Archive for the August, 2008
Aug
21
The latest release of IIS introduces a modular and extensible platform with improved support for common deployment and management scenarios, enabling significant performance improvements. In the latest issue of TechNet Magazine, Mike Volodarsky looks at 10 key areas in IIS 7.0 that provide these improvements. He discusses these topics:
Leaner Web Servers
Build on
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Aug
8
The MSR-MT team blog announces that Windows Live Translator is coming to Office 2003 or 2007 as a Research pane option (integrated into Office!).
“One of the top features that our users ask for is simple integration of translation into Office, to translate a document quickly. The feature is really easy to use, and you can translate
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Aug
9
The Windows XP Embedded (XPe) operating system has helped launch the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The extravagant opening ceremony, held today at 8 PM Beijing time (5 AM PDT), featured the behind-the-scenes use of 120 XPe-based Axon Media Servers, according to Microsoft.
Said to be the largest, costliest extravaganza in Olympic history,
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Aug
20
The latest version of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.1 adds support for Windows Vista and Windows Server. It also features an updated, more user-friendly interface than previous versions. It uses more everyday language in its listing, and the analyzer is now better organized and easier to follow. The format blends in with the overall look and
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Aug
2
Jeffrey explained in his blog post, that the PowerShell team had a problem in Windows PowerShell v1, that caused the binaries not to be NGENed.
What's NGEN? Managed code exists in Common Intermediate Language (CIL). The Just In Time (JIT) compiler takes that and converts it into native code for a particular processor/platform - a
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Aug
19
Symantec announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PC Tools, a global provider of innovative software products designed to protect the privacy and security of Windows(R) computer users. The financial terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the calendar year
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Aug
5
Microsoft has quite a contingent here through its MSRC Operations and Ecosystem Strategy teams. We are here because Black Hat is one of the premier events in the security industry, it provides a wealth of information and insight into the pulse of the security landscape, and is a fantastic opportunity for face-to-face communication with the researchers,
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Aug
12
A Microsoft Virtualization User Group has been set up in UK. This user group is going to help the community and build some great contacts. Their web site has just gone live and they are advertising their inaugural meeting , which will be at the Microsoft office in London (not Reading, London) on the evening of September 24th. You
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Aug
27
Linux to Linux remote application viewing is simple: Use secure shell with the -X switch to tunnel X from one machine to the other. Linux to Windows isn’t as simple because, without help, Windows has no way of rendering X applications on the desktop. Fortunately there are ways to do this.
There are many reasons why
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Aug
8
SSL VPNs can be compromised in a way that enables them to take over remote users' machines and potentially cause mischief inside the networks they attach to, according to research presented at the Black Hat conference.
The problem can exist with Web clients that install themselves on remote machines at the start of SSL VPN sessions, said
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Aug
26
Microsoft Research, in partnership with Dr. Peter Murray-Rust and his team at the Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics, is investigating the introduction of chemistry-related features in Microsoft Office Word. To read about this project, visit our research site here.
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Aug
2
Earlier last month, Microsoft patched its Windows operating system to protect against attacks exploiting a flaw within the DNS system, that was discovered by security researcher Dan Kaminsky, allows attackers to divert traffic to Web sites of their choice through an issue with BIND, software that powers DNS servers.
For unknown reasons, Apple did
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Aug
18
After showing a primitive prototype of the initial Android phone at CES in January, Google gave demos of features in May that included a new interface and menu structure, a built-in compass, a port of the Pac-Man game, and access to Google Maps. One blogger who viewed the phone in May, Vincent Nguyen, exclaimed
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Aug
14
There’s been a bit of a conflict of “how Google Maps has handled mapping in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan?”. Google LatLong blog says they’ve never launched coverage in those countries because they never had any good information on the country’s:
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Aug
26
Mozilla Labs released a new solution called Ubiquity, which will try to bring a disjointed Web together under the auspices of that one solution.
Ubiquity will try to “connect the Web with language to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily.” More specifically,
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Random From The Mozilla releases Ubiquity for Universal Access
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Verizon has announced that MOG will come preinstalled on all 4G Verizon Android phones. MOG will also be featured in Verizon's V CAST app store, - Dec29Hotfix for Windows Media Player 12 ‘video flickers’ issue in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
You have a computer, running a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. You configure Windows Media Player 12 to display subtitles when you play - May17YouTube ‘two billion views a day’ – Happy 5th B’day
“Happy 5th Birthday YouTube!” “Five years ago, after months of late nights, testing and preparation, YouTube’s founders launched the first beta version of YouTube.com in - Sep10Forefront TMG Network Inspection System gets SMB 2.0 critical 0-Day exploits signature release
Microsoft has added protection against Server Message Block (SMB) critical zero-day vulnerability, available ot customers running the Forefront TMG Network Inspection System. “In a matter of hours we completed - Jan06Kaazing WebSocket Gateway created using Google App Engine and Google Apps
Kaazing, developed an enterprise-ready WebSocket gateway, called “Kaazing WebSocket Gateway,” which enables highly scalable, full-duplex real-time Web communication based on new HTML5 Web Sockets standard.