Archive for January 10th, 2009
Jan
10
Intel has given its low-cost Classmate PC laptop a makeover at CES 2009, by adding a touch screen and making the 8.9-inch display swivel 180 degrees and morph into a tablet PC— designed for students. It is powered by 1.6Ghz Atom processor, a rotating camera and water-resistant keyboard. In tablet mode, the software ignores a palm rested on the screen
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Jan
10
The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and deployment of Microsoft Windows operating systems. By using Windows AIK, you can automate Windows installations, capture Windows images with ImageX, configure and modify images using Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management (DISM), create Windows PE images, and migrate
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Jan
10
Both MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers have access to the same three core releases of Windows 7 Server Beta. The difference is that via MSDN subscribers can also grab a couple of checked beta builds of Windows 7 Server, namely Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta for Itanium Based Systems. You can also download
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Jan
10
Microsoft is highlighting a new hardware and software platform for the next generation of more useful and flexible household objects, appliances and accessories.
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Jan
10
For customers having difficulties accessing Windows 7 Public Beta 1 product keys be aware that the Windows 7 Beta has a built in 30 day grace period for installations before product keys are required. Customers with this issue should continue to download and install Windows 7 Beta without the product key, and
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Jan
10
The City of Seattle has embraced Microsoft Virtual Earth for their “My Neighborhood” mapping application, as a central web site to get some truly local information for all Seattlite. Just check the box you’re interested in and it will appear on the map. Move your mouse over a particular pushpin to get more information, aslo don’t
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Jan
10
ZDNet reports that the iPhone 3.0 firmware will support quad-core processors in an upcoming iPhone hardware revision. Imagination Technologies is announcing a multi-core GPU that could be suitable for iPhone use. Apple, an investor in Imagination Technologies, presently uses a less powerful version of their PowerVR GPU in the iPhone and iPod touch. The likely candidate
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Jan
10
Dell is shelling out $12m to acquire the Microsoft-related business of Allin Corporation, a small consultancy located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thet’re picking up approximately 100 employees and the book of business from Allin's offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in San Jose and Walnut Creek, California. The Microsoft IT consulting and solutions business at
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Jan
10
Administrators will see all servers and workstations that are shown in the SBS Console’s Computer tab. However, standard users will only see workstations that they have been granted access to. This means that Terminal Servers in the domain will NOT be shown to standard users. To allow non-administrators to see Terminal Servers present in the network,
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Jan
10
Internet Explorer 8 sends an updated user-agent string when interacting with web servers, and with the release of Windows 7 Beta 1. Each of these events has a small impact on the User-Agent string.
The Trident/4.0 User-Agent String: In order to help users visit sites that block the “MSIE 8.0” user-agent string, IE8 will
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Jan
10
In this article, we will take the Virtual Earth 3D control out of the web browser, use it in a WinForms application, and control it with a Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote) and a pair of Vuzix VR920 glasses, while also providing a stereoscopic 3D image to the glasses, creating the illusion of a fully three dimensional
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Jan
10
Asus debuted a Eee D200, sized at 10.8" x 3.85" x 8.11", with a net weight of 9.5 pounds (4.3 kg). The "Sku 4" model is equipped with an Intel Atom N270 processor, has 2GB of Samsung DDR2 800 RAM, dual Seagate 500 GB HDDs, and a slot-loading TSST DVD-RW drive.
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Jan
10
The official Microsoft public beta links are still not up, due to very heavy traffic (a problem getting the up-to 2.5 million public testers) as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta. However, exclusive access to TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers are still accessible.
If you cann’t wait until the Windows site up for download, here’re the steps to acquire Windows 7 – official way:
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Jan
10
Microsoft unveiled Mediaroom Anytime, a groundbreaking feature set for the Microsoft Mediaroom multimedia and IPTV platform that allows viewers to truly watch TV on their own time. In addition to existing Mediaroom features, such as video on demand, DVR Anywhere and Remote Digital Video Recording, the new Mediaroom Anytime features take time-shifted TV to the next level,
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Jan
10
The D-Link Xtreme N DIR-685 digital picture frame includes an 802.11n Wi-Fi router, an FTP server, network attached storage, SharePort technology for sharing USB printers & scanners and a 3.2-inch LCD monitor that displays pictures, live streaming video and other Internet content, the weather, and network performance statistics and gauges.
It
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Random From The D-Link Xtreme N DIR-685 0- Router, NAS, Digital picture frame
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