Archive for the May, 2010


May 21

White House reprimands Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin after Consumer Watchdog FOIA request

The White House Deputy CTO, Andrew McLaughlin has been reprimanded for ethics violations that were revealed after a Freedom of Information Act Request from Consumer Watchdog. In a memo to all OSTP staff, "Reminder: Compliance with Federal Records Act and the President's Ethics Pledge," Director John Holdren describes how "one of our employees fell short" of
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May 26

Outlook 2010 with Business Contact Manager 2010 ships with Office 2010 and is RTM’d

Microsoft announced that Outlook 2010 with Business Contact Manager is shipping with Office 2010, and that it has "release to manufacturing"! Business Contact Manager 2010 brings amazing new functionality in role-specific workspaces, customization, dashboards and analytics, and Outlook integration. Business Contact Manager 2010 is available through volume licensing channel as part of both Office Standard and
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May 18

’0.facebook.com’ Fast and Free Facebook Mobile site launched

Facebook launched a new “0.facebook.com,” mobile site optimized for speed, and is available through more than 50 mobile operators in 45 countries and territories with zero data charges (see 1st pic below). The new site is developed with two main attributes: “It's fast includes all the key features of m.facebook.com. Users can update status, view News
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May 11

Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 in Los Angeles, CA Announced

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that the City of Los Angeles will host the Microsoft 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) July 10-14, 2011. Mayor Villaraigosa and First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner worked closely with senior Microsoft officials to bring the global conference to the City based on the area’s world-class conference facilities, hotels, restaurants and entertainment. “Microsoft
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May 14

Windows Live Wave 4 ‘Hotmail and Messenger’ officially date May 18th!

An e-mail invitation sent to a number of Australian bloggers and journalists this week (although, finally revealed that “Microsoft Australia’s NineMSN will be officially unveiling at least two components of the Windows Live Wave 4 and Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite, Hotmail and Messenger (which has already been partially revealed), in a media briefing on
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May 14

OS Lite API (OSAPI) running on iGoogle

OpenSocial 0.9 specification introduced a simpler API called OS Lite (OSAPI) which uses a syntax that's friendlier for Javascript developers. iGoogle works with most OpenSocial 0.9 features. The implementation of OSAPI should work as documented at opensocial.org. Check the pic for a basic example execute a request to fetch and display a list of the
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May 4

Microsoft Menlo OS Project focused on replacing Windows CE

“Microsoft “Menlo” is a research project which seems to be focused on replacing Windows CE (known officially these days as Windows Embedded Compact) Compact Edition (CE) with Windows NT inside of mobile devices, according to my sources. “Experiment 19&Prime is a graphics platform researchers are building to complement Menlo, my sources have told me,” reports
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May 27

Facebook’s simplified privacy controls and new comprehensive privacy guide

Soon after Mark Zuckerberg announced new simplified privacy control of Facebook, the company again faced complaints about its privacy features. Ana Yang Muller share "some more details about what you can expect and the updated resources launched to help you understand privacy on Facebook. The new controls are launching gradually, and many of you mayn't
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May 14

Google Voice ‘priority invites’ for US students with .edu address

Google Voice is offering "priority invites" to students in United States with an .edu email address. “To get an invite, just visit google.com/voice/students and enter .educ email, Thats it! A Google Voice invite will arrive in your inbox within 24 hours. Keep in mind that only one invite will be be sent per email address and
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May 14

Windows 3.1 on Google Android via aDosBox Installed!

Android Blog posted a walk through article providing step-by-step guidence to install an ancient OS Microsoft Windows 3.1 on an Android mobile device! To install, you need aDosBox (link below), download the Zipped APK file and install it to Android. And download Windows 3.1 setup files (link below); Now you can try and install Windows 3.1
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May 18

Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Service Pack 2 Server Tools

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Server Tools installs replication components on the computer running the Internet Information Services (IIS) for synchronizing data, using merge replication and remote data access (RDA), between SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 database on Windows desktops and mobile devices, and database servers running SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server
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May 20

Bing Map ‘Distance Calculator, Gas Prices and Parking Finder’ Apps

Distance Calculator Map App, generate the distance between two places on the Bing Map. Enter “Seattle” in the “Add a Place” box in the left-hand navigation. You’ll see it added to “Your Places” list below input box. Then, select “San Diego, CA” from the disambiguation box. With each input a flag is placed on the map
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May 21

Google moves forward accelerate mobile advertising with AdMob

The Federal Trade Commission cleared Google’s acquisition of AdMob. FTC said “[…]the agency’s concerns ultimately were overshadowed by recent developments in the market, most notably a move by Apple Computer Inc. – the maker of the iPhone – to launch its own, competing mobile ad network[…]”. “This’s a great news for mobile advertising ecosystem as a
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May 6

Goggles can read & translate ‘English, French, Italian, German and Spanish’

Google Goggles “v1.1 is now available on devices running Android 1.6 and higher. To download, go to Android Market app on your phone and search for “Google Goggles”. This release can read English, French, Italian, German and Spanish and can translate to many more languages. Google is working to extend recognition capabilities to other Latin-based
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May 28

Microsoft KIN’s Facebook Travel Contest

Have you seen Microsoft KIN commercials where a girl named Rosa travels around the country to visit her social network in person? Now you can have same opportunity too, when you go on Facebook page for KIN, anyone who "likes" (aka "fans") page will be automatically entered in a new sweepstakes where the winner
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