Archive for the April, 2009
Apr
21
Setanta has launched its new Microsoft Silverlight-powered “Setanta-i service,” that gives you live and on demand channels, pay-per-view (PPV) events and a pretty large back catalogue, with some free content in there too – unusual for a premium broadband services that you get to pay before you play. It’s available in to six regions - USA, UK,
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Apr
28
BuddyFuse integrates third party (social / IM) networks into Windows Live Messenger. By doing this you can chat with your friends on those social networks from Windows Live Messenger, so no need to go to these networks anymore just for a chat. Currently it is available in beta, only supporting the Dutch social network Hyves.
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Apr
18
You may experience authentication issues browsing http://companyweb on SBS 2003 and SBS 2008 servers after installing the cumulative security update for Internet Explorer (963027) or Internet Explorer 8.0. When you try to browse Companyweb you will be prompted for authentication 3 times and eventually receive a blank page or 401.1. Your IIS logs will show
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Apr
7
At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2009 Annual Conference & Exhibition, Microsoft released an updated version of the Connected Health Framework (CHF) Architecture and Design Blueprint and additional solution accelerators in the Connected Health Platform (CHP) to help customers and partners deliver interoperable next-generation e-health solutions. In addition, leading healthcare solution providers Perot Systems
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Apr
20
This post covers details of the behavior of Windows Server 2008 DFS-N (Distributed File System - Namespaces) clients by looking at network traces. His main goal is to show the interaction between a DFS-N client, a domain controller, a namespace server and a file server. These traces were taken using Network Monitor 3.3 beta from a set
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Apr
27
“What's Popular” is an iGoogle gadget that highlights popular content from the web. Much like Digg, Reddit or Yahoo Buzz, you can vote the web pages and add content you find interesting. Right now, the most popular web page has 13 pops (probably a name for upvotes), there are three categories: stories, videos, images and the
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Apr
21
Beginning in May, fans can enjoy the premium experience of Xbox 360 Elite with two highly-acclaimed Xbox 360 exclusive games, including “Halo 3,” the thrilling conclusion of Master Chief’s epic fight against the Covenant and “Fable II,” the masterful role-playing sequel with limitless choices and consequences. These two Games of the Year award winners combined with
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Apr
23
Paul Dawson, Head of Interactive Media at Conchango, tweeted the great example of Microsoft Surface using a search example.
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Apr
28
There seems to be a myth that Microsoft limits security updates to genuine Windows users. Who gets security updates? “Not only do all security updates go to all users' systems, but non-genuine Windows systems are able to install service packs, update rollups, and important reliability and application compatibility updates. In addition, the users of non-genuine Windows
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Apr
23
For those of you that do not know, you can install the Windows Server 2008 CA web site pages on an alternate server from the CA. One reason why you might deploy this configuration is if you currently have a Windows 2000 / Window Server 2003 Certification Authority and need to be able to deploy certificates
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Apr
29
Microsoft opened its annual management confab saying it would ship the next version of Operations Manager by the end of June and laying out its efforts to manage data centers and virtualized environments. The company pulled back the curtain on its road map for the next version of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), which will incorporate the major features
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Apr
15
A Google Groups thread revealed that Google has finally updated the link operator aspect of that algorithm in Blog Search. That means, if you come up in the blogroll as a link, you won't be shown in a link operator on Blog Search every time that blog writes a new blog post.
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Apr
4
iGoogle and orkut sandboxes are incorporating two fundamental changes coming to Shindig which are intended to simplify the implementation and use of OAuth. If you're using a client library (Java, PHP, Python, Ruby), the latest versions will be compatible with these changes.
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Apr
16
Microsoft confirmed a report that it had received a one-week extension from EU antitrust regulators to respond to charges that it had sought to thwart rivals by bundling its web browser with Windows systems. "Microsoft confirms that the new deadline for the company to respond to the Commission's statement of objections is April 28," a spokeswoman said, referring
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Apr
22
Sun Microystems, which announced Sun Cloud in March, is taking a different track than the Java clouds from Google, Aptana, and Stax because it wants to be more than just a Java provider. The new cloud will create new clusters of machines from any disk image, including some of the most popular versions of Linux and
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Random From The Sun Cloud taking different track then Java
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Microsoft has made available for download free resources designed to allow customers to capture and perform protocol analysis of network traffic associated with products such - Feb04Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 SDK – Download
The Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 was designed to be a managed-code platform that empowers developers to build applications that provide access to and - Mar31FREE Windows Azure Firestarter event on April 6, 2010 – Online also available
Microsoft organized a special, “all-day FREE Windows Azure Firestarter event April 6, 2010, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (PT) at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, - Jan18iJigg: Jigg Your Music
iJigg, a new music site that went live on Jan’15th —on iJigg you can find rare addictive tunes from musicians across the world, and as an iJigg member, you can - Mar01Windows 8 Server Beta and Resources Download Links
Just hours after launching the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft also released its Server conuter part the Windows Server 8 Beta.