Archive for October 29th, 2008
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Windows Server 2008 R2 announced at PDC, there’re several items of note with R2: “First and foremost, 32-bit is done. History. Archives. Windows Server 2008 R2 is the first Windows OS platform to go 64-bit only, and frankly it was high time. Customers have been unable to purchase a 32-bit server CPU for over two years now, and the
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Oct
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Microsoft will release lightweight versions of four components of its Microsoft Office suite for the Web and Windows Mobile smart phones, said Chris Capossela, senior vice president of Microsoft's business division, in an interview on Monday. The four components are Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. They will become available when the next version of Office, code-named
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NuConomy has released a collection of free web analytics tools called “NuConomy Studio” designed specifically for publishers, advertisers and users to better understand and engage with the social web, that move away from the traditional model based on page views. The platform boasts a data mining engine which continually monitors every aspect of site traffic and user behaviors and automatically
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David Campbell updated his website with more videos and a new book to help people understand the power and simplicity of Windows Home Server. David helps lead you on your path to enlightenment. If you are already one of the home server believers, then his teachings may help others see the light.
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Oct
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While reading stuff in the Library in the Exchange TechCenter, if all of a sudden, the Table of Contents in the left-hand pane disappears! Where the #*$! did it go? Calm down, and hit T on the keyboard. Whoa! It's back! Such a relief. But, hey, now you're thinking that all that extra space was kinda cool when the
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Oct
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With Windows 7 unveiled during PDC Day 2 keynote we update few of Windows 7 sessions that had a TBD abstract as well adding two new sessions. Here’s is the list of updated and new PDC session.
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Microsoft said that it would expand testing of Windows 7 to the general public in early 2009. At the PDC, Microsoft said that it would issue a public beta of the Vista successor early next year. Microsoft said it would solicit beta testers using its normal process of gathering names from its Connect.com site.
Microsoft has not
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You may likely be using high dots-per-inch (DPI) display, especially if you use a laptop smaller than 15-inches with Windows XP, or Windows Vista, you are actually not getting the most out of your monitor. Wth Windows 7, you’ll not worry about this issue. Building on top of the improvements already made to support high DPIs in Windows Vista, Windows
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At PDC 2008, the Windows Home Server team has 2 breakout sessions. The video for the first session, “Developing Connected Home Applications and Services for Windows Home Server” includes: “Learn how to build applications and services deployed on Windows Home Server that power PCs and devices throughout a connected home. See an example home automation and
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Oct
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Google has announced an agreement with U.S. authors and publishers that dramatically expands access to millions of books online, taking us one big step closer to fulfilling that dream. If approved by the Court, this agreement will unlock access to millions of out-of-print books to the benefit of users, authors and publishers.
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Oct
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Google’s experimental feature “Google SearchWiki” allows users to vote and annotate search results is back again. SearchWiki is not yet available to all users, but you can see a small trace by appending "&swm=2" to the URL of a search results page: an inappropriate header for "all SearchWiki notes".
The new feature is a more transparent way to
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Oct
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At PDC2008, Microsoft rallied software developers by sharing the first full public demo of Windows 7. Windows 7 extends developers’ investments in Windows Vista and encourages the creation of new applications and services for the Windows platform. The company also delivered a pre-beta build of Windows 7 to PDC attendees and announced plans to release a full Windows
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Oct
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“We got a lot of feedback about Windows Vista,” Sinofsky said, before pausing several seconds for the inevitable developer response. Given the vast amount of response he received, he said, “We have to do what developers do.” That is, to sit back, re-evaluate, and say, “What did we learn
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Oct
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Infindigm has released a tool called “proSEO - iPhone SEO Content Analyzer” that allows the user to surf the web using a Safari-like browser to narrow analysis down to a single page, and then allows the user to analyze the page by pressing a button. proSEO is an SEO tool written for the iPhone that helps
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Oct
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Steven Sinofsky did his keynote at PDC2008 unveiling Windows 7 to the world for the first time. Steven asked Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President of the Windows Experience, to come up on stage and demo specific Windows 7 features. It’s important to note that many of these features that were demoed during the Keynote were from more recent
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