Archive for September 24th, 2008
Sep
24
As expected, T-Mobile on Tuesday held a press conference to introduce the first mobile handset based on Google's Android platform -- the G1, which will retail for $179 when it goes on sale at select T-Mobile outlets and third party retailers on October 22nd. If
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Sep
24
Lieberman Software announced that Random Password Manager is now certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. It is the first privileged password management solution to achieve this distinction.
By supporting Hyper-V, Random Password Manager can automatically update every local administrator password on virtual Windows servers in the enterprise. The product’s entire feature set - including delegated
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Sep
24
Microsoft warned users yesterday that it will drop support for Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) in three weeks, and urged them to upgrade to a newer service pack that was involved in a dustup earlier this year over blocked file formats.The company's policy is to support an Office service pack for 12 months after
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Sep
24
This post will address the question why some machines (server and/or client computers) may not show up in the SBS Console. First, we will look in Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc) to understand the Organizational Unit (OU) structure and how it impacts the visibility of client computers and servers in the Windows SBS console. Secondly,
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Sep
24
Google Maps have added comprehensive transit data for the entire New York metro region, encompassing subway, commuter rail, bus and ferry services from the Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit and the City of New York.
This lead us to the fundamental goal of the
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Sep
24
Install this update to enhance Hyper-V role's support for processors and virtual machines to now support up to 24 logical processors and 192 virtual machines. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Server 2008 License Terms.
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Sep
24
The launch of T-Mobile G1 included the rollouts of Ecorio and ShopSavvy, two applications expected be among of hundreds or more that might eventually populate Android Marketplace, Google's answer to Apple's App Store.
Ecorio's app takes advantage of the G1's "GPS in the background" to let users track their daily travels, plan the most
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Sep
24
Microsoft has released Image Composite Editor (ICE), a technology behind Windows Live Photo Gallery advanced panoramic image stitching and Deep Zoom Composer for Silverlight. Matt Uyttendaele has the lowdown announcing this as the best image stitching tool shipped to date:
A GPU accelerated orientation adjustment tool. Sometimes the automatic stitching software doesn't quite
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Sep
24
Microsoft has informed some of its partners that it has had to delay Windows Mobile 7, a much anticipated update to its cell phone operating system.
Although Microsoft has not publicly said when to expect Windows Mobile 7, partners who had expected to have a final release in their hands by early next year have been told
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Sep
24
Google Reader gets a bunch of new features: “friends worldwide, tagging with note, alphabetical ordering, and even last-crawl-date”.
Friends Everywhere: Now that new and improved sharing features are available in the US, Google’ve made sharing with friends available to Reader users in all supported languages.
Tagging while Sharing and Noting: You can now add a tag while adding
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Sep
24
I am now using Windows Server 2008 as my primary laptop with Hyper-V (Link ) ... I now have a partial solution to this problem. You can have Hyper-V installed but not started by the following registry setting:
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Sep
24
I just installed the Dell Dock on my PC. You may remember hearing a while ago about how Dell was pre-installing their own custom app launcher on their Studio Laptops. “Download both and install. One of them will work for you,” he says. Since I have an Inspiron 1520, it was no problem to install
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Sep
24
It looks like Nintendo teamed up with YouTube for a special commercial. Watch the full video to find out what happens.
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Sep
24
Do you have questions or issues regarding Windows Vista Activation? Then the Windows Vista Activation forum is the thing for you. The forum offers a new dedicated resource to assist in answering both technical and licensing questions regarding MAK, VAMT, KMS, planning, deployment, operations and other aspects of Volume Licensing Activation v 2.0 in
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Sep
24
You may notice that your SBS 2008 Premium 2nd Server (Standard Server) and other servers in your domain display as Client computers in the SBS console. This can cause issues with the application of group policies and WSUS patch approvals. This issue is displayed on the right:
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