Archive for August 26th, 2010
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If you're using the web-client of Hotmail or Office Live you may already have discovered that "Hotmail now integrates with Bing Maps". When you create email, you can insert various types of content from Bing, including Bing Maps. Selecting "Maps and Places" a task pane opens that allows you to add new locations or
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Aug
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According to a survey given to Hulu Plus testers, the streaming web TV service might consider offering ad-free content packages on top of the existing Hulu Plus subscription.The options Hulu is considering include: movie packages that feature classic movies, indie and foreign fims, documentaries or "back catalog" studio films; Premium Channel
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Aug
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Foursquare rolled out a feature which alerts you when you're within 10 check-ins of becoming the mayor; "when you check-in to a venue on Foursquare via a mobile app, and you're getting close to winning a Mayorship (within 10 check-ins), you'll now see how far away you're from ousting the current Mayor," informs Foursquare.Here's how Mayorships
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Aug
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Microsoft released new SDKs for PHP developers who want to use REST, SOAP and Spatial Data APIs. In addition to PHP SDKs, also added VB .NET code samples to SOAP API documentation which had previously only been done in C#. There're 3 new SDKs for PHP Developers:Accessing Bing Maps REST Services using PHPAccessing Bing
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Aug
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TweetDeck User Streams preview has now opened to everyone. Twitter has apparently decided that the new Users Streams API is going well and the Twitter servers are ready to handle the traffic from a public TweetDeck release. The User Streams Preview of TweetDeck is really impressive, although there're still some kinks to iron out.
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Aug
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Keith Combs found this movie created by Microsoft Learning. It's both hilarious and sometimes frighteningly true.To avoid being in a movie yourself: Get trained, Get certified, Study hard, and Then
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Aug
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According to Nielsen, MSN/Windows Live/Bing's market share in July 2010 was up to 13.6%, a 51% jump from its 9% market share in July 2009 — which was basically Bing's second month of existence. Google remained relatively static over the past year, while Yahoo!'s share has fallen from 17.1% to 14.3% (delta drop of 2.8% or
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Aug
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MSN Japan is offering no less than three theme packs designed for customers running Windows 7 to personalize their desktops with content blending Japanese imagery with Visual Studio 2010 symbols. The three themes feature three wallpapers each, with one of the backgrounds shared across all theme packs. The imagery is focused on three landscapes, a
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Aug
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Microsoft Dynamics Rally Groups are kicking off for FY11. New this year, is a Financial Services industry-focused group but will also continue to offer the rally group opportunity to Manufacturing, Distribution, and Retail focused partners. With most groups kicking off in September, ensure that you register for web seminar to get time blocked off in your
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Aug
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Netflix App for iPhone and iPod touch is finally available now, and lets you stream TV shows and films straight to your iOS device -- and according to MacRumors, the service works over Wi-Fi and 3G. You'll need a Netflix subscription ($8.99/month), and 3G data costs will be prohibitive to most... but the ability to stream
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Aug
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LG's Magic Motion gesture remote, which lets you change channels with a flick of the wrist, and now Hillcrest Labs, of Loop mouse/bracelet, is proclaiming that its Freespace tech is what makes LG's remote so magical in the first place.It's also revealed that Sony is planning to implement the technology in
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Aug
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Up to this point, Microsoft has released SDL information using a license that didn't allow for reproduction, inclusion or transfer without express written consent from Microsoft. Now, Microsoft will be making publicly available "SDL documentation and other SDL process content under a Creative Commons license. Specifically, using the Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike (cc by-nc-sa) terms. By
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Aug
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Microsoft official acknowledged that "they're planning to add ActiveSync support to Hotmail on August 30. The new capability will let Hotmail users get push e-mail on cell phones and other devices (even if they aren't trying to sync with an Exchange Server on the back-end). The ActiveSync addition also will allow Hotmail users to sync contacts
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Aug
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Microsoft researcher reports that they've found "that malware authors are using PNG-to-BMP conversion process as a means of obfuscating their malicious code, without any user interaction. Trojan:Win32/Sirefef.M is a highly obfuscated, using multiple layers of encryption and a number of anti-debugging and anti-emulation techniques to avoid detection.In a sample downloaded by Win32/Oficla, we find a .PNG
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Aug
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In Dec'09, Google introduced real-time search features located in the search sidebar to provide real-time content from a comprehensive set of sources: Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz and other sites where you can post public updates, integrated right into search results. Now, it has its own homepage, a logo and a name "Google Realtime", and more
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Random From The Google Realtime Search Gets New Homepage And Tools
- Apr30Essential Business Server videos
Some of MVPs have been busy making some quite amusing videos that help explain the different between our standalone server product and Small Business Server (SBS) and Essential Business Server (EBS) our new product for mid sized companies. Hat tip to Oliver for finding these. - Aug26Back to School: Stand Up to Cyberbullying Help Keeping Children Safe Online
September is synonymous with back-to-school for much of the world's youth - however, for some, back-to-school often means a return to cyberbullying. In fact, cyberbullying - Aug18Marissa Mayer Fails Twifficiency Got Result Tweeted Out To 35k Followers
Twifficiency, in a nut shell, calculates your twitter efficiency based upon your twitter activity. This includes how many people you follow, how many people follow - Feb29Bing Webmaster Tools API, Keyword Research, Markup Validation Tools Now Available!
Bing Webmaster Tools announced three new features including the new Bing Webmaster Tools API.Keyword research tool allows - Nov21GrandCentral website shutting down on December 31, 2009, Google says
Google Voice was GrandCentral before Google acquired company back in 2007. Now, that Google Voice is up & ruuning in private beta, and should roll