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Tweet What Microsoft should have done after the criticism it received when Windows 8 beta and preview were released, is finally announced today. In a future free update for Windows 8.1 a redesigned start menu will return and Modern apps will be able to run in a window. Rumors of this have been doing rounds, but today we actually could see it in the Build 2014 keynote: Click on image…

Tweet Employers aren’t always able to prevent employees from using their own devices while on the job.  This can cause problems for a company’s legal counsel when a lawsuit involves electronic discovery of company documents. More and more these of documents are being created on personal devices and stored somewhere on the internet. One possible solution for companies might be to enter into agreements that make the employee’s personal device the employer’s device as well. What…

Tweet Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-037 – Critical This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and twenty-three privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have…

Tweet Internet Explorer 11 June 2014 update improves and advances vertical writing mode layout. This enables features such as constant center baseline and ruby positioning preserving line height. Together, those improvements enable rich, interactive textbooks and publications for locales supporting vertical writing mode, such as Japanese locale. To get hands on experience and see the improvements please try the Vertical Writing Mode Improvements Test Drive: Center baseline allows characters and…