Archive for August 22nd, 2009
Aug
22
Wolfram Alpha and Microsoft’s Bing search engine have reached a licensing deal that allows Bing to present some of the specialized scientific and computational content that Wolfram Alpha generates. Representatives from Microsoft and Wolfram Research declined to comment on the deal. It's not clear whether Bing results’ll carry Wolfram's branding (i.e., results "Powered By Wolfram
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Aug
22
Starting, August 25th, Internet Explorer 8 will be offered through WSUS. On default installations of SBS server, you’ll need to manually approve it in the SBS Console or the WSUS Console. However, if you’re automatically approving Update Rollups by manually configuring WSUS, then it’s important for you to know that the IE 8 Installation Blocker Tool used
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Aug
22
Apple’ve responded to FCC’s inquiry into Apple's rejecting Google Voice applications; here’s some key points: “Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it. The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile
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Aug
22
Gmail now offering another export solution “Email task list” that can be found in the Actions menu. Clicking on it’ll open a new compose window with the contents of your current task list. This works in all views (my order, sort by date, completed), so you can email and explain why you've been so
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Aug
22
Mobile Incubation Week is back, and this time’ll be held at Microsoft’s offices in Washington, D.C., September 28 through October 2, 2009. If you’re an entrepreneur and’ve an idea for a great Windows Mobile application, would like to port your existing app, or want to accelerate development of your current Windows Mobile application, nominations are
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Aug
22
Microsoft released the Japanese Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Home Server, which provides developers with guidance, for example application programming interface (API) information, on how to create programs that integrate with the Windows Home Server Console. Japanese developers now have access to the localized version of the SDK on the Windows Home Server section of the
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Aug
22
Google launched AdSense for content and AdSense for search in Lithuanian, Ukrainian, or Latvian languages. Visit the AdSense Setup tab in your account to begin generating ad and search code - Google’s system’ll automatically take care of targeting ads to the content of your pages and user search queries in these three languages. No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
22
YouTube Mobile Application for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices is now available in five new languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Swedish, and Czech. YouTube's Mobile Application makes it easy to quickly load and watch high-quality YouTube videos on your mobile phone, even in weak coverage areas. To get the update or to try the
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Aug
22
Windows Live Mail team posted about the updates in the latest build number 14.0.8089.0726 that released with the new Windows Live Movie Maker. Here’s a few of the bugs addressed:
-Windows Live Mail now properly import Outlook Express mail account settings that were transferred from a Windows XP to a new Vista or Windows 7 system using Windows Easy Transfer wizard. -In some cases, after
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Aug
22
Google now shows sitelinks for Wikipedia articles. The sitelinks for Wikipedia results’re special because Google doesn't send you to a different page, but to a section of the article. This’s especially useful for long articles that include a lot of information. “sitelinks are links to popular sections of a site that help you navigate directly
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Aug
22
Microsoft Learning has created a series of Learning Snacks to help satisfy your hunger for more knowledge. Learning Snacks are short, interactive presentations about popular topics created by Microsoft Learning experts. Each Snack is delivered by using innovative Microsoft Silverlight technology and includes various media, such as animations and recorded demos. At the end
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Aug
22
Adobe rolled out a new “video & image uploading” service on Photoshop.com, the company's web-based image editing and sharing service. Adobe allows users to upload videos up to 200MB using a web browser, or up to 2GB through Adobe AIR uploader. Users can upload files in "most major file formats" and you can view them from Photoshop.com or share them with other
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Aug
22
Do you want to take advantage of SQL Server's great new features for your PHP sites? The video show you how to leverage your existing development resources and PHP knowledge by simply changing the backend to Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and walk through the necessary steps to get PHP and SQL Server working together
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Aug
22
Yelp launched a new application for RIM Blackberry which uses Bing Maps; Using location aware technology to determine a user's current location, allows them to search for nearby businesses, read reviews and access a moveable map which can easily zoom in and out of a location and redefine searches based on the respective
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Aug
22
The announcement to retire the Live Frameworks CTP, raised the question, what’ll happen with the Virtual Earth / Bing Maps ASP .NET Control? As an alternate, Chris Pietschmann from Simplovation has his Bing Maps ASP .NET control (Web.Maps.VE v2.0); download here for free. His control actually gets updated and is leveraging the latest technology from Version 6.2 of
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Random From The Virtual Earth ASP .NET Control CTP alternatvies ‘Bing Maps Silverlight Control CTP, Web.Maps.VE’
- Aug11Nvidia SLI technology licensed for Intel Core i7 and i5 platforms
Nvidia announced that Intel, and the world’s other leading motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI, have all licensed NVIDIA SLI technology for inclusion on - Jul14Microsoft Declined To Post-Vista Plans
Microsoft declined to comment Friday on post-Vista plans by releasing a comment -- a move bloggers attributed to buzz about a list of most-asked-for features - Jul14Windows 95 running on iPhone 3G – Video
iSoft team ran Windows 95 on iPhone, its done with the help of Bochs emulator and original win 95 image. Though - Oct05Offsite Redirect Upgrade for WordPress.com Blog
WordPress.com offering "Offsite Redirect" upgrade, should you need incase if you decide to strike out on your own and set up a self-hosted WordPress blog. - Feb25Samsung Notebook Battery Melts
A battery in a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd notebook computer melted on Sunday, officials from the company and South Korea's fire department said.
