Archive for January 20th, 2009
Jan
20
If you’re streaming into Washington D.C. to see Barack Obama sworn in as America's 44th President, you can install Google Maps for mobile on your mobile device so you can use My Location to pinpoint your current location. You can also check live traffic conditions before you set out by clicking on the "Traffic" button on Google
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Jan
20
Intel made sweeping changes to its desktop processor line with its first high-efficiency quad-core chips. The 2.83GHz Core 2 Quad Q9550s, 2.66GHz Q9400s and 2.33GHz Q8200s all use just 65W of power versus the 95W of their predecessors. Reducing power use lifts the prices of the new Core 2 Quads versus their regular counterparts and puts a 2.83GHz
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Jan
20
Apple Inc said on Tuesday it had launched an online shop selling second-hand Apple products in China, offering discounts of up to 22 percent, as it looks to beef up its business in the country. These are products that were previously sold and returned to Apple and have undergone quality tests, the company's website said.
The
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Jan
20
Microsoft is reported launching a mobile phone syncing product called “SkyBox” at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month, which will allow syncing of contacts, email, SMSs, calendar items and pictures into the cloud. The service should compete with Apple’s MobileMe. In addition, Microsoft will also apparently unveil an enterprise version of SkyBox called SkyLine
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Jan
20
This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on January 13th, 2009. According to Microsoft, the DVD5 ISO image file with the security patches for Windows are available for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (including SP3), Windows Vista RTM/SP1, and Windows Server 2008.
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Jan
20
By using SFT Encoder Express Edition you have the possibility to create simple App-V package by encoding directory structure of your choice into a fully functioning SFT file. SFT Encoder Express Edition generates associated OSD and SPRJ files for oen executable out of the package, that you can then distribute from the Management Server to App-V
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Jan
20
As many of you undoubtedly know already, in Windows 7 Beta 1, disabling UAC also causes the gadgets to stop working. The reason for this is that Microsoft made the assumption that the sidebar process would never be run in an elevated state. So when you try to start it with UAC disabled it detects
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Jan
20
The Canvas 3D JS Libary (C3DL) is a javascript library that will make it easier to write 3D applications using canvas 3d. It will provide a set of math, scene, and 3d object classes to make the canvas more accessible for developers that want to develop 3D content in browser but do not want to have to deal in depth with the 3D math needed to make it work.
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Jan
20
Windows Installer 5.0 is available for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Bob Arnson announced that WiX v3.0 now includes support for new Windows Installer 5.0 features starting with the 3.0.4917.0 build on the SourceForge site. Here’re couple of useful links to help getting started learning about the new features that will be available in Windows Installer 5.0.
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Jan
20
Microsoft Virtual Earth has the road and postal codes data update for North America, Europe and Asia. For a list of countries where coverage for Virtual Earth data exists you can check it out in the MapPoint Web Service Geographic Coverage page in the SDK and add Japan to it. You see, MapPoint Web Service
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Jan
20
UAC is not available in Server Core, since it is a command line only interface, doesn’t have IE, or support for user applications. In addition, to use UAC with the command prompt you need to have the Explorer Shell so that you can click Start, right click on Command Prompt, and select run as administrator, which obviously isn’t possible on Server Core.
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Jan
20
Citrix Systems is working with Intel to deliver a "bare metal" hypervisor for client PCs, which proponents say could broaden the use of desktop virtualization by overcoming some of the technology's shortcomings today. The hypervisor should improve on today's desktop virtualization by providing better security, because it runs independently of the client OS, and better performance
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Jan
20
Many of the people have complained that they couldn’t install Windows 7 Beta using our USB tips on PC as well Mac. I’ve written them the soultion, and will post the same on blog later. Meanwhile, you can read this post on installing Windows 7 Beta on a MacBook Air
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Jan
20
The Downadup worm utilizes autorun.inf files to spread via removable devices such as USB drives. The autorun.inf uses some tricks, such as variable size, to help avoid detection. Bojan Zdrnja at SANS Internet Storm Center recently posted some additional analysis. Downadup attempts a social engineering trick in Windows Vista.
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Jan
20
Developers will find that they will no longer come across CAPICOM.dll in the recently launched Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: BETA, which accompanied the release of the first fully-fledged Beta build of Windows 7 (download link). Microsoft emphasized that the role played by CAPICOM.dll in the
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