Archive for January 21st, 2008
Jan
21
There are still two more weeks until Microsoft pushes its latest Internet Explorer 7 update to corporate users via its Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) patch mechanism.But this week — specifically on January 22 — Microsoft will make its Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight available via WSUS, as well as via Microsoft
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Jan
21
As a way to recognize the teams of talented developers who have together created over 112 games for Xbox LIVE Arcade, Microsoft will announce awards for the top XBLA games of 2007 later this year, with several award categories decided by the community. Fans of Xbox LIVE Arcade are invited to cast their votes
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Jan
21
Microsoft has lifted its ban on enabling Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium in virtual machine environments.The company announced on January 20 its decision to add the two new SKUs and planned to update its end-user license agreement to reflect the change. (Microsoft was planning on making the announcement at
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Jan
21
It started out on the social news website Reddit, where a link to a really slow SQL query was posted. While the Reddit users were trying to kill the RIAA server, someone allegedly decided to up the ante and wipe the site’s entire database. The comments on Reddit are only speculation so far. Based
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Jan
21
Data Evolution will use Windows CE to build a tablet PC designed for refrigerator door mounting. The "Clio Vu" PC will work with Whirlpool's already-shipping GD5VVAXT refrigerator, which boasts a door-mounted "centralpark" port suitable for DVD players, photo-frames, satellite radios, and other devices, according to Whirlpool.
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Jan
21
Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since 1996. The Apache project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for various modern desktop and server operating systems, such as UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible
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Jan
21
In February MSDN Subscriber Downloads will get biggest update experience yet. We’re making it a lot easier and faster to find your downloads and access your Product Keys, and we’re adding new features to help with exploring available content. Better organized - Easily find the exact download you’re looking for, with all product versions organized
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Jan
21
Software giant Microsoft made good on its promise to offer .Net Framework 3.5 source code this week, three months after Scott Guthrie, a general manager within the Microsoft Developer division, posted Microsoft's intent on his blog. The source code to classes such as System, IO, Windows.Forms, and others is now viewable from within Visual
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Jan
21
BrianMadden.com, reports that Microsoft will announce tomorrow that they are buying VDI vendor Calista Technologies. They will also announce an expanded partnership with Citrix where Citrix and Microsoft will jointly market their virtualization services.
Off-the-record rumors of a big acquistion by Microsoft next Tuesday (tomorrow) started circulating last week. Then today
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Jan
21
Just as Windows 7 will succeed Windows Vista, so will Office 14 be the next version of the Office System, designed to replace Office 2007. And just as Windows 7 is a product version rather than a codename, the same is the case for Office 14. Both product version references are an integer part of the
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Jan
21
Rakesh Maholtra, group program manager for Microsoft's SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager), says the company is building VM controls into its own technology - - controls that can manage VMware - - because Microsoft does a better job:
We feel strongly that with Hyper-V, our platform and our management tools
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Jan
21
More than 300 firms representing 2.8 million employees began migrating to Microsoft's collaboration and content management platform in the last six months of 2007, Microsoft Corp. announced on Monday.The number of users adopting Microsoft Outlook, Exchange Server and SharePoint Server, is up 164% from the prior year, said Microsoft, which claimed many
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Jan
21
Microsoft has made several resources and tools available for Solution developers create better solutions that run on Windows Server Operating systems. Some of them are listed below in this article.
1) Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility cookbook - Download this
The Cookbook covers the most common application compatibility issues and provides tips how to
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Jan
21
During the MacWorld SF, Apple has quietly seeded to developers a new build of the Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 update numbered 9C16. The seed-note lists an endless list of enhancements in almost any part of the system.
According to the seed-note, the update "focuses" (if we may call this focusing) on,
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Jan
21
The Blu-ray camp has responded to the rather dramatic HD DVD player price cut from last week this weekend: If you purchase certain LCD TV models, Sony and Sharp are throwing in a “free” Blu-ray player.
Price has not been one of the advantages of Blu-ray players so far, but it appears that Sony &
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Random From The Sony and Sharp offer free Blu-ray players
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The webOS App Catalog isn't quite as much of a bustling hive of activity as Apple's App Store, but it's going to change, as HP's - Nov25adCenter ‘pop-up’ box updates and offer more timely help
Microsoft adCenter released a design update to their "pop-up" box to make more helpful, with answers and information designed to move you quickly