Archive for October 5th, 2007
Oct
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A day after Microsoft rolled out a refresh of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 that no longer requires Windows Genuine Validation (WGA) checks, industry watchers are speculating as to why the company did so. The IE team, for its part, will say nothing more than what it posted on October 4 to the IE
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Oct
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JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.
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Oct
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Over the last several weeks after launching this blog we've had several logistical issues to deal with and I'm hoping all of those are now addressed so we can get on with what you've been asking for, some great content!! Initially I had named the blog hackers @ Microsoft? and tried to be pretty clear on
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Oct
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BitMeter 2 is a bandwidth meter, it allows you to visually monitor your internet connection by displaying a scrolling graph that shows your upload and download speed over time.
BitMeter is freeware - ie. it is given away completely free of charge, there is no trial period, no time-limited features, no spyware, and no adware, guaranteed.
Website
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Oct
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Next week may begin a test of non-English Internet addresses, enabling local users to create Web pages and domains. If successful, non-English top-level domains, such as ".com" or ".net", could be used by the finish of 2008. ICANN, the group charged with Internet names, said they will test domains in Arabic, Persian, simplified and traditional Chinese,
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Oct
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Redistributable package for Games for Windows - LIVE v1.1. Upgrades the version of Games for Windows - LIVE on a user's machine from version 1.0 to version 1.1.
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Oct
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Sun Microsystems has issued patches for several vulnerabilities in its Java Runtime Environment that leave users on Windows, Linux and Solaris wide open. By our count, there are 11 separate vulnerabilities plaguing versions 6, 5, 1.4 and 1.3 of the JRE, Sun said on its security blog. Miscreants could use the "highly critical"
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Oct
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Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo 3 console - Personally signed by Bill Gates (with letter of authenticity). All proceeds going to The Boys & Girls Clubs of King County.
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Oct
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Test any website in real-time and see if it is accessible from China. The Golden Shield Project (a.k.a. Great Firewall of China) is owned by the Government of China (MPS) and started in 1998. The system blocks content by preventing IP addresses from being routed through and consists of standard firewall and proxy servers at
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Oct
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A cut price PlayStation 3 (PS3) with a smaller hard drive and no backwards compatibility with previous consoles goes on sale later this month.
The £299 PS3 has a 40-gigabyte hard disk and will be released in Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. Sony has also slashed the price of the 60GB model, from £425 to
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Oct
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The system that hosts the MSDN and TechNet Subscriber Downloads content will be unavailable intermittently over this weekend for a database upgrade.
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Oct
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File management utility and image viewer. The program has an effective split screen interface with two directory views or a directory view and a file viewer.
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Oct
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Please share with anyone with a stake in PerformancePoint Server. The beta exam 71-556 (TS: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, Application Development) is open now through October 19 at Prometric. If you don't know much about betas, read this or this first.
Registration Information
You must register at least 24 hours prior to taking the
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Oct
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Spy: This morning I received an email from the Connect team advising that the Windows XP SP3 Beta program has been expanded to include those already in the Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Beta trials.
The actual file name for the beta hasn't changed any since Bink reported his results back in August.
So it seems
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Oct
5
Microsoft Security Bulletin 1
- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack
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Random From The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2007
- Apr30How to use Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) to create nice media experience
Tim Heuer demos how to use Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) to create nice media experience akin to what has been demonstrated through 2010 Winter Olympics - May23i3D: Head-tracking iOS App: Glasses-free Monocular 3D Arrives at App Store
You can now try out the technology that made a lot of noise and popularized the concept of tracking the user's head movement in order - Apr18Video: White Tron iPad
Here comes the 3rd-party lighting accessories -- Tron iPad -- a white iPad and a bright LED light. - Mar08Fast Society for iOS and Android Devices Update Released
Fast Society pushed out a completely revamped iPhone app and an Android app will be coming out late as well.The app is a vast - Nov26Live Search Webmaster Center Fall Update – Added Malware protection and more!
Live Search Webmaster Tools have released a new fall update that shipped with several new features: Crawl Issues tool updated with Malware protection: As