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Microsoft has closed an important deal with Yahoo, which will continue using Bing technologies in its own search experience. The only question what concessions Microsoft made to keep the partnership alive, as Yahoo was known to have been unhappy with search revenues and was actively seeking to change the deal or engage with a new…

Seeing defeat in mobile, Microsoft has orchestrated a series of deals to ensure that its apps and services are bundled on Samsung and other Android devices. But recent news that AT&T and Verizon Wireless would not permit this bundling has been somewhat tempered by a major new bundling deal with Cyanogen, which creates an open…

Learn how to create numbered output lists with PowerShell in this article by PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks.

Learn how to apply and rollback security policies for Windows Server using the Security Configuration Wizard.

  European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager on Wednesday formally accused Google of violating antitrust laws by abusing its dominance in Internet search to harm competitors and consumers. Additionally, Ms. Vestager said that her European Commission was investigating whether Google forces phone makers to favor its own services on the Android mobile OS. Google controls…

Google is firing the latest salvo in the form of a host of new updates to a variety of Google Cloud Networking services.

Aidan Finn discusses how Microsoft is limiting their potential market by arbitrarily restricting features or limiting services to one or a few countries.

After a decade of steady exoduses by top Microsoft executives, a few are starting to return home: following in the footsteps of Stephen Elop, Kurt DelBene has returned to the software giant after two years serving the US Secretary of Health and Human Services and overseeing Healthcare.gov, the Obamacare web portal. DelBene has been named…

Jeff Hicks continues his article series on building a ping sweep tool with PowerShell. In this article, he shows us how to easily add parameter validation to our tool.

Russell Smith shows us how to easily create custom security policies for Windows Server using the Security Configuration Wizard to suit your organization’s business needs.

This past week, a Bloomberg report claimed that Nokia is considering shedding its HERE mapping and location business unit. Microsoft is on a short list of companies that could purchase HERE. Since this technology is so strategic, it should do so. As you may recall, Microsoft purchased Nokia’s devices and services businesses for about $7.2…

Learn how to easily find local user accounts using PowerShell with this step-by-step tutorial by Jeff Hicks.