Archive for the March, 2008
Mar
28
If you add an application to the Run key in the registry (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run), you'll notice that its threads are kept at Normal priority. You can call SetThreadPriority all day long, but it won't make a difference: the priority of the thread is kept at Normal (to be precise, it is for about a minute or so
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Mar
26
The Hyper-V management tools (MMC snap-in and associated UI) are now available for download:
x86: Update for Windows Vista (KB949758) x64: Update for Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB949758)
These tools allow you to manage and interact with an installation of Hyper-V from your Vista computer in exactly the same manner that you do
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Mar
7
As Dean mentioned yesterday in his post announcing the availability of the Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for developers , better script performance is of particular interest to the developer community. In conjunction with Dean’s announcement, the JScript Team posted additional information around scripting improvements in IE8 Beta 1 over on their team blog. I encourage
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Mar
22
Google Spreadsheets new gadgets feature makes it easy to add a heat map, which can be used to create a world map illustrating the Googleshare for a given keyword across different countries.
Google employee Douwe Osinga called this "Land Geist" a couple of years ago.
What's "googleshare"? Also called mindshare, the Googleshare expresses how much any two given
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Mar
11
Based on the Microsoft-Oracle Alliance, this page has a lot of information about how to integrate with Oracle Applications from the Microsoft Platform. Oracle applications include: Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, etc.
Microsoft integration with Oracle Applications - Whitepapers and Webcasts
Here are some of the contents:
Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution Demonstrator for Oracle PeopleSoft
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Mar
24
Microsoft has issued a warning that cyber criminals could advantage of an unpatched flaw in Windows to install malicious software on a victim's PC. The reported attack, now under investigation by Microsoft, involves a malicious Word document, but there may be other ways of exploiting the flaw, the company said. "Do not
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Mar
5
You may think of Wal-Mart as a down-market PC seller, but as emails in the Vista "junk PC" case show, Wal-Mart was furious at Microsoft's Vista Capable scheme, and thought that Vista Home Basic never should have been developed, much less released. They're not alone. Other retailers, notably Office Depot, thought Vista Home Basic should have
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Mar
28
In prior versions of Windows, especially if the installation had many applications installed over the years, it was not easy to run a program or navigate the system shortly after booting. I remember fighting with my mouse or looking over at the system chassis to see if the hard disk
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Mar
12
Heading a start-up after leaving his position as head of Microsoft Game Studios, Ed Fries thought that he might be able to sell 10,000 units of his product -- personalized online game figurines -- the first year.After two months, about 100,000 people had signed up, and Fries had to institute a
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Mar
12
There is a great set of white papers, reference documentation and training samples that has been recently made available for the recently released Windows Server 2008. First of all, you can download a 248 pages long "Windows Server 2008 Reviewers Guide" that provides a great infra and dev view of this new Microsoft platform. Get it
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Mar
29
Subtitle Workshop is a complete, efficient and convenient freeware subtitle editing tool. It supports all the subtitle formats you need and has all the features you would want from a subtitle editing program. Subtitle Workshop makes subtitle creating/editing/converting tasks almost a pleasure, the amicable and intuitive interface mixes easy to access menus & must have features
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Mar
11
A flaw in the way Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser processes FTP commands could let attackers steal or erase data from a victim's FTP site.The bug, which affects users of IE 6 and the unsupported IE 5 browser, gives an attacker a way of hijacking the victim's FTP sessions. But a successful attack would be
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Mar
6
At MIX08 Microsoft announced/unveiled the following:
· Internet Explorer 8 beta 1: Microsoft unveiled for the first time Internet Explorer 8, showcasing Internet Explorer’s commitment to developers. Internet Explorer 8 offers an unprecedented level of interoperability and tools, enabling developers to be more productive while delivering innovative experiences for end users on the Web. Internet Explorer 8
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Mar
15
Configuration Mania is a Firefox 2 & Firefox 3 add-on that organizes and displays many of the advanced (hidden) configuration options that are normally only available through about:config. Here are just a few o the things you can change using Configuration Mania:
Location bar auto-complete behavior
Default domain guessing behavior (should Firefox add www or .com when
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Mar
26
Apple's rapidly rising mindshare amongst current generation college students is setting the company up for an "aging phenomenon" that will spur further market share and revenue growth as those students enter the work force, investment bank Morgan Stanley said Wednesday.A recent higher-education survey cited by analyst Katy Huberty reveals that
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Random From The Morgan Stanley: 40% college students prefer Macs
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Even though Microsoft is launching SQL Server 2008, code-named “Katmai,” in February 2008, the SQL Server 2008 code won’t be released to manufacturing until - Nov17Belkin F6C1000-TW-RK: Dual Form-Factor Battery Backup (1000VA)
The Belkin 1000VA Battery Backup is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that protects your equipment from unexpected