Archive for February 26th, 2010
Feb
26
Piero Sierra of Windows Live messenger and Live Mail, posted about how the team tries to make Messenger (IM) experience more meaningful and natural. For e.g., typing indicator, this little message “user is typing” tells that your friend is still “talking” so you can wait for him to finish, just as in a face-to-face talk you’d
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Feb
26
Steve Ballmer in his Tennessee visit, participated in a panel discussion (you can see part of the discussion in the video below and more of the discussion here) hosted by the Nashville Health Care Council. Asked a question about how technology can make a difference in health, Ballmer said: “We look at the health
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Feb
26
With Windows Phone 7 Series, Microsoft is attempting to make the hardware more consistent, requiring devices to conform to minimum specifications within three categories of chassis. Internet phone company Skype's reasons for dropping its Windows Mobile app provide further evidence that Microsoft is planning the right changes in its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series. "Skype Lite
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Feb
26
In this screencast, Nicholas Lovell walk through how to create a simple portal page for processing claims at an insurance company. This claims portal includes a SharePoint Web Part with a list of all the claims, an InfoPath Web Part that displays the claim details, and a custom Bing Maps Web part which displays the location
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Feb
26
Microsoft is full of oddities and little known answers to mysterious questions. The purpose of this series is to seek out those answers and offer them to you:
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Feb
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In this screencast, Kerry Westphal gives a quick tour of the macro designer and how to write logic for Access Services/SharePoint databases. “Macro designer is a revamped editor that allows you to automate repetitive tasks; wire together forms and reports to create productive UI; and implement business logic in Access databases. For web databases UI macros
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Feb
26
“During the intranet component part of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Setup, you may receive following error message: An error occurred while installing Windows SharePoint Services and creating your Intranet site. Additionally, you may receive following error message when you try to connect to http://companyweb Web site: You’re not authorized to view this page. You
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Feb
26
Batman: Arkham Asylum officially kicks off a month of sweet deals on games offered through Games on Demand on Games for Windows – LIVE. At the end of each week throughout March, a new deal will hit – so keep your eyes peeled on Games for Windows for those deals as they hit.. Well,
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Feb
26
Brjann Brekkan, of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution describes the capabilities and business drivers behind the solution. Beginning at [6:08], he gives us a screencast demo of parts of the solution. The demo includes automated AD group management and access through Forefront Identity Manager (FIM), FIM password reset, and managing group membership via Outlook:
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Feb
26
Google is back with their “Google Analytics Master Class” happening on March 9 in Singapore and again on March 11 in Kuala Lumpur. “This year enjoy an afternoon packed with tips and insights from local and international web analytics professionals and speakers from the Google Analytics team. See how analytics helps drive value through case studies
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Feb
26
Directory Manager module of SherpaTools allows administrators to easily manage User Profiles and Shared Contacts in the Google Apps directory. SherpaTools is built on Google App Engine (GAE) utilizing the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), and makes heavy use of the Google Apps Management and Application APIs to provide new administrator and end-user features. “The goal of
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Feb
26
Microsoft and Panasonic entered into an intellectual property licensing agreement that licenses Panasonic to provide it with access to Microsoft’s Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology, latest generation of Microsoft’s file system that makes it possible for consumer electronics devices to store larger files, joining Sanyo and Olympus. "This agreement covers Microsoft’s exFAT and FAT technology
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Feb
26
Watch the video embedded below of “local Germans chasing a Google Street View car taking pictures of their neighborhood”: No Comments » - Posted by DG
Feb
26
Google Ad Planner tool provide the deepest, most accurate insight into online audiences possible. This insight helps display advertisers select the best sites for their media plans and drive results for their campaigns; the tool is now now called as “DoubleClick Ad Planner”. “This latest upgrade improves the accuracy of our estimates by over 10%, and
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Feb
26
Windows Phone Starter is similar in concept to the original Windows Starter Edition products. Windows XP and Windows Vista Starter were products exclusively tailored for emerging markets. “Windows Mobile Starter Edition will be targeted at OEMs building devices for new and emerging markets. Based on Windows Mobile 6, Starter Edition will come in two versions, one
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