Archive for December 17th, 2008
Dec
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Here’s an interesting issue: Systems Administrators use scheduled tasks to run batch files as a normal part of their job. In this specific instance, our customer was using the PsService and PsTools utilities to perform some service queries on different servers. The problem that he was running into was that the task never executed
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Dec
17
As of December 15, 2008, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) is one step closer to RTW, with Microsoft making available for download a new release. However, according to Microsoft, the new Windows Live Messenger bits are nothing but a refresh of the already existing Beta packaged under the Windows Live Essentials brand umbrella, and not the gold Build.
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Dec
17
A newly redesigned Google Account page, now integrate your public profile information and to show the list of services you use in a compact 3-columns layout. The account page is a simple way to access Google's services you've used at least once, to remove some services from your account (for example: Orkut, Gmail, Web History), to
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Dec
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Gizmo rolled out a new flash-based application “GizmoCall” that lets you make calls to other Gizmo users or to telephones using your web browser. Like Skype, you pay really low rates for calls to landline / mobile phones, while PC calls are free. GizmoCall supports video calls as well, and it can turn any phone number into a link,
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Dec
17
Microsoft Virtual Earth and MSNBC has build a more immersive 3D tracking mechanism for Santa and his reindeer, and also recreated a 3D version of Santa’s Village at The North Pole. If you’re low on the requirements for running Virtual Earth 3D on your computer, so you can see The North Pole in all it’s magic and glory in the movie below.
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Dec
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Dr. Rudi Studer recently gave a talk at Yahoo! about semantic technologies, and answered a set of follow-up questions about the future of semantic search.
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Dec
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Omri Fima pushes the game developer community a bit closer with the development of the “Geographic Application Framework for XNA”. So, now, you game developers can start creating some killer titles using Microsoft Virtual Earth as the base platform.
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Dec
17
Accelerators, a softer name for Smart Tags, are neat little shortcuts a user can use to perform an action based on some selected data, without having to cut and paste it anywhere else. For example, rather than paste an address into Live Maps, you can simply highlight 1 Microsoft Way and
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Dec
17
The iPhone Dev Team is promising a software unlock for the iPhone 3G by the end of 2008. Back in October the iPhone Dev Team signaled they were getting close to their goal, and Tuesday they announced that a software download would be available on New Year's Eve. The iPhone 3G has presented problems for those
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Dec
17
The consumer advocacy magazine reportedly rated four Windows Mobile phones and one RIM phone well ahead of Apple's iPhone 3G and T-Mobile G1. According to Consumer Reports's highest rated phone is a Windows Mobile device, the Samsung Blackjack II, followed by T-Mobile Wing, Motorola Q9C, and T-Mobile
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Dec
17
Windows Small Business Server 2008 creates a group policy called "Windows SBS User Policy", one of the tasks of this group policy is to add a few shortcuts (OWA, RWW, and WSS) to IE on SBS clients. If this list is modified AND you attempt a SBS 2008 to SBS 2008 migration the migration will irrecoverably
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Dec
17
Search Cloudlet is an Firefox addon that inserts context-aware tag clouds into a traditional Google and Yahoo search interface to help you navigate more efficiently through search results. Here's how it works: You enter a search term and Search Cloudlet works by looking at the words, sources, locations and other data in the search results to create
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Dec
17
Issue: When installing the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Desktop Client or the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Terminal Server Client the following message appears when there is not enough available storage to fit a cache file of the specified size:
You must specify a cache size that is equal to or larger than 100 MB and equal
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Dec
17
Application development today is pretty different than it was just a few years ago. Most web apps now make use of hosted third-party services for features like search, maps, video, or translation (e.g., AJAX APIs). These services mean developers don't have to invest in massive computing resources to build these features themselves, and can instead focus on
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Dec
17
Microsoft released SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3). SQL 2005 version should now be 9.00.4035. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) contains hotfixes that were included in cumulative update packages for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 from cumulative update package 1 to cumulative update package 9, and fixes to issues that
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