Archive for the June, 2007
Jun
25
Techcrunch reports that Google is about to acquire GrandCentral, a service that links all your phone numbers and gives you a new number with additional features:* Check your messages by phone, email, or online* Keep all your messages online for eternity* Record and store your phone calls (just like voicemail)*
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
12
The keynote is now up and available for QuickTime streaming on Apple's website. If Apple follows its usual MO, a downloadable version should be available shortly on iTunes.
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil and demo Leopard features in his World Wide Developer Conference keynote address from San Francisco's Moscone West. See the video-on-demand (VOD) event
Comments Off - Posted by DG
Jun
24
TMCnet want to keep you covered with their lengthy review of Redmond's five-camera foray into the teleconferencing game, which, as part of Microsoft's Unified Communications Platform, will probably be seeing a lot of action this year. Here’s what they say:
Microsoft Office RoundTable is a very cool
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
26
Microsoft is the last company in the world you would expect to offer advice on how to download and deploy software requiring Windows Genuine Advantage validation on a system that will not pass WGA verification. And yet again, this won't be the only example of the Redmond company sabotaging its own fight against software piracy. As
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
1
Shortly after the release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, the newest version of Windows Mobile – Windows Mobile 6 was released. Formerly codenamed Crossbow, this release contains a number of enterprise ready features designed to work natively with Exchange Server 2007 to provide a robust mobile experience. In this post I'll provide an overview of the
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
19
Thousands of Web sites have fallen victim to an attack using just one line of code that maliciously re-directs browsers via Javascript to servers that are hosting a variety of drive-by exploits. Multiple browsers and operating systems are affected by this code if not correctly patched.
Once installed, the new software can then be used to steal
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
26
The videos, from the lads at symbian-guru.com and intomobile.com, highlights, in a funny way, some of the reasons why the N95 might be considered superior to the iPhone. Videos after the jump.
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
20
Farhan Thawar, the Live Search Program Manager on his blog has posted this nice little gem, watch after the jump.
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
1
Point & Print is a Windows feature that enables users to connect to a shared printer without the need to manually install the necessary printer driver software. Point & Print automatically downloads and installs the required printer drivers when a user connects to a shared printer. It also updates the printer driver on the client computer
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
8
Early adopters of Microsoft's new Vista operating system are reporting problems with its implementation of IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's primary protocol. IPv6 supports a 128-bit addressing scheme, which lets it support an order-of-magnitude more devices that are directly connected to the Internet than its predecessor, IPv4. IPv6 also has autoconfiguration, end-to-end security and
Comments Off - Posted by DG
Jun
20
Category Access Wordpress 2 plugin allows the blog maintainer to restrict access to posts belonging to particular categories on a user-by-user basis.
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
28
Wireless carrier AT&T said Wednesday it plans to limit iPhone sales at its retail stores to 'one per person' on Friday -- the first day the eagerly sought Apple handset is due to go on sale nationwide.
"With iPhone arriving June 29th at 6 p.m. in AT&T retail stores, the
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
18
The Web Client Software Factory provides an integrated set of guidance that assists architects and developers in creating composite Web client applications. The application blocks, software factory includes reference implementation, how tos, patterns, and Visual Studio .NET extensions.
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
26
Our source from inside the the hallowed halls of Microsoft gave us some fresh leaks on the next generation Zune. He indicated the codename is "Scorpio", big brother to the flash based Zune code named "Draco". The source indicated the storage capacity is 80GB for Scorpio. We challenged that and asked if he was sure there
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jun
21
Retailers are claiming that Microsoft has had to handle a failure rate of over 30% with their Xbox 360 console. More than 100 consumers have written to SmartHouse complaining of either poor service from Microsoft or total failure of their gaming console. One consumer was even given back a refurbished unit in exchange for their original
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Random From The Massive Failure Rate For Xbox 360 Exposed
- Apr11CityHash Family of Hash Functions Launches with ‘CityHash64 and CityHash128′ Functions by Google
Google CityHash family of hash functions for strings today released with two functions today: CityHash64 and CityHash128. "They hash strings to 64- and 128-bit hash - Jan17Misconceptions about Laptop encryption may put data at risk, Ponemon study
The laptop encryption study, conducted by Ponemon Institute, found that many workers think the data on their encrypted PCs is safe, but that their - Oct28Flickr Sign Up Adds Google Account Support with OpenID
Flickr's introducing OpenID to make it faster and easier to sign-up for new accounts by letting you use one identity across multiple websites. So starting - May31Lync Contextual Data: Passing an Image File – Part 3 [Video]
In the video presentation below, you will learn how to pass an image file as contextual data in a Lync conversation. - May06Proof of Concept (PoC) Jumpstart Kit v2.0 for Windows 7 Available for Free Download
The PoC Jumpstart provides resources to deploy a desktop PoC with Windows 7, Office 2010, Internet Explorer 8, and Application Virtualization with Microsoft Desktop Optimization
