Archive for May 14th, 2009
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This post discuss about the “backup plug-in with Exchange 2007 SP2” and “how Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2008 does not provide any out-of-the-box functionality to backup Exchange 2007.” The backup integration will enable Windows Server Backup to backup Exchange data. Note that there is no specific "Exchange only" granularity when you are backing things
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Intel will invest $12 million over the next five years into the new Intel Visual Computing Institute located at Saarland University in Saarbr No Comments » - Posted by DG
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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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Amazon made available their new “Kindle Publishing for Blogs” Beta program to everyone, is a fast and easy publishing tool that lets you upload your blog in Kindle Store. Kindle Blogs are delivered wirelessly to your Kindle throughout the day. Check back often--we're adding more blogs every day. All you’ve to do
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OnStar (a part of General Motors) announced their new application to integrate Microsoft Virtual Earth into their emergency response system as a data visualization function to better serve their customers with critical 3D details to more accurately guide first responders to hard-to-find or rural locations. OnStar will soon provide unparalleled location information to emergency responders by enhancing GPS
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At TechEd, Microsoft announced the key new features that will make it into the Release Candidate of SCVMM 2008 R2 in late May, that weren't in the Beta. Here’s the extra features: Storage Migration, Queuing of Live migrations, Rapid Provisioning, Host compatibility checks, Support for 3rd party CFS, and Support for Veritas Volume Manager.
Storage Migration enables
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Helping insurance firms cut costs and transform themselves through software innovation, Microsoft will demonstrate its software-plus-services offerings at the 2009 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum on May 17–19, 2009. By embracing software plus services, insurance firms have the power of choice to run applications locally, in the cloud or a combination of the two. Technologies shown include
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Microsoft we’ll be hosting a 90 minute webcast on May 27, 2009 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada), using Windows PowerShell with Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager so mark your calendars now. Windows PowerShell is likely to become the automation tool of choice. In this webcast, we provide examples of Windows PowerShell being used to
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Swa Frantzen, a analysts at SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC) criticized Microsoft for issuing patches that fix the Windows versions of PowerPoint while announcing that patches for the same flaws in the Mac editions would not be released until June. "Microsoft is the one big company screaming loudest over 'responsible disclosure,'" said Frantzen. Responsible disclosure, a practice
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In January, Google added four new links to local business ads: "Get Directions, Street View (where available), Save to My Maps, and Send." Now, there's a new report in your Report Center to track users' interactions with these links. The data in the new local business ads interaction report is intended to provide you
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The MangoBunnies created a mobile phone application called “CAMRA” (for Computer-Assisted Medication Regimen Adherence program), a tool that keeps HIV and AIDS patients mindful of their medication timing via their mobile devices. "The thing about medication adherence rates is currently they sit
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Now, when you make health related search on Google, you may find survery links at the bottom of the search results. This is not a permanent change, but a short-term experiment. A small percentage of random health-related searches will trigger the poll question. Data collected in this survey will be aggregated across
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OneNote 2010 and SharePoint Workspace 2010 (formerly Groove) will be added to the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 release. We are not announcing any information about consumer SKU changes just now. OneNote 2010 provides a comprehensive set of tools to accommodate how people and teams work today. With shared notebooks, organizations can gain
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Valeo announced that the Group's 30,000 Internet-connected employees now have access to a new communication and collaborative working platform based on Google Apps Premier Edition and supported by Capgemini. The progressive roll-out of the new system is giving employees access to a suite of online products, between the 193 Valeo entities in 27 countries, reports
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Microsoft announced official support for server virtualization for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This whitepaper defines the supported topologies and provides best practice recommendations for running Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and SQL Server 2008 in a Windows Hyper-V environment or other hypervisor technologies. Office Communications Server 2007 R2 can be deployed onto Windows Server 2008
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Random From The Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 in a Virtualized Topology – Whitepaper
- Jan15Firefox Ubiquity update; sleeker and smarter
Firefox Ubiquity has gained a sleeker look and a smarter, more stable core. Ubiquity has also gained the ability to be skinned: anyone who knows how to write standards-complaint CSS can now create and share a custom Ubiquity skin. - Apr22Dustin Diaz: CSS Naked Day Founder Joins Google
CSS Naked Day founder and ex-Yahoo employee, Dustin Diaz announced on his blog that: I’m - Aug31Exchange Server 2007: New stuff for Exchange ActiveSync and Exchange Mobility
Exchange 2007 SP1 is now in beta for MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers and there is a lot to love from a mobile standpoint. - May20Google Chrome Web Store – First Chrome app ready to try
Google Chrome Web Store will be available to users later this year and is “an open marketplace for web apps”. Chrome users will be able - Jan30How To: Speed up Windows Vista “official and unofficial tips”
Microsoft has published an article on speeding up Vista, aimed at general users. It's not too bad. Here's the summary: Delete programs