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MSN UK iPad Application By Microsoft: Looks Like Pulse App

Microsoft has introduced a new iOS app which enables MSN users from UK to seamlessly surf through the MSN UK websites with ease. The interface of the app is very stylish and metro and displays the content in tiles, enabling quick browsing, easy usability and readability. Released for an iPad, the content looks particularly clear and well-organized on the tablet. Currently, the app has been released only for MSN UK users and there is no official word about users in the other regions.

Microsoft Reveals New Licensing Plans For System Center 2012

System Center 2012 is Microsoft’s cloud-management suite. Microsoft currently offers two types of cloud management: private, in which it manages the cloud at the customers’ place; and public, in which the cloud is managed at Microsoft’s datacenters. Although earlier Microsoft sold the Cloud-management suite on the point-basis, so that the customer could choose one or more of the eight points of the suits. Microsoft is now set to sell the entire suite as a single bundle.

Microsoft Releases Details Of The New Windows 8 File System: ReFS

For all the Windows users, the good news are that Windows 8 is coming with a lot of new features. We recently wrote about how Storage Spaces, a really useful feature, is part of Windows 8. To complement and support Windows 8, Microsoft has also built a ‘designed-from-the-ground-up’ file system which is called ReFS. ReFS stands for Resilient File System and will initially be available only on Windows Server 8. Read further to know about the different features of ReFS.

Microsoft to Ban Alternative OS to Run on Windows 8

Apparently, Microsoft is planning to block any alternative operating systems from Windows 8 on ARM-based devices. As Glyn Mood noticed and published in an extensive ComputerWorld report hidden underneath the technical provisions of Windows Hardware Certification Requirements there is a decisive clue to that fact. The demonstration relies on the fact that devices running on Windows 8 come with secure boot enabled.

CES 2012: Microsoft Will Release Kinect For Windows On February 1

Kinect is one of the most successful tools developer by Microsoft. It understand not only the voice commands adequately but also lets you give instructions through your motions. It is so good, in fact, that some researchers are using it professionally in the robots. Apparently, Microsoft knows how awesome Kinect is and has now announced that it will be releasing Kinect for Windows on February 1. Once it is out, you may be able to control your PC through motion and voice commands.

Microsoft Buys SkypeSexFinder.com Domain

You might find this piece of information odd, but apparently Microsoft just acquired the domain name SkypeSexFinder.com after it expired and become available for public bidding. Fusible made the discovery and announced that the domain currently forwards to Microsoft’s Bing search engine. It goes on to search for “skypesexfinder” and brings up results that might please somebody looking for internet fun.

Microsoft Office To Arrive Soon On iPad And Mac App Store

Microsoft has no tablet presence on the market and certainly won’t for some time to come, therefore in order to make available Office to the host of tablet users it must strike a deal. And the partner who benefits might as well be the Apple and its iPad. Microsoft hasn’t said anything official about it, but since it has been struggling on the market, a partnership with Apple who holds 80% of the tablet market might make perfect sense.

Microsoft Giving Free Windows Phone To Malware-Stricken Android Users

In a rather unusual advertising move, Microsoft has asked Android users to tell them about their Android plights, especially about the recent malware problem. And in return, the users may get a chance to win free Windows Phone! It’s a fine way of highlighting Android’s qualms and at the same time, marketing Windows Phone right into the Android fan-base.