Archive for October 26th, 2008
Oct
26
Minefield from Mozilla is an early build of the next version of Firefox with drastically improved Javascript engine under the hood. Some claim it has the fastest javascript engine on the planet, which means it leaves Google Chrome in the dust. You can download the alpha code of the latest nightly build for Mac OS X, Linux, or Windows. Simply Download
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Oct
26
Microsoft has launched a new SQL Server site!
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Oct
26
If the issue is a veto on a query for removal, you can look for which application has the reference on SetupApi logs. Oh.exe, or Process Explorer may also help to identify the process that’s causing the lock. Here’re some resources:
SetupApi Logs: SetupApi is a system component that device installation software can use to
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Oct
26
The official URLs for the Microsoft PDC 2008 webcast streams are live; now you can watch Ray Ozzie and Steven Sinofsky live keynote.
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Oct
26
Microsoft announced a new logo for the .NET technology, if you’re wondering why change a logo?
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Oct
26
A group of analysts and reporters got an extensive sneak peek at Windows 7 from Microsoft executives, but don't look for any research reports or articles about the session right away. To get the early preview of Microsoft's next operating system, those who attended had to agree not to disclose what they saw until it's shown
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Oct
26
Here’s a tool that convert a name into avatar.
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Oct
26
AzoogleAds, a division of Epic Advertising has announced the beta launch of their new iPhone Publisher Reporting Platform called “iMobilePublisher” that provides publishers in the Azoogle performance ad network the ability to check all facets of marketing campaigns including payment history, leads, stats, clicks and effective CPCs. The easy-to-use interface also allows the publisher to sort
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Oct
26
Slayers custom widgets enables users to select which widgets appear on specific posts, pages, categories, and tag pages. By default, all widgets appear wherever the sidebar is loaded within your theme. With this plugin, you can configure where widgets are displayed on a per post basis. I’d like to see the ability to control which widgets
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Oct
26
Some of Microsoft’s top researchers spend their time thinking about complex software, algorithms and security systems. Others contemplate azolla — an aquatic fern fed to cattle in the hopes of increasing milk production.The azolla experts are part of a nine-person team at Microsoft Research India that approaches the technology of emerging markets in unconventional
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Oct
26
For each target, we support 254 LUNs. Each HBA can support 128 Targets per “Bus” where bus might be an artificial construct, and there could be 8 buses per HBA (officially). So, per HBA (theoretical):
254 * 128 * 8 = 260,096 LUNs per HBA
The system will run out of resources long before that and each HBA
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Oct
26
Microsoft's secret weapon in Windows 7 is not what features the operating system has, but instead what features it doesn't have. Microsoft is stripping Windows 7 of some of Windows' best built-in applications, and it's making them available only as downloads on its Windows Live site.
When Windows 7 comes out, it won't include Windows Mail,
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Oct
26
tfraser noticed, when he was randomly redirected to a new page at Microsoft.com where they’re testing a newer itteration of the homepage. Currently there’s not that much different except the instant fly-out navigation tabs which makes diving down to sub-sites much easier compared to the current “live view” solution.
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Oct
26
Microsoft will not show Windows 7 to PDC attendees until Oct ‘28. But new info about what’s part of the pre-beta build that’ll be provided to show-goers is beginning to trickle out. According to a sources, the build that will be one of the M3 (Milestone 3) builds. So what’s in this soon-to-be-delivered Windows 7 pre-beta build? Here are a few
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Oct
26
DFSDIAG tool introduced with Windows Server 2008 is an excellent utility for testing, documenting, and troubleshooting your DFS Namespaces environment. You just type DFSDiag.exe and...
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