Archive for July 19th, 2008


Jul 19

Tips to access new iGoogle

Google is currently testing several new features on iGoogle (“left navigation, chat on iGoogle, and canvas view gadgets”) with some selected users and for developers, will bring together all the Google services in a single fluid interface. At some point, iGoogle was a part of an initiative called
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Jul 19

EWS CAS to CAS Request Proxying

In Exchange Server 2007 SP1, the EWS team added a new feature called EWS Request Proxying.  It is sometimes also referred to as EWS Proxy or HTTP Proxy.  Not much has been said about this feature, but if you care about performance, it is important to understand why it is there, why you want to avoid
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Jul 19

Windows Vista powered Control Office application (COA) to control Indian Railways

The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the umbrella organization for all computer activities on Indian Railways, along with Microsoft, has come out with a unique system for effectively monitoring the movement of trains operated by the Indian Railways. Built on Windows Vista, the Control Office application (COA) will ensure that the
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Jul 19

Microsoft workflow added to cloud-based SOA platform

Microsoft this week added workflow capabilities to BizTalk Services, the company's platform-in-the-cloud project for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management. The R12 Community Technology Preview for BizTalk Services, the 12th version of the project, offers workflow-enabling service orchestration from the cloud. These services can connect to enterprise systems or to systems running anywhere on the Internet. Featured in
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Jul 19

Flicker photosream of IE8 architects

Internet Explorer 8 takes the web experience beyond the page and introduces a new way to seamlessly experience the best of the web whether you are a web developer writing to standards or an end-user discovering a new online service integrated into the browser - all with the peace of mind that you are using the
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Jul 19

Ronald Beekelaar on Forefront Stirling

Ronald Beekelaar at TechEd tells us about what is new and gives some setup/install tips for Forefront Stirling. Additionally, we hear about Ronald's experience with having his own IT business.  He tells us how he got started, how much freedom he has in his schedule, and recommendations on if you are interested in starting your own IT business.
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Jul 19

Worm transcodes ASF media files to infect PCs

Kaspersky Labs has discovered malware that inserts links to malicious Web pages within ASF media files, posing a danger to Windows users who download music files from P2P networks. Infected files launch IE and load a page that asks the user to download a codec. The download, a Trojan horse, installs a proxy program to route
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Jul 19

PowerShell Hyper-V script: Hyper-V FreeBSD shutdown problem workaround

Mike notifies that he has found an workaround to Hyper-V FreeBSD shutdown problem, that uses a PowerShell Hyper-V script. It has a lot of functions already, and I added a “Kill-VM” function that automates the kill process:
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Jul 19

Google products and services hit 40 languages

In an effort to make Google products & service available in as many languages as possible, Google hits 40 languages read by over 98% of Internet users and got going, relying heavily on open source libraries such as ICU and other internationalization technologies to design products. “As more and more users, advertisers, and partners interact with Google
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Jul 19

Email Commenters WordPress Plugin

Email Commenters WordPress plugin gives you an easy way to e-mail all the people who commented on a certain post. Up till now that took a bit of work, now it's as easy as installing this plugin, and clicking the link you'll get underneath each post labeled “Mail the commenters on this post”!
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Jul 19

Microsoft Windows Mobile Applications directory

MSMobiles reports that Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile Applications directory. It requires Silverlight to work and has no search function and lists only less important programs for e.g: the best GPS program - TomTom - is not listed at all in GPS category!). It also is not running inside of Windows Mobile phone like Apple iPhone
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Jul 19

Partner Learning Paths for Microsoft WESS

Microsoft has lauched the Partner Learning Paths for WESS i.e. Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008.  There are technical and sale tracks available and more content is coming very soon.
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Jul 19

Google Matt Cutts on ranking, spam and the future of search – Video

Google Webmaster Central blog posted a video created by Juliane Stiller, Search Quality Team interviewed Matt Cutts for German Webmaster Blog about “how to rank in Google, resources for webmasters and Matt's first encounter with spam”.
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Jul 19

Windows Vista SP1 fix for Intel Turbo Memory NV cache solution for SCSI devices – KB954943

Intel Turbo Memory (ITM) is an integrated nonvolatile (NV) caching solution. ITM works together with Microsoft RAID, and it introduces support for caching of a RAID device. This NV caching solution requires that NV cache commands be sent to the RAID device. In Windows Vista, the NV cache commands can be sent only to HDC-class devices.
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Jul 19

Google buys Russian ads service ZAO Begun

Google announced that it has signed an agreement with Rambler Media to acquire ZAO Begun (“Begun”), a leading Russian context advertising service, for $140 million, subject to customary adjustments. This agreement emphasizes Google's commitment to improving the service it offers users, partners and advertisers in Russia, where digital advertising is currently experiencing rapid growth. “Begun is an
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