Archive for April 8th, 2008
Apr
8
The amorphous term “cloud computing” includes lots of different service-delivery models — everything from managed services, to utility computing, to software-as-a-service (SaaS), as Infoworld outlined in a useful cloud-computing primer this week. And within these cloud subcategories, definitions are vague, too.
Consider platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Some are defining Google unveiled Google App Engine
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Apr
8
Ever find yourself in need of preloading an application into the Microsoft Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) client cache? For example, say you're rolling Microsoft App Virtualization out to a remote office where they're connected via a slow link and you want to avoid bringing all those apps down at 2400 baud (there's a term I bet you
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Apr
8
Lots of people asked me “how I’ve added “Top page” “Refreshed page” etc. functionality, when I gave the code, they asked something extra, like “Page jump” function with scrolling. I searched around and found this simple JavaScript that once added, proiveds you “jump” function while you scroll.
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Apr
8
O.K. now you’ve installed WordPress 2.5 (Brecker). If you use WordPress built-in post editor, you might get “flood control” error, if you save posts too fast. Here’s is a way to solve this problem in 2.5:
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Apr
8
In the first part of this article series, we did a basic installation of Terminal Services and Terminal Services licensing and configure the Terminal Server licensing mode. In this, part two of the article series, we will finish up by installing and configuring the TS Gateway and the RDP client. Then we will make
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Apr
8
If you’ve a multiprocessor (32 processors) computer running Windows Vista or Windows XP, you might have faced problems, when you tries to resume the computer from hibernation (S4), in this scenario, the computer stops responding on a black screen.
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix
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Apr
8
April 8, 2008 since the dawn of time -- or, at least, the dawn of personal computers -- the holy wars over desktop operating systems have raged, with each faction proclaiming the unrivaled superiority of its chosen OS and the vile loathsomeness of all others.
No matter how fierce the language or convincing the arguments, however, these
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Apr
8
HP has lauuched a new online storage web service called “HP Upline”. HP Upline offers unlimited storage for as low as $59 per year and comes in three versions: Home & Home Office Account, Family Account, and Professional Account. If you want to try HP Upline, you can sign up for a limited account with one measly
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Apr
8
If you have an Xbox 360 HD DVD player, you’ll be prompted for an auto update the next time you watch an HD DVD movie (and your are signed into Xbox Live.) This update includes:
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Apr
8
RSA Conference 2008, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of the public beta release of its next-generation Microsoft Forefront security solution, currently code-named “Stirling.” Microsoft Forefront “Stirling” is an integrated security system that is designed to deliver comprehensive, coordinated protection, making it easy to control, access and manage security capabilities across an organization’s IT infrastructure.
Customers can
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Apr
8
Igor Moochnick announced the first release of PASH, an open source implementation of PowerShell. (I tripled check the date on his blog to make sure it really said April 6th and not April 1st. :-) ). This is really exciting stuff. This is one of the most requested items from IT shops that run
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Apr
8
CRN Test Center thrown the gold version of Windows Vista SP1 against the latest Beta build of Windows XP SP3. And the third and final service pack for Windows XP still managed to come on top, even if it is yet to be finished.
Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh Build 5508 and Windows Vista SP1
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Apr
8
HP today entered the affordable mini-notebook category with its eye-catching HP 2133. While an earlier contestant--the Eee PC rom Asus--is a great entry-point for the One-Laptop-Per-Child crowd, that mini-laptop's slight keys and featherweight heft makes it feel more like "My First Computer," than something for the One-Laptop-Per-Adult set.HP is
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Apr
8
Windows Essential Business Server was included in the Intel Keynote at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Tom Kilroy the Vice President, General Manager for Digital Enterprise Group presented on solutions that enable Intel channel partners to better support SMB. Windows Essential Business Server and the Intel Modular Server were showcased as
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Apr
8
Smashing Magazine released a set of free RSS/Feed icon. The set contains 8 icons, which can be used for private and commercial projects, blogs and web-sites for free. The icons are available for both Mac and Win-users in resolutions 16×16px, 24×24px, 32×32px, 48×48px, 128×128px, 256×256px and
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