Archive for June 27th, 2009
Jun
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With the Microsoft’s announcement of Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program & pricing; HP announced that "customers who purchase qualifying HP PCs will receive a free upgrade to Windows 7 when it becomes available in October." Lenovo also announced free upgrade options: "Lenovo will mail you a FREE license upgrade to Windows 7 if you buy a Lenovo laptop
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Microsoft confirmed that malicious code designed to harvest online games account credentials had been detected bundled with exploits targeting the DirectShow vulnerability impacting Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. “Users, upon visiting a specially constructed web page that invokes the vulnerable media plug-in, will encounter exploit shellcode, which further execute and download additional
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Jun
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Whenever you’re deploying Windows Server DFS-Namespaces, you will need to figure out how many servers will be required. A single namespace server can typically handle thousands of referrals per second (the exact number will depend on details like the number of targets per link, the server configuration, the network bandwidth). Since DFS-N clients will cache those
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Jun
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Warsaw, Prague and Oslo have joined other major European cities, including Munich, Hamburg, Berlin and Zurich etc. of phototextured cities in the 3D Buildings layer of Google Earth. If you've never visited these cities in-person, have some fun flying around and exploring them virtually.
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Jun
27
Microsoft finally confirmed the existence of the Zune HD. The official confirmation was more or less a "let's get this out of the way for E3" move. Microsoft wanted to be sure the Xbox 360 and its Natal controller would be the star of the show. Microsoft. Zune team also confirmed that the Zune HD would
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Jun
27
Using the new Google Analytics Data Export API, a number of developers have created mobile solutions for accessing GA Data on iPhone and Android phones. Note, it still takes system some time to process your data, so if you're checking today's data, proceed with caution.
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Jun
27
If you care about your website being found in search, you’ll want to help the search crawler do its job. Or at the very minimum, you should remove any obstacles under your control that can get in its way. The more efficiently the search engine bot crawls your site, the higher the likelihood that more of
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Jun
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Zach Johnson created a “text shadow bow” using a PNG to create a spotlight, some CSS and JavaScript function to update the text-shadow style on the text in order to simulate realtime shadows from a single light source. Just move your cursor over the box to cast a shadow with the spotlight. This demo uses the CSS
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Jun
27
Microsoft updated and extended Support Lifecycle policy associated with the service packs for select products under the Dynamics brand. Microsoft revealed that it was customer input that catalyzed the support reprieve affecting Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics AX, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Essentially, the service pack support policy for Dynamics SL,
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Jun
27
Microsoft Update team responded to recent questions about how users are notified about updates: “tray icon should display when all of your available updates have been downloaded. Upon shutdown, Windows Update and Automatic Updates will also notify customers if there are any available and downloaded (but not yet installed) updates.”
You can call Microsoft Support if updates are installed during shut down
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Jun
27
Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive to allow Netbook owners to more easily upgrade their machines. The move, which is still under consideration, is one of several things Microsoft has looked at to try to make it convenient to upgrade machines that don't come with a CD or DVD drives.
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Jun
27
PolyPlus is to develop single-use lithium metal-air batteries, it also has rechargeable lithium metal-air batteries in the early stages of development, that have 10 times the energy density of regular lithium-ion batteries. The anode is made up entirely of lithium metal, and the surrounding air acts as the cathode, making the batteries incredibly energy dense. Previous efforts
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Jun
27
Google News was inaccessible on Thursday afternoon, following Michael Jackson's death news began to circulate, with an error message: "We're sorry, but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now." Google confirmed the surge of Michael Jackson-related searches on Google News Thursday was first
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Jun
27
A couple of Microsoft designers working on what was Windows Codenamed “Longhorn” at the time were granted a patent they filed all the way back in 2005. On closer inspection, their idea is reminiscent of the Aero Snap feature in Windows 7 today, but arguably more powerful. The Longhorn designers too thought of this
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Jun
27
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 (download) on Windows XP for 5 additional Indian languages. You can visit World wide sites page to download Internet Explorer in your preferred locale/ language. Here’s direct download link for new languages: Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kannada, and Bengali.
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