Archive for February 1st, 2008


Feb 1

Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Series Presentations

A series of presentations on Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility delivered at the world-wide Microsoft Technology Centers.
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Feb 1

FuturixImager 5.9 Beta 2a

FuturixImager is compact and customizable image viewer. It is capable of opening more then 50 graphical formats, including most popular ones (GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, JPEG2000, raw, DNG). Imager can also print, scan, perform basic editing operations, make screenshots, show camera metadata, import raw camera photos, generate histograms, and much more. Download FuturixImager, Image Viewer, Beta,
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Feb 1

Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft
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Feb 1

Microsoft HealthVault Connection Center 1.2 Beta

HealthVault Connection Center is a utility you can use with your HealthVault account to add data to your Health Records from health and fitness devices such as heart-rate monitors and blood pressure monitors. When you use it, data from your device is imported into your computer and then uploaded to HealthVault. You can view the data
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Feb 1

Advanced PowerShell

At ITForum, I had a blast giving the session: Advanced Windows PowerShell Scripting.  In previous conferences, I tried to have talks that everyone could come to and get something out of.  That worked well a the beginning but I began to get feedback that beginners didn't like it when we went deep and advanced
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Feb 1

Microsoft & Yahoo! deal “What’s ahead for Flickr?”

There are probably too many electrons already being spilt today on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo. Rather than delving into the $45 billion aspects of the deal, I'm going to specifically discuss Flickr, Yahoo's popular photo sharing service. Flickr hasn't been a big part of the general online buzzing about
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Feb 1

Attribute Changer 6.0 Beta

Attribute Changer is a power user tool to change all kind of file and folder attributes, date and time and even NTFS compression. It features an easy to use interface and is loaded with exciting features. It adds itself to the context menus for drives, folders and files. You can establish filters and exceptions to fine
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Feb 1

WPF Application Quality Guide v0.1

In light of the rapid adoption of the WPF and the continuous requests from partners and customers, the WPF team at Microsoft is happy to present the first release of the “WPF Application Quality Guide”. We plan to release the Guide in stages, updating and fine-tuning the content, based on feedback provided by you.
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Feb 1

Gmail: Expand your Gmail to full width with “Gmail Full Width” & “Gmail Sidebar Remover” Greasemonkey Scripts

At times, it’s quite annonying to see ads on the right sidebar in Gmail window, which occupies lots of precious space, thus narrowing down Gmail width. There’re many scripts and tools available to remove those ads. Gmail Sidebar Remover: Removes the ads from the right side of the screen in the conversation view and moves
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Feb 1

Microsoft “2% enterprises adopted Windows Vista in UK”

Microsoft's John Curran, head of the Windows Client Group, said that a survey by Computer Business Review found 2% of UK enterprises have upgraded to Vista, is roughly where Microsoft pegs current adoption in the enterprise too.Computer Business Review (CBRonline.com) found in a survey of 300 senior decision-makers in the UK that
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Feb 1

Google Reader Subscribers Count

Google Reader Subscribers Count is a discreet Greasemonkey script that shows the number of Google subscribers to a site's feeds. The number is overlayed at the bottom of each page that has feeds and it's one of the ways you can measure the popularity of a
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Feb 1

Excel Viewer with Microsoft Office 2007 files support

You got an Excel 2007 spreadsheet in your Inbox but there’s no Microsoft Office on you computer to open that file. You could either buy Office 2007 or just grab the free Microsoft Excel 2007 viewer that was released this week. This program has been available since long
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Feb 1

Microsoft “bear-hug letter” to Yahoo! – How Microsoft could go hostile?

Bear hug letters are an art form. They are designed to put an unwilling takeover target on notice that they are no longer safe, but to fall short of being blatantly hostile. Microsoft’s bear-hug letter to Yahoo, made public early Friday along with Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid, is no different. It contains all
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Feb 1

Windows SharePoint Services 2003 Post SP3 Hotfix

Details are in KB941412, but it's got a couple notable updates, one specifically for a New Zealand DST change. You'll have to contact Micorosoft to get the download or use our new hotfix request system linked in the KB. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941412
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Feb 1

Exchange Server 2007: Default settings for Exchange-related virtual directories

One of the most common questions asked is of resources that document the default settings for the Exchange-related virtual directories in Exchange 2007 - specifically with regards to the authentication and SSL settings. This aims to address that need should you find yourself in a situation where these settings have been inadvertently modified with the end result
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