Archive for June 3rd, 2009
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Microsoft is currently running a pilot program, in which the company offering FREE subscription to Microsoft TechNet Plus, that normally costs $349 (download-only) or for $599 (download and DVD shipments). The program expire on September 30, 2009. All you’ve to do is, just visit any these links: Canada link, US link, and UK
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Microsoft recently released Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Virtual PC 2007 Binary BSP to test Windows Embedded CE 6.0 as a gust operating system inside a virtual machine running under Virtual PC 2007. Now, the company has released a new PowerToy to the MSDN Code Gallery called “PipeTerm,”designed to help with the debugging process. The
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Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue the DAV protocol for accessing Hotmail on September 1, 2009. If you use Microsoft Office Outlook, Outlook Express, or Entourage to view Hotmail, the DAV protocol retirement may affect you. To continue receiving e-mail from your Hotmail account in one of these mail programs, please follow one of the
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Google Chrome for Mac is coming along fine, Jeremy Moskovich explained “how the developers implemented sandboxing, an important Google Chrome feature”. “Starting a sandbox involves a single call to sandbox_init() specifying which resources to block for a specific process. In our case we lock down the process pretty tightly. That means no network access, and very limited or no
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Jun
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In the RC build of Windows 7, you can see a number of new themes, for example the “Architecture” theme. This theme is comprised of six architectural photos which cycle on the desktop background, a complementary “Twilight” window color and the “Cityscape” sound scheme which was inspired by the sounds
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Jun
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Apple included geolocation in the mobile Safari browser on iPhone. This means you won't have to type in your zip code or hopefully not have to be asked a million times if an app can use your location. “I just checked a GPS-enabled webpage, below, on a 3.0B5 iPhone's Mobile Safari and Boom! The webpage checks
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Jun
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A new published, Microsoft Application Virtualization KB article, describes a hotfix package that contains the latest post CU1 hotfixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5. Note, that this is not a required update but if you are seeing these behaviors in your environment it may be appropriate for you to test and apply this update.
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Jun
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Microsoft press pass has published a television ad, part of its $80-million advertising campaign for new Decision Engine ‘Bing,’ and if nothing else it proves money doesn’t buy you anything these days.
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Acer announced of launching an Android-based netbook in the 3rd quarter of 2009. The Android netbooks will run Atom and presumably cost less than Windows XP-based netbooks that require additional $25 tithe to Microsoft. Acer will continue to offer Windows-based netbooks along side the Android builds. Whether Android, an OS designed for smartphones, will succeed in gaining
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Jun
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Brian Ussery made this video of the “Google Holodeck” for Street View while at the recent Google I/O conference.
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Adobe is offering a free preview of its BrowserLab service, which allows Web developers to quickly see what their site looks like on a number of browsers. The technology, previously code-named ‘Meer Meer,’ uses virtualization, can show how a site will look in Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari running on different operating systems. Running BrowserLab requires a Mac or
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Jun
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Microsoft Hardware will launch several new features for Windows 7 in the coming months for its peripherals; the first of which is a timesaving feature called ‘Taskbar Favorites’ that gives Microsoft keyboard users a smart new way to access their most frequently used programs and documents. Taskbar Favorites will map to the location of applications on
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Jun
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In Dec 2008, hi5 launched its first virtual currency, that allowed users to buy hi5 Coins to buy Gifts, and expanded it to real currency – going beyond credit/debit cards to include payment methods, such as mobile SMS, offers and alternate cards, like Ultimate Game cards. In order to make, virtual currency more universal across hi5 and non-hi5 applications, the company
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Jun
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There has been some renewed media interest in the NASA Space Act Agreement with Microsoft, which was signed earlier this year. WWT is an online program that pulls together images from across space and which lets users use their computer screens to traverse the universe. Conversion of the information into the WWT format
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Jun
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Google made it mandatory to include "condition" attribute starting on June 30th, 2009, in all locations. In order to keep your feeds active past this date, and to provide shoppers with the most useful information, please include one of three values to describe your product: new, used, or refurbished.
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