Archive for October 31st, 2008
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Design and configure SQL Server 2008 with High-Availability while leveraging the new features of Windows Server 2008 Clustering and Hyper-V virtualization at this session. Get an in-depth understanding of the new features in SQL Server 2008 high-availability and enhancements such as mirroring and much more!
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Oct
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A pilot program introduced by Washington state uses Microsoft Research technology to search, by keyword, thousands of hours of audio from legislative hearings dating back to the 1970s. It's great news for historians and for anyone who wants to listen, over the Internet, to an elaborate discussion of salmon habitat during a 1982 House Agriculture Committee hearing.
The
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Comodo Security of widely acclaimed free firewall, has released Comodo Internet Security (CIS), a complete antivirus and firewall security package free to all PC users. This security software includes Comodo Firewall Pro & Comodo’s antivirus software, and detects and prevents malware such as viruses, adware, spyware, Trojans, bots and rogue software, and includes always-on, real-time protection against threats.
More info: Press Release
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Oct
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Yesterday, we posted about an update to WorldWide Telescope codenamed the “Autumnal Equinox Beta”, the update now features a 3D-engine that renders our Solar System and the Milky Way in complete 3D.
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Oct
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A good news for Google Apps users, Google is extending the 99.9 percent service level agreements that they offer Premier Edition customers on Gmail to Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google Talk. “We have been delivering high levels of reliability across all these products, so it makes sense to extend our guarantees to them.”
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Oct
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Scissors WordPress plugin adds cropping and resizing functionality to Wordpress’ image upload and management dialogs.
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Oct
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Check out this Microsoft Hyper-V ad — a cool Robot! named, “IT 24-7”, implying continuous uptime for applications and other IT services run on Hyper-V, but did you notice the asterisk? And when you read the fine print at the very bottom of the ad.
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Oct
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Right now, the core programming is being set, and there are already some changes in how Windows 7 will handle computer security.
Gone is the Security Center, introduced in Windows XP SP2. Instead, there will be an "Action Center" that incorporates alerts from 10 existing Windows features: Security Center;
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Yellowbook has launched a new mobile application for the Google Android G1 Phone, iPhone/iPod touch, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Palm to help you find local businesses and more while you're on the go. Explore local business listings and get addresses, phone numbers—even get maps and directions—all right from your mobile browser. To find the product or service you want, just type your
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Microsoft Hailstorm project, announced in 2001 but scrapped before it was launched, sought to make Passport the core of the whole world's web identity. In 2008, major web properties like Google and Facebook are still fighting identity wars. “Microsoft just gave that up,” Microsoft's chief architect of identity Kim Cameron said at Microsoft's Professional Developers' Conference (PDC).
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Speaking at the Microsoft showcase in London, Windows Mobile's David Weeks told that he was looking forward to revealing to the world what the future of Windows Mobile would be – but that the details would only emerge early next year.
"You'll be surprised at what's going to be happening with Windows Mobile," enthused
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Oct
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At PDC 2008, CJ Saretto, Brendan Grant and Doug Berrett co-presented the "Exposing Connected Home Services to the Internet Via Windows Home Server" which provided lots of great information about using the Windows Home Server platform to help deliver on the promise of a connected home.
The abstract for the session
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Oct
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Microsoft Live Search team has added a new feature called “instant answers” into their search results page that offer the most relevant information to answer the direct or implied question in a query on top of your search results. They’ve quite a few currently on Live Search: “encyclopedia, traffic and horoscope” information will now display answers within results.
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Oct
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Learn about the foundation of the Microsoft virtualization strategy and solutions in this session. Understand the meaning and benefits of virtualization and also gain insights into the overall Microsoft virtualization strategy that range from the desktop to the data center. Hear from the experts as they clear up misconceptions about virtualization, describe virtualization solutions, and examine
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Oct
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APconnections, a bandwidth-shaping hardware vendor in a press release yesterday, throws deep packet inspection (DPI) under the bus and running it over several times for good measure. Customers, it seems, were increasingly asking questions about the legal implications of deploying the company's products, and CEO Art Reisman said that it is now "quite risky that any
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Random From The APconnections throws DPI under the bus, says ISP deployment “risky”
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How do you know if your disaster recovery solution is as strong as you need it to be? It's usually measured in two ways: - Jul10Exchange Server 2007: Troubleshooting Move-Mailbox operations that fail due to “Being Too Long” attribute
You may experience problems performing mailbox move operations if the number of characters on a given Exchange attribute is greater than the default values defined - Jan10Image for Windows 2.01
Image is a backup and restore utility that creates a snapshot of an entire partition or volume to a set of files or directly to