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Nokia reports loss despite Windows Phone launch

Sales drop overall as new Windows Phone handsets launch.
Microsoft issue Patch Tuesday fix for Media Player and security bypass

Microsoft fixed seven bulletins, one deemed critical, and a handful of new security issues yesterday as the first Patch Tuesday of 2012 was issued.
Microsoft Windows Update won't patch third party apps

Microsoft has slammed the door on updating third party software via Windows Update in the upcoming Windows 8.
HP's new virtualisation servers provide path to cloud

Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced new servers that come pre-configured with Microsoft software to help companies deploy virtualised workloads more quickly.
Microsoft will release 15 patches next week to fix Windows, Excel

Microsoft today said it will dispense five security updates next week to patch 15 vulnerabilities in Windows, Excel, SharePoint Server and Groove.
Nokia to put free Microsoft apps on Symbian Belle smartphones

Nokia will offer several Microsoft applications for free on their latest Symbian Belle smartphone later this year, the Finnish company announced on Thursday.
Android smartphone use dominated by only 10 apps

Nearly half of all US Android activity can be traced to only ten hugely-popular apps, Nielsen Smartphone Analytics has found after analysing devices equipped with metering software.
Microsoft extends MDOP to control users' BitLocker encrypted files

Microsoft has expanded its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) to include the ability to manage users' BitLocker encrypted folders.
Google announces expanded phone support for enterprise

Google will ramp up support for enterprise customers, but details on timing scarce.
Mono project moves from Attachmate to Xamarin

Called Xamarin, the company will continue efforts to put .Net technologies on non-Windows platforms.

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Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses

For all its success as the world's biggest maker of PC operating systems and office programs, Microsoft's position as the dominant provider of software to consumers is at risk. Here are five reasons why.
Desktop virtualisation: How to succeed

If you've already virtualised the servers in your data centre, desktop virtualisation may seem like the next logical step. But businesses are finding that the benefits of hosted virtual desktop technologies are more nuanced. The advantages may be harder to quantify and harder to justify based purely on traditional ROI calculations.
Microsoft to support iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux

Steve Ballmer and crew aren't going to miss a moneymaking opportunity, even if that means managing iPhones, iPads, Androids and, yes, even Linux computers.
Most VMware customers virtualise Microsoft Exchange, but not SAP and Oracle

VMware says data proves customers are virtualising mission-critical applications. Half of VMware's customer base is virtualising Microsoft Exchange and 65% virtualise SQL Server, but the majority of VMware customers are not virtualising SAP and Oracle applications, according to survey data released by VMware.
What desktop virtualisation really means

Depending on whom you talk to, desktop virtualisation is either the hottest trend in IT or an expensive notion with limited appeal
Meego and Windows Phone 7 challenge Apple and Google mobile dominance

Three traditional powerhouses in computing and communications - Microsoft, Intel and Nokia - have kick-started major revamps to their technology to adapt to a quick-changing smartphone market.
Microsoft finally clears throat about services

Microsoft has been promoting a combination of 'software plus services' as a way to ease itself away from its packaged-software legacy and into the Web 2.0 future. But nobody seems to sit up and take notice.
Every silver lining has a cloud

What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor - is no news, bad news?
Industry sceptical on Microsoft's new-found openness

Yesterday's announcement from Microsoft that it was opening up its APIs sent shock waves throughout the industry. We look at the company's possible motives and gauge how Microsoft's open-source competitors see the move.
Will 2008 be the year of the open-source desktop?

When the open-source desktop becomes a more widely deployed end-user operating system, it becomes a product and not a project.

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