DroidJason1 - Slashdot User

Submission + - Office for iPad released, offers Word, Excel and PowerPoint for free

Submitted by DroidJason1 on Thursday March 27, 2014 @08:07PM

DroidJason1 writes: For those of you who are waiting for Microsoft's Office productivity suite to arrive on the iPad, the moment is finally upon us. You can view and present documents for free but are required to have a Office 365 subscription for editing features (runs for $6.99 per month). The apps feature robust capabilities, a familiar look and feel, as well as a great touch experience just for the iPad. You can also get Office Mobile, on the other hand, for free on Android and iOS, which lets you view and edit your Office content on the go.

Submission + - Xbox One reputation system penalizes gamers who behave badly

Submitted by DroidJason1 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @07:50PM

DroidJason1 writes: Microsoft has added new "player reputation scores" to each Xbox Live member's Gamercards consisting of the colors green, yellow, and red. The more hours you play fairly online without being reported as abusive by other players, the better your reputation will be. Good players are given a green color, while those that need work are "yellow" and those that need to be avoided are "red."

Submission + - MS-DOS and Word for Windows source code made available to the public

Submitted by DroidJason1 on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @08:26PM

DroidJason1 writes: Microsoft and the Computer History Museum have both revealed today that the historic MS-DOS and Word for Windows source code are now available to the public for the very first time. These important pieces of source code (as well as history) will be preserved and made available to the community for historical and technical scholarship.

Submission + - Microsoft to re-brand Windows Azure to Microsoft Azure effective April 3rd 1

Submitted by DroidJason1 on Monday March 24, 2014 @11:09PM

DroidJason1 writes: Microsoft recently changed the name of its SkyDrive cloud storage solution to OneDrive, and now it looks like the rebranding at Microsoft will continue with Windows Azure. The company apparently plans to change the name to Microsoft Azure, in an effort to lend more of a cross-platform feel to the service. Azure has become more cross-platform compatible, so this is likely a good move for the company, and this time it has not been forced to do the renaming, unlike OneDrive.

Comment that "wind8apps" site is a spam site run by one tr (Score 1) 147

by DroidJason1 on Monday March 24, 2014 @11:05PM (#46570985) Attached to: Microsoft Ships Surface Pro 2 Tablets With Wrong, Slower Processor

that "wind8apps" site is a spam site run by one troll... no credibility at all. Simply reworded the report from pcpro.uk

Submission + - WhiteHat Aviator launches the 'most secure and most private' web browser on Wind (winbeta.org) 1

Submitted by DroidJason1 on Monday March 24, 2014 @07:00PM

DroidJason1 writes: WhiteHat Security Labs has built a browser, based on Chromium, touting it as the most secure and most private web browser out there. WhiteHat even believes that Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox are not secure no matter what new features or enhancements are made to them.

Submission + - For the fourth year running, Microsoft appears on World's Most Ethical Companies (winbeta.org)

Submitted by DroidJason1 on Sunday March 23, 2014 @03:31PM

DroidJason1 writes: The 2014 version of the World's Most Ethical Companies (WME) list features Microsoft for the fourth year running. Appearing, unsurprisingly, in the Computer Software category, Microsoft is recognized as one of the "companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business “ethically” and translate those words into action."

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