Archive for March 6th, 2010


Mar 6

Windows Home Server on Facebook Add-in

Felix Kollmann released a new add-in, called “Windows Home Server on Facebook”. The add-in, currently at a preview stage, exports key information from your home server to be displayed on Facebook. So you can show your friends and followers a list of your add-ins, key storage data and in the future, a lot more. Windows Home
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Mar 6

Microsofts’ Courier ‘digital journal’ tablet /e-book device – Video Demonstration

Microsoft's Courier tablet / e-book device “We're told Courier will function as a "digital journal," and it's designed to be seriously portable: it's under an inch thick, weighs a little over a pound, and isn't much bigger than a 5x7 photo when closed. That's a lot smaller than we expected -- this new picture really puts
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Mar 6

IE8 SmartScreen Filter blocked over ’560 million attempts to download malware’

Malware is the biggest and most common security threat facing people browsing the Internet today, and Microsoft is investing heavily in keeping people protected while using Internet Explorer with features like the SmartScreen Filter, Protected Mode, DEP, and more. “Since we launched IE8 in March 2009, SmartScreen has blocked over 560 million attempts to download malware,
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Mar 6

Microsoft demos a game running on Windows, Windows Phone 7 and Xbox 360

Microsoft's Eric Rudder, at TechEd Middle East (MEA), showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a singular project (with 90% shared code) that plays on Windows with a keyboard, a Windows Phone 7 Series prototype device with accelerometer and touch controls, and the Xbox 360 with the Xbox gamepad. Interestingly, not only
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Mar 6

Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) will discontinue effective June 30, 2010, says Microsoft

Microsoft announced that effective June 30, 2010, the company will discontinue future development of Windows Essential Business Server (EBS). This decision represents a natural market shift in midsize business preference toward creating their own IT solutions. “several changes have occurred that drove our decision to streamline our server product portfolio. First, midsize businesses are rapidly turning
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Mar 6

Windows Home Server channel on YouTube

Seeing the benefits of YouTube, Windows Home Server team has also started making videos! “Now, with the new creation of Windows Home Server videos, we have made our very own Windows Home Server channel on YouTube. On the channel, you’ll find variety of different videos including: Team interviews – learn about WHS’s team members and how
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Mar 6

Office 2010: Worldwide launch for businesses on May 12, and consumer in June, Microsoft

In addiion to our previous report of Office 2010 TGP, Microsoft has announced that “In addition to Office 2010 Technology Guarantee, we’re excited to confirm that Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 are on schedule and will release to manufacturing (RTM) next month. For businesses, we’ll launch the 2010 set of
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