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Microsoft, In Collaboration With Authorities, Takes Down Zeus Botnets

Microsoft, In Collaboration With Authorities, Takes Down Zeus Botnets

Zeus malware has been a particularly nefarious one in that it has been used to steal a whooping $100 million from the users by fooling them into fake web pages and then stealing their financial information. Microsoft and its partners had filed a plea to take down computers acting as botnets for Zeus malware and after the District Court gave them the permission, they took down the command-and-control Zeus servers.

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Microsoft Says Windows 8 Is Ready For Retina-Display Like Screens

Microsoft Says Windows 8 Is Ready For Retina-Display Like Screens

Microsoft seems very ambitious with its upcoming Windows 8. It has been gradually unveiling a number of really useful and advanced features in Windows 8. Now, Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 will be scaled to fit neatly on different displays of tablets and other devices. It will also be scaled to fit finely on Retina-like displays. The announcement is quite significant since there are rumors that following in Apple’s footsteps, a number of vendors will be using Retina displays in upcoming devices.

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Microsoft Expands The Azure Cloud Storage Bundle

Microsoft Expands The Azure Cloud Storage Bundle

Microsoft has recently announced that it is expanding its Azure cloud storage bundle. According to the company, the new offering is a CommVault Simpana data feed and access portal. These would be presented in a single Azure cloud storage suite. Microsoft and CommVault already have a partner relationship and this new offering is essentially a result of it.

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Microsoft Launches HTML5 Version Of ‘The Hunger Games’

Microsoft Launches HTML5 Version Of ‘The Hunger Games’

The movie adaptation of the renowned novel ‘The Hunger Games’ will be hitting the theatres on Friday. Microsoft is partnering with Lionsgate to promote the movie and in a bid to do so, has build a HTML5 version of The Hunger Games. This site, or minisite as it is being called, features a number of latest HTML5 techniques such as stream, lens flare and video projections to give a very real, and special, effect.

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Microsoft Compares iPad App Development To Windows 8 Metro-Style App Development

Microsoft Compares iPad App Development To Windows 8 Metro-Style App Development

While Microsoft seems pretty busy with Windows 8 and expects to make a loud bang with the final release of the OS, it is also active on the third-party development front for it. The company is already enticing developers to develop Metro-style apps for Windows 8. Now, Microsoft has released a case study to show how iPad app development compares to Metro-style app development for Windows 8. The details of the case study are posted below.

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Microsoft Will Show Off Business App Concepts For Windows 8

Microsoft Will Show Off Business App Concepts For Windows 8

So many of us have been wondering exactly what will a Microsoft Dynamics app look like on Windows 8. Microsoft now plans to satiate these queries by showing off business apps concepts for Windows 8 at the Convergence Conference for Dynamics ERP and CRM customers. The concept apps that will be shown off at the conference will be Windows 8 HTML5 Metro-style clients which will connect to Dynamics ERP and CRM back-end services.

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MAPP Proof-Of-Concept Exploit Code Leak Confirmed By Microsoft, Patch Released

MAPP Proof-Of-Concept Exploit Code Leak Confirmed By Microsoft, Patch Released

Microsoft had to face a very embarrassing situation when it was discovered that a proof-of-concept code which can be a very serious security threat for Windows, was actually leaked from the Microsoft Active Protection Program (MAPP). This malicious code lets the developers discern the possible exploits in Microsoft’s implementation of RDP protocol and then use these exploits for nefarious purposes.

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Microsoft Touts Security And Feature Improvements In IE 10 For Windows 8

Microsoft Touts Security And Feature Improvements In IE 10 For Windows 8

It seems that the next battlefield of different browsers will be the upcoming Windows 8. Mozilla and Google have already revealed their plans of working on their respective Metro-styled versions of Firefox and Chrome. Microsoft already revealed a lot about an IE 10 which will be available in both modes of Windows 8, as a metro app and as a standard desktop browser. Now Microsoft team has divulged the details regarding different security and feature improvements in IE 10 which are listed below.

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