Archive for September 12th, 2007
Sep
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Right now there is no easy way to tell who is using Entourage, RPC/HTTP (Outlook Anywhere), Exchange ActiveSync, or OWA with what frequency. I have found Logparser to be very helpful in answering a lot of these questions. The tool is a bit intimidating to get started but once you get the hang of modifying some
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Sep
12
Microsoft has won a patent for a digital-watermarking technology that could be used to protect the rights of content owners even when digital music is distributed without DRM protection. The technology, called "stealthy audio watermarking," inserts and detects watermarks in audio signals that can identify the content producer, "providing a signature that is embedded in the
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Sep
12
Just wanted to remind you all that the Live Meeting service is in for a major upgrade. It’s a very exciting new release with big improvements to help make your meetings more engaging and productive.
As an XML API developer you need to be prepared for the migration. We are still using version 4 of the
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Sep
12
Bill Gates has left the building – almost. In July 2008, the self-made billionaire will make his final exit from Microsoft. Gates will focus on his philanthropic activities, and his role will be taken over and shared by two Microsoft veterans: Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie. Ozzie will be Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, looking after technical
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Sep
12
While Nvidia remains quite dominant in the high-end segment, a much larger battle has taken place to offer the best mainstream graphics product. Currently the two leading mainstream cards are the Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS and the ATI Radeon HD 2600XT, both of which are priced well under $200.
Today we will be comparing these two mid-range
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Sep
12
P-I reporter John Cook has an interesting post from the Zino Zillionaire Investment Forum, where Bob Herbold, the former Microsoft chief operating officer, spoke today. Herbold discussed themes from his latest book, "Seduced by Success: How the Best Companies Survive the 9 Traps of Winning." An excerpt from John's post:
Interestingly, the former Microsoft executive
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Sep
12
BizTalk enables you to connect .NET applications and infrastructure with your non .NET applications and platforms, as well as those of your partners.
Regardless of the size of your organization, you need best-in-class infrastructure. BizTalk Server 2006 R2 delivers enterprise-class infrastructure. Through BizTalk Server 2006 R2, Microsoft delivers the tools to connect both proprietary and standards-based systems.
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Sep
12
Microsoft could be preparing one last special color for the Zune before it's replaced with a new model, an image in Target's weekly flyer suggests. The September 9-15 issue of the ad shows a cobalt-like blue version of the 30GB player in the same design as previous
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Sep
12
Mozilla has posted mock-ups of Places, one of the most-awaited new features in the upcoming Firefox 3.0, on its Web site.
As part of the weekly Firefox 3.0 status update that Mozilla posts to a wiki, the open source developer included screenshots of Places Organizer, the interface users will see later this year or early next
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Sep
12
Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell® Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Announced last fall as part of Microsoft and Novell’s groundbreaking collaboration agreement, the opening of the lab delivers on a promise the two companies made to work together to create a joint development facility at which Microsoft
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Sep
12
In 45 days, Intel will open its first high-volume facility for building chips that use a 45-nanometer manufacturing process.
The facility, called Fab 32, is a new one built in Chandler, Ariz., spokesman Nick Knupffer said in an interview here at the VMworld conference. Most of Intel's current chips are built with a process that permits 65-nanometer
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Sep
12
Microsoft has launched a developer community for Windows Live at viawindowslive.com. Via Windows Live has a gallery where you can show off your mashups, articles on using various Live APIs and tools (like Virtual Earth maps, Silverlight, Messenger add-ins, Live Search API, Live ID,
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Sep
12
The folks over at iPhone Dev Wiki posted a free SIM unlock tool for the iPhone. Similar to the other solutions, this software-only solution should allow you to SIM unlock your iPhone, allowing to use any GSM cell phone carrier. In the U.S. this limits your alternative choice to T-Mobile (over AT&T), but in other countries,
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Sep
12
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Server Performance Advisor (or SPA for short) is a simple but robust tool that helps administrators diagnose the root causes of performance problems in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 deployment. Actually, SPA is in fact a cool network monitor and performance monitor wrapped into one package so that you can correlate which
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Sep
12
Steve Lombardi posted today on the Virtual Earth / Live Maps blog with a request for help:
For our next release we have some pretty neat Collection enhancements coming and could use your help right now in preparation. Helping is easy! All I need you to do
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Random From The Windows Live Maps: Create a collection to help the team
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