Archive for March 19th, 2009
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Microsoft .NET RIA Services simplifies the traditional n-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP.NET and Silverlight platforms. RIA Services provides a pattern to write application logic that runs on the mid-tier and controls access to data for queries, changes and custom operations. It also provides end-to-end support for common tasks such as data validation, authentication
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Mar
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Microsoft released several components of Microsoft Web Platform, an integrated set of tools, servers and frameworks that work seamlessly together and interoperate with popular open source applications and products that are used in the community. Included in is the Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta, that simplifies the installation and update of Microsoft’s free Web products and other free
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Mar
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A Google Docs spreadsheet-based 2009 College Basketball Tournament Bracket template lets see the latest results of NCAA tournament including team names, records, seeds, scores, game times and even the location of a game. The template includes 10 blank brackets that each of your friends can fill out. No need to print out and fill-in blank paper
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Mar
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VirtualBox, Sun’s virtualization software platform has been reaching a number of 3D milestones in the past few months. Back in December, Sun had introduced OpenGL acceleration for Windows guests through a modified OpenGL driver for the XP/Vista virtualized operating systems that would then execute the OpenGL calls through the host operating system and its driver/hardware. A month later
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Mar
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Microsoft have some upcoming webcasts covering both introductory material and R2 features. If you’re new to clustering and want to learn more, our beginners webcasts will give you a solid foundation. If you want to know more about Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2 (code name “Windows Server 7”), check out our Feature Roadmap and Cluster
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Mar
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At Mix09, Microsoft released a new Microsoft Translator web page widget that allows real-time, in-place translations to web site /blog contents. Users can see your pages in their own language, without having to go to a separate translation web site, and share your page with friends in multiple languages.
More info: Get Widget |
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Mar
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Microsoft made available Internet Explorer 8, though, there are many ways to configure IE on your existing machines, this post will focus on Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) and Group Policy. IEAK8 allows you to deploy customized packages and manage IE settings post deployment. For instance, Mr. Smith could use IEAK to
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Mar
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Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure. Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.
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Mar
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Google released two new display ad templates to allow you to easily create eye-catching online coupons to run on sites across the Google content network. To access these new templates, log in to your AdWords account and choose the "Display ad builder" ad format option within any ad group. Then, choose the "Retail" category to
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Mar
19
adCenter released a package of new Conversion counting controls which allows you to specify how you want your events counted. These includes:
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Mar
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Google launched a new “Chrome Experiments” site to demonstrate their Chrome browser’s JavaScript capabilities. A set of games and visualizations that let you see the kinds of things that JavaScript is making possible. You can view, share, and rate what they've built. If you've made something fun and interesting with JavaScript you can submit it at ChromeExperiments.com
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Mar
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The Exchange Server documentation update is released. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1, take a look at Exchange Server 2007 Documentation Updates. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server Analyzer, take a look at Exchange Server Analyzer Topic Updates. You can see this article
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Mar
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Fingustics, a really cool application for education. What’s interesting here is the back story, the developer story linking to the designer. If you want to know more about surface development then this is a great insight. Watch the video after the jump.
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Mar
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Mozilla released the first public beta of Firefox mobile called “Fennec”. The Fennec features faster zooming, panning, and start-up times. It also users Mozilla's TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, allows for editing of bookmarks and use of bookmark folders. And will run on Nokia N810 Internet Tablets, Windows, OS X, or Linux computers. A Windows Mobile version will be available
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Mar
19
Gmail launched new exprimental features that show previews for some of the links included in an email for: YouTube videos, Picasa, Flickr links, and Yelp reviews. Just turn on previews from the Gmail Labs tab under Settings, and rather than having to click on a link to see, you'll see a list of previews below the message. Here’s an example, enable
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Random From The Gmail brings Media Preview of “YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and Yelp links”
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