Archive for October 23rd, 2009
Oct
23
With Windows 7 launch, there’re all kinds of deals and promotions going on. But this one is real crazy, I’m bit late on this as avoided to post till last; Microsoft Japan teamed up with Burger King to unleash the Windows 7 Whopper. Only up for grabs in Japan, this monster crams in SEVEN, patties, to celebrate the release of
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Oct
23
Nokia has said that it’s suing its US rival Apple for infringing patents on mobile phone technology for the iPhone. Nokia said it had not been compensated for its technology, and accused Apple of "trying to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation". The 10 alleged patent infringements involve wireless data, speech coding, security
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Oct
23
Microsoft’s New Zealand team have made an interesting Photosynth of Windows 7 Launch event:
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Oct
23
Earlier, this year, Google announced that all US grantees need to actively manage their accounts. Now, in a couple of months, Google’ll be extending this requirement to all grantees worldwide. To help grantees better learn how to manage their accounts, Google’ve published an Ongoing Management Guide (OMG):
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Oct
23
Ferrari offers 50 exclusive Acer Ferrari One netbook sets with four F1-2000 valves at a special price. You'll find the F1 Engine valves automatically in your shopping trolley when completing the purchase. Delivery starting from November 20th. Acer Ferrari One netbook runs on Windows 7, is a personal computer created with the same technology and passion that
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Oct
23
Apple will support Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year. “This support will require a software update to Boot Camp, and the Boot Camp upgrade will be brought to most Intel-based Macs running OS X Snow Leopard. The sole exception at this
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Oct
23
Picasa 3.5 is compatible with Windows 7. However, you still need to follow a few extra steps to ensure Picasa works as expected. During the installation, Windows backs up all your application data to a new directory, but Picasa and other applications that rely on this data will not see it. To fix this, you'll just
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Oct
23
Google is testing & rolling out a new MCC interface, via link available on My Client Center Dashboard. In addition to updated look & feel, you’ll notice some enhancements include: • In-line editing of account descriptions lets you click an account description to edit it right on Dashboard • Remove/unlink accounts lets you
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Oct
23
The Group Policy infrastructure has always provided functionality to detect slow links. However, the means by which Group Policy determines this are different between operating systems prior to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 Group Policy uses the ICMP protocol to determine a slow link between the Group
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Oct
23
Microsoft have created “Visio Process Repository,” a new SharePoint site template that’s available with SharePoint 2010. It leverages SharePoint’s collaboration features including check-in and check-out, versioning, and workflow and integrates with several of Visio’s new process management features. The result’s that in just a few clicks, a SharePoint administrator can create a Visio
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Oct
23
In Japan, Microsoft had setup a big promotion booth across the street, where Linux Symposium exhibition center. Linus Torvalds was in town attending the conference, during a break “we decided to make some fun of Microsoft and dragged Linus over there. When we arrived there, Linus was sold immediately on the product as you can see in the picture.
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Oct
23
Google now formats CSE search results for mobile phones; If you own a web site and add a Google Custom Search box, when your users access the site on an Android-powered phone, iPhone, iPod Touch, or Palm Pre, they’ll see optimized search results formatted for these devices. When they search on your web site, they’re redirected to
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Oct
23
Here’re 5 more useful features in Outlook 2010:
Right To Left Text Direction: Selecting option’ll make your editing experience more Right to Left like, as shown in subject line, sentence’s aligned to the right and written from right to left. Also notice the caret’s now on the left of the sentence.
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Oct
23
Microsoft has launched a Twitter account @MicrosoftHelps, with primary goal for the @MicrosoftHelps account is to help you find the resources you need for Microsoft products and services. At launch time, the initial scope will focus solely on Windows 7. It’ll also be an English-only resource for now. Before launch, the
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Oct
23
Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) were formerly sold in packs of 5 and 20. Customers buying Retail RDS CALs didn’t have a choice of buying a single CAL; Microsoft now offer Single CAL Packs, giving customers ability to buy exactly the number of CALs they need. Single CAL Packs’re available for Windows Server
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Random From The RDS CAL Single Pack for Terminal Server available in Retail channel
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