Windows XP is a product with a large user base. Despite being an old operating system there are millions of users around the world whose primary operating system to Windows XP. In recent days have seen an unprecedented rise in attacks is concerned: the target of these attacks is precisely the Microsoft operating system. Microsoft has reported that the attacks have been more than 10,000 PCs, but now the figure may be much higher since not found a solution to this problem.

A Google engineer reported finding a vulnerability in Windows XP to be allowed total control of a PC, using the capacities of this to receive help from another computer remotely.

Researchers from security firms like Trend Micro, say it is a serious problem for many developers of malware and viruses are being targeted on users of Windows XP. It is expected that in next few hours there is a more specific answer from Microsoft.

This breach of security does not affect Windows Vista or Windows 7.

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It seems that Microsoft ultimately decided to take the decision to develop a version of its instant messenger for iPhone OS, and is filtered out the network the first screenshots of the application.

Since Windows Live Messenger to iPhone, obviously, we chat with our contacts, receive and send photos (either from our gallery or on the camera phone) and use all the features offered by the desktop version for your social network.

So far there were some third-party alternatives, such as: Nimbuzz (free application), IM + ($ 10) and Trillian ($ 5).

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Microsoft is taking huge advantage in the market for operating systems. Although alternatives such as Linux or Mac OS X users have gained more recent times, Windows is still king, by far. Surprising news comes from Microsoft, it is reported to have sold over 100 million licenses of Windows 7 around the world. That is an impressive figure as it represents around 10% of all computers on the planet with Windows 7 as the primary operating system. And in the end things have gone well for Microsoft Windows Vista who saw a flop but which were good things served to make way for the successor to Windows XP, at least in popularity.

After six months of launching Windows 7 (launched on October 22, 2009), Microsoft has made a profit close to 14 billion dollars ($ 14.000 million) recorded until March 31, 2010 which is no doubt a successful product after several slips that left many angry users.

Microsoft still can do many things well, and has been demonstrated. Regardless of the fans and haters of Windows, the shareholders of the company based in the state of Washington must be more than happy.

Link Windows 7 Blog
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Microsoft launched last year Microsoft Touch Pack for new equipment that could be sold to make use of the multitouch capabilities of their displays and that they had installed Windows 7. The problem was that if not purchased a new computer in the store, it was impossible that you will enjoy this pack up today, as both companies and users has claimed enough.

Microsoft has published on its website download the Touch Pack for Windows 7, where you can find three applications and three games to help bring out all the juice from your multitouch screen and are based on the Microsoft Surface table. The apliacaiones are as follows:

• Microsoft Surface Globe: the user interacts with a globe with 2D and 3D images
• Microsoft Surface College: Interact with your pictures, moving or resizing the desktop computer (top)
• Microsoft Surface Lagoon: Screensavers with which to play a bit thanks to your finger touches the screen

While games are: Microsoft Rebound, Microsoft and Microsoft Blackboard Garden Pond. The weight of downloading all these applications and games is 240MB, but remember that you must have Windows 7 and the screen of your computer should be multi.

More information and download: Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7

During the f8 developer conference, chaired by Mark Zuckenberg its developer and now CEO, has shown what can be made soon since the largest social network in the world and with FB is that Microsoft has introduced the beta of Docs. com.

This application or extension of Facebook, call it that, will allow thousands of social network users create Office documents, as Word, Excel or PowerPoint and be able to share with friends or all contacts, and allows collaboration in them, as if it were Google Docs.

Today, as we have said, the service is in beta and if it is by invitation, it will be impossible to access it. But not to stay with the desire to see how it works, it is best to take a look at the following video.

Microsoft has released this Monday, its development suite Visual Studio 2010 and the fourth version of Silverlight as a platform for application development and multimedia content for the Web, like Flash, which has begun to be used by many people in the world. This announcement comes after the Redmond company postponed the release for 2 weeks. In addition to containing the updated versions of products such as C #, C + + or Visual Basic, also includes a tool called IntelliSense that lets you monitor the performance of applications and how a program behaves, in addition to this new tool, performance has improved compared Visual Studio 2008.

All of this suite will also work with. NET Framework Version 4, which represents a breakthrough in terms of development, compatibility and performance. Initially, these ads are going to take place on March 22, but due to performance issues was postponed until today.

The product has been presented at a conference in the city of Las Vegas, and soon will be available for download from the Microsoft site and other sites as the program BizSpark dependent.

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Despite being the most hated browser, Internet Explorer continues to evolve, and this time is for good. After last month launched an alpha version of this product (to show it to developers), it appears that the browser development team is still very active, and this time the most radical changes have been made in the GUI / interface (UI). Through a Chinese forum, these images were obtained of the possible interface of Internet Explorer 9. While not from a 100% reliable source (you have to doubt the veracity of these images), the truth is that it is a good concept to be taken into account, as it would be taking a big step for what as minimalist and usable, which benefits us.

Although this model lacks the distinctive features of Windows (such as the Aero interface), the design is not so far from reality as it follows more or less along the lines of Windows Phone 7, one of the products that Microsoft have priority . Images are real or not, we face the possibility of finding an Internet Explorer battle they can get the market to favorites (Firefox, Chrome), not only in appearance but also in performance.

Remember that it is too premature IE9 current version, so all the features and changes we see may not be part of the final product, but as a concept illustration, I consider a good start.

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Here in onlinetechnical we have mentioned several tools developed in the concept of microblogging. Since the birth of Twitter (when it was then considered a service microblogs) to Yammer, a Twitter-like tool, only at corporate level and certain collaboration features. Microsoft is about to enter this field with a new product, which is now at an early stage. OfficeTalk is the name of the product that the Redmond company is developing. In short it is a platform based on micrblogging benefits for employees of an organization can speak freely. Thoughts, ideas, suggestions, notes, etc.. All that content can be published in OfficeTalk.

By bringing the Office into the name brand, are likely to see implementations of the suite of Microsoft. Perhaps the integration is with the web version, which would be great because no matter the operating system users. Being able to share documents easily would be a very useful feature that would add great value to the experience of employees.

For now the applications are very limited OfficeTalk. Need to enter a questionnaire, and based on the responses the staff of Microsoft decides whether to accept the request.

Microsoft and Adobe have decided to work together to distribute security updates for their products. Although as yet few details are known, everything suggests that the objective is that through Windows Update so users can download security updates for Adobe products.

This partnership comes on account of delicate moment in which Adobe is in regard to safety. Reader is currently one of the most attacked, and obviously this is not only concerned about Adobe, but Microsoft, as its operating system is also affected.

Could you open Windows Update Microsoft products that are not theirs? So far the company has only confirmed it is collaborating with Adobe to make its updates can be distributed through tools like System Center Configuration Manager or System Center Essentials.

Microsoft also said that for now there is no consolidated and still has many things to analyze. Let's wait to see how it ends.

On Friday the 5th of March, Microsoft said it is preparing an event on 12 May to make presentation of its new office suite version of Office, in this case, Office 2010.

But do not kid yourself if you're expecting, because users can walk us with this new version from June and May only be available to licensed companies, while companies that do not have, will have to wait also through June.

In addition, Microsoft has also said the free upgrade program for users who have purchased Microsoft Office 2007 from the March 5 onwards, and can upgrade completely free of charge.

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Windows 7 represents a turning point in modern history of Windows: dragging criticism generated by his predecessor, Windows Vista, Microsoft made a huge effort to produce a version of its operating system, which again was liked by users, many of them, customers of many years of the Redmond company. And although it was doubted that Windows 7 could straighten the road, this product has proven to be good.

Yahoo does not want to lag behind in innovation and adoption of new elements to the search engines. Now it has signed a pact between Yahoo and Twitter, allowing users of large Y!, See tweets in real time and access your account through the public feed available in each account. There will also be integration between Yahoo and Twitter to slightly higher levels, as other properties (Yahoo sites or services) will also contain the twitts users. These messages, no more than 140 characters will be indexed in near real time, so the results will be dynamic.

This is nothing new, since Google and Microsoft with Bing (who also signed a deal with Yahoo) have already begun to show information from Twitter, although this has not been adequately implemented outside the United States. Competition is coming into a new niche where style networks or Google Twitter Buzz will play an important role.

This amendment made to the Yahoo services from start to be today, but is likely to take a little more for certain accounts. So far there have been no details about the availability of integration with Twitter, but hopefully soon, all users have this option enabled.

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Doing a bit of memory, remember that Microsoft and Yahoo have signed a deal in which it was agreed that Bing, the form of the Redmond company, it would supply Yahoo search for a period of 10 years. In return, Yahoo would provide the infrastructure and logistics in the sales department, in addition to receiving 88% of the profits during the first 5 years.

This announcement was made public last December (2009) and although many took from that time as a fact, the truth is that trade regulatory commissions were debating the feasibility of such an agreement. Both bodies of the European Union and the United States extensively studied the implications of the alliance Microsoft - Yahoo.

Finally today gave its approval to the agreement, so the authorities have given their award for this union to operate formally. This means that Google will have a rival who is not very powerful but still has interesting things since there are contributions from two technology companies recognized. How successful will this union?, Nobody knows, but intense competition is expected to try to approach Google.

Although Bing has good things, especially in terms of user experience, Google is still king, and not just by name and being the monster he is, but by the quality results that are more relevant compared to other search engines . Whatever happens, it's good to know that Google will not always be the only dominant in the field of search.
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Recent reports claim that Bing has gained market share in the U.S. according to data ComScore.

Xbox Live is an important platform for Microsoft, as it represents strong gains in the gaming department of the company. Today it has become an important announcement affecting millions of players, as has officially decided to quit Xbox Live support for older games designed for the first Xbox, such as Halo 2.

Marc Whitten, Microsoft employee said in a post, that this movement has been carefully planned, understanding the consequences that will arise. In the interest of the development of the service, and optimization for the Xbox 360, it was decided that the platform for online play to stop working in the first version of the console, which came to compete with the PlayStation 2.

With this, the company based in Washington state, makes it clear that their services will focus on the latest products, perhaps anticipating what will happen with interesting concepts such as Project Natal, which is expected to arrive later this year. Microsoft should follow this course of action in other products and departments, such as Internet Explorer, which despite being old, still operational until now.

Vía: CNet

The launch date has been set past few days for the new version of the following Software most known and used at the time, Microsoft Office in its new 2010 version.

They will appear the same with the new operating system and they will sell more than one version. It says that 6 is the number of different versions, compatible with the classic XP, Windows Dress and of course Windows 7.

The versions are: Office Starter, Home and Student, Home and Business, Professional, Professional Plus and a free version with Word and Excel.

Of course this latest version will be limited and will use it in a very reserved. A negative point for friends of Microsoft.

If you want to know a little more deeply about what it will be renewed after accessing the link at the end of the post.

Will it be more of the same? Will they continue to complicate further the work of the new user by changing the options as we knew already?

To my taste was the reason on which Office 2007 has not had the same effect as Office 2003. What do they think?

Microsoft Office 2010

After the controversy generated by the owner of News Corp on the handling and dissemination of its content by Google, it apparently would negotiate with the Redmond company the possibility that they will pay him a certain amount of money by giving it in exchange the necessary authorization to index its contents.

In addition Microsoft is seeking to replicate this kind of trade agreement with other companies and major means of generating content, such as Bing makes sure to deliver information and exclusive content that no other researcher has .

This no doubt will generate a new faction and non-existent so far in research and provision of content, the point is that if it is profitable for Microsoft to pay on one side and the other for News Corp self be eliminated from the largest engine most used search now.

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