Archive for September 12th, 2009


Sep 12

Windows 7: Building launch demos, behind the scenes at MS Studios

Microsoft is gearing up for Windows 7 launch, writing content, recording launch demos in MS Studios, located in Building 127 on the Redmond Campus. Here’re some recordings did for Windows 7 Deployment at MMS 09, Win7 deployment demo, behind the scenes in Vegas, final run on stage of that Win7 Deployment, Jeff.
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Sep 12

Identify high-performing Keywords using Google Analytics and AdWords

The topic of using Google Analytics to optimize your PPC keyword buys never gets old. The following steps covering the techniques to use Google Analytics and AdWords to find and add the most effective unused keywords: Ensure Goals and E-commerce Tracking are set up Access the Keywords Report Export non-paid keywords to a spreadsheet Expand the list
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Sep 12

Detect malware on your site(s) using Bing Webmaster Center tools

How do you know if your site has unwittingly become a malware vector? The search engine crawlers (bots) have seen it all. They see the attempted effort to inject malware in drive-by attacks as they crawl the Web. While the bots themselves don’t get infected, they do note the source of the infection attempt in their
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Sep 12

What all this “Oslo” stuff is about?

What all this "Oslo" stuff is about? “Microsoft has recently been positioning "Oslo" not as a platform in itself, but as a set of modeling capabilities for an the already-existing .NET platform. That is, instead of "Oslo" introducing new capabilities for applications to use, it's introducing a new and hopefully more powerful means of authoring .NET
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Sep 12

Carol Bartz “Sure, do you think I’m stupid?”

Carol Bartz, Yahoo! CEO described the company's new search partnership with Microsoft and the future direction of the company in an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box. When asked whether she would’ve taken Microsoft's original bid for more than $40 billion, Bartz said: "Sure, do you think I'm stupid?" (emphasis added)
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Sep 12

Google SafeSearch locking Feature

Currently, the SafeSearch settings can be easily changed from the preferences page, the advanced search page or by editing a Google search URL. To resolve this, Google tests a feature that let you lock the SafeSearch settings on a computer. To lock SafeSearch settings, you'll need to log in using a Google account and select the
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Sep 12

Twitter ‘how we all use the service that matters most’

To complement the spirit of Twitter, the company made changes to their “Terms of Service”, that more appropriately reflect the nature of Twitter and convey key issues: -We leave the door open for advertising.-Ownership: Twitter is allowed to "use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute" your tweets because that's what we
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Sep 12

James Cash retires from Microsoft Board of Directors

Microsoft announced that James I. Cash Jr., Ph.D., emeritus James E. Robison professor at the Harvard Business School, has decided not to seek re-election to Microsoft’s board of directors at the company’s 2009 shareholder meeting. Cash joined Microsoft board in May 2001, said “This was a difficult decision. I have tremendous respect for my colleagues on the Microsoft board,
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Sep 12

IEEE ratifies 802.11n Wi-Fi standard; Final release in mid-October

The IEEE standards group officially ratified 802.11n, the most recent standard for Wi-Fi. The move officially takes the wireless spec out of the draft status it has been in since 2006 and lets companies develop 11n hardware knowing that it’ll work properly with any device that supports the technology. Officials plan to publish the final
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Sep 12

Zune HD Promo Videos Released

Zune is the digital experience that gives you access to premium entertainment and let you browse, stream, and play “music, HD video, podcasts, games, and much more”. Zune is everywhere you are on your PC, Zune portable player, and Xbox 360 through Xbox LIVE. BuyTV posted promotional videos of the new Zune HD which goes on sale begining Sep 15th 2009.
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Sep 12

Windows Live Calendar ‘Improved birthdays’; Events discontinued

In conjunction with retiring of Windows Live Events, Microsoft updated “birthday” features in Windows Live Calendar. Under “New” menu, there’s now a “Birthday” menu item. Previously, “Birthday Calendar” would automatically fetch the birthday details from Windows Live contact list, however you can only enter them using Windows Live People,
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Sep 12

Zune HD ‘US specific only,’ Microsoft

Microsoft currently has no plans to launch the Zune HD in France is now confirmed; "For the time being the Zune HD device will remain US-only," a Microsoft spokesperson told. "Right now we are focused on deploying an exciting service in the form of Zune Video to 18 markets. We
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Sep 12

DirectX 11 for Vista via Platform Update for Windows Vista Script (KB971644)

Microsoft is to backport Windows 7 features to Vista, and as an integral part of the process, also upgrading Vista’s graphics technology. In this regard, Microsoft released the Beta of Platform Update for Windows Vista – a collection of programming interfaces made available for use on previous Microsoft Windows operating systems. Downloading and running this script’ll enable you to obtain the Platform Update for
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Sep 12

How Google prioritize spam reports? Matt Cutts

Is there a minimum number of spam complaints about a domain and/or SERP before Google reviews the complaint? Presumably you get thousands of spam complaints daily, are these sorted into any order to be reviewed? The most popular first?" In the video Matt Cutts said that lower priority spam reports for small sites/unpopular queries
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Sep 12

Windows XP SP2, SP3, XP 64 Edition SP2, and Windows 2000 Server ‘not affected’ with MS09-048 vulnerabilities

Sep 2009 security bulletin’s major concerns was about MS09-048; now updated to call out Windows XP, as its not affected by any Denial-of-Service, Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities. Because, XP SP2 / SP3, and XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 don’t have a listening service configured in client firewall and therefore not affected. Windows XP SP2 and later operating systems include a stateful host firewall
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