Archive for September 4th, 2007
Sep
4
Corel said Tuesday that it had created a new module for its WordPerfect Lightning product that would allow users to import the information they have collected into Microsoft Office, and vice versa.
Lightning was first introduced in February as a free compact version of its regular word processing product and is only 16MB in total size.
The program
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Sep
4
Joost has reportedly acquired OnTheToob, which is a programming guide keeping users up to date on Joost’s Internet television shows.
Created by a Joost beta user, there are pre-determined RSS feeds as well as customized channels and RSS feeds for Joost’s 238 channels and 10,000+ programs. It’s speculated that OnTheToob’s deal with Joost will result in
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Sep
4
Yahoo Inc. was named a "top pick" at Bear Stearns & Co., which said shares of the most-visited U.S. Web site may rise on speculation it will be acquired by companies such as Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft, the world's biggest software company, may be willing to offer as much as $40 a share, 76 percent above Yahoo's last
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Sep
4
Mono is a comprehensive open source development platform based on the .NET framework that allows IT and ISV developers to build Linux and cross-platform applications with unprecedented productivity. Mono's .NET implementation is based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Infrastructure.
Mono has the following other editions available: Mono for Mac OS X and
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Sep
4
The AdSense blog has announced the launch of Inside AdSense: AdSense 中文 No Comments » - Posted by DG
Sep
4
MediaMonkey is an easy-to-use music manager and media jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and includes an intelligent tag editor and an automated file and directory
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Sep
4
Previously, streaming WMP files in Firefox was impossible. As of yesterday, Microsoft released the plugin to 3rd-party browsers that will allow Windows Media Player to be streamed on browsers other than IE.
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Sep
4
One of the greatest things you’ll find on Windows Vista is it’s answer to the iCal, Windows Calendar. Unlike many other desktop calendars, Windows Calendar allows you to subscribe to various types of calendars such as Google Calendar and receive updates. This is great if you prefer Windows Calendar over other calendars but still want to
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Sep
4
Tony Ruscoe, over at blogoscoped has disabled GDrive on his account by changing the value of the service parameter in Google Apps to “www10”.
What I discovered today was that Google Apps accounts allow you to change the query string parameter on the page where you can disable services. By changing the “service” parameter, I was given the
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Sep
4
Microsoft announced Monday a 20-euro cut in the price of its HD DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360 gaming console, dealing a new blow to the rival Blu-ray disc system.
The blue-laser high-definition-disc drives are to retail in Europe for 180 euros (244 dollars). (I paid 199 US Dollars 6 months ago at BestBuy, now
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Sep
4
Each day millions of people repeat the same searches. Wouldn't it be good if we could harness all this communal effort? Trexy is a web search tool that adds a social connotation to the science of searching. Trexy lets users follow search trails of users over 4000 of the
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Sep
4
California's data breach law has forced organisations to take data security seriously -- and has given consumers the tools to protect themselves against fraud, according to one of the architects of the legislation.
The law -- known as SB 1386 -- obliges Californian state agencies or businesses to disclose data security breaches to residents if their unencrypted
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Sep
4
The Speech Components Group (the team I work on) just created a new team blog for all things Speech @ Microsoft.
This is the spot that people in my team that don't have their own blog will answer questions we get from the community, and where we'll let you all know about the neat new things our
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Sep
4
The post on BlackHatSEODiary about the continuous blog spamming of Technorati based upon the public publishing of their top searches, discusses the scandalous Argentine model Wanda Nara hitting the Top Searches List at Technorati and how bloggers, especially sploggers are monitoring these search terms and instantly publishing posts which appear in the Technorati Tag pages for these
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Sep
4
Here's a list of the new SoftGrid Knowledge Base articles that published between August 19th and August 25th. Options that provide encrypted connections between SoftGrid desktop clients and SoftGrid virtual application servers.
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Random From The SoftGrid: New Knowledge Base Articles for 8/19 through 8/25
- Dec30ASP.NET Out of Band Security Update Now Available for Download
Microsoft has issued to patch the vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain - Dec09Introducing Google Web Security for Enterprise
Google Web Security for Enterprise, protects organizations of all sizes against web malware attacks and enables the safe, productive use of the web, without incurring - Jul17Blu-ray Association Disputes HD DVD Claims
Here we go again, get ready for the latest round in the high-def format war. The Blu-ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee is upset with - Jan07Video: Microsoft Campus Tours ‘Dining On Campus’
Microsoft Campus Tours - Dining On Campus - Mar23Video: Working With SQL Aure Using ASP.NET MVC3 and Entity Framework
In this quick 10 minute video, you'll get an understanding of how to work with SQL Azure using .NET to create a web application. The