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Archive for February 13th, 2009

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Feb 13

Microsoft is planning to launch a number of new Microsoft-branded retail stores, according to a company press release issued late in the day on February 12. Microsoft announced that David Porter will join the company as corporate vice president of Retail Stores. He will lead Microsoft’s efforts to create a better PC and Microsoft retail purchase experience

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The Remote Web Workplace connect to computer feature in SBS 2008 by default doesn’t allow for local drive redirection. In order to get local drives to be available as an option, we have to use the following steps to modify a file on the Small Business Server.

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Google offers spreadsheets editing in Google Docs for Mobile that that allow you to add new rows, edit existing cells, sort by columns, and filter by terms. The new editable list view is available for iPhone, iPod touch. T-Mobile G1, Nokia S60, and Symbian phones

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In a statement to a question “How about the rumors that customers who buy Windows Vista after a certain date get a free copy of Windows 7. Is that true? Will there be certain SKUs that qualify?” a Microsoft spokesperson refrained from explicitly denying that it would offer Windows 7 as a free

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PC industry sources in Asia and the U.S. tell that they’ve heard things are on track to launch by this year's holiday shopping season, which has been Microsoft's internal target for some time. Microsoft is also putting the finishing touches on a program to offer Windows Vista buyers a free or low-cost update to Windows 7. That program could kick off as early as July, sources said.

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Apple has published the Security Update 2009-001, available for Leopard, Leopard Server, Tiger for Intel Macs, Tiger for PowerPC-based Macs, Tiger Server for PowerPC-based Macs and Server Universal. Two Java updates are also available which addresses security and compatibility issues and are compatible with both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs & applies to Mac OS X 10.5.6

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It seems, Google is currently testing a PGP verification feature in Gmail, that checks if the PGP signature attached to a message is valid. Gmail's code (screenshot) reveals that Google uses a Java applet to perform verification, reports Sean. Expect to see this feature in Gmail

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Microsoft entered an interesting partnership with the Girl Scouts of the USA, under the LMK (let me know) campaign, a couple of websites aimed at their respective audiences: Girl Scouts Let Me Know site for Girls and Girl Scouts Let Me Know site for Parents and Adults. In addition, the software giant has

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Mozilla is now experimenting with delivering to developers the accompanying tools and resources necessary to build open web platform applications. For this, Mozilla Labs put together and launched Bespin, that proposes an open extensible web-based framework for code editing that aims to increase developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences, and promote the use of open

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Microsoft announced several universities and institutions of higher learning have recently signed on to Microsoft Live@edu, signifying continued worldwide growth of this service. With enhanced collaboration and communications features, Live@edu is a no-charge suite that enhances student productivity in both the classroom and their personal lives. In addition, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Exchange Labs, which currently delivers

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The latest annual hacking challenge Pwn2own contest at CanSecWest next month will reportedly include challenges involving hacking into browser packages running on Windows 7 PCs and a separate contest involving breaking into next-generation smartphones. 3Com's TippingPoint security division is to sponsor both contests, due to take place at the Vancouver conference from 16 March.

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If you want to try out new multi-touch capabilities in Windows 7, you would need a PC that supports multiple touch points. Here’re few:

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Exchange 14, the next version of Microsoft's market-leading corporate e-mail server software, will add support for Gmail-like conversation view, full support for the Firefox and Safari Web browsers, and integrated instant messaging. One of the biggest features announced is multi-browser support for the rich Outlook Web Access (OWA) experience. With Exchange 14, you can access OWA or

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Microsoft will push an update to Windows Live Messenger Version 2009 build 14.0.8064.0206 as an optional upgrade over the next month, or just download & upgrade to latest version using Windows Live Essentials installer. The updates are not only limited to Messenger, but Mail, Photo Gallery, and Writer are also updated to 8064.1206. And Windows 7 Beta still runs Messenger in Vista compatibility

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mCubed has combined a petite Windows Home Server device with RipNAS Essentials to create a one-stop ripping and sharing device called RipNAS, that sport a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 2GB of RAM, Illustrate’s preferred Teac CD/DVD optical drive, and a fanless enclosure. The base unit can be equipped

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