Archive for December 2nd, 2010


Dec 2

Video: Windows Phone 7 Accelerometer QuickApp Using Silverlight

John Mulhausen walks you through building a very quick application that will take you from zero to visualized accelerometer output (in the form of a line graph) in just 13 minutes.Download the source code for this app at the Silverlight for Windows Phone Code Gallery.
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Dec 2

Webcast: Setting Up BidNow Sample Application for Windows Azure

This video provides a walkthrough of the steps required to get the BidNow Sample up and running on your computer."BidNow is an online auction site that shows how our comprehensive set of cloud services can be used to develop a highly scalable consumer application."
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Dec 2

AOL’s 2010 Hottest Year End Searches of 2010 ‘Bedbugs, Tiger Woods, BP Oil’ and More!

Tiger Woods tops AOL's "Year End Hot Searches" list in the celebrity category. AOL released its list of top searches in 2010:Health:Bedbugs invaded New York, and AOL searches for the little critters skyrocketed. Here's the full list of top AOL health searches:BedbugsSalmonellaBPACeliac DiseaseShingles3 Day DietDiabetesLupusStem Cell ResearchBreast CancerCelebrity:A return to golf and his divorce put Tiger
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Dec 2

Silverlight 5 Planned Features Include ‘Hardware Decoding, Fluid UI, Power Saving’ and More!

At the Silverlight Firestarter event, Microsoft unveiled the next iteration of its Silverlight technology, "Silverlight 5," which the company said will improve things like media playback and the time it takes to develop apps. "Let me pause and say there's a future for Silverlight, and it's going to be a bright one," Scott Guthrie said.Guthrie detailed
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Dec 2

Norton Healthcare to Use Microsoft UIS & HealthVault to Support Its ACO Initiative

Norton Healthcare entered into an agreement with Microsoft to use its health solutions platforms, Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) and Microsoft HealthVault. These systems will allow Norton Healthcare to aggregate and mine data in a highly efficient manner and will assist the Louisville, Ky.-based health care system in its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative."Norton Healthcare
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Dec 2

Webcast: How Microsoft Identifies and Protects Against Online Security Threats

In this video, TechNet's Keith Combs interviews Christian Seifert, of Bing Index Quality Team. Christian discusses how his team identifies and protects against online security threats, such as drive-by downloads. He explains in-depth how drive-by downloads occur and how an end user can protect themselves from these attacks.
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Dec 2

“Michael” Michael Jackson’s Song Premieres on Apple Ping

Apple has released a single from Michael Jackson's posthumous record, "Michael" on its social network "Ping." The track's taken from the Jackson's of album called "Much Too Soon" which follows close on the heels of previous singles, "Hold My Hand," which debuted on Nov'23 on Jackson's official website, and "Breaking News," which hit the web
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Dec 2

TrueView Video Cost-Per-View Ads Format Launched

Google launched a new family of ad formats called "TrueView Video Ads," which give viewers choice and control over which advertiser's message they want to see and when. And advertisers are only charged when a viewer has chosen to watch your ad, not when an impression is served."Our first
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Dec 2

Google Apps Reporting API Expands to Authorized Google Apps Resellers

Google Apps Reporting API lets administrators to programmatically get information about their Google Apps environment, today Google expandes it access to the API for Google Apps Authorized Resellers.Resellers can use the API to gain a better understanding of how their customers are using Google Apps, so they can better personalize the service they provide to
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Dec 2

YouTube’s Content ID (Video Identification) Technology ‘Turns Three’

Three years ago, Google launched "Video Identification" technology that broke new ground in the area of online rights management, and is now known as "Content ID," a full set of audio and video matching tools that give rights holders fine-grained controls for managing their content if someone uploads it YouTube.Participating rights holders provide us with
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Dec 2

Facebook’s Latest Likejacking, Zeus Malware Scam “I can’t believe a GIRL did this because of Justin Bieber”

Facebook users once again been hit with a Likejacking ploy and Zeus variant, in the latest scam, Sophos reports "users receive a message, allegedly coming from one of their friends that states "I can't believe a GIRL did this because of Justin Bieber" coupled with a link to a YouTube knock-off site called "FouTube"."However, the Facebook
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Dec 2

Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1 Available for Download

Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch gives you a simpler and faster way to create professional-quality business applications for the desktop, the web, and the cloud. LightSwitch is a new addition to the Visual Studio family.With LightSwitch, you can build custom apps that rival off-the-shelf solutions. Get a head start by using pre-configured screen templates that give your
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Dec 2

Web Camps Webcast: Learn All About Kentico CMS

Learn how to install Kentico CMS in 5 minutes:Learn how to edit your website in Kentico:Learn how to apply styles to your website using master pages and CSS.:
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Dec 2

Video: Touring Microsoft Xbox Campus

Microsoft Campus Tours is a new series that takes you into some of the most intriguing buildings and places on Microsoft's main campus. The tour start at the infamous Xbox building, where Larry takes us through the Xbox teams work spaces and play places. We make our way through Holograms, Elephants, programmers and a pretty incredible
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Dec 2

3D Geo-Modeling Belgrade, Serbia Using Google SketchUp and Google Earth

Here's a testimonial from Zeljko Zdravkovic, who told us about his experience geo-modeling his hometown of Belgrade, Serbia."I started to make 3D models in the summer of 2009. Today you can see over 500 models that I've made. When combined with the work of other geo-modelers, there are over 800 models in Belgrade, and almost 1200
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