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The Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS provides an easy and convenient way of accessing Windows Azure storage from iOS-based applications.  The toolkit works two different ways: accessing Windows Azure storage directly or through proxy services running in Windows Azure. You get can get…

Jeff Raikes left Apple in 1981 and became the visionary behind Microsoft Office. This is Part One of the Jeff Raikes story for The History of Microsoft series.  Jeff's entire story is told with great visuals; we dug through thousands of old tapes and photographs to…

Reader JenST responds to my recent analysis of "smartphone carnage", saying:"See BT purchased Ribbit.  This could be the first move of the carriers to take control from Google, Microsoft, Apple."JP Rangaswami, the guy at BT responsible for this acquisition, is one of my…

I can still remember meeting with people from RIMM 10 years ago, as they were a relative upstart compared to Palm, and were feeling out Microsoft’s intentions in the smart phone space.  Since then, a lot has happened.  Lots of new players and threats have emerged, and many have fizzled…

According to the Office for Mac Team Blog, a free converter for Office 2007 Word documents is available for OSX. Geoff Price writes: "Why a stand-alone converter application? We chose this route because it supports both Office 2004 and Office v.X for Mac users, while providing some bonus…

So you had no idea Microsoft had a Mac division? Well, you're not alone. We get up close and personal with Brian and chat all things MACINTOSH. Get your Entourage info onto your iPod! From Sync to Tiger to Rosetta to Spotlight, you will be so excited you will be kissing your universal binary.