Archive for August 23rd, 2007
Aug
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This Ajah Wordpress plugin caps the number of comments shown on any post to 50, which makes the post load much more faster, especially if the number of comments comes close to 1000. Above the latest comments there is a message with a link, with which you can load all comments. No page reload is needed, the comments are simply inserted into the page.
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Aug
23
Worldwide sales of the Nintendo Wii have already surpassed the total number of Xbox 360s sold since Microsoft’s console was launched, according to VG Chartz.
According to the study, total Wii units sold stand at 10.6 million, slightly more than the Xbox 360's estimated 10.5 million. Since its release, the Wii has outsold 360 by a
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Aug
23
WP-Contact puts a contact form in your sidebar. you can read and reply to message in the admin area under the manage tab! This plugin is widget ready.
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Aug
23
Limelight Networks Inc. Thursday said it entered a technology and services agreement with Microsoft Corp., under which Limelight will help improve the performance of Internet delivery of media content and online services, including video, music, games, software and social media, across Microsoft's Internet properties.
The Tempe, Ariz., provider of content-delivery network services and Microsoft will cross-license certain
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Aug
23
The official orkut blog has announced about the rolling out of a brand new look for the always-look-the-same social network.
Today we're announcing our latest improvement to the site: an updated look! Just as you change your profile picture to keep with the times, we're updating the look of orkut. The change isn't live
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Aug
23
Live is an amazing wordpress plugin that is more than a simple blog statistics plugin. This is your best time-killer and a tool through which you can track every single activity taking place on or around your blog. You can watch and scan through your blog activity in real time. This plugin will tell you everything
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Aug
23
The Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack update is an update to the previously released System Center Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack with System Center Operations Manager 2007 RTM.
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Aug
23
As time goes on, you will see more references to WinRM, especially with Windows Server 2008. Windows 2003 R2 had a form of WinRM that has now been updated to support the WS-Management industry standard.
Who should be interested in this? People that manage servers remotely and need a firewall friendly protocol to use. People that
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Aug
23
Global music piracy robs the United States of $12.5 billion in economic output and more than 71,000 jobs annually, according to a new study out this week.
The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) released a report Tuesday stating that U.S. workers lose $2.7 billion in earnings to music piracy. The study is one in a series to
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Aug
23
I just noticed a set of steps that have been posted on the Windows Installer team blog that can be used to sign up for the Windows Installer 4.5 beta. If you are interested in trying out this beta and haven't signed up yet, I encourage you to check out http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2007/08/21/walkthrough-for-signing-up-for-windows-installer-4-5-beta.aspx for more
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Aug
23
Some very quick info that we came across regarding the latest release of Vista SP1 to testers. As Mary Jo Foley previously reported, Microsoft have indeed made the latest build of Vista SP1 (6001.16633) available as a standalone update file to testers.
Build: 6.0.6001.16633 (longhorn.070803-1655)
Filename: windows6.0-kb936330-x86.exe
Size: 684MB
Surprisingly, the update
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Aug
23
ESET has released a new beta version of ESET Smart Security beta 2 and introduced a stand-alone antivirus ESET NOD32 Antivirus (beta 2).Both products can be downloaded from ESET's web site:Eset Smart Security Beta 2:
32-bit version: http://download1.eset.com/special/es...s_nt32_ENU.msi64-bit version: http://download1.eset.com/special/es...s_nt64_ENU.msi
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Aug
23
India overtook the U.S. in the second quarter to become Nokia's second-largest market, reflecting the rapid growth of mobile phone use in the country. China remained Nokia's biggest market worldwide.
The Indian market has been growing at a fast pace. The country added 7.3 million cellphone subscribers in June, taking the total to 185.1 million, according to
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Aug
23
The market for video games is expected to expand by 50 percent over the next four years as it extends beyond hard-core gamers, the chief executive of French video game publisher Ubisoft said on Wednesday.
"There are so many new customers to the business; this is going to grow the market tremendously. I expect the market to
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Aug
23
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK contains conceptual overviews, “How Do I…?” programming tasks, developer tools, code samples, references, and an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) starter kit to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 SDK is designed for solution providers, independent software vendors,
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Random From The SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit
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