Archive for March 4th, 2010


Mar 4

Nvidia ION ‘Optimus Technology’ Netbooks deliver 10x faster graphics

Nvidia introduces next-gen NVIDIA ION graphics processor, which'll supercharge netbooks with 10 times graphics performance of standard netbooks1 and enable up to 10 hours of battery life2 thanks to NVIDIA Optimus technology. New ION GPU vastly outperforms basic netbook graphics by delivering rich HD media in games, movies, and Internet-based video. Unlike netbooks with Intel integrated
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Mar 4

Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 RTM Available

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 RTM is an important deliverable of the Business Ready Security strategy to help companies manage risk and empower their people. It is a core part of our identity & access management solution, which aims to enable more secure access to both on-site and cloud applications, from virtually any location or device.
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Mar 4

Google SEO Report Card ‘website optimization tips’

Google's SEO Report Card is an effort to “provide Google's product teams with ideas on how they can improve their products' pages using simple and accepted optimizations. These optimizations are intended to not only help search engines understand the content of our pages better, but also to improve our users' experience when visiting our sites. Simple
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Mar 4

SCVNGR and QR codes in location-based mobile gaming

SCVNGR is a platform for quickly and easily building location-based mobile games. Each game is all about doing challenges at places. Go here and take a photo, go there and solve this riddle. You happen to be at this coffee shop? Awesome! Try this challenge and earn a couple points! SCVNGR powers games for all sorts
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Mar 4

Cray and Microsoft Research ‘working on a cloud computing prototype’

Cray announced this morning it will work with the Redmond company's research unit on a prototype system that aims to significantly lower the cost of running cloud-computing systems by combining "super efficient power delivery, high-density packaging and innovative cooling technologies." "This’s an ideal project for our custom engineering group as it allows us to leverage our
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Mar 4

BlackBerry slider phone images surfaces

BlackBerry has posted leaked screenshots of what appear to be the first and only images of RIM's rumored slider phone. The phone seems like a mix of current touchscreen and optical trackpad models, combined with a slide-out keyboard. The site mentions the possibility of this being the Storm 3. The rumored OS for the phone is
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Mar 4

EU welcomes ‘Browser Choice Screen for Europe’

European Commission welcome Microsoft’s rollout of a “browser choice screen” for Windows PC users in Europe who’ve Internet Explorer as their default browser. “Giving consumers the possibility to switch or try a browser other than that included in Windows will bring more competition and innovation in this important area to the benefit of European
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Mar 4

Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 CTP 1

SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) is essentially a Type 4 JDBC driver designed to bridge multiple SQL Server releases with JAVA apps. In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a preview of the upcoming Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver. The SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 CTP download is available to
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Mar 4

Microsoft Virtualisation ‘Desktop to Datacenter to Cloud’ – Academy Live for Partners

On March 29th 2010 – 16:00-17:00 GMT – “As Organizations begin to see the Value of Virtualization and adopt different Virtualization Technologies, they may want to know what’s next? Who can help me realize the benefits of virtualization today, and prepare me to leverage my existing investments into the future? Learn how the Integrated Virtualization Solutions
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Mar 4

I-O Data and Microsoft signs Linux Software Patent Agreement

Microsoft and I-O Data Device Inc entered into an agreement to provide I-O Data’s customers with patent coverage for their use of I-O Data’s products running Linux and other related open source software. Specifically, patent covenants apply to I-O Data’s network-attached storage devices and its routers, which run Linux. Although details of the agreement have not
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Mar 4

MS10-015 and Windows Kernel Update Compatibility Assessment Tool

On March 2nd, Microsoft rolled out again the distribution process of MS10-015 via AU for 32-bit Windows platforms. Jerry Bryant explained that MS10-015 installation package evolved with new logic, which stopped deployment if Alureon was detected. The added detection logic is specifically designed to search for indications of the Alureon rootkit. “If abnormal conditions
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Mar 4

Microsoft Surface at CeBIT 2010 – TechFest 2010 and Mobile Surface

Microsoft Surface is at CeBIT in Germany. Along with showcasing Surface in education, Microsoft DPE is presenting on how to develop applications for Surface with our partner UID. Microsoft Surface partner Sensory Minds developed four custom education apps shown at conference: World traveler: Students from a Berlin school prepare for their visit in Sevilla. (Special
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Mar 4

Stars ‘search results’ replaces Google SearchWiki

Google announced that SearchWiki has been replaced with a simple feature that lets you star search results. “With stars, you can simply click the star marker on any search result or map and next time you perform a search, that item will appear in a special list right at the top of your results when relevant.
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Mar 4

Opalis Software roadmap and availability

Opalis supports integration to 3rd party tools such as BMC, CA, HP, EMC, IBM and VMware. “In Q2 we’ll expand on interoperability capabilities with new Integration Packs for UNIX, Linux Redhat and Suse. In Q3, Integration Packs for Service Manager 2010, Configuration Manager 07 R2, VMM 2008 R2 and DPM 2010 will be made available. Planning
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Mar 4

Small Business Server 2008 ‘Recovering Disk Space on C: Drive’

SBS 2008 installs all of its features using a single volume (C:), there are tools available to move some of the data to other locations, but a number of folders that remain in the C: volume can continue to grow if left unchecked, this can potentially eat all the available disk space on the C: drive.
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