Archive for August 29th, 2007
Aug
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One of the new and improved features of the soon to be released Windows Server 2008 is that we now have the ability to perform enhanced multicasting when deploying OS images right out of the box.
The new Windows Deployment Services (WDS) will now support an enhanced multicast feature which will allow you to multicast
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Aug
29
Apple's share of the laptop market is growing -- the company now sells more than one in every six laptops purchased in the United States, a research firm said today.
"Apple's definitely up," said Stephen Baker, an analyst at Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD Group. "Their sales are continuing to grow faster than the rest of the marketplace."
NPD,
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Aug
29
Usually a hardware upgrade isn't required for a new operating system. Yet if you are planning to upgrade Microsoft Windows XP to Microsoft Windows Vista, it's almost impossible to avoid a PC overhaul.
Aside from things like the speed of your processor (minimum 800MHz), and using a videocard that supports Vista's sublime Aeroglass graphical interface (DirectX 9),
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Aug
29
At Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando, Florida, I was able to get some time with Erik Ashby, Group Program Manager, to record a quick interview around tools from Microsoft that are available to migrate from 3rd party email systems to Exchange Server 2007.
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Aug
29
This is Web Office Week here at Read/WriteWeb, but some of you may not be 100% sure what a Web Office is. Even the Wikipedia definition is a bit bare bones, so in this post I'm going to take a crack at defining 'Web Office'. What I ended up with is this:A
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Aug
29
One of the hot new features introduced with Windows 95 was the Windows Registry. The Windows Registry offered a centralized database-like location to store application and system settings. No more plain text .INI files splattered all over your system. Instead, issue a few easy API calls and your
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Aug
29
The Windows Vista Team Blog has announced Windows Vista SP1 Beta, which is available on beta in two weeks time. Nick from the Windows Vista Team Blog has all the details on his post. There's also a whitepaper available here which discusses SP1 in lots of detail.
So what did Nick say? Here is the post summary:
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Aug
29
As the date draws near for the first round of discussions before the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on the topic of adopting Microsoft's Office Open XML format, allegations have arisen that Microsoft may have used influential tactics to sway the outcomes of recommendation votes in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
Indications from voting members attending yesterday's meeting
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Aug
29
The MacBU is excited to announce a new user-generated community site, Art of Office. Art of Office is a place for people to submit artistic and/or useful content made using Office applications (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint).
Whether it’s creating pixel art using Excel (a la our Post-it Notes) developing an animated short story
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Aug
29
As mentioned on the Office Communications Server team blog:
Download three preview chapters from Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, by Jeremy Buch, Rui Maximo, and Jochen Kunert with the Microsoft Office Communications Server Team (from Microsoft Press).
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Aug
29
AjaxRain.com, the site dedicated to aggregating Ajax, JavaScript and RIA controls & libraries, has got a nice facelift alongwith some much needed features. On top of that, they continue to post controls at an amazing rate with 638 submissions at last count.
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Aug
29
A video showing the founder of a Belfast, Northern Ireland, company unlocking the iPhone hit the Web early Wednesday U.K. time as proof that software exists that can unlock Apple Inc.'s device for use with carriers other than AT&T Inc. Video after the jump.
In the six-minute video, posted on the iphoneunlocking.com blog, John McLaughlin, founder
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Aug
29
With over 300,000 downloads of Beta 3 already under our belt, there is a lot of excitement here in Redmond as we get closer to our release candidate milestone for Windows Server 2008.
Customers and partners are very impressed with what they see, and the number of servers deployed in real production environments at our Technology Adoption
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Aug
29
Has Creative capitulated to Apple and iTunes? If its new player is any indication, that answer may be yes.
Creative's newest Zen player is the first from the company to support AAC music and iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes Music Store, the company said. In addition, it includes
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Aug
29
MSI has announced its new NX8600GT Twin Turbo, which uniquely features dual video BIOSes, each containing different core and memory clock settings. Users can switch between the two clock speed profiles with the press of a turbo button placed on the metal expansion bracket above the DVI ports. With the stock speed profile, the NX8600GT Twin
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