Archive for April 1st, 2008
Apr
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A polemic movie critical of the Islam got removed from LiveLeak after the makers of the video hosting site apparently got threatened. “This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net but we have to place the safety and well being of our staff above all else,” the site announced. The
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Apr
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Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. However, the Windows Help program has not had a major update for many releases and no longer meets Microsoft's standards. Therefore, starting with the release of Windows Server 2008, the Windows Help program
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Apr
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Intel's is showcasing the power of its upcoming processors with a new 'Smoke' demo which rains fiery destruction upon a virtual shack. Slated to debut later this year, the multi-cored Hyperthreading Nehalem processors will be able to easily crunch through real-time particle physics like the one shown in the demo.
An Intel representative showed us
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Apr
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System Center team blog announced that the System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 has been named a finalist for 'Product of the Year' for eWeek Channel Insider ... in the Storage Management category.
There are some other good finalists, but DPM is the only backup/replication technology in consideration. As part of System Center, we see ourselves as
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Apr
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At the CTIA Wireless 2008 convention, Microsoft President - Entertainment & Devices Division Robbie Bach announced a set of new features for Windows Live Search for Mobile, available soon if you have WLS installed on your mobile device, available now in the US and UK only. For
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Apr
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Windows XP Embedded is a modular version of Windows XP Pro that comes with specific tools to create the OS, and Embedded features that enable scenarios specific to the Embedded area. So the first thing you have to do to build a first Windows XP Embedded is to get the list of peripherals installed
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Apr
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You probably have read about the next wave of Ultimate Extras rumored to be arriving somewhere between now and the distant future. They include “an original game, enhancements to Movie Maker and DVD Maker, additional Windows DreamScenes, screen savers and sound schemes”.
Today, some of those sound schemes were leaked by an anonymous and disgruntled Microsoft employee who did
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Apr
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The virtualization team announced the release of the Linux Integration Components for Hyper-V RC! These components provide compatibility with the recent Hyper-V RC release. You can obtain the Linux Integration Components via the Microsoft Connect site.
Integration Components for Linux available through connect.microsoft.com:1. Login to https://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx2. Click on Activity in All Connections
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Apr
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Internet Explorer 7 'Tips and Tricks' is a document designed to highlight some of the "common deployment issues with Internet Explorer 7, along with solutions and workarounds," according to Microsoft. Ultimately, the resource is meant to increase compatibility of both web content and browser applications with Internet Explorer 7. At well over a year and a
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Apr
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How to configure wireless networking connections from the command line using netsh wlan? Sure you can configure your wireless network connection in Windows Vista using the GUI. Although it is not always that simple, just about everyone has learned to do it. However, how about configuring wireless from the command line? Let us find out why
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Apr
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Some might say this is a pretty outlandish statement to make, but we recently did some work with a local customer by the name of Virtual Maps that developed and maintains local Singaporean travel portal StreetDirectory.com, to test their popular web applications in Windows Server 2008.
The built-in support of FastCGI enables PHP applications to run efficiently
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Apr
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Tim Gingrich over at Go Too Far East blog spotted a sanlunche “a kind of modern-day mechanized rickshaw” driving around Beijing, showing an ad for Google AdSense. Tim says the Chinese characters No Comments » - Posted by DG
Apr
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The BluePill is the code-name used by Joanna Rutkowska, Founder/CEO of Invisible Things Labs, formerly a security researcher with COSEINC, for the development of a virtualization-based rootkit designed to compromise Windows Vista back in 2006. According to Rutkowska, the BluePill is set up to deliver an ultra-thin hypervisor that places itself between the hardware and the
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Apr
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ChaCha, the human-powered Web search service, is launching a new service on Tuesday that will allow you to ask your question over the phone instead of having to type it.To use the new service you can call 800-224-2242 (which spells "chacha") and specify the information you want. ChaCha then sends you
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Apr
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Last week of March, Microsoft announced the release of Office Live Workspace, here are the important bullets:
Public availability of Office Live Workspace beta at http://workspace.officelive.com with immediate access and no waitlist (English language version only)
The easy way to save Office documents to/from the web
Organise documents and projects online and work on them from almost
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Random From The Office Live Workspace
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Mike on MSRC blog posted --"We’ve seen some questions from customers about some security updates that posted for a while today for Office for Mac