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Microsoft to overhaul UAC in Windows 7

Microsoft has admitted that its User Account Control (UAC) tool is a nuisance for Windows Vista users, and has promised to overhaul the security feature in Windows 7.

Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of development for Microsoft's Windows Core Operating System Division, said on the Engineering Windows 7 blog that UAC is one of the "most controversial" Vista features, and that it plans to make prompts displayed by the tool "more informative" in future.

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Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud

Recently Paul Maritz, an ex-Microsoft executive and current president of VMware, said the traditional server operating system was obsolete. Rob Kelly, Microsoft's corporate vice president of infrastructure server marketing, discusses the future of the OS and cloud-based services.

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Analysts: Mobile social networking next big thing

Mobile social networking and the way mobile phones are used looks set to become an important tool in the workplace, say industry analysts.

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WiMax on the ocean waves

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