Archive for May 28th, 2009
May
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Beginning June 26, 2009, Microsoft will offer a free copy of Windows 7 (download) under its ‘Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program’ to buyers of new PCs running Vista, and in some cases XP. The promotion will through until sometime in January 2010, of a ‘comparable’ version of Windows 7 with match to Windows Vista Home
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May
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Microsoft warned of an increase in web-based attacks related to a family of malicious code referred as “Gamburl” (also called Gumblar or Redir). These attacks seem to be coming from legitimate Web sites with pages that have been modified to contain this malicious script. So even if you’re visiting a Web site that you trust,
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May
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Microsoft released a new Windows Web App Gallery application called “AmpliFeeder,” — a distributed social activity aggregator, capable of centralizing all user activities from specific websites, message boards, and even social networks into a single online location. You are no longer defined by your activity on just one website, message board or social network. Every photograph
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May
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Google launched a new “OpenSocial App Directory,” a centralized location for developers and containers to submit, review, and share OpenSocial applications. Initially, only live applications that support OpenSocial, like MySpace, orkut, and hi5 are included, but Google plans to include approved apps from more containers, as well as allow developers to submit their own apps.
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May
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Skyfire, a mobile browser for Windows Mobile and S60 launched version 1. The release notes point to a few major changes from earlier versions of the browser, emphasizing better text rendering, faster startup, easier controls and improved compatibility with complex AJAX-driven pages like Facebook and Gmail. To be honest, the changes
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May
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Microsoft plans to release a new version of the Windows Embedded Compact that powers Windows Mobile phones and other devices, codenamed “Cashmere,” could introduce a host of new features, from Adobe FlashLite support, to more advanced gesture recognition. Cashmere is based on Windows CE 6 and was, up until fairly recently, was still “under consideration,” according to the Microsoft
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May
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If you’re facing problems, when creating a new user with the Add a New User Account wizard from the SBS Console does not create the respective Exchange 2007 mailbox. In these cases the AddUser.log (C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Logs) indicated that the default Mailbox Database was not found.
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May
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The video below shows Fabulatech and Hyper-V R2 (download) in action.
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May
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Yahoo! Search, is now offering sports team shortcut for sports releated queries that displays “real time score, last game’s score, date and time of next game, as well as quick links to team’s page, news, scores, schedules, stats, and photos.” The sports team shortcut covers the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, French Open, and college sports leagues including the NCAAF and NCAAB.
Google
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May
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During Q&A session of Google I/O, Sergey Brin fielded the question about “Microsoft’s new search enigne ‘Bing’”. Watch the video below:
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May
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The matrix of considerations for backup and DR for Hyper-V is not simple, for example there are several methods to backup running VMs such as Windows Server Backup, DPM, diskshadow.exe, as well as non-Microsoft solutions such as Symantec Backup Exec. For more help on options and considerations, see: Backup and Disaster Recovery for Server
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May
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Here’re some examples, resources to better understand and fight of hacking and spamming on your website. “An example we often see is hackers using an exploit in a sites database (SQL Injection) or in sites that have unchecked areas for user input (XSS). Run the following site: query (site:.edu free ringtones) and look at the URLs. If you see some
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May
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Google Web Elements adds richness, interactivity and monetization to your website with the simplicity of copy and paste to Google products: Calendar, Custom Search, YouTube, News, Maps, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and more. Each element is designed to help you get started quickly without spending time on the deep technical details, announced Google Code blog.
For e.g.: News element adds headline news
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May
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Two videos show a prototype Microsoft Research is working on, dubbed VPlay. VPlay is an interactive system based on a Microsoft Surface that is being developed over at Microsoft Research Cambridge. It allows one or multiple users to manipulate video in real time. VPlay is designed for VJing (live video mixing) and achieves the real-time aspect by
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May
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Microsoft released the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager tailored to work with Windows 7 (download), and is designed to allow administrators to perform remote management of their IIS 7.0 and IIS 7.5 servers. If you are installing on Windows 7: you must have the Internet Information Services Management Console installed. If you are installing on Windows Vista: you must
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