Archive for April 13th, 2007
Apr
13
System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as e-mail, documents, or photos.
System Restore uses a feature called System Protection to regularly create and save restore points on your computer. These restore points
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Apr
13
With the new Aero Theme Microsoft introduced 3D look to windows, something that Mac OS X users have had for quite a while. With Aero, the user can view the 3rd dimension of a window by flipping the window by pressing the Windows Logo key + TAB. The overall appearance of the Windows Vista desktop changed.
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Apr
13
In Business and Ultimate editions, these backups are accessible via the Previous Versions feature. In the two Home editions, the Previous Versions feature is turned off.
So, you don’t want Windows to waste CPU cycles and disk space backing up copies that you can’t get to? Fine. Move your data files to a separate volume, as
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Apr
13
Last night saw the migration of the Windows Live beta pages from ideas.live.com to get.live.com. While this move now provides a central location for all Windows Live services, it puts a question mark over how future Windows Live betas will be run.
To recap, Windows Live betas were previously run in several ways:
Managed betas -
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Apr
13
The WordPress Gadget for Windows Vista gives you easy access to your core Wordpress activities / blog directly from your Windows Vista sidebar or desktop. All you have to do is download, install the gadget and follow the instructions.
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Apr
13
Ray Ozzie has a long and storied history of technological innovation, with accomplishments that include creating Lotus Notes and founding Groove
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Apr
13
Many of you reading this may already know that Trimble Outdoors has partnered with Google to provide Google Earth viewers with GPS-based interactive hiking information. We’re very excited about being able to share all the great GPS content we’ve developed over the years and through partnerships with magazines including Backpacker,
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Apr
13
Google engineer Niniane Wang’s celebrity status peaked, as Anon in the forum notes – she now got her own fan video. Video after the jump.
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Apr
13
Friday the 13th being here, Rockstar Games has released a new trailer for the upcoming Manhunt 2 game, which is slated to be released for the PS2, PSP, and Nintendo Wii this summer. Video after the jump.
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Apr
13
Apple plans to launch new iPods featuring Wi-Fi during the second half of 2007, according to a report at DigiTimes, the same publication which first reported that Apple would be forced to push out Leopard's release until October.
In a brief posting, the Taiwanese rumor publicized cited "portable music player component makers" who say that Universal Scientific
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Apr
13
Cybercrooks are using a yet-to-be-patched security flaw in certain Windows versions to attack computers running the operating systems, Microsoft warned late Thursday.
The attacks target Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 systems through a hole in the Domain Name System, or DNS, service, Microsoft said in a security advisory. The attacks happen by sending rigged data
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Apr
13
Microsoft is taking tough measures to find out who leaked a CTP (Community Technology Preview) of Windows Home Server to The Hotfix.net blog after the software preview was posted on the site by a user named "Richard" soon after it was released to a small group of testers.
In a e-mail to testers obtained by the
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Apr
13
The seventh annual Report Card on Computer Security at Federal Departments and Agencies is out, and it looks like the federal government is slowly improving its computer security measures. Issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and covering all federal department and agencies, the report card gives the government as a whole a
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Apr
13
Microsoft has released a public hotfix patch to address a number of ASP.NET 2.0 compilation issues, according to Microsoft Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie. Writing on his blog April 11, Guthrie said the bugs occur for a number of reasons, "but the root cause usually is related to having projects structured with particular cross page
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Apr
13
If you haven't heard, Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003 is now available. In the final few months leading up to the RTM of Exchange 2007, we performed automated testing of Exchange 2007 with Windows 2003 SP2. Once Exchange 2007 was RTM, we continued to test. Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003
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Random From The Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
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