Archive for October 21st, 2009


Oct 21

Google may launch ‘music service (Google Audio)’

Google is rumored to be launching a music service, perhaps very soon. According to sources, “the new service’ll be named “Google Audio,” and it’ll be partnered with usual line-up of major record labels, and will obviously be intended to go head to head with current big players in industry, such as Amazon and Apple's iTunes. Also pointed that the service’ll differ greatly from the
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Oct 21

October 2009 Security Bulletin webcast details on each bulletin

In the video, Adrian Stone go in to details on each bulletin to cover vulnerabilities, affected platforms, attack vectors, and mitigations: “To clarify what bulletin states, if you don’t have any Windows 2000 SP4 clients then you don’t need to apply SQL Server update that corresponds to version of SQL Server you’re running. You would only need to apply update
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Oct 21

Windows historical releases promo misses ‘Windows Me’

At Windows 7 launch event in Europe, Microsoft showed off following promotional teaser with a count-up of all the previous releases of Windows eventually reaching number seven of course, unfortunately misses “Windows Me”:
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Oct 21

Tasks gadget for iGoogle in full-screen version mode

“Tasks” feature lets you manage tasks not only in Gmail, but also in Calendar, iGoogle and from mobile phone. Now, there's a full-screen version of Tasks gadget for iGoogle. Clicking on  icon in top-right corner will let you see and organize all your tasks at once, Google blog. Some power tips:
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Oct 21

Office Web Apps Technical Preview on Windows Live expands

Microsoft’ve expanded the Office Web Apps Technical Preview on Windows Live, after receiving numerous requests from people wanting to try them out. “To make this possible, we are opening up the Technical Preview and inviting more people to try out the Office Web Apps. For a limited time, you can sign-up for a Technical Preview account here
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Oct 21

Advertisers moving from ‘interruption-based ads towards helping’ – Media decisions for 2010 with Jim Lecinski

Many ads are aimed at interrupting a consumer to get them to pay attention to the ad, but many advertisers’re moving away from interruption toward helping consumers to accomplish their tasks by offering commercial messages that’re useful, helpful and relevant. Jim Lecinski talks on this strategy es and about incorporating this idea into your 2010 vs. 2009 planning:
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Oct 21

Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook from Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 R2, or simply R2 for short, is the second release of Windows Server 2008. It isn’t a completely new release, but rather adds additional features and refinements to the existing release. This book’s targeted primarily at Windows server administrators who’re responsible for hands-on deployment and day-to-day management of Windows-basedservers for large organizations.
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Oct 21

Apple Magic Mouse with multi-touch

Apple debuts its new wireless Magic Mouse, that uses Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. “Magic Mouse features a seamless touch-sensitive enclosure that allows it to be a single or multi-button mouse with
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Oct 21

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, Windows 7 Compatibility Center Announced

Windows 7 launch is just one day more, Microsoft has released two great tools: First is “Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor that scans your PC to see if it’s ready for Windows 7. It also tells you about any known compatibility issues with the most commonly installed software programs and devices connected to your PC. If an
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Oct 21

Tips to download App-V 4.5 with SP1 for RDS (Terminal Services)

If you’re wondering “how can you get your hands on the Remote Desktop Services App-V 4.5 Service Pack 1 client (aka Terminal Services)?” Well you can download it from the MVLS website.You’ll obviously need to have a valid agreement to download software. 1. Go to https://licensing.microsoft.com 2. Log-in using Passport account  3. Go to Products Download Section 4.
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Oct 21

Windows 7 Media Center updates for ISDB issues

Microsoft released an update for Windows Media Center in Windows 7, that fixes the following issues in Windows 7 Media Center: “• Fixes an issue with SPDIF output for systems that are configured for Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB) broadcasts • Fixes an issue when TV content is output over analog display connectors, such as Component, Composite and
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Oct 21

Introducing SharePoint 2010 ‘Visio Services’

Microsoft released details about SharePoint 2010 at SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas; and unveiled Visio Services – a new feature of SharePoint 2010 that extends the reach of diagrams considerably. In a nutshell, Visio Services lets you: • View diagrams in browser without needing Visio on your machine • Refresh data-driven diagrams in browser •
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Oct 21

RDS Compatibility using App-V script

Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) allows an alternative method to run an application in virtualized environment without sequencing (for debugging purposes). The “RDS Compatibility using App-V” script leverages this functionality of App-V to enable any application to run inside an App-V bubble without sequencing it. This script is targeted at IT administrators who intend to
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Oct 21

Panoramio mobile app for iPhone Launched

Panoramio released an application that makes it easy to upload photos to Panoramio straight from your iPhone. And, will soon release an Android version. “Panoramio is a community of people who enjoy sharing photos of places with the rest of the world. These photos are surfaced in Google Earth and Google Maps as photo layers, where millions
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Oct 21

Android 1.6 (Donut) adds ‘TalkBack’ screenreader and more

Google Android 1.6 (aka Donut), introduces accessibility features designed to make Android apps more widely usable by blind and low-vision users. In brief, 1.6 includes a built-in screenreader and text-to-speech (TTS) engine which make it possible to use most Android applications, as well as all of Android's default UI, when not looking at the screen.
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