Archive for February 15th, 2012


Feb 15

Chrome Web Store Categories System Overhauled to Improve Discoverability for Apps

Google Chrome Web Store's app category system received a couple of changes to improve discoverability for apps. "The new structure of the store will improve discoverability for apps," posted Google.Adding, "For example, users searching for a photo album app can now easily drill down to the
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Feb 15

Microsoft February 2012 Security Bulletin; IE 9.0.5; UR1.1 for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Released; System Center Added in WSUS Server

Microsoft posted the Security Bulletin Summary for February 2012, "9 new security bulletins addressing 21 vulnerabilitie in the products such as Windows, Internet Explorer, SharePoint, .Net Framework, Silverlight, and Office."Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-008 - Vulnerabilities
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Feb 15

Tim Cook at Goldman Sachs: Promises Monthly FLA Audti Reports; Under-age Labor is Abhorrent

Apple's Chief Executive Office Tim Cook speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference when asked about the supply chain conditions in China stated:"The first thing I would want everyone to know… Apple takes working conditions very, very
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Feb 15

Windows 8 Designed for Broad Spectrum of People, Accessibility Features Detailed

Windows 8 is designed for an incredibly broad spectrum of people around the world. In the post, Microsoft's Jennifer Norberg, the lead program manager for the Human Interaction Platform team, talk about the engineering work that goes into the features refer to as "accessibility." The post is especially important for developers building Metro style apps for
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Feb 15

SQL Azure Price Reduction and New 100MB Database Option Announced

Microsoft lowered the price of SQL Azure and introduces a new entry-level 100MB database option."The 100MB DB option enables customers to get started using SQL Azure at half of the previous price, while still providing the full range of features including: high availability,
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Feb 15

TechNet Goes Metro; HTML5 Love is in the Air! IE10 Demo; HTML5 vs Flash Infographic

Microsoft recently gave its TechNet center a new metro design. "Over the past twenty four hours we've been in release mode for TechNet and as you can see, the changes are striking. Be sure to checkout the layout, MegaBlade navigation, and other features," posted Microsoft.
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Feb 15

Video: Reverse Parking Assist Using Microsoft Kinect

Reverse Parking Assist, a reverse parking system using Kinect, is developed by Gibson Hu at the University of Technology in Sydney. The parking assist can switch between color camera mode, infra red camera mode, and reverse parking assist mode."A reverse parking system which utilizes the
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Feb 15

Microsoft Dynamics AX Industry Demos for US Partners; CRM 2011 Online R8 Release Preview Guide; Entity Framework 4.3 Released; Sneak Peek at EF 5.0 Features

Microsoft posted Dynamics AX demos designed to help you gain a deeper understanding of how Microsoft Dynamics AX fills the needs for companies in the industries include: Chemical Manufacturing, Construction, Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, IT Consulting, Retail, and Public Sector.Use these
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Feb 15

Image Results Now Available from Google Custom Search API; My Places Tab on Google Maps Now Displays Past Directions and Locations; U.S.-Japan Economic Harmonization Initiative

Google on December 2, 2011, added image results to Custom Search Engines to enable sites to offer image-only results that showcase photos and other digital images. Today, the team announced, that site owners can now access throguh the Custom Search API.Note that you need
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Feb 15

Google AdWords Introduces Enhanced Ad Sitelinks

Google AdWords "Enhanced Ad Sitelinks" works by incorporating text from ads in your account that are related to your sitelinks."To be eligible, your ad with sitelinks must show above Google search results and your account must contain active ads closely related to the sitelinks in your
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Feb 15

Google Public DNS Now Serving 70 Billion Requests a Day and Counting

Google Public DNS launched on December 3, 2009, which was introduced to help make the web faster for everyone -- today, handling an average of more than 70 billion requests a day, according to Google."Google Public DNS has become particularly
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