Archive for February 11th, 2010
Feb
11
Exchange 2010 install of the CAS role includes the installation of legacy Exchange Virtual Directories. Exchange, Public and Exchweb Virtual Directories are placed and configured directly in the IIS metabase, therefore these VDs are only local to Server and no longer objects located in Active Directory. “Additionally, Exchange 2010 New-OWAVirtualDirectory cmdlet no longer recognizes
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Feb
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Google is testing a new search option to restrict the results to Q&A sites like Yahoo Answers, Stack Overflow or Askville. After enabling "search options", users click on "discussions" and select the "Q&As" category. Google's smart snippets include some useful information: the number of answers, the date of the most recent answers. Not all question answering
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Feb
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Symbian Foundation announced that the entire 33 million lines of Symbian^3 code is now free under the Eclipse Public License. When the Symbian Foundation launched in 2009, parts of the source code were made available to members of the foundation under a transitional license. But now, all of the third-party intellectual property has been
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Feb
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Google released version 1.3.1 of the App Engine SDK for both Python and Java. While this release contains plenty of new features and fixes, Google've concentrated on using first SDK release of 2010 to improve the heart of many App Engine applications: the Datastore. Here’s a quick list of three major improvements: Datastore Query
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Feb
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Microsoft Bing team has been busy working on the new series of web spam blog articles, and also busy working on updating Webmaster Center FAQ. The Webmaster Center FAQ document now contains 82 detailed questions and answers, organized into 12 categories, all navigable through a linked table of contents. You can download PDF below, or refer
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Feb
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Apple launched a new application designed specifically for the iPad, called “iBooks.” Basically iBooks is like iTunes for eBooks. Apple has reached deals with 5 major book publishers and starting today there should be a ton of books available for download including New York Times bestellers. During the launch, people noticed its similarity to the well-known
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Feb
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Google has decided to drop FTP support from Blogger. The one saving grace is that if you’re currently hosting a site that’s updated by Blogger with FTP, you're not going to lose anything except the ability to continue to update the site - if it's an old site, it’ll keep on keepin' on. That's the beauty
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Feb
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Google is continually making improvements to match the ads to your content so that users see even more relevant ads. “A "referral URL" is one of many signals used to deliver contextually relevant ads on your website, and contains information about the link a user followed to arrive at your website, be it from a search
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Feb
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You might have seen the Surface Monster demo from PDC last fall. If not, watch the first videos embedded below. Here’s a recap, “at PDC, Robert Levy and Anson Tsao talked about Microsoft Surface and Windows 7 for .NET developers. During that discussion, Robert showed some video that really speaks to the amazing things you can
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Feb
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bit.ly Pro service provides custom short URLs powered by bit.ly. Publishers and bloggers will be able to use their own short domain names to point to pages on their sites. Users and publishers benefit from the additional transparency that this private-label service provides. When you see a short URL like nyti.ms, you know the destination web
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Feb
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Aperture 3 gives you powerful yet easy-to-use tools to refine images, showcase your photography, and manage massive libraries on your Mac. It’s pro performance with iPhoto simplicity. Aperture, if you're new to Mac, is iPhoto's big brother. It's not quite Photoshop, but its almost everything you need to tweak and organize photos. Along with usual stuff
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Feb
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What’re the different Open License Programs, what’re the differences, and who’re they for? Please note, Microsoft Open Licensing Programs are designed for companies with between 2 – 250 PCs (with the exception of the Open License Volume Program which spans up to 750 PCs), so if your organization is larger than 250 PCs, you should also
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Feb
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So, you have now already read about various methods of “installing Windows 7” including USB flash drive, Virtual PC, Boot Camp, OEM Pre-installation Kit (OPK), and Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK). How, about installing using a Windows Phone. In the video embedded below, users will be
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Feb
11
KeyLemon is a simple solution to log on to your personal Windows account by using your face. If you computer has multiple users the software automatically logs you into the right Windows account. When you leave the computer, it will automatically lock it and then unlock it when you are
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Feb
11
Want to see if you’re ready to develop for Azure platform? Do you’ve what it takes to create Web apps using ASP.NET, JavaScript, AJAX and Silverlight? What about desktop apps using WPF? Perhaps your service developer using WCF or maybe you’re good at data access with ADO.NET. Microsoft announced new beta exams for developers: 70-511
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