Microsoft updates OneNote for Windows 8.1 with new features

Currently, Microsoft’s only Office application that’s available as a full Modern UI app is OneNote. Microsoft last updated the app for Windows 8 in July and today, the company released a new version that adds quite a few new and useful features. As described on the Office blog, the new OneNote app takes advantage of some of …

Microsoft: Office 365 Message Encryption coming in early 2014

Business users of Office 365 will be able to access a new feature in early 2014 made to offer more secure communications with folks outside a company. Microsoft’s new service is Office 365 Message Encryption, a newly renamed version of the older Exchange Hosted Encryption that will include some new features for Office 365 subscribers. …

Nokia shareholders approve sale of devices business to Microsoft

Nokia shareholders met today at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on whether or not to accept the terms of the company’s proposed sale of its devices and services business to Microsoft. The deal, which was first announced in September, is worth €5.44bn EUR ($7.35bn USD / £4.57bn GBP), and also includes provisions for …

Microsoft adds new features to Lync

Microsoft’s Lync desktop client, which added two-factor authentication in its last major update, has a new version to download today. This update adds quite a few new features to Microsoft’s business-themed messaging software. – See more at: http://www.apache.com.au/index.php?option=com_lyftenbloggie&view=lyftenbloggie#sthash.qMaj2sVV.dpuf

Microsoft warns of targeted attacks on Windows Vista, Lync, Office, and more

In a rare out-of-schedule security advisory, Microsoft has posted word that it has become aware of targeted attacks on a newly found exploit that affects many of its currently supported software programs. They include Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Office 2003 through 2010, and all supported versions of Microsoft Lync. In a blog post …