Recycle Bin Available

Microsoft is unveiling a new recycle bin feature for SkyDrive yesterday. After being rumored since earlier this year, SkyDrive will now offer a way to recover any files that may have been deleted by accident. SkyDrive already keeps previous versions of your Office documents automatically. But students, in particular, have asked for a way to recover any file — even those deleted by accident, by someone else, during a group project. So, Microsoft has added a recycle bin to SkyDrive.

September 19, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Microsoft's Office 365 Home Premium to Cost $99.99

Microsoft has announced the consumer and small-business prices for the new Office suite, which will be sold both via traditional single-device, perpetual licenses and via a new annual, multi-device cloud subscription. The subscription version for consumers, called Office 365 Home Premium, will cost US$99.99 per household, while the small-business version, called Office 365 Small Business Premium, will cost $149.99 per employee per year.

September 18, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Microsoft Details Office 2013 RT

Buyers of computers running Windows RT, the Windows 8 version for ARM-based devices, will receive at no additional cost a version of Office that will become available in multiple languages between November and January. The devices, expected to be mostly tablets, that being to ship in late October will include a preview version of Office Home & Student 2013 RT, which will be replaced via download with a full-featured version via Windows Update download once the version for the user's language becomes available.

September 14, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview Sign-Up

Microsoft promised that sign-ups for a Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview Program would open, and the company has followed through. Although the near-final kit will be available to current Windows Phone developers, the access to the program is limited. A full Windows Phone 8 SDK will be made available publicly later this year once the company unveils Windows Phone 8, but the Preview Program will provide early access to developers.

September 13, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Windows Server 2012 Launched

Microsoft launched Windows Server 2012 on September 4, making the final, released-to-manufacturing versions of the product available to customers for test and purchase. As part of the launch, Microsoft officials are webcasting demonstrations of some of the estimated 300 new features that are part of the product. But the overarching message of launch day is that Windows Server 2012 isn't about all the new bells and whistles in Windows Server 2012. Instead, it's about Windows Server 2012 being a key component of Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' vision and strategy - one where the very idea of what consititues an operating system is morphing.

September 7, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Updated Services Agreement For SkyDrive

Microsoft this week updated its services agreement with subtle, yet potentially significant changes to its policy on privacy and dispute settlement. The company notified users of the changes in an e-mail sent Friday, informing them that the new Terms of Service would go into effect on October 19th. Apparently taking its cue from Google, Microsoft's revised policy allows the company to access and display user content across all of its cloud properties.

September 3, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Windows Phone 8 Will Reportedly Launch October 29th

It's shaping up to be a hell of an October for Microsoft. David Pierce has known for a while that Windows 8 will be available (alongside a large and growing set of hardware) on October 26th, but according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley Windows Phone 8 is set to be launched only three days later. On the 29th, Microsoft will reportedly have an event on the West coast to launch the new operating system, and then handsets running the new OS.

August 30, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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SkyDrive Now Available on Android

After announcing its intentions to do so a few weeks ago, Microsoft launched its official SkyDrive app for Android devices. Similar to its sibling apps on Windows Phone and iOS, this newest release lets users access their SkyDrive cloud storage accounts from devices running Google's mobile operating system.

August 29, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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