Archive for February 8th, 2010
Feb
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If you missed TechNet webcast on January 22nd? Not to worry, Microsoft made the recording available through LiveMeeting.
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As senior development lead on the Windows Client Performance team, Aaron Dietrich had toiled to make sure Windows 7-based PCs would fire up like rockets. But he was surprised again and again when praise for the faster start-up performance popped up repeatedly in the press and in the blogosphere. "It's
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Feb
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Microsoft IT will talk about how they simplified the Windows 7 installation experience by developing a self-service wizard. The wizard can be launched from network boot or run advertised programs in the control panel. It uses preflight checks, and gives the user the ability to select applications to install. Find out how Microsoft IT will enhance
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Feb
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Microsoft released its global SMB IT and Hosted IT Index 2010,1 which investigates how small and midsize businesses (SMBs) across multiple segments fared during the recession and how they use technology. The research finds that businesses that value IT as an enabler for better business productivity and effectiveness and those that use hosted services performed better
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Feb
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Screenpresso is a free application for grabbing screenshots, that included Snipping Tool that comes with Windows 7. Reminding of Jing app as it also lets you configure where files are saved and offers a “history” feature where you can quickly retrieve past screenshots. However, this app lets you do a few more things than
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Feb
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Hyper-V doesn’t include command line management tools “in the box”, yet it provides a set of WMI interfaces which allow developers to write their own management tools. PowerShell provides a great environment for implementing command line tools and interacting with WMI. A PowerShell module is available to download from Codeplex, providing over 100 commands to manage
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Feb
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Microsoft made available the Release Candidate of the System Center Essentials 2010. System Center Essentials is a unified management solution designed with midsize business customers in mind, providing proactive management capabilities to their IT environments. By leveraging System Center Essentials, customers are able to administer virtualized resources, but also monitor computers and integrate new software and
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Feb
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Here's a set of 157 PowerPoint templates professionally designed by an MVP for Office.com. Rich, concise, many with animation. Come see them all at Office.com; you can download them right now for free below:More info: Download No Comments » - Posted by DG
Feb
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Sony Ericsson has announced their brand new “Aspen” phone, the first Windows Mobile device running the new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 mobile operating system. Sony Ericsson Aspen is the business mobile phone with green credentials at its core. The newest edition to the successful Sony Ericsson GreenHeart portfolio, Sony Ericsson Aspen, allows easy multi-tasking combining the
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Feb
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When you use a single USB bulk storage device (for example, an iPhone) with a Windows-based computer, the device appears unresponsive. This issue may occur when following conditions are true: The computer has a chipset from the Intel 5 Series or the Intel 3400 Series families of Intel chipsets; The USB device has pending control and
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Feb
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Google is currently accepting donations from AdSense publishers with an unpaid account balance through January 31, 2010. “Working with our teammates at Google.org, we've identified Partners In Health (PIH) as the recipient of these funds. Your funds will go to provide medical aid via PIH and their Haiti-based partner organization. Any contribution you can
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Feb
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Tagr is a game released by Microsoft Office and Blockdot, designed to allow players to earn point by tagging images. Users are presented with a certain image for which the game has already reserved a few tags which can no longer be used. Participants in the Tagr game need to come up with their own tags
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Feb
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E?Sponder developed a central command touch-screen interface for Microsoft Surface computers.The Tampa, Fla., police are no strangers to maintaining public safety in large crowds, managing some 800 planned events each year. So when the
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Feb
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“You have a Windows 7-based computer that supports multitouch. The computer uses a quad-core processor. Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is installed on the computer. You try to start Microsoft Rebound. Rebound is included in Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7. In this scenario, Rebound stops responding,” Microsoft explained in KB975360. To resolve
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Feb
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Seesmic recently launched “Look,” a Twitter client aimed toward tech novices and people who want a very clean, simple Twitter experience. TechCrunch called it A Tablet-Friendly Twitter Client For The Oprah Crowd. The UI of Look allows for a comfortable touch experience and WPF gives Look a polish that really makes it worth having even if
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Random From The Seesmic Look for Twitter – Demo Video
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