This weekend, we noted that Microsoft’s lifecycle page for its Windows products had changed for Windows 7. Previously, the page said retail sales of the OS ended on October 30th, and that sales of PCs with Windows 7 preinstalled would end on October 30, 2014. Then the page was changed, showing that the dates for both …

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This week, reports from a number of media outlets stated that Microsoft had quietly ended retail sales of Windows 7, and that sales of PCs with Windows 7 installed would end next year. However, since those reports have been posted, the Microsoft web page cited as the main source of those stories has been updated, …

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Over a year ago, Microsoft released a version of its Lync business messaging app for Windows 8 and RT. Today, the company released an update for the app that’s made to work just with the Windows 8.1 OS, adding new features compared to the old Windows 8 app. The Lync blog goes over what’s new with the …

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Microsoft’s goal of reducing the market share of Windows XP to just 13 percent worldwide by its support cut off date of April 8th is looking more and more like it will miss its target. Newly posted numbers from the research firm Net Applications shows that worldwide, Windows XP is still the second most popular operating system on PCs, …

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Currently, Microsoft’s only Office application that’s available as a full Modern UI app is OneNote. Microsoft last updated the app for Windows 8 in July and today, the company released a new version that adds quite a few new and useful features. As described on the Office blog, the new OneNote app takes advantage of some of …

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Business users of Office 365 will be able to access a new feature in early 2014 made to offer more secure communications with folks outside a company. Microsoft’s new service is Office 365 Message Encryption, a newly renamed version of the older Exchange Hosted Encryption that will include some new features for Office 365 subscribers. …

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Nokia shareholders met today at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on whether or not to accept the terms of the company’s proposed sale of its devices and services business to Microsoft. The deal, which was first announced in September, is worth €5.44bn EUR ($7.35bn USD / £4.57bn GBP), and also includes provisions for …

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Microsoft adds new features to Lync

Microsoft’s Lync desktop client, which added two-factor authentication in its last major update, has a new version to download today. This update adds quite a few new features to Microsoft’s business-themed messaging software. – See more at: http://www.apache.com.au/index.php?option=com_lyftenbloggie&view=lyftenbloggie#sthash.qMaj2sVV.dpuf