Archive for January 14th, 2009
Jan
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This post describe a significant recent event in the evolution of one web standard in Internet Explorer 8. I think this post offers a unique view into the complexity involved in responding to changes in web standards during development, as well as a great forum to announce the change in the upcoming release candidate, which not only have
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Jan
14
Google lauched the Transit Layer on Google Maps in 58 cities around the world making it easier for citizens and tourists to access public transportation line information in their cities. To switch on the layer go to the More button and select the Transit tab.
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Jan
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This post describe the architectural differences of SYSVOL replication on Read-Only Domain Controllers in Windows Server 2008 (download link) – FRS versus DFSR. This makes another good case for taking the effort of getting your domain functional levels to 2008 and migrating off of the File Replication Service.
While FRS can be used, it has some
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Jan
14
Snowl is a prototype Firefox extension that integrates messaging into the browser. This version of the messaging-in-the-browser experiment builds on the first release with an updated river view, a new stream view for keeping track of messages in a sidebar while you do other things, the ability to send tweets, and support for multiple Twitter accounts.
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Jan
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Microsoft is about to change the way it licenses its software for virtualisation. According to Burton analyst Chris Wolf, who noticed the changes flagged up deep on the software giant’s website. Virtualisation throws up a host of licensing issues and, by general consensus, Microsoft has been more helpful to end users than many other enterprise software vendors in
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Jan
14
Live Mesh serice has an update for Windows 7 Beta (download link), the Live Mesh for Windows client update (0.9.3424.14) fixes the disabling of Aero support post the install of the Mesh Client. So to fix the below and get that Aero affect, install the update.
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Jan
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Apple's Safari browser is vulnerable to an attack on Windows and tMac OS X 10.5 Leopard, that allows a malicious web site to read files on a user's hard drive without user intervention. The vulnerability has been acknowledged by Apple, reports Mastenbrook.
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Jan
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“Use GPS And Web Maps For Location-Aware Apps” is an MSDN Magazine article authored by Christopher Mitchell. The focus of the application is for Windows Mobile devices, their onboard GPS and mapping out location information using MapPoint Web Service. What’s is being discussed in this article can also be done using Virtual Earth
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Jan
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Google released a new open source application for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard called “Quick Search Box” that allows you to search data on your computer and across the web.This app is very experimental, but through it you will be able to see many of the areas we are exploring: contextual search, actions, and extensibility.
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Jan
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A recent customer satisfaction survey conducted in North America and Europe by AMI Partners revelaed that 25% of the early purchasers of Windows Home Server are running home-based businesses. The facts about USA home-based business market reveals that Windows Home Server is helping home-based businesses automatically backup their PCs every day, provides a
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Jan
14
Several publications have taken Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's assertion that software is a big part of Zune's future to mean that Microsoft plans to abandon Zune hardware. But a spokesman says Microsoft has no plans to abandon Zune, although it will consider developing the service for third-party mobile platforms.
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Jan
14
A new unique application dubbed iSteam that turns your iPhone and iPod Touch into a foggy glass surface, perfectly mimicking a mirror after a hot shower is unleashed. Once installed, users just have to use their fingers to clear the steam off the screen and even write messages like those
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Jan
14
Microsoft Virtualization Solution Accelerators can help you assess your current infrastructure, plan and design new infrastructure pieces, secure server roles, and deploy virtualization technologies. Solution Accelerators are free, scenario-based guides and automations designed to help IT Professionals who are proactively planning, deploying, and operating IT systems using Microsoft products and technologies. Solution Accelerator scenarios
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Jan
14
Google released new features for local business ads, making it faster and easier for potential customers to find your business. The local business ads can appear in several countries and on a number of web properties, the changes described here will only affect local business ads that appear on Google Maps.
Info Window Features: your
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Jan
14
Yahoo! has filed a patent on reciprocal links: “A method for identifying reciprocal links is provided. At a particular host, the set of hosts which link to the particular host and the set of hosts to which the particular host links are determined. The intersection and union of the two sets of hosts are also
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Random From The Yahoo’s patent for Reciprocal links
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