Archive for June 29th, 2010


Jun 29

Gmail comprised of “443,000 lines of JavaScript” Plus upcoming HTML5 features

Adam de Boor, a Gmail engineer, said that many upcoming features of Gmail service will be rendered in HTML5, "Google's goal is to make Gmail load in less than a second. "If the browser supports CSS3, Gmail will render the pages using these specifications, rather than its traditional approach of using the Document Object Model (DOM).
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Jun 29

Google.com.hk redirect ends, in favor of new Google.cn landing page, Google says

Google is currently redirect everyone using Google.cn to Google.com.hk, Hong Kong search engine. "This redirect, which offers unfiltered search in simplified Chinese, has been working well. However, Chinese government find it unacceptable—and continuing with "redirection" will result in non-renewal of our Internet Content Provider license, which's required to operate a commercial website.Therefore, we've started taking
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Jun 29

How to “password protect just the VBA code for an Access database”?

Here're the steps to password protect just the VBA code for an Access database, but not the rest of the database. Steps: In Access, press ALT+F11 to open VBA editor, On Tools menu, select <Database Name> Properties…, On Protection tab, select Lock project for viewing check box, Enter and confirm a password, Click OK, and then
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Jun 29

Bing Shopping Refreshed Released

Microsoft released a refreshed Bing Shopping section. "One of the updates is a left-side navigation improvement which adds more filters for narrowing down your choices, based on the item you're searching. In the example, it only took a few clicks to narrow down 38,000+ laptops to 3. There's also a new information on product descriptions, product
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Jun 29

Google, Bing Yahoo! to be monitored for “anti-islamic content,” Pakistan says – PKSearch: Pakistan’s upcoming dedicated search engine

Google is among several high-profile websites which Pakistan is to begin monitoring in an attempt to block content it deems anti-Islamic. The sites to be monitored include Yahoo, YouTube, Amazon and MSN, Hotmail and Bing from Microsoft, according to a spokesman for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. He added: "If any particular link with offensive content appears
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Jun 29

Workflow Services infrastructure Webcast

In this episode, Dave Cliffe, describes the architecture of the Workflow Services infrastructure:
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Jun 29

Windows Home Server Training Videos Tutorials

Windows Home Server has a lot to offer — it serves as a centralized and secure location for all of your data, allowing you to store, organize and share your documents easily between multiple computers. Scott Lowe, posted several free introductory videos to provide you with some good Home Server basics — including what you can
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Jun 29

Microsoft Researcher Michael Freedman on quest to build “Quantum Computer”

Microsoft Technical Fellow Michael Freedman knows a thing or two about conquering mountains — both in the physical and scientific worlds. Now, with an impressive team of mathematicians and physicists he's assembled, Freedman is putting his mind to work on an intellectual Mt. Everest — building a "quantum computer" —world's most powerful computing device.In 1997, Freedman
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Jun 29

Google Chrome protecting users from “plug-in exploits”

To better protect Google Chrome users from the threat of plug-in exploits, Google've announced a couple of initiatives:Chrome now has ability to disable individual plug-ins (about:plugins) or to operate in a "domain whitelist" mode whereby only trusted domains are permitted to load plug-ins (Options->Content Settings->Plug-ins).By including Adobe Flash Player -- we can re-use Chrome's autoupdate strategy
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Jun 29

IIS Express Web Server for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express

Microsoft is readying its first public beta of the new Web server, called "IIS Express," that "combines the use of the Microsoft ASP.Net Web Server with full power of IIS," integrated into Windows, revealed Microsoft."IIS Express will work with Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, will run on Windows XP and higher
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Jun 29

Windows Embedded Developer Update (WEDU )for WES 7

Windows Embedded Developer Update is an application that you can use to automatically search for, download, and install the latest updates for Windows Embedded Standard 7. You can use WEDU to update the developer tools and distribution shares for Windows Embedded Standard 7. WEDU can automatically notify you when updates are available. You can then use
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Jun 29

Windows Live “will not import Tweets” begining June 30

Microsoft notified Windows Live users who had added the Twitter feed, that "Beginning June 30, 2010 your tweets will no longer be automatically imported from Twitter and shared out to your Windows Live Messenger friends due to policy changes made by Twitter.""We're working hard with Twitter to make this service available again and apologize for any
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Jun 29

YouTube Partner Communication Hub launches “Optimization Resources” section

Google have revamped the "'Optimization Resources' section of its YouTube Partner Communication Hub site and have added few new documents to help you make the most of your presence on YouTube. Specifically, added a resource which show you how to improve content discoverability, increase revenue potential and take full advantage of our Insight tool.
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Jun 29

Windows Live Messenger Connect SDK Webcast

Angus Logan tell us about the Live Messenger Connect API, what developers can do with it and where to get it. There's a controls playground where you try some of the controls. More Info: SDK
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Jun 29

Facebook launching India operations in the ‘City of Pearls’ Hyderabad, Hiring 500 people

According to Business Standard and India Times, Facebook is all set to launch its India operations from the "City of Pearls" Hyderabad, to be able to provide better round-the-clock and multilingual support to its ever-increasing number of users, advertisers and third-party developers.In a press release, the State Information Technology and Communications department said Facebook had been
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