Archive for the August, 2009
Aug
18
Developer documentation on MSDN’s indicating Microsoft’ll indeed be backporting the new Scenic Ribbon UI framework introduced in Windows 7 to its predecessor, Windows Vista (and Windows Server 2008). Further information posted by a Microsoft employee in the MSDN forums reveals however a rather non-intuitive implementation of how the backport
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Aug
30
Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 is a slip-streamed version, and introduces several new features, but in order to utilize Exchange 2007 SP2, you must perform the following steps: Extend the Schema; Prepare Active Directory; Install Windows Installer 4.5; Uninstall Interim Updates. Microsoft Windows Installer is a component of the Windows operating system that provides
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Aug
31
Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 code name “R2” August Community Technology Preview (CTP) is now available. This pre-release version of Commerce Server 2009 “R2” into a non-production environment to learn how Commerce Server 2009 “R2” provides an improved business management experience, enhanced cross-channel enablement with 3-tier development and deployment support, and a more streamlined deployment
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Aug
21
This post talk about how to implement a High Availability OCSP Configuration. There’re two major pieces in implementing the High Availability Configuration. The first step’s to add the OCSP Responders to what’s called an Array. When OCSP Responders’re configured in an Array, the configuration of the OCSP responders can be easily maintained, so that all Responders
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Aug
20
This document of about 60 pages is perhaps one of your first in the world of software development. You should certainly read other books and write a number of (large and small) programs for you feel completely comfortable with this new domain. If you complete this manual, you would have done interesting programs such as a
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Aug
29
Bing search blog offers some tips to ensure the images on a site are optimized for search engine:
Name image files appropriately – For improved relevance, make sure that the file name describes the image appropriately.
Alternative image text (alt text) matters – For increased optimization, make sure photos are properly described with alternative text tags, and
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Aug
11
Google AdSense has launched a new “Fan Page” on Facebook, a one-stop shop for up-to-date information, which’ll be synched with the blog and Twitter, and will house optimization photos and videos that’re currently found on YouTube channel. You can also find out about upcoming events under the 'Events' tab and look out for posts about
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Aug
17
Below’re some screenshots of Dell’s first Android-powered mobile phone, the “Mini 3i” features a 3.5-inch touchscreen with 360×640 resolution, a 3.2MP camera, Bluetooth, a 950mAh battery, a mini USB port and a microSD card slot. There’s no physical keyboard and no Wifi. The phone supports 2G only, but runs on the so-called Open Mobile System, China Mobile’s proprietary
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Aug
11
Search engines, such as Bing, need to regularly crawl websites not only to index new content, but also to check for content changes and removed content. Larger sites that’ve a great many pages of content may need to be crawled more deeply and/or more often so that their latest content may be added into the index.
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Aug
23
Felipe Gomes demonstrate the progress on multitouch support for Firefox, and here’s a video which showcases some possible interactions and use cases for what web pages and webapps can do with a multitouch device.
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Aug
18
Google has extended ‘category filtering beta’ to ads in AdSense for feeds. To set up, from Ad Review Center, make sure you select a Client-ID that starts with ca-feed-pub. Note that this allows you to select different categories for your feed than for your
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Aug
28
Business Contact Manager (BCM) is a powerful contact and customer information management feature of Outlook. The new version of BCM for Outlook 2010 is far more powerful and flexible than BCM for Outlook 2007. Manage your business contacts, track opportunities through the sales cycle, send personalized marketing campaigns, and organize your business projects. If you’re beta testing Office
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Aug
1
Adobe released an out-of-cycle security update to Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat that fixes several critical cross-platform vulnerabilities, one of which’s related to Microsoft's Active Template Library (ATL) vulnerability. Adobe recommends all users of Flash Player 10.0.22.87 and earlier upgrade to 10.0.32.18 or by auto-updating when prompted. If 10.0.32.18 cannot be installed, Adobe has
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Aug
7
Cloud Sherpas (Google partner) that helps mid-size and large enterprises, switching from Lotus Notes to Google Apps, and get the most out of Google Apps, will co-host a morning workshop – Leaving Lotus: Making the Switch from Lotus Notes/Domino to Google Apps – on Thursday, August 13 in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're an
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Aug
21
P. Anandan show us a project called “India Digital Heritage Project” — a cool attempt to recreate the experience of visiting historic sites around India through the combined use of Photosynth, HD View, video, and ambient sound. While much of the presentation is 'on rails' like a theme park tour, just like with World Wide Telescope you
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Random From The India Digital Heritage Project Overview – Video
- Oct15Google Street View Live in France “Promenez-vous sur les Champs Elysees”
After adding Tour de France's routes in Street View, Google has now expanded Street View coverage in 6 major cities in Europe France: Paris, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Marseille and Nice. The Zorgloob French blog links to a video prepared for the launch: - Apr29HP acquire Palm for $1.2 Billion
HP and Palm, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm - Feb23Microsoft and Amazon signed a ‘patent cross-license agreement’
Microsoft signed a patent cross-license agreement with Amazon.com, that provides each company with access to other’s patent portfolio and covers a broad range of products - Oct23Microsoft software takes aims at RIM customers
Microsoft Corp. introduced software on Monday to manage advanced mobile phones much like personal computers, taking aim at a business dominated by Research in Motion's - Feb08Google’s Privacy Principles Published
On January 28th, to mark the International Data Privacy Day, Google publicly published guiding Privacy Principles. You can find out more