Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Release of the Year

Microsoft today gave the name to new server software, Windows Server 2012, which will be released this year. The new name was announced to coincide with the keynote Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 held in Las Vegas until next Friday. This name does not make the shock of many, which has become a habit to call Microsoft software according to the year / release date, for example, just the previous generation known as the Windows Server 2008.

It is expected that the Windows Server 2012 will be released along with Windows 8 for laptops and Intel-based PC. Due to the previous generation, WS2008 R2 is also sold with Windows 7. For now, Windows Server 2012 is already present in the beta phase, which has been present since March 1 coincide 1 day after Windows 8 Consumer Preview released.

But if you follow the previous schedule, Windows Server 2012 will be available in late July

In addition to announcing the name of the Windows Server 2012, Microsoft also provides the name Windows 8 for Intel-based OS, Windows RT for the successor to Windows on ARM, and WOA is used as a label for the issue of the tablet which is expected to compete with Android and iOS.

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7 Interesting Facts Nokia-Microsoft Duet

Nokia has chosen Windows Phone 7 (WP7) as the primary OS for smart phones in the future. However, the Finnish mobile phone giant is not had no consequences at all. According to the Times of India, there are 7 summary / key points about the duet Nokia and Microsoft need to know, see below:



 

1. Nokia and Microsoft Combine Assets

Nokia and Microsoft combine assets to develop and market mobile products. Nokia to pay license the use of WP 7. In return, Microsoft is investing in marketing and development of mobile phones. License agreement is considered complicated because some Nokia technology will be embedded in WP 7, such as navigation and map features.

2. Exchange of Technology

Nokia gives brands more superior in the world of smartphones, mobile devices, embedded applications store in Windows 7 Phone Marketplace and technology map. While contributing to the software Microsoft Windows 7 Phone, Bing, Xbox Live and Office software.

3. Nokia Make Mobile Development Division Two

Along with the announcement of using WP 7, Nokia said it will make two special units of mobile phone development. Two units referred to the Smart Devices division is now led by Jo Harlow, and the Mobile Phones division.

4. Symbian and MeeGo Not Removed

The arrival of Windows 7 Phone will not get rid of the original OS Nokia, the Symbian and MeeGo. However, both are just so complementary because of WP 7 is the primary OS for your Nokia smartphone.

5. Nokia Research and Development Budget Trimming

Nokia intends to cut its budget to research and development. Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, stated that this division of funds four times more than what Apple released and largely directed to Symbian. With WP 7 so the main platform, trimming the budget in this area is reasonable.

6. Nokia will Conducting Employee Deductions

Nokia said it would have cut the number of workers at Nokia, which will be conducted in various parts of the world, including Finland. However, Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, not sure how many employees are laid off and in any part.

7. Nokia Cancel choose Android

Stephen Elop claimed to have intensive discussions with Google about Android adoption. In the end Nokia judge will find it hard to distinguish its products from manufacturers other Android already in existence. On the other hand, Google is also strong in the area of service map and Ovi Nokia Maps do not want to be ignored. As a result, Nokia also canceled Android adoption

Whatever the chosen OS that Nokia, which obviously will bring new flavors on Nokia smart phones later. Just wait for its presence in the near future, at least in this year's consumer gadgets will be able to taste the Nokia phones with Microsoft's mobile OS is.

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Microsoft Annihilate Autorun

After a long so 'entrance' for a variety of malicious programs, Microsoft has finally decided to destroy Autorun. This is done via an update for older versions of the Windows operating system.

As quoted from The Register, Thursday (2/10/2011), if the update is applied, the ability to autorun on Windows will be turned off by default.

Autoron is a feature that allows external devices that connect to Windows automatically execute code as specified in the autorun.inf file. This feature is widely used to spread malicious programs.

A computer virus is mostly spread through the use Autorun flash. One of the famous Paing is Conficker.

Since Windows 7, Microsoft is eliminating the ability of such Autorun. However, in older Windows versions, such as Windows Server 2008, it was still there.

"We feel this a good time to encourage these changes and provide substantial effect on the spread of malware," said Jerry Bryant, group manager at Response Communications, Microsoft.

Autorun weakness has been known since long. Approximately 10 years have malicious programs take advantage of this ability to spread the virus.

So why is Microsoft only now trying to eliminate them? According to Bryant, during these many Microsoft partners who use AutoRun for easy installation assistant program their devices.

These updates are classified as 'Important, non-security' but issued simultaneously with 12 security bulletins that patched 22 weaknesses of Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and IIS.

It is not known whether the update 'autorun killer' that could be applied to older versions of the Windows operating system is pirated.

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Windows 8 Use the Display Interface Wind, Full 3D?

OS Windows 8 rumored to be attending 2 more years and has been confirmed not to be present in at least two years. However, based on the latest leak, Windows 8 when it is launched later will have a radical change in the user interface for high-end users. Aero on Windows 7 will be replaced by the Wind, a full 3D interface. The UI will completely change the icons, shortcuts, and other elements for daily use.

 

Operating System Windows 8 will also be consuming large memory, more than 170MB video memory and may be confined to the 64bit version of Windows 8 Logo 32-bit version has a memory limitation. Microsoft has used several techniques 3D acceleration in Windows 7 but most are still designed to display the 2D concept and the most visual effect was not seen when no adequate graphics support.

Although the rumor is not necessarily true, NVIDIA is also seen to reinforce it with the launch of Quadre graphics driver (version 265) that explicitly incorporate Windows 8 in 64 bit code, and implies support for Wind.

When the right to change the total, whether Windows 8 will be able to defend his favorite Windows as the operating system or whether Microsoft's strategy looks like take a gamble on gambling? Just wait for the possible presence emerging in 2013.

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Microsoft Warns New Cracks in Windows

A new bug has been discovered in Windows that allows hackers to insert malicious applications in it. It was also acknowledged Microsoft and plans to soon release a patch to fix it.

Gap had actually already been disclosed to the internet security conference title in North Korea December 15, 2010. But after a lot of applications that can exploit the bug, Microsoft has noticed recently.

 
Quoted from Computer World on Thursday (6/1/2010), bugs that exploit gaps in the graphics rendering system in Windows. As a result, hackers can embed the malware that can be active when users use the thumbnail view in Windows Explorer.

When infected then the attacker can freely steal data, took over the network, to make a victim's computer like 'zombie'. This is of course very inconvenient, especially if many users store personal data about a kind of internet banking.

While waiting the latest patch released, Microsoft recommends users to narrow down the activity on file shimgvw.dll, ie the component whose task is to create a thumbnail image.

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