Archive for March 10th, 2010
Mar
10
Samsung with Barnes & Noble rolled out a new “Samsung eReader” which lets people make notes in the margins of e-book pages, pointed out Vickie Cullen. Users of Samsung's eReader can modify electronic pages by underlining words, for e.g., they can use built-in voice recording functionality to produce audio
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Mar
10
On Mar 9th, 2010, Windows Update will go live for Windows Embedded Standard 7. To demo Windows Update for Windows Embedded Standard, Microsoft has published 2 test updates (non-operational changes to the actual OS runtime), intended to demo functionality of Windows Update. “Test Update 1 will be presented as an Important Update, depending on how
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Mar
10
How’ll the search agreement with Microsoft affect Yahoo! advertisers and products? David Pann told WebProNews Video that the deal is “a win for advertisers with a single buy getting access to more inventory, it’s a win for consumers for a greater relevance, and it’s a win for consumers and publishers since they’ve greater access to a
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Mar
10
In this screencast, Ben interviews technical leaders and explores how companies are using Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Azure, and other components, such as Windows Azure AppFabric-giving you chance to apply their lessons learned to your own development efforts:
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Mar
10
Microsoft is advising its customers to install the 32-bit, rather than the 64-bit, version of Office 2010 "We strongly recommend most users install 32-bit version of Office 2010 on both 32 and 64-bit operating systems because currently many common add-ins for Office willn't function in the 64-bit edition," Microsoft warns. "There may be technical issues with
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Mar
10
You enable streaming for virtual application packages on a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2-based computer. You’re granted following permissions for the Package class: Read, Distribute, Delegate, Create, Manage Folders. You open System Center Configuration Manager console. You try to create a virtual application package at following location: Computer Management\Software Distribution\Packages. In this scenario, you
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Mar
10
What file systems do cameras, phones, MP3 players support ? NTFS – er no. They use FAT, in most of its forms, new memory cards show up formatted as FAT32. And what’s the limitation of FAT32 ? A maximum file size of 4GB: not a problem for installing Windows because WIM files are sized at less
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Mar
10
Microsoft created Encrypting File System tool for encrypting confidential files and folders on servers and client computers that shouldn’t be disclosed without authorization, information that resides on remote servers or on portable computers such as laptops or netbooks, or confidential information on computers that’re shared by multiple workers at a business. EFS is an integral part
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Mar
10
HP released a add-in which allows you to store, view and manage TV Shows recorded with TiVo on the HP MediaSmart Server EX490 Series and X510 Data Vault. Those of you who have upgraded your previous generation MediaSmart Servers to HP’s v3.0 software should also be able to use the add-in, but HP haven’t tested this
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Mar
10
Microsoft staffers talk MS-DOS 2.0 with the editors of PC World in late 1982 or early 1983. Windows 1.0 wouldn’t ship for almost another two years. From left: Microsoft’s Chris Larson, PC World’s Steve Cook, Bill Gates,
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Mar
10
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper is an interactive document designed to assist you with planning & sizing deployments of Operations Manager 2007 R2. It helps you plan the correct amount of infrastructure needed for a new OpsMgr R2 deployment, removing the uncertainties in making IT hardware purchases and optimizes cost. A typical recommendation will include
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Mar
10
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users are free to download revised versions of “The January 2010 stability and reliability update: KB 977074 deals with: - Keyboard function keys or keyboard shortcuts, such as mute or calculator, may not work correctly; notification icon for an app may be moved or lost when executable
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Mar
10
TechARP has nailed previous service pack schedules for both Windows XP and Vista, said unnamed sources had originally pegged a 22-month development schedule for Windows 7 Service Pack 1. "The earliest Microsoft can realistically release Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 is in the last quarter of 2010," the site said. "There's no required rule for
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Mar
10
A tweet from Long Zheng revealed that “Office Web Apps. v1 will be shipping with Live Wave 4. date tentative.” , it does leaves us some speculation as to when the final version of Windows Live Wave 4 will ship. Office 2010 RTM will released to businesses on May 12, and to
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Mar
10
Former CEO of Sun Microsystems published "What I couldn't say...," to tell about the demise of Sun. "I feel for Google -- Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too," Schwartz writes, apparently referring to Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC. Schwartz says he had just unveiled Sun's Linux desktop, Project Looking Glass, in 2003, when Jobs called
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Random From The Sun ex-chief talks about the ‘demise of Sun’ – dishes dirt on Bill Gates, Steve Jobs
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