Archive for November 30th, 2009
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Silverlight 4 Beta documentation is availble in two version; First being accessible on MSDN via Silverlight Developer Center along with resources still offered for Silverlight 3. Or as a standalone CHM (Compiled HTML Help file) format for offline viewing. Users will first have to extract the contents of the archive in order to get
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Watch the video embedded below to see the difference between DirextX 10 and 11 using ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card. In the video you can see the difference in detail between the two, but it isn't until you see wireframes beneath it all that you really get a feel for how big a
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Advanced Series is an on-demand series about advanced features of R2. Topics will include Building a Seamless Enterprise, Virtualization Enhancements, Remote Desktop & Remote Apps, Managing with Server 2008 R2 and Web Server Improvements, revealed. Here’s a quick list of ;R2 advanced training content:Windows Server 2008 R2: Building a Seamless
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Google Caffeine index is now live on one Google data center. Matt Cutts confirmed that the “IP 209.85.225.103 hits the Caffeine data center about 50% of the time, more often than other IP addresses, but it's always been the plan that Caffeine would roll out at one data center (no more data centers will
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This post discusses how to uninstall Windows 7 and revert to your previous operating system. “Uninstalling Windows 7 is only possible if “You used the Windows 7 installation media to install Windows 7 to the same hard disk drive on which you had Windows XP, Windows Vista, or another version of Windows 7 installed. In this
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Windows Imaging Component supports discovery of new and proprietary (e.g., Raw) image formats. Any application that uses WIC can take advantage of new image formats as soon as their CODECs (encoder/decoders) are installed on the computer. WIC includes updated CODECs for JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, & BMP that are more secure than previously released CODECs for
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Microsoft is set to deliver next gen suite of Office applications in June 2010. Office 2010 will be released in six different flavors, including a free version that includes Microsoft Word and Excel, but comes with limited functionality and includes advertisements. The editions of Office 2010 as of beta will come in Starter, Home
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Bill and Melinda Gates appeared on Meet the Press, discussing everything from vaccines to influence of Warren Buffett on their philanthropic efforts to how technology is being utilized in developing world. David Gregory's interview with Bill and Melinda starts in minute 29 of the video. Much of the discussion focused on Gates' global health efforts, but
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Microsoft posted the list of top Bing searches made during year 2009, “we analyzed billions of search queries and developed the list based on searches made with Bing”. Top Bing Trending Topics: 1. Michael Jackson 2. Twitter 3. Swine Flu 4. Stock Market 5. Farrah Fawcett 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Cash for Clunkers
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ASUStek is bringing a GUI BIOS on the EFI-capable P5Q line of motherboards that uses color and mouse control to change settings inside BIOS, and it looks like a generational leap over the BIOS on my relatively new ASUS motherboard:
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Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. Liveside have turned Microsoft executives database in to Pivot browsable form. If you’ve not installed, just grab the Pivot and the invitaion code here, and once installed, point your Pivot browser at http://www.jkipk.com/MSOrgPivotComplete.cxml, to can
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