Archive for the June, 2009
Jun
30
AppLocker in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise helps administrators control which applications are allowed to run in their organizations. These documents provide technical guidance about understanding how AppLocker works and how to effectively plan and deploy AppLocker policies.
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Jun
24
If you own a .yu domain! Then you might have heard the news: as of September 30, all .yu domains will stop working, regardless of their renewal date. This means that any content you're hosting on a .yu domain will no longer be online. For those of you who would still like to have your
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Jun
6
Yahoo! announced a number of new third-party apps and widgets on Yahoo! Mail, My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Connected TV, and My Yahoo services, and Zimbra email to give you quicker access to the things you do online every day.
For Yahoo! Mail new apps include: PayPal for sending or receiving money securely, Picnik for editing and sharing photos, and
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Jun
20
Google is launching a test that’ll show people, an entirely different advertising format known as a “product ad,” who search Google.com for products. Unlike text ads, product ads will “feature product specific information directly in the ad such as price and product image,” according to the email Google sent some advertisers inviting them to try out
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Jun
9
Wordnik is a project devoted to discovering all the words and everything about them to show you as much information as possible: “an example sentence, images from Flickr, statistics, audio pronunciation”. There's also a thesaurus-plus "related words" feature, which shows not only synonyms and antonyms, but other words that are used in a similar context. Wordnik collected more than 4 billion words
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Jun
2
The Vine diagnostic tool (vinediag.hta) collects diagnostic information of your installation of the Microsoft Vine beta, and stores it in a file on your computer. When you are discussing a problem in the Vine beta on the discussion forum, the support team might ask you to run this tool and share the file it creates. The
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Jun
5
The Ads tab in AdWords lets you view and edit all of your ads, as well as check their status and performance. In the new AdWords interface, you’ve access to the Ads tab within individual ad groups, whole campaigns, or for your entire account. One new feature adds the ability to see which ads are pending approval. You can use filtering
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Jun
24
Bing’s “Best match” feature deliver the very best search results. Best match helps you to identify which result might be most useful, particularly when one link clearly provides the official or authoritative source of information. It displays the result in a clearly marked area at the top of the page, and includes deeplinks into the most helpful
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Jun
13
The Commission is now formulating a remedy that would include the creation of a ballot screen containing a selection of browsers for users to choose from when they install Windows on their new computers. Microsoft, however, is trying to derail the process by offering a version of Windows 7 without a browser (IE), said Jon von
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Jun
18
Microsoft’s search engine is also involved in their efforts to keep users safe. One aspect of this effort is the Malware Filter of the Bing, designed to block websites that serve malicious code to unsuspecting victims, by masquerading malware as a range of genuine software. “In response to this growing threat, Bing has invested in ways to identify and filter sites that download
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Jun
22
Microsoft updated Microsoft Select License, Open License, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) License, and Full-Packaged Product (FPP) License Downgrade Rights documentation to also refer to Windows 7. “Can I downgrade my OEM version of Windows 7 Professional to Windows XP Professional? For a limited time of 18 months after the general
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Jun
26
Microsoft began offering discount on its Technet subscription until July 3; Under this program, you can get a one year subscription for $249, a $100 discount below the normal price. If interested visit the following link and enter the promo code "TEYFY09" to get the discount. UK users can enter the promo code "TNCARE09" to get the same discount (£187.37 instead of
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Jun
21
The experiment graphs (screenshot) shows the memory usage of Chrome, Firefox 3.5, Safari and Opera over a series of 150 Web page loads using an automated script. Firefox 3.5 shows the lowest memory usage in all categories, including average memory usage, maximum memory usage, and final memory usage. Chrome uses over
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Jun
23
Web Trend Map, mapping the state of the Internet on isometric maps, got new a new release, a slick visualization of the players in the web. You can download the full size image from Flickr, or explore the images on DeepZoomPix.com.
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Jun
3
MVPs Kevin Royalty and Grey Lancaster, supported by Alex Kuretz, will be hosting a webcast on Friday 5th June for the Microsoft Partner Program, entitled “Business Opportunities With Windows Home Server” from 9.00am – 10.00am Pacific Time. If you’re interesting in learning about how Windows Home Server can support your business, then make sure you register for
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