Archive for the May, 2009


May 19

Microsoft’s enhanced Windows SideShow PC gaming concept confirms; you can never have enough displays

Microsoft is now trying to breathe new life into Windows SideShow by illustrating some interesting applications of the platform to PC gamers. A research study conducted by Microsoft earlier this year shows gamers are keen on a small Windows SideShow-powered touch-enabled and rotatable widescreen display to
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May 17

Google Code integrates ‘version control and issue tracker’

If you use Google Code to host open source projects; now when you fix / update a code, you can easily close the loop by putting an issue tracker command in your commit-log message. There’re commit-log commands to: Easily set an issue's status to Fixed; Update any aspect of the issue, and add a comment; Enter
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May 27

Yahoo!’s new mobile and deskyop home page

Yahoo! continues developing new homepage, and has posted a sneak-peek of the latest design, tested internally. First of, the new Yahoo! Mobile is available on the mobile web across more than 300 devices and as an Apple iPhone app. My experience is customized with my Yahoo! Mail,
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May 22

‘Enterprise customers don’t believe vendor SLAs’, ‘email, collaboration will drive to cloud computing’, Ray Ozzie

Moving e-mail and collaboration applications to the cloud will drive the first wave of adoption of cloud computing in the enterprise, which is still in its nascent phase. The enterprises still don't trust that they will be provided with the high service levels they would need to move applications onto large networks run by a small number
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May 21

Conficker could be worse; controlled from Ukraine, Kaspersky

Kaspersky can't help but be impressed by the slick operations behind the Conficker botnet, and says, “It could be worse. We are lucky they are just cybercriminals looking to make money and not worse than that. They are high-end engineers who write code in a good way, and used cryptographic systems in the right way, they don't make
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May 15

Google Product Search for Android with Barcode Scanner

Google has integrated “barcode scanning with Google Product Search for mobile” and is available in the US and UK, for Android-powered devices. To get started: first, visit Google Product Search for mobile homepage and select 'Shopping' from 'more' tab. Next, tap on 'Scan Barcode' button to install latest Barcode Scanner app from Android Market. After the installation, go back to
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May 14

PHP SDK for Windows Azure available at CodePlex

PHP SDK for Windows Azure is the result of an open source development project by RealDolmen, for which Microsoft is providing funding. The goal of the SDK is to provide high-level abstractions that enable PHP developers to interoperate readily with Windows Azure. The PHP SDK for Windows Azure focuses on REST and provides the following
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May 11

Windows 7 Retail Packaging – Screenshots

A Polish Windows Community site has published retail packaging boxshots of Windows 7’s six editions (download): Basic:  Home Premium - normal version kosumencka; Professional - for small and medium-sized businesses. Specialized: Starter - the poorest functional version; Home Basic - Home Premium truncated version; Enterprise - for large corporations which have signed agreements with
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May 8

MSN City Guides expands with Windows Live and Facebook integration

MSN is launching a new version of its local offering, MSN City Guides, that will help users stay in the know, when they’re on the go. The new MSN City Guides features a new design, integrated Live Search and Live Search Maps, video, content-sharing and more. It offers a range of features to help
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May 22

SBS 2008: Repair Microsoft Exchange Server Roles

Repair steps for Exchange 2007 on SBS 2008 have been posted to the SBS TechCenter.  These steps cover reinstalling the Client Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox Server roles for Exchange 2007. Please note that removing and reinstalling Exchange roles on SBS 2008 should not be a common troubleshooting step.  These documents should only be used when other
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May 8

Complete List of Windows 7 Videos on Channel 9

This topic includes all Windows 7 videos since PDC08, about specific Windows 7 features that it makes sense to group these topics into categories so they are easier for potential viewers to find. Here is one new of the many videos from Channel 9.
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May 7

Introducing Forefront Anti-Spam Resource Center

Microsoft indicated that the Forefront anti-spam resource center was designed to provide customers with solutions and resources capable of protecting them from the deluge of unwanted email. More than 97% of all email is spam!  And it is more than annoying…it also creates the ideal environment for malware attacks and phishing attempts. Visit the site and
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May 28

Microsoft fortified Windows 7 kernel with ‘safe unlinking’ overrun buster

Microsoft engineers have fortified the latest version of Windows with a feature designed to make it significantly harder for attackers to exploit bugs that may be lurking deep inside the operating system. The safeguard is called safe unlinking, and it's been dropped into a part of the Windows 7 kernel
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May 19

Linux Storage and Filesystem Workshop – Day 2

Matthew "willy" Wilcox of Intel discussed around optimizing Solid State Disk performance (SSD) behaviors and "modeling" that behavior are still of interest. File systems developers need to understand how the performance costs have shifted compared to regular disks. Willy noted the Intel SSDs are adaptive and determine the alignment of partitions (63 sectors/track) based on the
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May 5

Manage contacts outside of Gmail using “standalone contact manager”

Google has launched a standalone contact manager, which lets you manage contact information across Google Docs, Google Calendar, Picasa, and other services – even if you don't use Gmail. To enable this service, just click on the link that says "Add more services" in the "Settings"
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