http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/microsoft Subnet - Microsoft bloggers en http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-kinect-ads-will-watch-you-while-you-watch-them?source=nww_rss Do you watch commercials or do use that timeslot to run to the restroom or to the kitchen? Do you fast-forward to skip as many commercials as possible when watching TV via a DVR or On Demand? Microsoft hopes to change all that by offering Kinect-powered interactive commercials called NUads (Natural User Interface Advertisements). Read more Security advertisements interactive marketing Kinect Microsoft Microsoft Kinect NUads privacy TV commercials xbox 360 Wed, 16 May 2012 18:44:13 +0000 Ms. Smith 80565 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/why-aren%E2%80%99t-apple-and-amazon-dumping-windows-rt?source=nww_rss   Mozilla’s top lawyer is upset because he’s pretty sure Windows RT won’t support a fully featured Firefox browser. Intel’s  CEO Paul Otellini hip-checked Windows RT because he says it won’t support legacy Windows 7 applications. Read more Windows FireFox Intel mozilla Windows 8 Windows RT Tue, 15 May 2012 22:12:35 +0000 Tim Greene 80552 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/why-people-pirate-windows?source=nww_rss Once upon a time during college and working IT, running a computer repair shop on the side, and then later corporate world days, Microsoft Windows pretty much guaranteed plenty of work what with the constant world of updating Windows patches, testing then pushing out updates, and installing or reinstalling Microsoft software after poor user input to name but a few reasons. I could not even begin to... Security Windows counterfeit software Digital River Microsoft pirating software reformat This copy of Windows is not genuine Windows Windows 7 Windows Genuine Advantage You may be a victim of counterfeiting Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 Ms. Smith 80547 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-funds-russian-bittorrent-killer?source=nww_rss A Russian startup developer is claiming to have a new method for tracking and shutting down any trading of copyrighted works on BitTorrent, and they are getting help from Microsoft to keep the development going. The company, called Pirate Pay (a play on The Pirate Bay, the prominent piracy site for BitTorrent users), recently conducted a test in its native Russia. Last December, the film "Vysotsky.... Corporate Issues BitTorrent Microsoft; Pirate Pay The Pirate Bay Tue, 15 May 2012 13:12:37 +0000 Andy Patrizio 80541 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/sopa-supporters-meet-secret-strangle-internet-freedom-online-speech?source=nww_rss I was so proud of "us," the Net, for what we accomplished in stomping out SOPA/PIPA, even though a former DHS cybersecurity dude who wishes to remain anonymous warned me that the fight was nowhere close to over and to expect it to be pushed through under another name and this time much more secretly. Sure enough, a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has an intellectual property... Security ACTA anti-SOPA copyright EFF intellectual property Internet freedom MPAA online free speech RIAA secrecy TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:42 +0000 Ms. Smith 80540 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/whats-google-drive?source=nww_rss Now that Google has rolled out their competitor to Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive, and both the Dropbox folks and Microsoft have made adjustments in their products to respond to what Google offers, let's take a step back to see what the newcomer is bringing to the table. Most obvious is the capability to use the cloud to store everything you do in Google Docs - making it accessible from anywhere... Cloud Computing Dropbox Google Drive intellectual property privacy skydrive Sun, 13 May 2012 13:49:56 +0000 Kerrie Meyler 80534 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/here%E2%80%99s-microsoft%E2%80%99s-impressive-green-datacenter-initiative-set-launch-summer?source=nww_rss Starting this July, just as things get hot even in Seattle, Microsoft will launch a green initiative to make all of the company's facilities, "including data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings," go carbon neutral. Read more Corporate Issues Google green data centers Microsoft Microsoft carbon neutral Fri, 11 May 2012 14:45:32 +0000 Andy Patrizio 80525 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/fight-patriot-act-and-win-next-promise-privacy-surveillance-free-isp?source=nww_rss If an ISP said privacy is more important than profit, would you believe it? What if that ISP and mobile wireless carrier charged you as little as $20 a month, provided end-to end encryption on all electronic communications, and said "no" to any kind of government surveillance? Would you believe and help support it then? Read more Security Service Providers end-to-end encryption government secrecy government surveillance indiegogo campaign ISP John Doe national security letter Nicholas Merrill privacy privacy by design security surveillance-free ISP The Calyx Institute Thu, 10 May 2012 18:30:00 +0000 Ms. Smith 80516 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-revamps-chkdsk-tool-windows-8-minimize-downtime?source=nww_rss In a recent post on the Building Windows 8 Blog, Senior Program Manager, Windows Core Storage and File Systems, Kiran Bangalore, discusses a new NTFS health model and redesigned chkdsk (check disk) tool coming with Windows 8 that can detect and fix data corruption issues much more quickly than Windows 7, and presumably older versions of Windows. Read more Windows Microsoft chkdsk Microsoft repair Windows Thu, 10 May 2012 02:24:48 +0000 Marco Chiappetta 80509 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/counterintelligence-surveillance-swelled-another-10-2011?source=nww_rss Surprise, or maybe not so much, counterintelligence surveillance increased in 2011 according to the new annual Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) report [PDF]. The Justice Department filed 1,676 applications to conduct electronic surveillance in 2011, which is up from the 1,579 filed in 2010. Read more Security counterintelligence surveillance FISA FISA report government surveillance Justice Department national security letter NSL Wed, 09 May 2012 15:44:14 +0000 Ms. Smith 80506 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-imagine-cup-2012-it-challenge-24-hour-final-competition-begins?source=nww_rss The annual Microsoft Imagine Cup IT Challenge FINAL hands-on competition has begun!  This is a 24-hour competition that the final 6 student competitors will compete for the chance to be crowned best of the best in the world!  Here's a live blog link of the competition that I will be updating every couple hours...  http://randsnet.blogspot.com/2012/05/imagine-cup-2012-final-competition.html   Good... Windows Imagine Cup; Imagine Cup 2012; Rand Morimoto Wed, 09 May 2012 00:01:04 +0000 Rand Morimoto 80501 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-opens-two-more-stores-one-right-apple%E2%80%99s-backyard?source=nww_rss Over the last couple of weeks, Microsoft opened a pair of new Microsoft Stores, one in Palo Alto, California and the other in Austin, Texas. Although the official announcement of the grand openings was just posted to the company website today, the stores have been open to the public since mid-to-late April. Read more Windows Microsoft Apple Microsoft retail stores strategy Tue, 08 May 2012 20:11:57 +0000 Marco Chiappetta 80498 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/azure-dirty-word-because-it-means-cloud-0?source=nww_rss Microsoft has sent its Windows Azure customers an email that says the word Azure will be dropped from the usage portal for the cloud services they buy. So, for example, Windows Azure Storage will appear simply as Storage on the bills, according to a ZDNet story about the change. WAGES: Who are tech's highest paid CEOs?  Read more Windows cloud services Microsoft Windows Azure Tue, 08 May 2012 15:12:36 +0000 Tim Greene 80492 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-blames-and-bans-chinese-security-partner-leaking-windows-exploit?source=nww_rss Microsoft issued critical patch MS12-020 to fix the Windows' Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability last month as it was spotted on a Chinese hacker forum and was being exploited in the wild. The kicker is that the exploit code was leaked from one of Microsoft's security partners in the Microsoft Active Protection Program (MAPP). Read more Security Business Intelligence Software Hangzhou DPTech Technologies MAPP Microsoft Microsoft Active Protection Program Microsoft NDA Patch Tuesday patches RDP Remote Desktop Protocol security Mon, 07 May 2012 15:10:52 +0000 Ms. Smith 80484 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/skype-may-be-windows-phones-worst-enemy?source=nww_rss It was always a mystery how Microsoft would juggle Skype, the VoIP audio and video conferencing software it purchased for $8.5 billion in October 2011, with its mobile phone product. Now that problem appears to be affecting Nokia. Read more Smartphones Microsoft Nokia Lumia 900 Skype windows phone Windows Phone 7 Mon, 07 May 2012 13:38:45 +0000 Andy Patrizio 80480 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-air-force-harvard-military-esa-hacked-gray-hats-unknowns?source=nww_rss The Unknowns, a new hacking groups that claims to be neither white hats nor black hats, have targeted, hacked and released over 200MB on the following list of victims: NASA's Glen Research Center, US Air Force, the US Military's Joint Pathology Center, Harvard University, the European Space Agency (ESA), the French Ministry Read more Security breaches data dumps ESA hackers hacking hacking groups NASA The Unknowns U.S. Air Force Sun, 06 May 2012 17:54:26 +0000 Ms. Smith 80477 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-researchers-say-cybercrime-loss-estimates-are-bunch-bunk?source=nww_rss I get a real kick out of people who are unafraid to buck the system with their unconventional wisdom such as Microsoft Researchers Cormac Herley and Dinei Florêncio. Read more Corporate Issues Security Business Intelligence SMB Security Cormac Herley cybercrime cybercriminals Dinei Florêncio Microsoft Microsoft research passwords security survey Wed, 02 May 2012 22:21:46 +0000 Ms. Smith 80455 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/will-windows-8-cause-notebook-price-jump?source=nww_rss A combination of new hardware and a price bump from Microsoft could mean an increase in the cost of laptops, according to recent claims. The price increase in notebooks will come from pressure from Microsoft to use touchscreens even on notebooks, not just tablets, plus the price of the software will stay high. That's what notebook OEMs are telling Taiwanese tech pub DigiTimes, which can be hit or miss... Software Intel Microsoft notebooks ultrabooks Windows 8 Wed, 02 May 2012 17:25:06 +0000 Andy Patrizio 80452 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/choose-privacy-week-aclus-mike-german-freedom-surveillance?source=nww_rss Did you know this is Choose Privacy Week? The American Library Association said, "Choose Privacy Week is a new initiative that invites people into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age." On a site called Privacy Revolution, the librarians wrote, "In the spirit of civic values that allow people to freely seek information in all formats without fear of retribution or exploitation,... Security Software Data Center ACLU American Library Association Choose Privacy week counterterrorism database datamining domestic spying false positives Freedom from Surveillance government surveillance Mike German privacy Privacy Revolution surveillance Tue, 01 May 2012 20:23:32 +0000 Ms. Smith 80444 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/will-windows-phone-feel-any-pain-after-getting-dumped-lg?source=nww_rss Ahead of a meeting between their CEOs, Korea's LG Electronics has decided to shun any more Windows Phone products because there have yet to be "meaningful" sales. That should get the meeting off to a good start. The electronics manufacturer told the Korean Herald this week that Windows Phone devices are just not selling well enough worldwide to warrant continued manufacturing WP phones. Instead, LG... Smartphones LG Microsoft Nokia Nokia Lumia 900 windows phone Windows Phone 7 Tue, 01 May 2012 19:07:47 +0000 Andy Patrizio 80443 at http://www.networkworld.com/community