Archive for January 17th, 2008
Jan
17
Microsoft has made available as a free download the Software Development Kit for Syndicated Client Experiences Starter Kit & Reader. The SDK is designed to permit building applications similar to the New York Times reader introduced in late 2006 for Windows Vista users.
The Syndicated
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Jan
17
Hyper-V introduces the concept of virtual machine snapshots, which can be created in the Hyper-V Manager (by selecting a virtual machine and selecting Snapshot from the Action menu or panel) and in the Virtual Machine Connection window (by clicking on the snapshot button in the toolbar or by opening the Action menu and selecting Snapshot...).
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Jan
17
Secunia has found that the number of security bugs in the open source Red Hat Linux operating system and Firefox browsers far outstripped comparable products from Microsoft last year.In a report released this week, Secunia also criticized CA for the quality of the code in its anti-virus products, saying that "inherent" code
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Jan
17
The team behind the Storm Worm certainly doesn't miss any excuse to shovel their malware into the tubes. Both Christmas and New Year's saw the appearance of new appropriately themed Storm variants, and it appears the little darling is on its way with a Valentine message as well.
As reported by the SANS Internet
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Jan
17
While the value of the MacBook Air might be up for debate, the $99 price of the portable USB SuperDrive that can be purchased as an add-on is not. However, those of us thinking we might be able to pick up a nice travel-sized SuperDrive on the cheap will have
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Jan
17
Think you have the next big novel? So do the hundreds of writers vying in a contest at Amazon.com.
The online retailer and some of its most prolific reviewers have picked 836 semifinalists from 5,000 entries to compete for a coveted book deal with Penguin Group, including a $25,000 advance.
Now, Amazon hopes readers will download
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Jan
17
During the Keynote, Steve Jobs compared the Macbook Air to Sony's TZ ultraportable, implying it had a small keyboard and screen, was too thick, and was not that good.
Here's what Sony thinks of the Apple MacBook Air:
Mike Abary, senior vice president of VAIO product marketing, thought the engineering to get
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Jan
17
Six months after unveiling its Security Solutions competency and a $50 million dollar investment in marketing, sales and training to support its Forefront security product line, Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) says the moves are paying dividends.
More than 1,100 partners have joined Security Solutions competency since Microsoft unveiled it last July at its Worldwide Partner Conference,
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Jan
17
It's always nice to have a few throwaway stats about Windows Vista that you can give to someone when you are combating someone who believes that XP is "good enough" for them. I'd like to share a few with you over the coming weeks and I'll start with a new page on www.windowsvista.com that has
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Jan
17
Each year, Microsoft recognises partners who have delivered exemplary solutions built on Microsoft technologies. Awards are presented to winning partners at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, this year in Houston, Texas, from July 7-10th, 2008. (Conference info here).Why you should apply for an award — Award winners and finalists benefit
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Jan
17
It’s possible to get a pretty nice desktop or laptop for $699 but there is another possibility. FlipStart, which makes an UMPC equipped with either Windows Vista Business or XP is now 50% off it’s original price.The FlipStart PC 1.0 is a small ultra portable PC that features a 1.1GHz Pentium-M
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Jan
17
It's finally here - the launch of the .NET Reference Source project. This post (hopefully!) contains everything you need to know. Over the past few weeks, we ran a pilot of this feature and collected lots of great data that helped us work through some issues and understand where people were likely to have problems.
First,
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Jan
17
Yahoo! Inc. a leading global Internet company, today announced its support for the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework for all 248 million active registered Yahoo! users worldwide. OpenID, an open framework based on proven Internet technologies,
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Jan
17
Dell’s Tablet PC is finally here. After years of wild rumoring and enthusiastic anticipation, the Latitude XT is Dell’s first bet in the ever-bleak Tablet PC industry. Whilst Dell didn’t deliver what everyone have hoped for - the cheapest tablet PC - they did however
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Jan
17
The February issue explores the theme of "extensions" -- extending language support, extending tools, extending applications with new technologies...
In our lead article (Roll Your Own: Create a Language Compiler for the .NET Framework), Joel Pobar takes you on a tour of the inner workings of the CLR and demonstrates how you can build your
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Random From The MSDN Magazine February 2008
- Nov25Webkeysoft Process Manager 2.0
Webkeysoft Process Manager allows you to view all processes currently running on your computer, as well as their dependencies and an option to close or - Oct05Duke Nukem Forever Demoed On Xbox 360 [Video]
In Amsterdam this past weekend, Gearbox showed off a live demo of Duke Nukem Forever. The demo was played on the Xbox 360 and began - Jul29Google and CIA invest in Real-time Web Monitoring company
The In-Q-Tel (CIA investment firm) and Google are both backing a company "Recorded Future," that scours tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts - Oct01IE8 Beta2: Tab Grouping (tab color)
This post discuss the new Tab Grouping feature (tab color!) in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. The idea behind tab grouping is that - Jan19Doodle 4 Google 2012 for K-12 Launches, Offers $30,000 College Scholarship and a $50,000 Technology Grant
Google in the United Stated begin inviting K-12 students to participate in its fifth annual U.S. "Doodle 4 Google" contest. "The theme for this year's