Archive for the October, 2008
Oct
18
Mozilla released the first public preview of its mobile browser, and the company took the unusual step of offering it in versions for desktop PCs and Macs to collect feedback. Code-named “Fennec” in a nod to the fennec fox, a small animal that lives in the Sahara Desert and is notable for its
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Oct
29
Using Pushpin objects in Microsoft Virtual Earth is simple, you pass in latitude and longitude coordinates and drop a pushpin on the map. However, what if you want to move the pin to a new location while it’s already planted on a map? For e.g. you want to just click on the pushpin in Dallas and move it
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Oct
1
With the imminent release of Silverlight 2.0, developers and Web designers, particularly those already working in Microsoft IT environments, will have the first viable alternative technology to Adobe Flash for building rich Internet applications, analysts and developers said.
Microsoft first released Silverlight, a cross-browser runtime for Web-based multimedia and 3D applications, about a year ago.
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Oct
1
Corporate rivals have temporarily sunk their differences to find ways to fine-tune the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to a variety of popular dynamic languages.
Language experts from IBM, Microsoft, and others have converged on Sun Microsystems' Santa Clara campus for a three-day workshop to find ways of delivering Java-like performance for Ruby, Python, PHP, and Scala on
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Oct
17
Due to rise in hacking of websites/blogs, Google Webmaster Tools plan to run a test to alert webmasters if their content management system (CMS) or publishing platform have a security hole or be hackable. They’ll be alerting five to six thousand webmasters of potentially vulnerable sites by leaving messages in the Message Center. If you manage a website but haven't signed
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Oct
7
The natural language search engine Hakia has launched a new design with categorized search results, as well as view “Trusted” Results” from “Credible Sites” at SMX East.
The Trusted Results program is an initiative Hakia has developed with information professionals and librarians. As they note on their site: “A
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Oct
23
Quintura has launched its Quintura Site Search into the U.S. market, — a hosted site search, analytics and monetization solution for online content publishers. It provides intuitive, visual-based search and navigation for site visitors.
“Web publishers who add Quintura's free, hosted solution to their websites will realize significant cost savings and generate a new revenue stream,”
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Oct
18
Now you can insert footnotes in Google Docs by clicking on the Insert menu and selecting Footnote. “Footnotes appear on-screen in the document margin and at the bottom of the page when printed. You'll be able to see how the footnotes will appear when printed by selecting Print (Ctrl+P)
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Oct
18
The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 4.0 is the revised version of the original Microsoft Security Risk Self-Assessment Tool (MSRSAT), released in 2004 and the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 2.0 released in 2006. Security issues have evolved since 2004 so additional questions and answers were needed to ensure you had a comprehensive toolset to become more aware
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Oct
28
This CTP is an update to July 2008 CTP Release. In this CTP, we have made Windows Live Tools compatible with Windows Azure and upgraded to Silverlight 2.0. This package includes following:
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Oct
14
Circle Dock provides a simple way for Windows users to centralize all applications, files, and folders into a single location placed on the desktop and access all docked items with a click of the mouse. The 0.9.2 Alpha 8.1 is made to look square, reset the size of the icons to display and docked it in
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Oct
23
GoDaddy is offering 1-Year Domain Name Registration for $1.99
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Oct
6
However it seems this PDC2008 is too hot to handle, even for printing presses. From the PDC blog:
Early Tuesday morning, September 30th, Pacific Sportswear Inc., the contract screenprinter for eCompany Store, had a fire in the facility producing the PDC attendee t-shirts. The PDC T-shirts were damaged. Pacific Sportswear ordered more shirts
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Oct
15
To go with your Life Without Walls Wallpapers for your PC, you can now download the “I’m A PC” Windows Live Messenger Theme Pack that gives you a variety of Display Pictures and Backgrounds for your IM conversation window.
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Oct
12
Microsoft is slowly detailing about its Oslo modeling strategy. The latest info with the Connected Systems Division (CSD) has gone public are the names of the three Oslo components it will release in Community Technology Preview (CTP) form at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Oslo — which Microsoft initially outlined as encompassing everything from
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- Apr03Look ‘n’ Stop 2.06 Beta 2
Look 'n' Stop provides a permanent and highly secured protection against Internet hacker attacks. It protects you against the "trojan horse" that trys to transmit - Aug05Instantiations ‘Java/Ajax tool maker’ now part of Google!
Instantiations, known for their Java/Ajax development tools and in particular their Google Web Toolkit (GWT) designer, acknowledged that "our incredible Eclipse team have been acquired - Aug31Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Leaked
Microsoft Office 2010 build 4417 is leaked, that offers small improvements and more stability over the previously leaked Mondo builds. The most notable feature is the Back-Stage view has - Jan15Remixed audio cards in Microsoft Windows Vista
Creative has all but dominated the PC sound card market, in no small part thanks to its prowess with hardware-accelerated 3D audio. The EAX positional - Apr08Barack Obama appears on Chinese search engine Baidu’s Logo
Chinese search engine, Baidu added a caricature of Barack Obama and the democrat donkey in the Baidu logo.