Archive for June 4th, 2010


Jun 4

Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Drawings without a Google account!

Google now let you try Google Docs even without a Google account. "If you go to Google Docs Demo you can start editing a document, a spreadsheet or a drawing and share the links with other people, so you can collaborate in real-time. Google says that the documents
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Jun 4

TechNet: Using friendly FQDN when configuring Communications Server 2007 R2 and Outlook Web App integration

Outlook Web App now supports the use of SIP client integration with Office Communications Server. This provides a great feature set for users, but there are some things you must do when integrating with Communications Server to make it all work. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 offers a new enhancement to its Client Access server role called
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Jun 4

Swingify “Making songs swing with Windows Azure, Python, and Echo Nest API”

In Cloud Cover episode 13 on Channel 9, Ryan Dunn and Steve Marx showed a fun Windows Azure app that takes any song and turns it into a swing time version of the song. Steve marx put together a sample application that lets you upload a song as an MP3 and produces a "swing time"
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Jun 4

Gmail sweatshirts in Google Store

When Gmail came out of beta, "Google embroidered the Gmail logo onto sweatshirts for the team. Any given day in the office, a couple of people are wearing them. When other people asked us where they too could get their very own Gmail sweatshirt, we didn't like replying with "Oh...they're not really available, it was just
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Jun 4

$75 American Express gift checks to test new Blogger features on Windows PCs, Google contest

Google is calling testers to test usability of its Blogger service feedback on something that's currently in development. "We're currently scheduling participants for a 60 minutes study that takes place June 17-23, 2010. Sessions will be remote - basically we'll call you on phone and set up a screen sharing session with you on your  computer.
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Jun 4

Windows 7 Engineering Guidance for Slate PCs White Paper

An engineering guidance whitepaper for Windows 7 may be interesting reading for many of our customers who are creating touch-based devices using Windows Embedded Standard 7. The paper covers topics such as: Touch investments in Windows 7, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer 8; Fundamentals; Design Principles; Touch Application Design Recommendations; Additional Logo Considerations.
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Jun 4

SharePoint 2010: How to configure Secure Store Service using PowerShell

Microsoft published the source code for the Microsoft Project 2010 Demo Package Installer Platform project to automate the deployment procedure of the content pack on MSDN Code Gallery. One of the nugget it contains is the PowerShell script to automate the configurate of Secure Store Service (which is required for Excel Services 2010), and yes you
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Jun 4

Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server “Installation and Verifying Installation” Webcast

If you're looking for a tutorial on how to install Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server (FPE) on an Exchange server, look no further. Forefront Server Protection Information Experience (iX) team recently created two videos that guide you through a basic install and post-install verification.First video titled "Installing Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server" gives
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Jun 4

Bing404 WordPress Plugin built on Bing Wrapper

Microsoft developed a new Bing404 plugin for WordPress -- a great new plugin that returns a page of intelligent search results in place of the unhelpful WordPress 404 error page by using keywords extracted from the dead URL that otherwise would have resulted in a dreaded "Page Not Found" error. The plugin is part of the
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Jun 4

SEO site review session from Google I/O 2010 – Video

At Google I/O 2010, Google did an SEO site review session. "The video from that session is now live," revealed Matt Cutts:[Source]
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Jun 4

Bing’s Best Windows 7 theme pack 3 with 19 wallpapers

Bing Team released the third Bing's Best Windows 7 theme pack, which gives you even more great Bing homepage images for your desktop. Bing's Best 3 lets you gaze at a dying star, soar over an underwater sinkhole, and get up close and personal with an adorable baby sea turtle. There're 19 wallpapers in all… here's
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Jun 4

Yahoo! Predictalot gpes global to takes on World Cup 2010

Predictalot, a massive crowdsourcing experiment cooked up in Yahoo! Labs, is going global, announced Yahoo!. "This time, you can predict almost anything your heart desires about the World Cup in South Africa. You can compose any of millions of predictions and sell them any time for virtual points, even in the middle of a match, just
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Jun 4

AdWords Conversion Products: Google’s FREE webinar

With the recent launch of Search Funnels, "we wanted to have a webinar showing off these new reports and offering you a refresher on AdWords Conversion Tracking and Conversion Optimizer. We'll give overviews of these features, showing how they work and how they can help you, and do a deep dive into the Search Funnels
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Jun 4

Internet Explorer gains .76% in US in May, NetApp

Customers are moving steadily away from IE6 to IE8, which you can see from the latest Net Applications report, the US data shows Internet Explorer as a whole growing by 0.76% and IE8 showing growth of 1.34% for May 2010….IE total market share are 63.20%, Firefox 20.38%, Safari 10.43%, Chrome 4.54%, and Opera 0.31%. Developers are
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Jun 4

TechNet: Ten Steps to PowerShell Scripting with Office Communications Server 2007 R2

Windows PowerShell can be used as a management tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. PowerShell is one of most versatile scripting environments available on the market today. This powerful new cross-platform scripting tool can be used with all versions of Office Communications Server as a configuration alternative to the administrative tools in Office Communications
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