Microsoft admits WGA update phones home
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Click cancel to continue Microsoft has admitted that the latest update to its Windows Genuine Advantage program will phone back to Redmond even if the user clicks cancel.â¦
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It's all about updating the updater Microsoft officials are seeking to dispel rumors the company is performing stealth updates on Windows machines. They are also pledging to be more transparent in the future to prevent such misunderstandings from happing again.â¦
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InfoWorld - Microsoft&#39;s recently announced Windows Mobile 6 software for smart phones is a step forward for the company, offering some important improvements over previous versions of the software. But just how good is the new software?
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Blog: At this year's E3, Microsoft will once again be providing E3 updates via their "Bringing it Home" campaign.
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(InfoWorld) - Taiwanese handset maker High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has developed a smart phone based on Microsoft'sÂ upcoming Windows Mobile 6 softwareÂ that offers both a numeric keypad and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The S710, announced at theÂ 3GSM World CongressÂ in Barcelona, will be one of the first handsets from HTC to ship with Windows Mobile 6. The handset will hit European markets from Orange during the first half of the year and will be sold as the Orange SPV E650, HTC said. The S710 looks like a phone, with a 2.4-inch color TFT (thin-film transistor( LCD (liquid crystal display) screen and a numeric keypad. The handset, which also offers the option to view the display in landscape mode, has a concealed QWERTY keyboard that slides out from its side. The QWERTY keyboard should make it easier for users to write e-mails or take advantage of the newly added ability in Windows Mobile 6 to edit Microsoft Office documents from a smart phone. The S710 works with GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) networks. The smart phone also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, and a 2-megapixel camera. It comes with 128MB of ROM, 64MB of RAM, and has a slot for a microSD (Secure Digital) card. Pricing was not immediately available
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InfoWorld - Microsoft announced some new Windows Live applications for mobile phones on Monday, including programs that offer search and mapping capabilities.
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Improved search, security and integration with Windows Live are in the update to the cell phone OS, set for a spring release.
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T-Mobile USA on Tuesday will launch the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft's latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security
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Microsoft recently disclosed details about its new Windows Mobile 6 operating system for smartphones, which will be formally introduced at the 3GSM telecommunications conference in Barcelona this coming week. Major advances over earlier versions of Windows Mobile include better security, more accurate search capabilities, and more desktop-like functionality. Enhancements include the ability to edit Office documents, which can be especially important for business users on the go.
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TechWeb - Microsoft's Mac development group urged users who had installed an inadvertently-posted bug fix last week to download the new update.
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Microsoft announced the next version of Windows Mobile, which will include more e-mail and messaging capabilities and additional security.
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The problem caused Windows Mobile phone users to receive blank Gmail messages.
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Microsoft&#39;s new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said on Tuesday.Scott Horn, general manager at Microsoft&#39;s mobile and embedded device group, left the door open to potential future support for non-Windows Mobile devices.&quot;Today, we have nothing to announce,&quot; he said. &quot;But we&#39;re looking at it, we&#39;re thinking about it. Who knows what the future brings?&quot; Horn spoke during a press lunch at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.He mentioned that Microsoft has in the past licensed ActiveSync as a way to extend services to non-Microsoft devices.Microsoft introduced System Center Mobile Device Manager&#160;at the conference. The software lets IT administrators manage and secure Windows Mobile phones. Unlike some other management products on the market, including Nokia&#39;s Intellisync, it is compatible only with phones running the Windows Mobile operating system.AT&amp;T, which is supporting Mobile Device Manager, said there is inertia among IT administrators. IT managers are worried about security and management issues, said Mike Woodward, vice business marketing for AT&amp;T. He thinks that the software as well as the services from a new company,&#160;Enterprise Mobile, will spur more enterprise use of mobile phones. Woodward could not offer specifics about how it will support Mobile Device Manager or how exactly it will work with Enterprise Mobile.For now, the new software and the services from Enterprise Mobile, which help enterprises deploy and manage mobile phones, are designed for large businesses. Mobile Device Manager, expected to come out next year, could support as many as 5,000 users. Enterprise Mobile doesn&#39;t expect to begin thinking about serving smaller businesses for another 12 to 18 months because it will be focused on making sure it knows what large enterprises need, said Steve Moore, president of Enterprise Mobile.
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From today home users will be able to get hold of Microsoft&#39;s long-awaited update for Windows XP. The version of the SP2 security update for the Home Edition of XP has become available via its auto-update service.
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Has Microsoft really confirmed that is talking with Nokia about Windows Mobile licensing, or not? The latest word from Microsoft on that question is, "No."
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft claims updates sent out to Windows XP and Vista machines without users knowing about them were for the Windows Update mechanism, though the company acknowledged it could have been more "transparent" before changing files on user computers. The company's response came after users expressed concern over updates to XP and Vista machines that were pushed out even when they had turned off the automatic updating feature of Windows Update. The updates were noted as "secret updates" in published reports and on user forums, and Windows users expressed concern that Microsoft would update their computer files without their knowledge or consent Microsoft regularly pushes out updates to Windows machines but will only update the machine without user action if automatic updating is enabled. If it is not, a user must activate Windows Update to upload an update to the machine. In an e-mail through its public relations firm Thursday, Microsoft said that the Windows Update service automatically updates itself "from time to time to ensure that it is running the most current technology." "This is normal behavior, and it has worked this way since the service debuted several years ago," the company said. However, Microsoft acknowledged that it could have better informed users about how Windows Update behaves so as not to spur the confusion that ensued with updates that were sent out last month. "We could have been clearer on how Windows Update behaves when it updates itself," the company said in its statement. "We've received helpful and important feedback on this point, and we are now looking at the best way to clarify [Windows Update's] behavior to customers so that they can more clearly understand how [it] works." Despite the recent faux pas, Microsoft still is encouraging users not to turn off the automatic feature of Windows Update, claiming it's the best way to ensure they get critical updates from the vendor, including those that are security-related.
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Microsoft announced Monday that it had completed its Windows Home Server (WHS) software and released the code to its OEM partners, just six months after Redmond unveiled the project.