Archive for August 27th, 2010
Aug
27
Tranquil PC released a critical update for their SQA-5H Home Server and SQA-EX Expansion Enclosure. The update consists of a BIOS upgrade for the server's SATA Controller, which according to the company fixes a serious issue whereby hard drives can become disconnected from the server, causing potential data loss. It is recommended that all SQA-5H owners
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
This tip is for the non-US Gmail users, wanted to try out new Gmail Call features. According to Google, the latest Gmail feature is only available in US, but that's not actually true. If you set Gmail interface language to English (US), you should see "Call phone" option in the chat roster. You can
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Miha Kralj, of Microsoft had one warning for delegates at the close of Microsoft's Tech.Ed 2010 conference "the cloud will change society and resistance is futile". Speaking with ZDNet at Tech.Ed on Gold Coast, Kralj said IT departments that resisted the trend towards cloud computing risked being replaced. "People need to accept that in IT as
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
With more Embedded Developers running Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Toolkit on Windows 7 development machines, there're #of reports of SDI Loader failures with an error listing a path to an INF file. To resolve this issue and run SDI Loader on Win7, you can configure SDI Loader to run in Compatibility mode with Vista SP1 selected.
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
MSDN Radio is scheduled on August 30, 2010 from 9:00-9:30 AM Pacific Time. This week they'll be interviewing LightSwich team members! It's your chance to call in and ask us questions about LightSwitch."MSDN Radio is a weekly Developer talk-show that helps answer your questions about the latest Microsoft news, solutions, and technologies. We dive into
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
To help partners prepare for new competencies and the Gold and Silver levels, Microsoft have provided tools such as the "Value of Earning a Microsoft Competency Guide," which describes not only the various competencies available in the Microsoft Partner Network, but also the requirements to achieve these at Silver and/or Gold levels.Now, MS introduces a
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
In this screencast, Ryan and Steve covers: Wade Wegner talk about what Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus is and how to use it; Discover different patterns and bindings you can use with AppFabric Service Bus; Learn a tip on how to effectively host your Service Bus services in IIS:
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Chris Pendleton announces his departure as the Bing Maps Tech Evangelist — the position he has been holding for over 3 years."I'll be stepping down as the Bing Maps Technical Evangelist. For over 3 years of my life I poured my heart and soul into this position to ensure Bing Maps was your mapping platform of
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Facebook held a developer's garage event at their headquarters in Palo Alto. Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to talk a bit about the history of Facebook. He focused on Facebook Photos as being a key catalyst that led to everything the social network is today. He noted that when they launched the product, they didn't have
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Microsoft is reported of "may spending as much as a billion dollars to subsidize the expense of building phones and apps, so that Windows Phone 7 ecosystem is well-seeded at launch". Jonathan Goldberg of Deutsche Bank, estimates that Microsoft will spend $400 million on marketing alone for WinP7 launch. That doesn't include the millions it has
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Many Google Chrome features aren't enabled by default either because they're not ready for primetime or they're too advanced for normal users. Fortunately, recent Chromium build added a new internal page "about:labs" that lets you enable some advanced features."Tabpose is currently the only lab on Mac, tabs-on-left the only lab on Windows. about:labs shouldn't be visible
2 Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
The fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is approaching, here's a slide show created with Historical Imagery feature in Google Earth to look back at some of the places.These by-now-familiar images of the Lower Ninth Ward are no less heartbreaking today than they were when we first saw them.The Biloxi Bay
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Microsoft released Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Antigen 9 for Exchange SP2. "Microsoft will be retiring version 5 of Kaspersky engine on Feb 1st, 2011. You're required to install Rollup 3 for Antigen 9 for Exchange/SMTP with SP2 before this date if you wish to continue using Kaspersky engine. This rollup doesn't automatically install Kaspersky 8
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Exchange Server 2010 SP1. Evaluate the new capabilities of Exchange Server 2010 SP1, which helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that help to simplify your administration, protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Aug
27
Google have decided to keep themselves out of JavaOne conference; "We're sad to announce that we won't be able to present at JavaOne this year. We wish that we could, but Oracle's recent lawsuit against Google and open source has made it impossible for us to freely share our thoughts about the future of Java
No Comments » - Posted by DG
Random From The Google “We Won’t Be At JavaOne” This Year
- May02BlackBerry 10 App Developers Gets a $10,000 Guarantee; RIM Shows Off BB10 Camera, Keyboard and Other Features
At BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando, the company has now released a number of new videos showing off how Blackberry 10 is supposed - Apr30Madonna April 30 performance at New York city’s Roseland Ballroom available for free on MSN
Madonna’s exclusive performance at New York City’s famed Roseland Ballroom will be available live to millions of fans via an online broadcast at http://music.msn.com/madonna, - Nov17Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 – Video Introduction
Here’s a 3 video series on building Windows Azure applications using Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. Videos below showcase Windows Azure Tools. - Aug12Netscape up by 1%; Vista struggles for adoption
Firefox’s market share is up a couple of percentage points while Internet Explorer’s share is actually - May03Windows Live Spaces update and more from Windows Live blogs
Chris over at Windows Live Spaces blog has announced a minor upgrade to Spaces: you can now include the Messenger IM control and