Archive for January 3rd, 2008
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This cumulative update for SoftGrid v4.1 SP1 provides the latest updates to SoftGrid v4.1 SP1. In addition to stability improvements, this update contains the following changes:
• Improvements to package upgrade when importing upgraded sequencings into the SoftGrid Server Management Console Snap-in.• Improvements to package downgrade operation.• Improvements to nonpaged pool usage when sequencing
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Jan
3
Asus, the Taiwanese computer maker, will come out with a notebook that sports two 500GB hard drives from Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. Combined, this will give a fully configured Asus M70 notebook a terabyte of storage.
Put another way, the notebook will be capable of storing 1,000 hours of video, or more than 350 feature
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Jan
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The Microsoft 3 Comments » - Posted by DG
Jan
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I’ve been presenting talks on Windows Vista kernel changes since TechEd US in the summer of 2006 and one of the features I cover in the session is ReadyBoost, a write-through disk caching technology that can potentially improve system performance by leveraging flash media as a disk cache. I explain ReadyBoost in depth in my TechNet
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Jan
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Ever wondered how Exchange Server evolved over the years? And how come Exchange Server 2007 shows "8.0" as its version number? Here is a brief history of time... it might add a bit to the known history!
First Exchange proof of concept was in the early 90's. Development team usage only.
Mercury - we couldn't get Exchange
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Jan
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Firefox 2.0 has a vulnerability that can leave its users susceptible to an identity theft attack, according to Aviv Raff, a security researcher based in Israel.
Raff outlined a bug in Firefox that allows spoofing and enables an attacker “to conduct phishing attacks, by tricking the user to believe that the authentication dialog box is from
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Jan
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With everyone becoming a producer in the YouTube age, self-branding ("The Brand Called You") has evolved from a fancy to a necessity. Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame have shrunk to five seconds of micro-fame, and in the contained public arena of social networks amateur paparazzi -- thanks to the viral nature of
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Jan
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Just before year's end, ICANN/IANA sent out a short message saying that "on 4 February 2008, IANA will add AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of the four root servers whose operators have requested it." The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is mostly responsible for the global Domain Name System, the
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Jan
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One of the common questions I get from customers is a need to quantify the total cost of ownership between Windows Mobile and Blackberry (or other) environments.
We've actually just made available a tool to help quantify the TCO of both environments. The tool has been built by Alinean, Inc. who are a leading expert in
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Jan
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The IT Infrastructure Library has evolved from focusing on functions in its first version, to processes in its second version, and now No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jan
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Virtualization is an important technology that most every infrastructure should be taking advantage of. It reduces hardware dependence by essentially creating a hardware abstraction layer. But while the deployment of virtual systems doesn't have to be different than the deployment of physical systems, there are some good reasons for why you should
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Jan
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Microsoft is charging its MSN Premium users for services that are being made available for free to other users! suddenly made its way out, and a discussion has blown up on the issue. Ina Friend points out, a large number of users get MSN Premium included as part of a their internet
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Jan
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Do you want to win a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate? Ok so follow the link below to be in with a chance to pick up a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate. I'll be picking the winner randomly at the end of January - so make sure you get your answers in!
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Jan
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The data corruption bug you No Comments » - Posted by DG
Jan
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Microsoft has termed the concept behind this transformation: 2 Comments » - Posted by DG
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