Archive for December 11th, 2009


Dec 11

Office 2010 desktop clients and Office Web Apps = Best combination

"If I have Office desktop apps, then why would I use the Office Web Apps?" It’s a fair question. Office is an extremely powerful and efficient set of productivity tools. But Office Web Apps have changed the way I think about content and how I use the Office desktop apps. With Office 2010 and Office Web
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Dec 11

Bing ‘Home Sweet Homepage’ Photo contest

 Winner Jeremy Somers of Australia submitted the winning image, a photo of a summer storm over Sydney for first Bing photo contest.Microsoft launched a new Bing photo contest, called "Home Sweet Homepage," asking photographers to
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Dec 11

First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 – Free eBook by Microsoft

Microsoft, for a limited time, offering a free eBook “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010,” by Katherine Murray, that offers 14 chapters of early content, organized like so: “Part I, “Envision the Possibilities,” introduces you to the changes in Office 2010 and shows you how
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Dec 11

AdWords: Optimize ad campaigns on mobile phones for holidays

Shoppers are increasingly using their smartphones to search internet for shopping-related queries on Android, iPhone and Palm WebOS devices. During holiday season, ensure that your online ad campaigns perform well on mobile devices with full internet browsers by viewing device statistics on your Campaign Summary, Ad Groups, or Ads reports within AdWords. Just select "Device" segment
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Dec 11

Hotfix to block standard users logging in safe mode on Window 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

By default, a standard user can log on to a Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer by using safe mode startup options, such as safe mode with networking option. However, some system protections are bypassed when system is running in safe mode. Microsoft offers a hotfix for Windows 7 and R2, that
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Dec 11

Windows 7 Inside Out (Paperback) at Amazon

With Windows 7 Inside Out book, you can go beyond the basics, so now dive in and really put your PC to work! This supremely organized reference is packed with hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts tackle
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Dec 11

SQL Server 2008 Express Edition Service Pack 1

SQL Server 2008 Express is a powerful and reliable data management system that delivers a rich set of features, data protection, and performance for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores. Designed for easy deployment and rapid prototyping, SQL Server 2008 Express is available at no cost, and you are free to redistribute
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Dec 11

Windows Live Messenger service joins Nokia E72, E71, E75, and E63 phones

Windows Live Messenger service is now available through Nokia’s “Messaging Chat” application, software that comes pre-installed on select Nokia phones. With this app, you can chat, maintain buddy lists, update status message, and even have multiple conversations at once in tabbed chat windows. With newly integrated Live Messenger service, Messaging Chat users can also make phone
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Dec 11

Google demos Quantum Computer at NIPS 2009

Google’s cutting edge web services run in warehouses filled with conventional computers. Now, search giant has revealed a new type of machine, called “quantum computer,” that take advantage of laws of quantum physics to provide new computational capabilities. While quantum mechanics has been foundational to theories of physics for about a hundred years picture of reality
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Dec 11

Immidio AppScriber for Microsoft App-V

Immidio AppScriber is a web-based add-on for Microsoft App-V for existing deployment solutions, which provides application Self-Provisioning. AppScriber 2.0 now finally adds a configurable workflow engine, which allows you to optionally configure “Approvers” for applications. Which means, that besides users can automatically enable ”General” applications for themselves, for some applications you decide on (Managed
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Dec 11

PowerPoint Twitter Tools Update Released

PowerPoint Twitter Tool is a handy toolset which originally included a Twitter ticker bar, a feedback slide, and a voting slide has now been updated to include more tools: for auto-tweeting, additional feedback slide, option for secure internal use, text-zooming tool, and ability to set up custom values in advance. Most exciting update is the
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Dec 11

Google Voice calls help to improve ‘voicemail transcription quality’

Google Voice automatically transcribes voicemail messages, for you to get a sense of what messages are about without needing to listen to them. Automated process sometimes works great, sometimes not so well. There’re many variables that influence transcripts quality, from background noise, caller accent, connection quality, and more. Having a pool of messages that can be
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Dec 11

Outlook Hotmail Connector 14.0 for Outlook 2010

Microsoft announced general availability of Outlook Hotmail Connector 14.0, is designed to be compatible with upcoming release of Outlook 2010. Connector allows you to access and manage your Windows Live Hotmail email, calendar, and contacts from within Outlook. Additionally, new version includes following features: • Junk filter settings Your Safe Sender List/Blocked sender list/Safe Recipient
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Dec 11

Hyper-V: NUMA Node Balancing

For those running Hyper-V on NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) based platforms (such as HP’s DL785), this post presents a tuning suggestion for how to fine tune placement of virtual machine (VM) on to a specific NUMA node. Every VM in Hyper-V has a default NUMA node preference. Hyper-V uses this NUMA node preference when assigning physical
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Dec 11

TechNet Webcast: Creating and executing comprehensive Office 2007 deployment plan

In this video, Joe Giunta discuss best practices for creating and executing a comprehensive 2007 Office Deployment plan. In introducing a new Setup architecture, new configuration tools, a new Multi-language approach, choosing an enterprise deployment method, UI changes, application compatibility considerations and more, having a thorough deployment plan can lead to a more successful
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