Archive for September 3rd, 2008
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Last week, 11 Developer products related hot-fix KB articles were released, including 4 for Windows CE Consumer Embedded, 1 for Windows CE ETK, 1 for BizTalk Server 2006 R2, 1 for BizTalk Server 2004, 1 for VC++ 2005, 1 for Commerce Server 2006, 1 for MSMQ 3.0, 1 for MSMQ 2.0. Below are the details:
Windows CE
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The Live Mesh team just posted an urgent warning on their forum:
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Microsoft released Application Virtualization 4.5 RTM software, it also announced several licensing changes around virtual desktops and application virtualization, while omitting a long-anticipated one. Enterprises will welcome some of the changes but dislike others, analysts said.
Starting Jan. 1, the Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop (VECD) virtualization license will be expanded to accommodate some specific
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Apple distributed conspicuously designed invitations to an event on September 9, widely expected to be the third annual iPod refresh event at San Francisco. This year's announcement looks like an iPod screen that says “Playing Soon: Lets Rock.” The event ends up being something of a “back to school” fashion show,
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ZoooS LLC previewed ZoooS Office, a web-based office suite that puts OpenOffice.org 3.0 in a browser, targeting enterprise, SMB, and individual users alike with a blend of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and desktop advantages.
ZoooS revealed its suite at this week's Office 2.0 Conference 2008 Launchpad event, demonstrating that ZoooS Office offers the anywhere, any device access, collaboration,
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Here’s how to use Photosynth to synth an object and make the most of it:
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Our team is focused on looking at broad Environmental Challenges and how Microsoft can help address them. The big area of focus these days is obviously Climate Change and reducing greenhouse gases but we’re also looking at broader issues such as smart transportation, deforestation, and water issues. People around the office called us the “Green Team”
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Lets consider that we want multiple Management servers connecting to a remote SQL server. The first management server installs correctly and creates the database 100% fine and dandy! All the services start fine and life is good! However, when adding a second management server after completion of the install and the restart or the server, the
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Microsoft has provided official confirmation for the November Release to Internet Explorer 8 final. On the IE8 website, the Support area offers a link to the browser's support site. The Redmond giant is offering free unlimited installation and usage assistance for Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 (All
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Google is currently testing a prototype search results that shows a “Search options” link in the blue results bar. When you click it, a navigation bar expands to the left side, promising to limit results to pages created “anytime”, “past 24 hours”, “past week” and so on. There are also a couple of alternative result views to enable; “longer text”,
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Powerpoint presentations and audio recordings are now available from the July 22-23 Gamefest 2008 conference in Seattle, Washington.
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At TechEd Australia 2008 Microsoft conference keynote, Dr. Neil and Amit Mital teased a very quick preview of the Live Mesh application running on a Windows Mobile Palm Treo Pro which should be publically available in the coming months.
During the short demonstration, Dr. Neil
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Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from 80GB to 160GB, according to sources in the channel.In line with the new policy, Micro-Star International (MSI) launched a 160GB version of its Wind Notebook U100 with a
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Microsoft announced that only six months after public availability, the beta release of Microsoft Office Live Workspace has reached the 1-million-customer sign-up milestone.Office Live Workspace beta (http://workspace.officelive.com) is the free, Web-based extension of Microsoft Office that lets people access their documents online and share their work with others. The Workspace beta was among
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The Microsoft Translator team announced the new translation bot for Windows Live Messenger! This Messenger bot does translations for you. Just add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contacts and start chatting. You can have one-on-one conversations with the bot, or you can invite a friend and chat in different languages with the bot translating for you.
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So, Nexus Two turns out to be real, Gizmodo managed to get a hands-on demo of the device, but as they claim, the device