Archive for November 11th, 2010


Nov 11

Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer (IE) Supported Fonts for Windows Phone 7

IE on Windows Phone 7 supports a variety of font faces (13) that you can use in your Web pages, ranging from the usual suspects like Arial to fonts like Segoe WP, which Windows Phone uses itself for various User Interface text. The full set of default fonts available are listed in the following table. Each
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Nov 11

Microsoft Granted Patent “Foot-based Interface for Interacting with a Computer”

Microsoft this week won a patent titled "Foot-based interface for interacting with a computer." The basic idea is for users to move their feet and step on the floor to execute various commands, such as deleting email or scrolling down the screen."In addition to causing
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Nov 11

Google Analytics: Tips to Optimize and Analyze for Mobile Devices

Here're a few useful tips for marketing managers and business owners to better understand their mobile traffic and improve returns. First, the number of visits to your site mightn't be the most attractive key performance indicator (KPI). Yes, that's exactly meaning - more traffic does NOT always translate to more sales!So
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Nov 11

Activate your Windows Azure Platform Benefits for MSDN Subscribers

Windows Azure Platform is an internet-scale cloud computing and services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers. MSDN subscribers can take advantage of this platform to build and deploy their apps.Estimated savings: $2,518 (USD)Activate your Azure benefits:Sign-in to your MSDN benefits pageClick Windows Azure Platform link from MyAccount and
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Nov 11

YuMe Launches Mobile Video Solutions for for Advertisers, Publishers of iOS 4 Devices

YuMe, video advertising company, released its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch SDK to help advertisers, web publishers, and app developers extend their reach to iOS devices. Advertisers can access innovative new ad formats that extend mobile video campaigns directly into the apps, while web and app publishers can now fully manage campaigns on iOS devices and
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Nov 11

Microsoft Security Essentials Build 2.0.522.0 via Windows Update

On Nov'9th, Microsoft began pushing out a "beta refresh" of Microsoft Security Essentials build 2.0.522.0 via Windows Update. It's said to be the Release Candidate build, but Microsoft officials aren't calling it that publicly.Microsoft delivered the beta 2 of MSE in July 2010, and at that time, it was said the new version include "Windows
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Nov 11

Nexus S Android Smartphone Available at Best Buy this Holiday Season

Best Buy published a section on their mobile site saying that the "Pure Google" Nexus S is available only at Best Buy this holiday season. A link to pre-order it doesn't work, and there's a bad image with the alternate text field showing "Nexus S for T-Mobile."Besides the name
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Nov 11

How Enable AirPrint Sharing on Mac OS X v10.6.5?

Yesterday, Apple released Mac OS X v10.6.5 which was supposed to bring AirPrint to any printer connected to your Mac. But, due to last minute patent trolling issues it was pulled back. Developer Steven Troughton-Smith posted a method to get AirPrint working on all Macs running Mac OS 10.6.5:The files you need are:/usr/libexec/cups/filter/urftopdf /usr/share/cups/mime/apple.convs
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Nov 11

YouTube Topics on Search on TestTube Launched

YouTube introduces a prototype feature "YouTube Topics on Search" on TestTube, that simply try to identify topics on YouTube using sources: "frequently used uploader keywords, common search queries, playlist names, and even sources outside of YouTube such as Wikipedia articles" and associate videos with them."When you search -- say for "obama" -- we suggest other
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Nov 11

Apple Hiring Mac Application Reviewer

Apple started hiring the dudes and dudettes for app review process for the Mac."Apple Worldwide Developer Relations is seeking a software application specialist; someone who is meticulous, analytical, able to exercise objective analysis, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and has strong customer service skills.Candidate needs to be able to organize and prioritize a
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Nov 11

Facebook eMail (aka Project “Titan”) will Have Integrated Office Web Apps, Launching on Monday November 15th Event

Latest from the "rumor" mill, the upcoming Facebook announcement on Nov'15th -- a invite-only event will have the launch of Facebook's e-mail offering Project "Titan". Titan, according to the buzz, will be a new full-featured Web mail product like Gmail, Hotmail, etc.A source close to Microsoft said "the Facebook's Nov'15 event will, indeed, be focused on
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Nov 11

Google Chrome Extensions ‘Google Calendar, Web Clipboard, YouTube Feed’ and More!

Here're a few handful new Google Chrome extensions:Google Calendar lets you easily check your Google Calendar for upcoming events and add new events from the websites you visit. If you see an icon with a green plus sign on sites like Facebook or Evite, you can add the event to your Google Calendar. It'll also
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Nov 11

Hotfix for P2V Conversion Fails with ‘Error 3110′ in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 [KB2459566]

Microsoft warns that when using SCVMM 2008, a Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion of a Windows Server 2003 system fails due to Volume Shadow Copy Service on the P2V source machine. You'll receive an error similar to following (pic)."This can occur because a corrupted subscription is detected by the COM+ system causing it to stop processing
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Nov 11

The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure Now ’404s’ on the Amazon

Less than an hour after it hit the Amazon Bestsellers list and the controversial topic of its existence made the link to buy "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure" now results in the 404 error and the book is no longer #96 on the Amazon Bestseller list replaced by Ken Follett's A Dangerous Fortune.
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Nov 11

Gmail Now Using Smarter Context-Sensitive Help Links

If you click on Gmail's "Help" link at the top of the page, you'll be sent to an appropriate section from the Gmail Help Center. Instead of always linking to the help center's homepage, Gmail links to the priority inbox section if you're using Gmail's smarter inbox, it shows the articles about filters if you're trying
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