Archive for October 13th, 2007
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What does Windows, Windows Live, Internet Explorer, Home Server and Expression Blend all have in common? Believe it or not, PowerPoint played a role in the design process. The productivity application where you and I might just make slideshows is also becoming a popular prototyping tool inside Microsoft.At the “Expression around the
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Oct
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Magic Mail Monitor (MMM) is a free POP3 mail monitor with multiple accounts support. It sits silently in your system tray, and notifies you about new messages in your mailboxes. Then you can preview messages and delete unwanted mail in order to avoid spam and viruses.
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Claims made by Microsoft that Linux violates its software patent have not affected sales of Linux-based hardware, according to Michael Dell.Speaking to CNET News.com sister site ZDNet UK at a conference Thursday, Dell's chief executive said his company has seen Linux uptake for servers increase faster than Windows server products, despite Microsoft's claims.
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Oct
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In order to increase the usability of these files(exported Event Log (.evt) files from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 on a Windows Vista machine) within the Windows Vista Event Viewer, the best thing to do is convert them to the new Event
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Oct
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A controversial marketplace for security exploits and vulnerabilities said it has exceeded expectations with the submission of more than 150 vulnerabilities in its first two months of operations.
WabiSabiLabi encourages security researchers to sell their findings to vetted buyers. Herman Zampariolo, chief exec of WSLabi which runs the WabiSabiLabi marketplace, said that the quality of the
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Oct
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Here it is, straight from our super-secret inside source. A few things are now confirmed: the system will come with a composite cable, both the system and the controller are still white, and a Pac-Man and Uno game are coming with the system. Old news for us, but it's
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Oct
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A quick note regarding automatic update settings getting changed...We have been hearing some questions recently regarding Tuesday’s update release changing automatic updating settings. We have received some logs from customers, and have so far been able to determine that their AU settings were not changed by any changes to the AU client itself and
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Oct
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The November 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/11/default.aspx.
November brings our 2007 Security Issue, featuring a range of security related topics from code review best practices to tools you can use for testing your apps more
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Oct
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I noticed some posts on the SoftGrid Forums lately that could be addressed with some useful scripting with the .OSD files for a SoftGrid package. Scripting within .OSD files is a very powerful feature and can be used to solve or create workarounds for a vast number of situations. This is an excerpt of some
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Oct
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The Microsoft SQL Server JDBC team is proud to announce the general availability of the v1.2 RTW release. This release continues Microsoft's commitment to the JAVA community and non-Microsoft centric programming platforms. The driver can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/jdbc.
In this release we re-architected the communication stack resulting in significant performance and scalability improvements, as well
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Oct
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"Winning" can be a funny word. When it comes to the console wars, there's plenty of room for interpretation. Before Wii began rampaging through proverbial city streets like Godzilla, Nintendo was doing pretty poorly compared to its competition, but was profiting heavily on each console sold. A simple "most consoles sold" isn't always the criteria a
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Oct
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This post covers some other ways you can continually brainstorm new keyword ideas.
Google Trends: Have you tried Google Trends yet? As an advertiser, you can use Google Trends to look at the search volume for different keyword ideas. Perhaps a new medical procedure was introduced to your field -- you can use Google Trends to
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Oct
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In honor of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti's birthday, Google has replaced the "l" in their logo with with a cartoon Pavarotti singing (opera, one would assume, although maybe it's a Britney Spears cover). Pavarotti's Wikipedia has already been updated to note the honor. The Google logo links to a search for "Luciano Pavarotti", which returns
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Oct
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Just in time to my previous column if the Windows Mobile touchscreen interface is ready for single-hand use, the United States Patent and Trademark Office yesterday unveiled a patent which was given to Microsoft (Application Number: 11/765,684). Title of the patent: "Extensible Filtered Lists for Mobile Device User Interface" which is about systems and methods for
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Oct
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In a recent meeting between the Dutch Consumers’ Union (Consumentenbond) and Microsoft Netherlands, the consumer organization asked for free copies of Windows XP for members who were having problems with Vista. Microsoft, of course, refused.
The refusal has led Consumentenbond to call on consumers to explicitly ask for Windows XP when purchasing a
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Random From The Dutch Consumers Union asks for free copies of XP for Vista victims
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