Archive for September 2nd, 2009
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Microsoft Security Advisory 975191 provide customer guidance and protection from a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution on affected systems running the FTP service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0, and connected to the Internet on PCs running Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. “While we’ve seen detailed exploit code
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Under certain conditions, in Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2008 when you try to uninstall a network interface card (NIC) from device manager, the process’ll appear to hang and the uninstall’ll not complete. When this happens, the “Confirm Device Uninstall” window’ll appear and never complete. The reason for this problem is being investigated and a potential long term
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Sep
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Server virtualization enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical server as virtual machines. With server virtualization, you can consolidate the workloads of multiple servers onto a smaller number of fully utilized servers. Fewer servers can reduce hardware, energy, and management costs. By using the Microsoft Hyper-V technology in the Windows Server 2008 operating
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Burton Group analyst company did a side by side comparison of VMware's vSphere 4, Citrix's XenServer 5.5, and Microsoft's Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, which is due to ship with its Windows Server OS upgrade in October. Burton Group compiled a list of criteria for running enterprise applications in a virtual environment, including features related to high availability, live migration,
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Sep
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One of those surprises was delivered, when Microsoft paired a quad-core Intel Core i7 microprocessor with a solid-state-disc drive and what Ruston Panabaker called a generic build of Windows 7; fired up the system, and presto! An 11-second boot time. The boot process can be parallelized across all four cores and all eight threads provided by Intel's hyperthreaded
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Sep
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Fall is just around the corner and so is the stress of holiday travel. The new version of Microsoft Streets & Trips is a great way to handle every aspect of a trip from beginning to end. Once the trip’s planned, travelers can quickly and easily send their route information directly to their handheld GPS device. Consumers
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Opera Software, Norwegian company has released “Opera 10,” that comes with a new interface, new "turbo" compression technologies, an improved email client, and even a new desktop icon. And is available as web download, or through FTP. In addition, the company has also updated the Nintendo Wii's "Internet Channel" browser based on Opera 9; It has gone
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Sep
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Microsoft discontinued all current Zune models, the Zune 8, 16 80, and 120, and Zune HD will be the only device type going forward. So if you want a classic Zune device, buy it now, as they'll only be around while supplies last.
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Sep
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In their new campaign, Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) is using Microsoft and Bill Gates as inspirational material to get the country buck up & look forward to better times. The "Recession 101" campaign, funded by an anonymous donor, is "a light-hearted and succinct reminder to everyone that the nation will get through these troubled times and come out in
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Sep
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How’ll Google Chrome OS integrate with other browsers aside from the Chrome browser? Will they offer a ‘choice’ or ‘no choice’? Sure, Google’ll not go the wron way; but at the same time, Its a fact that the Chrome browser is tightly integrated with the Chrome OS. And there seems to be a coherent interplay between these two Google
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Sep
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Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, together with and Intel's upcoming Westmere processors’ll result in significant increases in battery life. In a demonstration of two identically configured ThinkPads T400s, Intel and Microsoft claimed that a Windows XP SP2 machine consumed on average 20.2 watts, while the Windows 7 machine consumed 15.4 watts. That translated to about 1.4 hours of
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Sep
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Google announced of opening up access to Google Wave for some schools and businesses as part of the preview this fall. And while we won't be able to open it up to all Google Apps users just yet, we hope to bring Google Wave to all Google Apps users next year. If you're a Google
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Sep
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Use Jetstress 2010 Beta to verify performance and stability of a disk subsystem prior to putting an Exchange 2010 server into production. Jetstress helps verify disk performance by simulating Exchange disk Input/Output (I/O) load. Specifically, Jetstress simulates the Exchange database and log file loads produced by a specific number of users. You use Performance Monitor, Event Viewer,
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Sep
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How to configure and operate a Windows certificate authority, with operational scenarios, custom configuration information, sample commands, and best practices. A quick start guide that provides all the information that you need to deploy a viable PKI that is based on Windows Server 2003 technology.
Download: Best Practices for Implementing a Windows Server 2003 PKI | Windows
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Sep
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Google with SpotMixer launched a “Google TV Ads' TV for All contest” – a self-service video creation service which allows consumers to easily produce professional-quality videos. The contest submission deadline is October 5, and winners will be announced on October 30. All you need to do is:
•Create a thirty or sixty second commercial
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Random From The Google TV Ads’ TV for All contest on YouTube Launched
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