Archive for July 2nd, 2009
Jul
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YouTube now allows uploading of video files upto 2GB, as well as large HD files directly from your camera. Also, you can now share links directly to the HD version of your video, as well as embed the HD version on your blog or website:
-To share a link to HD version, simply append &hd=1 to the end of the URL
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Jul
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The Apple Dev Center given a surprise to registered developers, with an interesting little message about the release of the iPhone SDK 3.1 beta (see the screenshot). Perhaps topmost on the list of iPhone 3.1 features that developers have been searching for, but were denied with the 3.0 release,
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Jul
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As of July 1st 2009, Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery) Version 1.1 is officially an OASIS standard. Discovery bits included in the .NET 4.0 Beta1 package implement this specification. OASIS, which is an acronym standing for the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, defines itself as a not-for-profit consortium focused on
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Jul
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Synergex has released their Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET with support for the Entity Framework. The Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET enables developers to access Synergy DBMS databases from .NET applications and Visual Studio 2008 and to take advantage of the Entity Framework and LINQ. “via the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET, customers would
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Jul
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By default, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 installs the Virtual Machine Manager Service to run under the LocalSystem account. This is a configuration that runs just fine, but what if, for security reasons, you want to use a domain account instead? While the option to specify a domain account exists as part of the installation
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Jul
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Microsoft has pull the plug on its MSN/Windows Live Butterfly program. Over the past few years, the Windows Live Butterfly testers got pre-beta Live products and services before the public had a chance to test them. They provided Microsoft with regular feedback and did some
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Jul
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A close look at the agreements embedded in the License folder of the latest leaked builds of Windows 7. This is no longer a beta license agreement and is presumably very close to the final agreement that customers will accept. Microsoft prices the Family Pack at $189, which is $10 less than Apple’s Family
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Jul
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This post explains “if my site was already added by an End-user to their Compatibility View list before my site was updated, and now it’s ready, how would I get the site off of that user’s list? I wanted to share one particular feature that we haven’t blogged about before – the ability to “trim” domains
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Jul
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The AD Replication Monitor utility (Replmon.exe) was introduced with the Windows Server 2000 Support Tools many years ago as a GUI mechanism for performing certain DC admin tasks. With the release of Window Server 2008 Replmon was not included and was replaced with Repadmin.exe. The most common operation with Replmon was to have it ”push” AD replication outbound
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Jul
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GeoMaker creates microformats and maps from geographical information embedded in texts. It allows non-developers to enter some text or a URL, filter the results (using YUI datatable) to remove false positives and get the embed code for a Yahoo Map or a list of microformatted locations as copy+paste. See the screencast below:
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Jul
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Forrester Research has named Microsoft a leader in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Database Management Systems, Q2 2009. (June 2009). Forrester writes that Microsoft is “The most aggressive DBMS vendor with a strong road map.” In this Wave, Forrester categorizes Leaders as offering “broad set of functionality to support any critical transactional application.” SQL Server
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Jul
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Contacts in Google Apps gets updates: First a new API is launched that, when combined with the existing shared contacts API, gives administrators the ability to maintain an updated and detailed global address list in Google Apps. Also the Contacts interface throughout the Google Apps suite is updated, particularly in Gmail, making it easier for employees to find
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Jul
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Google made some more changes to Gmail's labeling toolkit; all of following changes mean the end of Right-side Labels, an experimental Gmail Labs feature:
-You can now drag & drop messages into labels, just like you can with folders, and as "Move to". You can drag labels onto messages too. It's
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Jul
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Image spam, Blended threats, Payload viruses, Spam. If you're one of the more than 15 million people whose work email is protected by Postini's email security products, sure you don't spend a lot of time thinking about these things. So those of you, interested can see what spammers are up to; the spam data cited in this post
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Jul
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SBS 2008 includes a brand new version of the POP3 connector. This post will introduce key elements in understanding how this version differs from previous versions and how to implement it properly. Like its predecessors, the POP3 connector in SBS 2008 is meant to be a migration solution to allow companies to transition from hosting their
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