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  • SkyDrive Pro for Windows Now Available

    Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows
    22 May 2013 | 6:31 am
    Previously only bundled, you can now download a standalone version of the SkyDrive Pro client Microsoft announced this week that the SkyDrive Pro client for Windows is now available for download, providing customers with a way to automatically sync their SharePoint 2013- and SharePoint Online-based SkyDrive Pro and Team Site document libraries with their PCs. Previously, this capability was only available bundled with Office 2013. read more

  • Azure Is the Future of Microsoft

    Articles by Paul Thurrott
    20 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Windows, Windows, Windows . . . Hmmm . . . Maybe not anymore The market for on-premises servers and infrastructure is coming to an end. The future is the cloud, which for Microsoft means Azure. read more

  • Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May 2013

    Reviews Tom's Hardware
    21 May 2013 | 12:30 pm
    In this month's market analysis, we discuss Nvidia's new GeForce GTX Titan, PowerColor's Tahiti LE-based Radeon HD 7870, and a number of price fluctuations. If you've been holding off on an upgrade, now might be the best time to buy.

  • Testing your Windows Phone app – Part 2

    The Windows Blog
    Adam Denning
    21 May 2013 | 1:07 pm
    This blog post was authored by Craig Horsfield, a Senior SDET on the Windows Phone Test and Operations team. - Adam Testing your app throughout the development process can help you create a really great Windows Phone app. Testing helps ensure that your app is effectively represented in the Windows Phone Store as an app that offers Windows Phone users a high level of performance and quality. A small investment in the key areas described in this post can help you bypass common errors early in the development process, and help you get positive results in the long term. This post is part 2 of a…

  • Speed dial: 6 tips for quicker calling on Windows Phone 8

    The Windows Blog
    Matt Lichtenberg
    22 May 2013 | 3:07 pm
    With everything else it can do, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Windows Phone is still, well, a phone. Looking for ways to call someone a little quicker? Here are a few tap-saving shortcuts I’ve discovered along the way.   1. Call back quickly. It never fails that when my wife and I need to sync up, I miss her call or she misses mine. To increase the odds of catching her, I tap Phone on my Start screen, and then tap the Phone icon next to her name in call history to ring back faster. 2. No answer? Try another number. Even if I call her back a few minutes later, I still might miss…
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  • Speed dial: 6 tips for quicker calling on Windows Phone 8

    Matt Lichtenberg
    22 May 2013 | 3:07 pm
    With everything else it can do, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Windows Phone is still, well, a phone. Looking for ways to call someone a little quicker? Here are a few tap-saving shortcuts I’ve discovered along the way.   1. Call back quickly. It never fails that when my wife and I need to sync up, I miss her call or she misses mine. To increase the odds of catching her, I tap Phone on my Start screen, and then tap the Phone icon next to her name in call history to ring back faster. 2. No answer? Try another number. Even if I call her back a few minutes later, I still might miss…

  • The ASUS Transformer Book TX300 now available

    Brandon LeBlanc
    22 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
    ASUS just passed along the note that the Transformer Book TX300 is now available at Amazon, B&H, BestBuy.com, CDW, Excaliber PC, PC Connection, and Tiger Direct starting at $1,499 (U.S.). The Transformer Book TX300 is a laptop with a detachable keyboard “station” so it can be used as a tablet. ASUS has incorporated a slick looking all-metal design for the PC with a spun metal finish for a sleek profile great for being on the go. The PC comes with the latest generation Intel Core processors – all the way up to a Core i7. It has a 13.3-inch IPS HD (1920 x 1080) touch display – great…

  • Trivial Pursuit, 3 other classic EA games now available for all Windows Phones. Plus: new Nokia exclusives arrive

    Michael Stroh
    22 May 2013 | 11:12 am
    It’s a great week for Xbox games from Electronic Arts, with four titles previously available only to Nokia owners now available to everyone and four new Nokia exclusives hitting the Windows Phone Store. Unless otherwise noted, these titles are available for both Windows Phone 7 and 8. Here’s the rundown. All Windows Phone users can now test their driving and parking skills in the spatial-awareness Parking Mania ($2.99). If you love classic board games, you’ve got to try The Game of Life ($2.99). Sneak, scamper, and snack your way on an epic journey in SPY Mouse ($2.99). Or test the…

  • Testing your Windows Phone app – Part 2

    Adam Denning
    21 May 2013 | 1:07 pm
    This blog post was authored by Craig Horsfield, a Senior SDET on the Windows Phone Test and Operations team. - Adam Testing your app throughout the development process can help you create a really great Windows Phone app. Testing helps ensure that your app is effectively represented in the Windows Phone Store as an app that offers Windows Phone users a high level of performance and quality. A small investment in the key areas described in this post can help you bypass common errors early in the development process, and help you get positive results in the long term. This post is part 2 of a…

  • Use your HTML5 skills, port your PhoneGap app to Windows Phone, and win prizes

    JC Cimetiere
    20 May 2013 | 12:09 pm
    Many of you have heard about PhoneGap (aka Apache Cordova), the popular open source framework you can use to create mobile apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. PhoneGap has supported the Windows Phone platform since Windows Phone 7.5, and had a major update to support new capabilities in Windows Phone 8, including Internet Explorer 10. Today, we’re launching a Porting Challenge and inviting developers who have used PhoneGap to publish apps in other stores – for example, Apple iTunes, Google Play, Blackberry World, Bada, Symbian, or Palm OS – to take any of their existing…
 
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  • In Pictures: Four More Sub-$100 Cases For Your 2013 Gaming Build

    21 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    We continue our search for the ultimate sub-$100 gaming case with a photo spread of features from BitFenix's Shinobi, Enermax's Ostrog GT, Rosewill's R5, and Zalman's MS800 Plus. Stay tuned for the in-depth review of all four enclosures, coming soon!

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  • Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May 2013

    21 May 2013 | 12:30 pm
    In this month's market analysis, we discuss Nvidia's new GeForce GTX Titan, PowerColor's Tahiti LE-based Radeon HD 7870, and a number of price fluctuations. If you've been holding off on an upgrade, now might be the best time to buy.

  • League Of Legends Performance, Benchmarked

    19 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    Following up our Dota 2 performance analysis, we benchmark the most-played PC game in the world, League Of Legends, and find out just how much graphics and CPU performance it requires for high-resolution, high-detail play, even across three screens.

  • HP ZR2740w Versus Asus PB278Q: QHD 27" Monitors, Tested

    16 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    Until cutting-edge UHD (3840×2160) displays hit the mainstream, most enthusiasts have to be content with QHD monitors at 2560x1440 pixels. In the lab today, we have two more 27-inch QHD screens: the ZR2740w from HP and the PB278Q from Asus.
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  • Microsoft Updates YouTube App for Windows Phone 8

    22 May 2013 | 1:46 pm
    Let's see if Microsoft can keep Google happy In the wake of Google complaints about the YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, Microsoft today revealed that they have modified the app to address those complaints. The new version of the app is available from the Windows Phone Store, or soon will be. read more

  • What the Tech 166: Xbox One: Achievement Unlocked

    22 May 2013 | 12:17 pm
    The one where we talk about the next Xbox This week on What The Tech, Andrew Zarian and I discuss the unveiling of the Xbox One. read more

  • SkyDrive Pro for Windows Now Available

    22 May 2013 | 6:31 am
    Previously only bundled, you can now download a standalone version of the SkyDrive Pro client Microsoft announced this week that the SkyDrive Pro client for Windows is now available for download, providing customers with a way to automatically sync their SharePoint 2013- and SharePoint Online-based SkyDrive Pro and Team Site document libraries with their PCs. Previously, this capability was only available bundled with Office 2013. read more

  • Xbox One Preview

    22 May 2013 | 6:02 am
    Microsoft appears to have made the console to beat for the coming generation of devices On Tuesday, Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, giving us a broad but only partial understanding of its upcoming video game console. Here’s what we’ve learned so far, and my take on Microsoft’s third stab at jumpstarting a major new market for living room entertainment. read more

  • Xbox One Unveil Video

    21 May 2013 | 12:22 pm
    All hail the new Xbox Here’s Microsoft’s promotional video for its new entertainment console, the Xbox One. Looking good! read more
 
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  • Update Rollups for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 are NOT cumulative

    17 May 2013 | 8:29 am
    If you pay attention to the updates Microsoft rolls out each month or take note of what Windows Updates are on your Windows 8 PC or Windows Server 2012 Server, you may have seen some monthly rollup updates. These update rollups are not cumulative... Continue at Bink.nu Website!

  • Surface Pro firmware and driver pack

    17 May 2013 | 8:22 am
    Cumulative firmware and drivers for the Surface Pro. This firmware and driver package contains drivers for all of the components in the Surface Pro device, as well as updates to the system firmware that have been released via Windows Update. These... Continue at Bink.nu Website!

  • Trends in Cloud Computing Cloud Security Readiness Report

    16 May 2013 | 2:07 pm
    This report is the result of information collected in the Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT). This report is the result of information collected in the Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT). The CSRT is a brief survey that seeks information... Continue at Bink.nu Website!

  • System Center Service Manager Connector 3.0 for Exchange

    16 May 2013 | 1:12 pm
    The System Center Service Manager – Exchange Connector 3.0 connects Service Manager to Exchange for processing incoming emails related to incidents and change requests. Exchange Connector connects Service Manager to Exchange for processing... Continue at Bink.nu Website!

  • Windows 8.1 (Blue) will be a free update

    15 May 2013 | 1:46 pm
    According to the official Windows blog Windows “Blue” will indeed be named Window 8.1 and that it will be free for current Windows 8 consumers through the Windows Store. So through the Windows Store, that is interesting not Windows Update. It... Continue at Bink.nu Website!
 
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  • Users tell Microsoft, keep your Windows 8 Metro apps, we don't want them

    Preston Gralla
    22 May 2013 | 8:58 am
    Microsoft's new-style "Metro" Windows 8 apps were supposed to draw people to the operating system in droves, but the exact opposite is happening. Just-published research shows that 60% of users don't bother to launch even a single Metro app a day.

  • Another way Apple beats Microsoft -- in sketchy tax dodges

    Preston Gralla
    21 May 2013 | 8:58 am
    When it comes to paying taxes, Apple certainly thinks different, using sketchy tax dodges and phantom offshore companies to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. Competitors like Microsoft have used similar tactics, but not nearly to the extent that does Apple. This is one more example of the way that Apple polishes a shiny public image, but acts in private in a less-than-stellar manner.

  • Dell and enterprises diss Windows 8 big-time

    Preston Gralla
    20 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    If selling and buying operating systems were a football game, Dell and enterprises might be called for piling on, because within the last several days both of them have given big thumbs-downs to Windows 8. This is just the latest in a long series of bad news for the newest version of Windows.

  • It's a two-stepping day for Microsoft's Patch Tuesday

    Greg Lambert
    17 May 2013 | 9:12 am
    We are back at it again with 10 updates in Microsoft's May edition of Patch Tuesday. Two are rated Critical, with the remaining eight rated as Important.  This month's Patch Tuesday is really a story of a few steps forward followed by a step back, after the release of a seriously flawed patch released in last month's April Patch Tuesday update, which caused Microsoft to revoke, and then subsequently re-release the update.

  • Can Microsoft's Surface Mini save Windows RT?

    Preston Gralla
    17 May 2013 | 6:27 am
    Reports say that Microsoft is readying a smaller, less-expensive version of its Window RT-based Surface tablet, and may announce it as early as June. Will that be enough to save the struggling Windows RT OS?
 
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    Ed Bott

  • “Ask your parents for an Xbox or try books”

    Ed Bott
    21 May 2013 | 6:36 am
    A bit of humor in the Tumblr Terms of Service: You have to be at least 13 years old to use Tumblr. We’re serious: it’s a hard rule, based on U.S. federal and state legislation, even if you’re 12.9 years old. If you’re younger than 13, don’t use Tumblr. Ask your parents for an Xbox or try books. As legal documents go, this one is particularly clear and well written.

  • Get a great deal on a Logitech T400 Touch Mouse

    Ed Bott
    20 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
    Update May 21, 2013: This deal has expired and the price is now $30. That’s still a better deal than the full retail price, but not as good as yesterday’s price. Thanks and congratulations to all of you who were able to take advantage of it. I’ve been using the Logitech T400 Touch Mouse for a few months now, and it is, by far, the best I have found for working with Windows 8. Despite its simple appearance, this little pointing device is able to activate a number of Windows 8 features, making it ideal for use on a desktop PC that doesn’t have a touch screen. You can customize its…

  • Why are you using an email address you don’t own?

    Ed Bott
    17 May 2013 | 2:05 pm
    Back before the turn of the century, it was common for most people to get their personal email through an account provided by their Internet service provider. But when you moved, or changed from Qwest to Comcast, or when the ISP was purchased and changed its domain name, your old email address vanished in a puff of smoke and you had to do one of those “Hi everyone, please update your address book” messages to everyone you know. And then, a few months later, you went to visit some website where you really wanted to sign in, but they only had your old email address and they insisted…

  • No more ads, no more trackers

    Ed Bott
    16 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    You might have noticed that I changed the design of this site a month or so ago. As part of the process, I also eliminated advertising. That’s the culmination of a transformation that’s been going on since last year, when I removed the Google Analytics code from this site. I shut down my Google AdSense account and removed the code serving ads from the network I was previously part of. With those changes, there are no longer any web trackers on this site. I do have the Stats widget (part of the WordPress Jetpack add-in), which counts site visitors and helps me determine which posts are…

  • Pre-order Office 2013 Inside Out

    Ed Bott
    13 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    We’ve finished reviewing the final page proofs of Microsoft® Office Inside Out: 2013 Edition and the book is off to the printer. Our team did an amazing job, and if you use Office 2013 (either as a perpetual license, a volume license, or part of an Office 365 subscription), I’m confident you’ll find some good and useful stuff here. It’s available for pre-order from Amazon now, for $29.00, which is 47% off the full retail price. And when you get the paperback you get the e-book version for free, in your choice of PDF, Kindle, EPUB, or other standard, DRM-free…
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  • Google Offers Stock Android with Unlocked Galaxy S4

    Vijay
    15 May 2013 | 8:41 pm
    Finally a million prayers are listened. Today at Google I/O, the company has announced one of the most anticipated and requested products: a Samsung Galaxy S4 with the stock version of Google’s Android OS. The Galaxy S4 has the top-of-the-line hardware of the traditional model, but with a sleek and minimalistic software that echoes the experience of Google’s Nexus 4. But the device also has some drawbacks. It’s pricey — $649, to be exact — and is only available through the Google Play store.  The device also may buy Google a little time to get the much-rumored…

  • NetFlow to CYA for BYOD

    Vijay
    27 Feb 2013 | 12:00 am
    As the BYOD promise of an increase in productivity and improvement to the bottom line becomes more apparent, its adoption in enterprises is inevitable. But BYOD has not been all wine and roses and its biggest impact has been on enterprise security and bandwidth. Let’s look at some of the BYOD problems and how you can use NetFlow to counter them. Vanishing Network Perimeter: BYOD causes the network perimeter to disappear. By allowing remote access to enterprise resources, users connect to the enterprise network fromtheir personal devices when away from the office. Problems start when a…

  • Scalable’s New Application Packaging Solution Deployed by More Than 2,500 Organizations in First 90 Days

    Vijay
    29 Jan 2013 | 3:44 am
    AUSTIN, Texas – January 29, 2013 – Scalable Software, Inc., today announced that more than 2,500 businesses and organizations in over 80 countries around the world are currently using the recently released Smart Packager Professional and Community Edition. The Scalable Smart Packager is a breakthrough solution that allows IT administrators to create application packages in minutes using a point-and-click, live event driven discovery process, rather than days or weeks as with traditional approaches. The new approach is expected to result in dramatic time and cost savings for…

  • Top 5 Lesser Known Yet Engaging Games for Android

    Vijay
    21 Jan 2013 | 7:45 am
    Android gaming has emerged as the favorite pastime for many, more so in the last few years as Android has gained popularity and acceptance all around the world. Gone are the days when we had no choice but to play graphically unappealing games on media gaming stations. Now with the advent of thousands of games especially designed for the Android platform, there is no dearth of choices, be it a game of any genre, right from action to adventure to sports. What this variety has done is that now gaming is not only limited to youngsters, people of every age group can find some interesting games…

  • Exceeeding Your Bandwidth Limit? Here’s What You Need to Do

    Vijay
    15 Dec 2012 | 5:57 am
    There’s so much to do on the internet, right from watching videos on Youtube to downloading the latest movies and softwares to playing your favorite games online. So how do you stop yourself from exceeding the bandwidth limit that is available in your particular plan? Most of us face the exact problem month after month, and even trying our best to limit our desires, we still generally end up paying extra charges. If you too are facing the same problem, then here are some useful tips for you that can stop you form exceeding your bandwidth limit if implemented properly: 1. Play Games…
 
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  • Web Performance APIs Rapidly Become W3C Recommendations

    ieblog
    21 May 2013 | 7:12 pm
    The W3C Web Performance Working Group recently published three specifications as W3C Recommendations with full implementations from all major browser vendors, advancing developers’ ability to accurately measure the performance of Web applications and make the Web faster. Over the last three years, companies including Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Intel, Facebook, and others have been working towards standardizing the Navigation Timing, High Resolution Time, and Page Visibility interfaces in the Working Group. Rapid adoption of these recommendations demonstrates what’s possible when the…

  • IE Dev Center: Finding the resources you need, quickly

    ieblog
    20 May 2013 | 9:55 am
    Last week we launched a remodeled Internet Explorer Developer Center (msdn.com/ie) to make it easier for developers to find the comprehensive documentation quickly. Based on your feedback, we’ve adjusted our site structure as part of a larger Windows Dev Center redesign in order to: Make it easier to find developer topics across versions of IE Find more comprehensive API documentation faster Learn best practices from developer guides, tutorials, and sample code We organized the new IE Dev Center into three main areas: Get Started Here, you can download IE, learn more about F12 developer…

  • May 2013 Internet Explorer Updates

    ieblog
    14 May 2013 | 12:38 pm
    Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-037 - Critical This security update resolves eleven privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. This security update is rated…

  • W3C Transitions Pointer Events to Candidate Recommendation

    ieblog
    9 May 2013 | 3:35 pm
    Today, the W3C published Pointer Events as a Candidate Recommendation, an important step towards a standard and interoperable way to handle input from touch, pen, mouse, and more. This fast 5-month progression from First Public Working Draft to Candidate Recommendation is a mark of the effective collaboration between Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Opera, Nokia, jQuery, and others to help sites take advantage of new interactive hardware on the Web. Candidate Recommendation indicates the W3C considers the specification widely reviewed and satisfying the Working Group’s technical requirements. It…

  • Test the Web Forward – Seattle 2013

    ieblog
    26 Apr 2013 | 9:39 am
    On April 12-13, Microsoft hosted a record-setting Test the Web Forward event to advance the Web by creating interoperability tests. Dozens of volunteers from Adobe, AT&T, Blackberry, Mozilla, and many other local companies joined us at our Seattle offices to learn about Web standards testing, how to write CSS and HTML tests, as well as the tools available for test suite management. Attendees from around the country - and even Canada – contributed to create a record-breaking 514 overall new tests. Why Tests? The quality and correctness of different browsers’ HTML and CSS standards…
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  • Thank god Microsoft abandoned Windows Mobile 7 for Windows Phone

    Long Zheng
    20 May 2013 | 5:26 am
    Once in a while I come across something I designed a little while ago which didn’t stand the test of time. The guilt and shame alone forces me to disown any involvement I had with such visual atrocities. After seeing some UI concept videos today posted by UI designer Dave Brinda (who apparently worked with Microsoft on the Windows Mobile 7 project), I’ve never felt so sure Microsoft made the right choice to accept short-term losses for long-term gains. Scrapping the project in favor of the completely redesigning “Windows Phone” from the ground up was the right move.

  • Internet Explorer 10 thanks web developers “for everything you’ve done”

    Long Zheng
    9 May 2013 | 7:07 am

  • [tl;dr] Facebook for Windows Phone breaks out of its Metro shell

    Long Zheng
    30 Apr 2013 | 10:10 am
    The Windows Phone team today announced on its blog that they public a beta version of the Facebook Windows Phone app to test with users new features (and a new user interface) before rolling it out to the general public. The new UI makes a departure from the traditional Windows Phone panoramic & pivot controls to more traditional page navigation structures found on iOS and Android. The app is much more aligned with the current Facebook iOS and Android apps, using the slide-out sidebar mechanisms on the left and right side for navigation and chat list respectively, and even…

  • [tl;dr] Hands on with BlackBerry Z10

    Long Zheng
    21 Apr 2013 | 10:56 am
    I never quite understood what a BlackBerry was suppose to be, especially after the smartphone revolution. For the past few weeks, I’ve been playing with a BlackBerry Z10 and it has only left me more puzzled where BlackBerry sits in a world of much more capable devices and platforms. The Z10 device is well-built, solid and sturdy device but it doesn’t look too different from a typical smartphone, albeit big but not heavy. The rubberised back cover is one of the best backsides of a smartphone to hold, texture is extremely comfortable to hold and grip. You can swipe on the…

  • Dear Bing, please fix your SSL certificates

    Long Zheng
    19 Apr 2013 | 7:22 am
    The https://bing.com has a wildcard certificate that does not include the non-www domain. https://www.bing.com has a certificate for Akamai. Apparently this has been affecting Bing for at least two hours now. This is pretty embarrassing that the Google-killer would misconfigured their SSL certificates. I guess not enough people use SSL search on Bing to warrant a critical response? Of course non-SSL Bing is unaffected. In contrast Google.com has had SSL by default since 2011. (via Hacker News)
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  • MS13-037 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2829530) - Version: 1.1

    22 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (May 22, 2013): Corrected the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures number for CVE-2013-3140. This is an informational change only. Summary: This security update resolves eleven privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer…

  • MS12-081 - Critical : Vulnerability in Windows File Handling Component Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2758857) - Version: 1.1

    22 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (May 22, 2013): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2758857 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user browses to a folder that contains a file or subfolder with a specially crafted name. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could…

  • MS13-045 - Important : Vulnerability in Windows Essentials Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813707) - Version: 1.1

    15 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.1 (May 15, 2013): Corrected link to the download location in the Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance section. This is an informational change only. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Writer. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens Writer using a specially crafted URL. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could override Windows Writer proxy settings and overwrite files accessible to the user on the target system. In a web-based attack scenario,…

  • MS13-041 - Important : Vulnerability in Lync Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2834695) - Version: 1.0

    14 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (May 14, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Lync. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker shares a specially crafted program in a Lync or Communicator session and convinces a user to accept an invitation to launch the program content. In all cases, an attacker would have no way to force users to view or share the attacker-controlled file or program. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action, typically by getting them to…

  • MS13-039 - Important : Vulnerability in HTTP.sys Could Allow Denial of Service (2829254) - Version: 1.0

    14 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: (May 14, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP packet to an affected Windows server or client.
 
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  • Business Intelligence in schools–PowerPivot and PowerView in Excel 2010/2013

    Ray Fleming
    22 May 2013 | 2:26 pm
    Rod Colledge, is a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) for SQL Server, and an expert on the technology side of the use of Business Intelligence in education in Australia. For a living, he helps Microsoft customers with their own business intelligence projects, through his business at StrataDB. But in his role as a Microsoft MVP one of the things that he’s been able to do is record a series of short videos of examples of using business intelligence in education, to show some of the simple things that are useful for school leaders and teachers. Today’s video is in two parts: The first…

  • [Troubleshooting] FIM Service Polling the Exchange Web Service (EWS) fills the Application Event Log

    Tim Macaulay
    22 May 2013 | 2:01 pm
    [Troubleshooting] FIM Service Polling the Exchange Web Service (EWS) fills the Application Event Log: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17439.troubleshooting-fim-service-polling-the-exchange-web-service-ews-fills-the-application-event-log.aspx

  • Technical Boot camp: The Cloud-enabled Datacentre with Windows Server 2012 and System Centre 2012

    Sarah_Arnold
    22 May 2013 | 1:54 pm
    This 3-day, instructor-led course will help you understand how to evolve a traditional datacentre configuration to a cloud-enabled datacentre that is capable of automating service delivery, on-premises or extended to hoster and public clouds, using the latest capabilities of Windows Server 2012, System Centre 2012 SP1 and Windows Azure. At this training, you will learn how to: · Design the datacentre infrastructure with Hyper-V, network virtualization, and next generation storage in Windows Server 2012 · Automate infrastructure provisioning, management and monitoring with System Centre 2012…

  • Software Development Automation Conference 2013

    Jezz Santos
    22 May 2013 | 1:49 pm
    I just came across this announcement. Seems like a perfect fit for where NuPattern contributes its value. We need someone to attend or present NuPattern. On May 29th, 2013, the first Software Development Automation Conference (SDAconf) will be held in Amsterdam. SDA is a conference for anyone who wants to learn more about automating software development, using model-driven development (MDD), domain-specific languages (DSLs), code generators and language workbenches. SDA specifically targets software developers, architects and managers. So, not only technical issues, but also organisational…

  • Verificando assemblies em modo debug, v2.0 by Rafael & Henrique

    Paulo Teixeira - MSFT
    22 May 2013 | 1:48 pm
    Conversando com dois colegas, o Rafael Marrara e o Henrique da Silva (ambos PFEs de IIS aqui comigo na Microsoft), eles comentaram que fizeram um script muito similar ao que eu havia publicado a algum tempo atrás para identificar aplicações em modo debug. O interessante é que eles criaram esse script para resolver um pequeno “side effect” da versão inicial que eu havia escrito: o meu script carregava a DLL via powershell, e por consequência ela ficava bloqueada (durante o tempo de execução do script) não podendo sofrer nenhuma alteração. Com isso, se a aplicação fosse…
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  • Windows 8.1, PowerShell 4.0, and new cmdlets

    Rafael Rivera
    24 Apr 2013 | 3:49 pm
    When new builds of Windows leak, most people focus on easily accessible features such as the user interface or file system. While those are certainly important areas, I feel changes to the underpinnings of Windows, such as its APIs and related developer tools, often go unseen (and are, frankly, more interesting). So today, I'm switching gears and sharing my notes on Windows PowerShell cmdlets and changes coming in Windows 8.1 "Blue" (as of leaked build 9374).VPN ConfigurationWindows 8.1 features shiny new VPN configuration cmdlets to replace your aging rasdial and route-based batch…

  • Blue's Clues: Enabling Kiosk Mode

    Rafael Rivera
    23 Apr 2013 | 11:54 am
    Over the weekend, a newer build (9374) of Windows 8.1 -- Microsoft's incremental update to Windows 8 -- leaked. One of the new features that surfaced in this build is something called "Kiosk mode".Kiosk mode, in a nutshell, is a mode that, when turned on, keeps a single "Metro" application on the foreground at all times. (This application is run in a limited user context for obvious security reasons.) It's unclear if we'll see desktop application support -- my guess is no, given desktop apps have a much richer set of (uncontrolled) APIs available to them. For more, check out Paul Thurrott's…

  • Blue's Clues: Enabling the new Search Pane

    Rafael Rivera
    2 Apr 2013 | 9:49 am
    Taking a break from Internet Explorer 11, Paul Thurrott and I decided to take a look at some improvements coming to Search in the next version of Windows 8.1, codenamed "Blue".The new Search Pane in Windows 8.1 does away with the visually distinct result categories -- Apps, Settings, and Files -- and instead provides results sorted by relevance in an easily accessible manner.Paul has a full rundown of the new Search Pane in his "Blue's Clues: New Search Experience", so be sure to read that.But if you're just looking to play around with it, you can do so via the registry script below. (Be sure…

  • Blue’s Clues: Blue is Windows 8.1

    Rafael Rivera
    2 Apr 2013 | 8:17 am
    Paul and I originally intended to write post this morning revealing that the official name of Windows 8 “Blue” will be Windows 8.1. But we got scooped. So now we can at least confirm this information is correct.Mary Jo Foley beat us to the punch with Microsoft's Windows Blue looks to be named Windows 8.1 on ZDNet this morning. We've been MJF’d! :)Anyway, she is correct: Windows 8 Blue will be officially named Windows 8.1. (And as noted in the first leaked build, the actual version number internally is 6.3.)

  • Blue's Clues: Internet Explorer 11 getting SPDY support

    Rafael Rivera
    1 Apr 2013 | 1:36 pm
    WebGL isn't the only big ticket item coming to Internet Explorer 11. No, digging deeper into IE 11, I found references to that newfangled SPDY protocol -- a protocol designed primary by Google to generally make the web go faster. Paul has a quick summary you should check out.Oops. Internet Explorer 11 doesn't pass this test just yet.I can't talk SPDY or even properly demonstrate it working (as the screenshot confirms), but can say it's coming and is being implemented at the OS level (via additions to the Windows Internet API.) That means most internet apps -- like IE 11 -- will be SPDY…
 
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  • Sync SharePoint files with SkyDrive Pro

    Jennifer Warnick
    22 May 2013 | 3:24 pm
     Working on a work presentation away from the office, or even away from the Internet? No problem. The new SkyDrive Pro puts even more sharing in SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint Online in Office 365, letting users sync with any team document libraries so they can access important content online and offline. SkyDrive Pro, a stand-alone client, does not require Office to be installed, and can also be installed side-by-side with previous versions of Office. Once installed, simply click in the top right corner of your SkyDrive Pro library, SharePoint 2013 or Office 365 team site document…

  • SharePoint Online, External Sharing End-to-End (Ignite Webcast)

    Sean Earp
    22 May 2013 | 3:17 pm
    Time/Date: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 10am PT (60 minutes) Description: SharePoint Online has a revamped experience for sharing documents, folders and sites. Users can now share with people outside the company using Guest Links (anonymous) and External Access (authenticated) invitations. And there are key controls for IT administrators to comply with their company’s business preferences, with granular controls unique to individual business units. In our latest Ignite webcast we will share and show the new experiences for sharing, permissions, access requests, external invitations, and how…

  • Hyper-V: A Platform the Scales out for Building the Largest Public and Private Clouds

    ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam
    22 May 2013 | 2:17 pm
    Hyper-V 3.0 in many ways is the crown jewel of our enterprise virtualization and private cloud strategy and is the heart of where many of the improvements in our flagship Server OS reside. So we should probably talk about what has improved since our previous Hyper-V releases, and what you can do with our hypervisor technology out of the box in Windows Server 2012 today. See the full post at http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2013/05/22/cloud-broiler-hyper-v-a-platform-the-scales-out-for-building-the-largest-public-and-private-clouds.aspx.

  • App-V error code 06-0000000E Explained

    Dafalk
    22 May 2013 | 2:11 pm
    Hi all, Recently I’ve been onsite with a few customers and the following App-V error keeps occurring when a user tries to launch an App-V application. Research If you search on the internet you will find the following KB that we (Microsoft) provide to our customers to troubleshoot this message. Error message in the Microsoft SoftGrid Client when you try to start an application: "Error code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx06-0000000E" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930633 As you can see this is referencing our previous version Softricity, the resolution in the article is below. To resolve this issue, use…

  • How to License Office Web Apps Server

    ms-licensing
    22 May 2013 | 1:30 pm
    Summary: Following the release of the productivity servers; Lync 2013, Exchange 2013, and especially SharePoint Server 2013 a common question that crosses our desk is, “how do I license Office Web Apps Server for the new 2013 products?” In this post, we will be covering the basic licensing of the new Office Web Apps Server.   Office Web Apps Server provides updated versions of Word Web App, Excel Web App, PowerPoint Web App, and OneNote Web App. Users can view and, if they are licensed appropriately, edit Office documents by using a supported web browser on both…
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    LiveSide.net

  • More Xbox One details emerge: TV integration, Second-hand play, more

    Kip Kniskern
    21 May 2013 | 4:24 pm
    Microsoft wanted to make today’s Xbox One announcements about “big themes”, but of course, with all the attention of the gaming world focused on a tent in Redmond, that isn’t sitting too well, and bloggers and journalists both in Redmond and beyond are tracking down stories and pushing Microsoft to reveal a bit more than just “big themes”.  In an interview today, XBox CVP Phil Harrison explained to Eurogamer.net what Microsoft intended to accomplish::Today is about introducing the platform and it’s about introducing the big themes of what Xbox One is about as a new…

  • New Xbox Revealed as Xbox One

    Chris Poirier
    21 May 2013 | 10:58 am
    After months of speculation, Microsoft has now officially announced the new Xbox. Following a brief introductory video, Don Mattrick, President of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft took the stage to discuss the history of Xbox as a brand, as well as to reveal the new Xbox.Billed as the ultimate, all in one, home entertainment system, and formerly known as Durango, the new Xbox is now officially known as Xbox One. The Xbox One was designed with three main principles – that is, to be, simple, instant, and complete. As widely anticipated, Xbox One includes Kinect…

  • Xbox: revealing

    Kip Kniskern
    21 May 2013 | 8:55 am
    Today is the big day for Xbox news, as Microsoft has gathered members of the press and others together on the Microsoft campus, all under a big ass tent (it’s been raining all night here in Seattle, they’re gonna need the tent) for what should be the first of a number of revelations about the next version of Xbox.You can watch the presentation live (it starts at 10:00 am PDT – GMT-8) via a number of channels:on PC – http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hub/revealon your Xbox, via the dashboard, oron your Windows Phone, via this app: download the free Live Event Playeror from Spike TV –…

  • Live Chat coming to Bing?

    Kip Kniskern
    17 May 2013 | 11:57 pm
    Chat has been a hot topic this week, what with the addition of Google contacts into Outlook.com and the backlash it caused coming from Google, new abilities to chat from within SkyDrive on Outlook.com, the announcements of Google Hangouts, and a few myriad Skype updates, there was plenty of news to go around.  But the week hasn’t ended, and we just got word of some chat news coming from an unlikely source: Bing.Thanks as usual to Bing’s propensity for testing new stuff out in the wild (and to our readers for tipping us when they do, thanks Nate!), we caught an early glimpse at what looks…

  • Xbox gets a new official blog: The Wire

    Kip Kniskern
    17 May 2013 | 9:19 am
    Just in time for next week’s Xbox Reveal event, where Microsoft will for the first time unveil its next generation Xbox (Xboxes?), a new blog, Xbox Wire, debuted today:Xbox’s Director of Xbox Live programming, Larry Hyrb, or as he’s perhaps better known, “Major Nelson”, has been holding down the fort on his own blog, which has become the de facto official news source for all things Xbox, but Microsoft seems to be paying a bit more attention to blogging recently, and it’s good to see them launch a long overdue official blog.  The new endeavor is headed up by editor Lisa Gurry, a…
 
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  • A Coder Interview With Daniel Godson

    22 May 2013 | 11:30 am
    Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves.

  • How to Install AMD Drivers Guide

    22 May 2013 | 6:31 am
    At this point, there is no way to update AMD graphics drivers without removing the old software before installing the new software.

  • Bill Gates discusses his Leonardo da Vinci notebook

    22 May 2013 | 2:16 am
    In conjunction with the Windows Vista's launch, the British Library launched an online program called "Turning the Pages 2.0" that lets people browse through virtual versions of two Leonardo da Vinci notebooks using some of the underlying graphics technology in the new operating system.

  • New report shows a drop in satifaction with Microsoft

    21 May 2013 | 11:12 pm
    Ever since Redmond-based Microsoft introduced their latest operating system, Windows 8 , there has been much grumbling about the radical change, confusion on how to find your way around on the new system and bad promotion.

  • Ansi Eescc Begins Development of Energy Efficiency Standardization Roadmap

    21 May 2013 | 7:07 pm
    The Standards News Portal is updated on a daily basis to bring you the most important news about standards - how they are created, how they affect you - and who's doing what to whom.
 
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  • The ASUS Transformer Book TX300 now available

    Brandon LeBlanc
    22 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
    ASUS just passed along the note that the Transformer Book TX300 is now available at Amazon, B&H, BestBuy.com, CDW, Excaliber PC, PC Connection, and Tiger Direct starting at $1,499 (U.S.). The Transformer Book TX300 is a laptop with a detachable keyboard “station” so it can be used as a tablet. ASUS has incorporated a slick looking all-metal design for the PC with a spun metal finish for a sleek profile great for being on the go. The PC comes with the latest generation Intel Core processors – all the way up to a Core i7. It has a 13.3-inch IPS HD (1920 x 1080) touch display – great…

  • Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat – Acer #winchat

    Kristina Libby
    20 May 2013 | 11:35 am
    As some of you know, I use an Acer Aspire S7 and love it. It’s a great device that has travelled from event to event, city to city and work place to fun place and back again. It’s why I’m thrilled to be joined by Acer for this week’s tech chat as they talk about the new Acer Aspire R7 (one of a few new PCs recently announced by Acer). This device is a touch notebook with an inventive hinge that allows your screen to be manipulated at multiple function points – this makes reading, sharing and playing more enjoyable. With an optimized series of positioning points, you can be more…

  • Major League Soccer and Windows partner on exclusive app, fan and stadium experiences

    Brandon LeBlanc
    20 May 2013 | 6:03 am
    Soccer fans tend to bring a lot of enthusiasm to the sport with the chants, team spirit and gusto. The global appeal of soccer, which in much of the world is called Football, gives us all a common sport to know and discuss. Today we’re excited to share our multi-year partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS). We know sports fans love using technology to enhance and expand the experience on the field and soccer fans rank high in wanting to know and share their club’s latest stats and highlights!Together, MLS and Windows are bringing the game to you with unique in-stadium and online…

  • New themes and wallpapers: Alaska, New Zealand, Sweden and sweets!

    Jennifer Shepherd
    17 May 2013 | 4:15 pm
    Many years ago, I spent a week visiting my brother in Alaska. At the time, he was working on a fishing boat out of Homer, and I spent several days on the boat enjoying the sights of Kachemak Bay and the Kenai Peninsula. The impression that struck me immediately as my flight descended toward the tarmac, and that stayed with me throughout my visit, was just how huge and near the mountains looked; in fact, every aspect of nature seemed larger, closer, and more vivid. That’s one of the things I like about the photographs of Kyle Waters, featured in our new Alaskan Landscapes theme—the…

  • Adobe Photoshop Express for Windows 8 now available in the Windows Store

    Brandon LeBlanc
    17 May 2013 | 1:50 pm
    Adobe Photoshop Express for Windows is now available for download from the Windows Store. Photoshop Express for Windows 8 comes with a variety of features to quickly edit your photos on your Windows PC or tablet. You can do the basic photo enhancements such as crop, straighten, rotate, flip, or remove red-eye. You can adjusts color, contrast, and brightness all at once. And you can use “slider controls” to enhance contrast, exposure, and white balance, or let the app auto-correct it for you. But my favorite feature are the quick one-touch filters – called “Looks” – to add…
 
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    Windows Virtualization Team Blog

  • Resynchronization of virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica

    Aashish Ramdas
    10 May 2013 | 7:27 am
    What is resynchronization and why is it needed? Hyper-V Replica provides protection to VMs by tracking and replicating changes to the virtual hard disks (VHDs) of the VM. Hyper-V Replica runs 24 hours, 365 days in a year; for any VM that has been enabled for replication it ensures that the data on the primary site and the Replica site are kept as closely in sync as supported. To begin with, Hyper-V Replica (HVR) requires that the data on the virtual hard disks (VHDs) of the primary and replica VMs be the same. This is achieved through the process of initial replication, and establishes a…

  • How to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running

    Ben Armstrong [MSFT]
    18 Apr 2013 | 5:34 pm
    We’ve been talking to a lot of people about deploying integration services (integration components) lately.  As it turns out, they’re pretty easy to patch offline with existing Hyper-V tools. First, why would you update integration services on a not-running (offline) VM? Offline VM servicing is valuable for VM templates places that create new VMs frequently since it allows you to keep VM templates up-to-date.  While this post targets exclusively integration service updates, the same update approach applies to many updates as well as any configurations specific to the…

  • Updates for Hyper-V

    Ben Armstrong [MSFT]
    16 Apr 2013 | 12:20 am
    A new article has appeared on the TechNet Wiki that provides a complete list of updates for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15576.hyper-v-update-list-for-windows-server-2012.aspx I am really happy to see this online, as we have received lots of positive feedback about how useful the existing documentation is for updates that are available for Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 and on Windows Server 2008.  Hopefully this will help everyone in planning and managing their Hyper-V deployments. Cheers,Ben

  • Hyper-V Replica Certificate Based Authentication - makecert

    Praveen Vijayaraghavan,MSFT
    13 Apr 2013 | 3:01 am
    We have had a number of queries on how to enable replication using certificates created from makecert. Though the Understanding and Troubleshooting guide for Hyper-V Replica discusses this aspect, I am posting a separate article on this. The below steps are applicable for a simple lab deployment consisting of two standalone servers – PrimaryServer.domain.com and ReplicaServer.domain.com. This can be easily extended to clustered deployments with the Hyper-V Replica Broker. Makecert is a certificate creation tool which generates certificates for testing purpose. Information on makecert is…

  • Hyper-V Replica - Name Resolution of Internationalized Server/Domain names

    Aashish Ramdas
    7 Apr 2013 | 11:05 pm
    In a mixed language environment where the server name or domain name contains international characters, you might encounter an error at the time of enabling replication. The event viewer messages will tell you that “Hyper-V failed to enable replication for virtual machine” and “The server name or address could not be resolved (0x00002EE7)”. The problem could seem a little perplexing because pinging the same FQDN might work just fine. The problem occurs because of Hyper-V Replica’s dependency on HTTP. To work around the issue, an exception rule needs to be added to the primary…
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    The Windows Blog

  • Speed dial: 6 tips for quicker calling on Windows Phone 8

    Matt Lichtenberg
    22 May 2013 | 3:07 pm
    With everything else it can do, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Windows Phone is still, well, a phone. Looking for ways to call someone a little quicker? Here are a few tap-saving shortcuts I’ve discovered along the way.   1. Call back quickly. It never fails that when my wife and I need to sync up, I miss her call or she misses mine. To increase the odds of catching her, I tap Phone on my Start screen, and then tap the Phone icon next to her name in call history to ring back faster. 2. No answer? Try another number. Even if I call her back a few minutes later, I still might miss…

  • The ASUS Transformer Book TX300 now available

    Brandon LeBlanc
    22 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
    ASUS just passed along the note that the Transformer Book TX300 is now available at Amazon, B&H, BestBuy.com, CDW, Excaliber PC, PC Connection, and Tiger Direct starting at $1,499 (U.S.). The Transformer Book TX300 is a laptop with a detachable keyboard “station” so it can be used as a tablet. ASUS has incorporated a slick looking all-metal design for the PC with a spun metal finish for a sleek profile great for being on the go. The PC comes with the latest generation Intel Core processors – all the way up to a Core i7. It has a 13.3-inch IPS HD (1920 x 1080) touch display – great…

  • Trivial Pursuit, 3 other classic EA games now available for all Windows Phones. Plus: new Nokia exclusives arrive

    Michael Stroh
    22 May 2013 | 11:12 am
    It’s a great week for Xbox games from Electronic Arts, with four titles previously available only to Nokia owners now available to everyone and four new Nokia exclusives hitting the Windows Phone Store. Unless otherwise noted, these titles are available for both Windows Phone 7 and 8. Here’s the rundown. All Windows Phone users can now test their driving and parking skills in the spatial-awareness Parking Mania ($2.99). If you love classic board games, you’ve got to try The Game of Life ($2.99). Sneak, scamper, and snack your way on an epic journey in SPY Mouse ($2.99). Or test the…

  • Testing your Windows Phone app – Part 2

    Adam Denning
    21 May 2013 | 1:07 pm
    This blog post was authored by Craig Horsfield, a Senior SDET on the Windows Phone Test and Operations team. - Adam Testing your app throughout the development process can help you create a really great Windows Phone app. Testing helps ensure that your app is effectively represented in the Windows Phone Store as an app that offers Windows Phone users a high level of performance and quality. A small investment in the key areas described in this post can help you bypass common errors early in the development process, and help you get positive results in the long term. This post is part 2 of a…

  • Use your HTML5 skills, port your PhoneGap app to Windows Phone, and win prizes

    JC Cimetiere
    20 May 2013 | 12:09 pm
    Many of you have heard about PhoneGap (aka Apache Cordova), the popular open source framework you can use to create mobile apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. PhoneGap has supported the Windows Phone platform since Windows Phone 7.5, and had a major update to support new capabilities in Windows Phone 8, including Internet Explorer 10. Today, we’re launching a Porting Challenge and inviting developers who have used PhoneGap to publish apps in other stores – for example, Apple iTunes, Google Play, Blackberry World, Bada, Symbian, or Palm OS – to take any of their existing…
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    Articles by Paul Thurrott

  • Microsoft Reveals Next-Gen Console, Xbox One

    21 May 2013 | 10:43 am
    The next Xbox is looking good, but no surprises yet At a gala event at its Redmond campus, Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that its next-generation Xbox video game console will be named Xbox One and will include the expected feature-set, including a bundled next-generation Kinect sensor and Blu-Ray optical drive. The system will hit the market in November alongside Sony’s PlayStation 4. read more

  • On Eve of Xbox Reveal, Microsoft Issues Defense of Gaming Market

    21 May 2013 | 7:20 am
    If only things were really this rosy in the video game market While Xbox has given Microsoft a valuable consumer brand with absurdly loyal customers, it has also paradoxically never directly repaid the billions of dollars in R&D that Microsoft invested, let alone the unexpected warranty repair costs of the current-generation console. But on the eve of a reveal event for its third Xbox device, Microsoft issued an interesting defense of the video game console, arguing among other things that more people are playing games than ever before. read more

  • Azure Is the Future of Microsoft

    20 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Windows, Windows, Windows . . . Hmmm . . . Maybe not anymore The market for on-premises servers and infrastructure is coming to an end. The future is the cloud, which for Microsoft means Azure. read more

  • The Microsoft Transition and How It Will Affect You

    20 May 2013 | 9:02 am
    Where is Microsoft going with Windows, Office, and its other products in this age of services? Paul examines Microsoft's ongoing transition and evaluates how it will affect you. read more

  • Yahoo! to Purchase Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

    20 May 2013 | 6:54 am
    Yahoo takes a step into the 21st century with a new media brand Struggling online giant Yahoo this morning revealed its plans to purchase Tumblr, a blogging service with over 300 million unique users. In a quirky press release, the firm said it wouldn’t “screw it up,” and would instead allow Tumblr to be independently operated as a separate business. read more
 
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    Digital Inspiration Technology Blog

  • Google Drops Prices of Google Apps in India

    Amit
    22 May 2013 | 8:05 am
    Google has dropped prices of Google Apps in India making Google Email and their Office suite even more affordable for start-ups and small businesses in India.This story, Google Drops Prices of Google Apps in India, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 22/05/2013 under Google Apps, India.

  • How to Save Money While Shopping Online in India

    Amit
    22 May 2013 | 7:17 am
    Internet shopping is convenient and you often get discounts that offline retailers may find impossible to match. And if you put in some more effort, the online deals may get even sweeter.This story, How to Save Money While Shopping Online in India, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 22/05/2013 under Shopping, India.

  • E&Y’s Report on Social Media Marketing in India

    Amit
    9 May 2013 | 11:23 pm
    The social media savvy brands in India are primarily focusing on Facebook and Twitter while Google Plus, Foursquare and Pinterest are not on the radar. This story, E&Y’s Report on Social Media Marketing in India, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 09/05/2013 under Infographics, Social Media, India.

  • Dictation – Speech Recognition in the Browser

    Amit
    8 May 2013 | 11:35 pm
    You can use Google Chrome as a free voice recognition software to write longer emails and documents without even installing anything on your Windows or Mac computer.This story, Dictation – Speech Recognition in the Browser, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 08/05/2013 under Google Chrome, Speech Recognition, Internet.

  • Download the Old Archives of your Website from Google Reader Before It’s Too Late

    Amit
    8 May 2013 | 11:34 pm
    You can download the full archives of your website, or that of any other site, from Google Reader and these may come handy later when you need to recovered a deleted page.This story, Download the Old Archives of your Website from Google Reader Before It’s Too Late, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 08/05/2013 under Google Reader, Internet.
 
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    Channel 9

  • Windows Store Weekly: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, wordBrush | Windows Store Weekly

    Laura Foy
    22 May 2013 | 2:08 pm
    Windows Store Weekly highlights 5 of the coolest apps in the Windows Store each week. In just 5 minutes you'll get to know what's new, what's hot and what you should be checking out in every app category out there.Please add your suggestions for awesome Windows 8 apps in the comments section. This week we take a look at: Star Trek App - ENTERTAINMENTBox - PRODUCTIVITYFling Theory - GAMESStumbleUpon - SOCIALwordBrush- ENTERTAINMENT

  • Defrag: Cloning to SSD, Extracting Wifi PW, UAC Triggers | The Defrag Show

    Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange
    22 May 2013 | 12:35 pm
    Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.[00:58] - Beam Me Up on Bing. [01:47] - Way to clone original HDD to SSD with recovery partition. [03:35] - How to deactivate a Windows license to…

  • Countdown to TechEd: All about the Tech Expo a.k.a. Partner Pavilion | The Countdown Show

    RicksterCDN, Joey Snow
    22 May 2013 | 8:04 am
    Episode #9 of the 2013 countdown season has Joey and Rick giving you a walk about the North American TechExpo. Great tips about how to systematically approach this massive area get the most of this multifaceted conference resource. You'll find some great gems on how to connect with partners, get your questions answered by technical experts and recharge your energy levels.Big thanks to all of our exhibitors (complete list HERE with booth numbers!) Extra big thanks to ALL of our sponsors (complete list HERE with booth numbers!) Special Shout Out to our friends at Splunk…

  • GoingNative 16: Garrett Serack - Inside NuGet for C++ | C9::GoingNative

    Charles
    22 May 2013 | 7:51 am
    NuGet support for C++ projects in Visual Studio has arrived in NuGet version 2.5! This has been an elusive feature for VC++ developers so we are thrilled it's here. It's been around for about a month now so we figured we'd go talk to one of the developers who helped make it happen, Microsoft's Garrett Serack.Huge thanks to Garrett and the awesome NuGet team for bringing NuGet goodness to C++! Download NuGet 2.5 Download the tools to build C++ packages[00:00] GoingNative();// Charles and Ale construct the show. Sorry about missing last month!

  • Stay Connected with the Ch9 Events App

    Mark DeFalco
    21 May 2013 | 12:14 pm
    No matter what device you're bringing to TechEd this year, be sure to bring the Ch9 Events app with you!Browse all the content of the conference, follow your schedule, and stay connected throughout the event.Download Ch9 Events for Windows 8 | Windows Phone | iOS | AndroidAfter creating your account in the app, link it to your Channel 9 account to enable synchronization of your personalized schedule.
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    Channel 9

  • Windows Store Weekly: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, wordBrush | Windows Store Weekly

    Laura Foy
    22 May 2013 | 2:08 pm
    Windows Store Weekly highlights 5 of the coolest apps in the Windows Store each week. In just 5 minutes you'll get to know what's new, what's hot and what you should be checking out in every app category out there.Please add your suggestions for awesome Windows 8 apps in the comments section. This week we take a look at: Star Trek App - ENTERTAINMENTBox - PRODUCTIVITYFling Theory - GAMESStumbleUpon - SOCIALwordBrush- ENTERTAINMENT

  • Defrag: Cloning to SSD, Extracting Wifi PW, UAC Triggers | The Defrag Show

    Larry Larsen, Rhymes With Orange
    22 May 2013 | 12:35 pm
    Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.[00:58] - Beam Me Up on Bing. [01:47] - Way to clone original HDD to SSD with recovery partition. [03:35] - How to deactivate a Windows license to…

  • Countdown to TechEd: All about the Tech Expo a.k.a. Partner Pavilion | The Countdown Show

    RicksterCDN, Joey Snow
    22 May 2013 | 8:04 am
    Episode #9 of the 2013 countdown season has Joey and Rick giving you a walk about the North American TechExpo. Great tips about how to systematically approach this massive area get the most of this multifaceted conference resource. You'll find some great gems on how to connect with partners, get your questions answered by technical experts and recharge your energy levels.Big thanks to all of our exhibitors (complete list HERE with booth numbers!) Extra big thanks to ALL of our sponsors (complete list HERE with booth numbers!) Special Shout Out to our friends at Splunk…

  • GoingNative 16: Garrett Serack - Inside NuGet for C++ | C9::GoingNative

    Charles
    22 May 2013 | 7:51 am
    NuGet support for C++ projects in Visual Studio has arrived in NuGet version 2.5! This has been an elusive feature for VC++ developers so we are thrilled it's here. It's been around for about a month now so we figured we'd go talk to one of the developers who helped make it happen, Microsoft's Garrett Serack.Huge thanks to Garrett and the awesome NuGet team for bringing NuGet goodness to C++! Download NuGet 2.5 Download the tools to build C++ packages[00:00] GoingNative();// Charles and Ale construct the show. Sorry about missing last month!

  • Stay Connected with the Ch9 Events App

    Mark DeFalco
    21 May 2013 | 12:14 pm
    No matter what device you're bringing to TechEd this year, be sure to bring the Ch9 Events app with you!Browse all the content of the conference, follow your schedule, and stay connected throughout the event.Download Ch9 Events for Windows 8 | Windows Phone | iOS | AndroidAfter creating your account in the app, link it to your Channel 9 account to enable synchronization of your personalized schedule.
 
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  • Dell’s Plan for the Consumerization of IT

    Nathan Weinberg
    29 Apr 2013 | 3:21 pm
    Thanks to trends like Bring Your Own Device, previously closed business computing environment are being broken wide open with multiple forms of devices running very different operating systems, all bringing new challenges for IT. As part of our series, in conjunction with IDG, Dell and Intel®, I took a look at what Dell is offering as it’s analysis of these trends, and plans for helping businesses deal with and thrive under the new environment. In a 15 page paper on the subject, Dell outlines what it sees as “Five Trends Shaping the Future of Enterprise Mobility”. The look…

  • A Look at Dell Wyse’ Cloud Computing Solutions Featuring Intel® Technology

    Nathan Weinberg
    29 Apr 2013 | 3:19 pm
    I’ve long used Wyse PocketCloud, a great (free) app for remote access to your Windows or Mac PC from Android and iOS devices, to get work done with nothing but my tablet. It’s the best designed app I’ve seen for tablet remote access, with a downright innovative control scheme and better performance than other solutions I’ve tried. It’s my go-to solution for simple remote access, and when setting up employees in our organization, I always encourage them to use it. What I didn’t know until being asked to learn more about it for our ongoing series (in…

  • How Modern Software Improves Modern Hardware

    Nathan Weinberg
    29 Apr 2013 | 3:18 pm
    Since dual core and 64-bit processors started going mainstream, computer users have had more power than they know what to do with. In fact, they’ve had more power than their software knows what to do with. To truly take advantage of major advances in modern processors, modern software is required, all of which makes the upgrade cycle much more interesting. Previously, software and hardware advances were less interrelated, and an advance in one did not advance or require as much the other. Sure, you might need a faster processor to run a faster version of Windows, or a new game to push…

  • IT’s Challenges in An Evolving Mobile Device Landscape

    Nathan Weinberg
    8 Apr 2013 | 7:16 pm
    Ten years ago, managing IT in a company was simple. Okay, to be fair, it was incredibly complex, with enormous tasks facing system administrators, who had to configure complex computer systems, often with out of date hardware, major security concerns, and inadequate tools. IT has never had it easy, but there are very different challenges today, and one of the biggest questions modern IT departments now face is how to manage the myriad devices users bring into the corporate environment. A lot of the more complex traditional challenges of IT, including corporate servers and security, have been…

  • Software Piracy Meets “Dateline”

    Nathan Weinberg
    6 Aug 2009 | 5:30 pm
    Dan sent me this video that parodies Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” to deliver a message about software piracy. Take a look: The link at the end goes to nopiracy.com, which is just a redirect to the Business Software Alliance’s page for reporting software piracy.
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    SolSie.com

  • Xbox One, The Next Gen Entertainment & Game Console Announced

    SolSie
    21 May 2013 | 5:23 pm
    After seven years, Microsoft game console got renewed and the next generation is called Xbox One instead of Xbox 720 and Xbox Infinity as previously rumored. The new Xbox is destined to be the entertainment center of the living room as it is dressed appropriately in stylish glossy black to fit right in with other home theater equipments. The console comes with the matching game Xbox One controller and Kinect sensor. The package will provide all entertainment including the personal homescreen, cinematic gaming, Live TV and Skype. The device is taking your gesture commands or by voice and react…

  • Web Tool ClippingMagic Instantly Removes The Background From Your Images

    SolSie
    20 May 2013 | 8:47 am
    A new Web tool that you might find handy for your basic photo editing. ClippingMagic is starting its alpha testing but already shows great potential. The tool basically lets you upload an image, remove its background and download the image without background as a PNG file. You can insert the new image on top of any background image of your choice to create a new project. Granted, Adobe PhotoShop or PhotoShop Touch would provide a better image cut-out quality with their “Scribble Select” tool. But both tools cost money and a steep learning curb. With ClippingMagic, all you have to…

  • Who Needs a Staff When You’ve Got Apps?

    SolSie
    20 May 2013 | 8:04 am
    Starting out on a bold new business venture is great but one trouble is realizing that you’re the ultimate one-man/woman-band (or at least it can feel that way) in the business. Until a small business can afford to build a staff of accountants, personal assistants, secretaries, a travel department and other areas which require people, many of these daily and time-consuming tasks must be undertaken by the person who also serves as the president, default CEO and sole employee of that business. Someday the big break for the business will come. Until then, here is a list of handy apps that…

  • Google+ Adds Many Enticing Photo Features..Would You Join?

    SolSie
    19 May 2013 | 6:23 pm
    At Google I/O conference, the search giant introduce great features focusing on photo enhancements available on the company social network site Google+. The great news is the enhancements work their magic automatically cal and subtly without the need of user fiddling. Google knows that visual enhancements are enticing and could lure more users to its social network site. The upshot of these changes? “To a large number of users, their photos are just going to look better. They’re not really gonna know why,” Google senior vice president Vic Gundotra said. Google+ offers a…

  • Send Money By Gmail Attachment Soon Will Be Possible

    SolSie
    16 May 2013 | 8:59 pm
    In the coming months, Google will allow Gmail users to send money in attachment. This can be done by the integration between Google Wallet and Gmail. You can quickly and securely send money to friends and family directly within Gmail — even if they don’t have a Gmail address [Google Wallet is required however]. It’s free to send money if your bank account is linked to Google Wallet or using your Google Wallet Balance, and 2.9% fees apply to send money using your linked credit or debit card. . Receiving payments is free. [Source Google] Technorati Tags: Gmail,Money,Wallet
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  • Ballmer: Microsoft Will Hire Thousands in China [Bloomberg]

    Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa)
    22 May 2013 | 2:21 pm
    Microsoft is looking to hire thousands of new workers in China, chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said during a press conference in Shanghai. At this point, the local Microsoft branch has 4,000 employees, so the Chinese workforce could more than double in approximately one year if Ballmer’s plan goes through. According to a new report issued by Bloomberg, the new workers would help the company focus a bit more on cloud computing services, including Windows A... (read more)

  • Microsoft Launches “Spectacle Wearer of the Year” Skype Contest

    Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa)
    22 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
    Microsoft has recently teamed up with media agency MGOMD, DG MediaMind and Specsavers to launch what is being called “Spectacle wearer of the year,” a special Skype contest for those wearing glasses. Basically, it all comes down to Skype and to its British users. The VoIP service will display a series of ads that encourage users in this particular market to open their webcams and take a picture of them wearing glasses. Upload the photo to the contest page,... (read more)

  • Microsoft Signs New Deal with the Realmadrid Foundation

    Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa)
    22 May 2013 | 11:01 am
    Microsoft has recently announced the signing of a new partnership with the Realmadrid Foundation that will allow the two to work out new projects for the Latin American youth. A total of five different programs will be launched in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Educator, and Mexico, with Microsoft to donate software and cash. “The programs offered by the Realmadrid Foundation have become a reality thanks to the collaboration of a number of public administrations a... (read more)

  • Shuriken Ninja Game for Windows 8 Updated – Free Download

    Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa)
    22 May 2013 | 9:21 am
    Shuriken Ninja is a popular Windows 8 game that’s offered with a freeware license, so it’s no wonder that it’s currently installed on quite a lot of computers powered by Microsoft’s latest OS.A new version of the game was released this morning, so it’s now waiting for your download in the Store. The release notes point to a collection of bug fixes, so Shuriken Ninja should basically run a bit smoother on both Windows 8 and Windows RT.In add... (read more)

  • Microsoft Launches Last-Minute Campaign to Boost Windows 8, Office Sales

    Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa)
    22 May 2013 | 7:01 am
    Microsoft is reportedly working out a different plan to boost Windows 8 and Office sales that would basically offer its upcoming products a better chance to succeed in the current market conditions. The VAR Guy writes that Microsoft’s new Beyond Easy campaign is specifically supposed to help partners find... (read more)
 
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  • Video: Sonos PLAYBAR review

    Ian Dixon
    22 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    I am a big fan of Sonos music players, the sound quality is fantastic and I love being able to control it from a Smartphone. In the past I have reviewed the PLAY:3 and the SUB and in this video I take a look at the PLAYBAR which is Sonos entry into the speaker bar market. The speaker bar is designed to fit under your TV and can be used to play the TVs sound as well as be great for listening to music via the Sonos apps. As you would expect from a Sonos device the sound quality is excellent and the PLAYBAR has a really nice clear sound with plenty of volume. It fits in really well in to our…

  • Microsoft revel the all-in-one entertainment and gaming system, the Xbox One

    Ian Dixon
    21 May 2013 | 12:57 pm
    Microsoft today finally revealed the name and specs of the next Xbox. The Xbox One is Microsoft’s attempt to position the Xbox as an all in one gaming and entertainment system bringing together games, TV, movies, music and Skype. During the presentation Microsoft demonstrated voice control, live TV, multitasking and impressive gaming and you can read the details in the press release below. As a gaming machine I am sure it is going to be fantastic but what is interesting are the entertainment features. TV on Xbox One enables live TV on the Xbox via cable or set top box complete with…

  • Flickr Android app updated as Flickr offer 1TB of free storage

    Ian Dixon
    21 May 2013 | 7:07 am
    Years ago I used to be a big fan of Flickr and uploaded a lot of photos (we even had and still have “a show off your set up” group)  but over the last few years I got out of the habit of posting. Recently I started post pictures to my Flickr account for use on TDL and Flickr’s latest changes could encourage more users to return to the server as well as attract new users. Flickr are now offering 1TB of storage for free as well as there being a designed more visual UI. Google offers 15GB of free storage, Amazon offer 5GB and Microsoft offer 7GB of storage so Flickr’s…

  • Sky Sports for the iPad updated with enhanced Champion League viewing

    Ian Dixon
    21 May 2013 | 3:47 am
    Sky have updated the iOS Sky Sports app adding Sky Sports 360 to the iPad app. You can pick the camera angle from 22 camera angles to watch the Champions League final which takes place May 25th. Sky do a nice job tailoring their app for sports events and this should be great for football fans. You can find the app from the iTunes Store. What’s New in Version 5.4 Sky Sports for iPad now brings you even greater coverage of your Champions League final experience with the all new Sky Sports 360, putting you in control of the action. Put yourself in the director’s chair by picking…

  • XBMC Frodo – Aeon MQ4 Skin– Part4 Everything else

    cw-kid
    20 May 2013 | 5:13 am
    In part one of this series we looked at the Music Library in part two the Movie library and in part three the TV Show library, in part four I will be looking at all the other areas of the user interface not previously covered. Pictures Pictures in XBMC is not a “Pictures Library”” like in Windows Media Center, its basically a folder and file view type of deal in XBMC, so you cannot filter on tags and years etc. I believe there is a 3rd party Picture Library add-on for XBMC but I have not looked at that yet. Pictures main menu Pictures source folder which is on my WHS server. Picture…
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  • 20 Licenses for CollageIt Pro [Giveaway]

    Rich
    18 May 2013 | 11:47 am
    Edit: We’re out of Windows licenses but have a couple of Mac keys leftWe recently reviewed CollageIt on Windows Guides; PearlMountain technology have been kind enough to provide 20 license keys (12 Windows; 8 Mac.)I’ll reply to the first 20 emails to collageitpro@mintywhite.com with a key and then remove this post so hopefully, if you see this post on mintywhite.com (link), you will get a key.Please specify which key type you would like (Windows/Mac)collageitpro@mintywhite.com Get FREE books (Password: mintywhiteBooks) © Windows Guides, 2013. Rich Robinson | 20 Licenses for…

  • Set Up a Wi-Fi Hotspot with Windows 8 [How to]

    Guest Post
    18 May 2013 | 11:46 am
    You can turn your laptop equipped with Microsoft Windows 8 into a Wi-Fi hotspot.There are three ways to do this on your laptop. One of them requires that you delve into the command prompt, a task many feel unwilling or unprepared to handle. If you are one of these people, there’s still a way to make your laptop a Wi-Fi hotspot.Windows 7 Hotspot instructionsCreate a hotspot with “Virtual Router Plus”Here’s what you’ve got to do, based on our trials from sourcesDownload Virtual Router Plus. This is a free, open-source program that you can download onto your computerThere’s an option…

  • Zoolz : Cloud Backup Storage for All Your Needs

    Sudesh
    15 May 2013 | 2:44 pm
    In the past few years, the cloud backup services have become very popular. The main reason of their popularity is their versatile use across many platforms, devices and networks as well as the ability to access your cloud data from anywhere in the world. Now Zoolz has come up as a new player in this field and they are offering 100GB of free storage for the first 1 million users who sign up with them. Zoolz is a cloud backup storage service for all your requirements. You can use it to store your pictures, videos, music, documents and everything else that’s filling your computer’s…

  • Use ISO Disk Images Without Burning on CD/DVD [How to]

    Sudesh
    11 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    ISO disk images are the industry standard when it comes to the optical disk images. Most of the Linux variations line Ubuntu, Mint, Debian etc. are distributed in form of downloadable ISO images. Typically you have to download the ISO files and then use a software like ImgBurn to burn these disk images to a blank CD or DVD. But why waste your blank optical media when you can view and use the ISO images right inside Windows without having to write then on the media. The freeware software DVDFab Virtual Drive lets you load ISO images into Windows and use them like real disk drives. It supports…

  • CollageIt : Easily Create and Share Photo Collages

    Sudesh
    10 May 2013 | 12:26 pm
    A photo collage is a collection of pictures that you put up together in an artistic style. While its much easier to create a collage with printed pictures and office paste, its not much harder to do with digital pictures. You do not need expensive software like Adobe Photoshop for creating the photo collage; neither do you need to go to college and attend some boring lectures to learn about photo editing skills. All you need is a free software called CollageIt. It can take your pictures and randomly put them together on a page creating the photo collage for you. It also lets you adjust other…
 
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    Petri IT Knowledgebase

  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1: Requirements

    Aidan Finn
    22 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    What are the system requirements of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1? Today we'll describe the system or hardware requirements for the components of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Virtual Machine Manager. Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Server The VMM server runs a service that coordinates all the operations of VMM. This service is incredibly scalable: A basic deployment of VMM on a single server running all of the VMM roles can scale out to managing 150 hosts! The system requirements for a single VMM server are shown below in Table 1. You can see that these…

  • Free Password Management Tools to Make Your Life Easier

    Daniel Petri
    22 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    If you're like me, you have a lot of online IDs and presences that you have to constantly maintain. Some may be credentials to your email accounts. Others may be information pertaining to your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or other websites, or credentials for devices such as your routers, WiFi access points, and printers. Simplify your security with Bitdefender Cloud Bitdefender Security Solutions: #1 ranked antimalware Cloud hosted, cloud managed Instant deployment, no IT overhead Protects laptops, desktops & serversTry it now or call us at 954-776-6262 option #1 Some of this info may be…

  • VMware Unveils vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service, Enters IaaS Market

    Jeff James
    21 May 2013 | 1:48 pm
    Earlier today at a press event at the VMware campus in Palo Alto, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger announced the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering designed to compete against similar IaaS services such as Amazon AWS, Windows Azure, RackSpace, IBM SmartCloud, and others. Gelsinger said that VMware's corporate strategy revolved around three things: The software-defined data center concept, their new hybrid cloud service, and their end-user computing efforts (in the form of the VMware Horizon Suite). Make Hyper-V VM Backup easy - FREE for 2 VMs, forever Altaro…

  • Planning Hyper-V Virtual Machine Storage

    Aidan Finn
    21 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    Over the past few weeks, we have discussed using physical disks for Hyper-V storage and virtual hard disks with virtual machines. In this post, we will look at what to consider when configuring a virtual machine’s storage. Monitoring Both Physical & Virtual Servers from One Console Are you able to identify precisely which processes are sucking up resources and slowing down your servers? Can you do this equally well over VM guests that VMotion? OpManager also allows admins to remotely shut down problem-causing processes. With over 500 built-in monitors & 70 deep VMware metrics reported on,…

  • Why You Shouldn’t Disable the Firewall in Windows Server

    Russell Smith
    21 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Microsoft undertook a large-scale project to bolster security in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, including a full-featured endpoint firewall (Windows Firewall). This resulted in what was known at the time as the Vista reset, putting a temporary freeze on development of Microsoft’s next operating system. Simplify your security with Bitdefender Cloud Bitdefender Security Solutions: #1 ranked antimalware Cloud hosted, cloud managed Instant deployment, no IT overhead Protects laptops, desktops & serversTry it now or call us at 954-776-6262 option #1 Despite that Server 2003 and XP had only…
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    My Technology Guide: Windows, Mac, Linux, Internet, Software, Review

  • Back Up Your Valuable Data with Carbonite

    Mezanul
    17 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    Technology is progressing each day. People are now relying more on their computers, laptops and mobiles for their day-to-day work and thus are saving gigabytes of data. Digital data is more personal than ever. We now keep our pictures, videos, important documents and every other small thing saved on hard disks, SSDs, memory cards and [...]Continue reading Back Up Your Valuable Data with Carbonite at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology Guide Related posts: How To Create and Use Backups Using the Backup and Restore Center [Windows] Google Takeout: Easily Liberate and Backup…

  • Microsoft Windows Blue Will Be Windows 8.1, Will Be Free Update From Windows Store

    Mezanul
    16 May 2013 | 3:35 am
    Microsoft has some fresh new updates about its upcoming next Windows update titled Windows Blue. Microsoft’s Tami Reller (Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Windows), while speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, announced that the upcoming next Windows version previously called Windows Blue will be officially called Windows 8.1. It will [...]Continue reading Microsoft Windows Blue Will Be Windows 8.1, Will Be Free Update From Windows Store at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology Guide Related posts: Microsoft’s…

  • Public WiFi Networks: A Hotbed For Hacker Activity

    Mezanul
    4 May 2013 | 12:55 pm
    Most people who constantly use public WiFi networks must understand the importance of having proper security measures to avoid exposing sensitive data. A recent report by ThreatMetrix found that banking information and personal files are vulnerable through WiFi networks, like those which are available open at the local coffee shop round the corner. The threat intensified with [...]Continue reading Public WiFi Networks: A Hotbed For Hacker Activity at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology Guide Related posts: LivingSocial Hacked: 50 Million Customer Names, Emails,…

  • LivingSocial Hacked: 50 Million Customer Names, Emails, Encrypted Passwords Leaked

    Mezanul
    28 Apr 2013 | 2:05 am
    LivingSocial is the second biggest online daily deals website after Groupon in the US. LivingSocial is owned in part by Amazon has announced that it has been hacked. The attackers got away with data which includes names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords of 50 million customers. That’s a huge amount of data which is now [...]Continue reading LivingSocial Hacked: 50 Million Customer Names, Emails, Encrypted Passwords Leaked at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology Guide Related posts: About Password Security Strengthening, How To Protect Your Account If Your…

  • Get Office 365 Free for Three Months and 20 GB of SkyDrive Storage

    Mezanul
    11 Mar 2013 | 11:18 am
    Microsoft’s new range of office suite, Office 2013 and Office 365 are already released. To promote the new Office 365 office suite, Microsoft has started a brand new campaign. The campaign specifically targets students who might want to give Office 365 University a try. Through this special promotion, Microsoft is offering Office 365 University three-month [...]Continue reading Get Office 365 Free for Three Months and 20 GB of SkyDrive Storage at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology Guide Related posts: Online Microsoft Office Training by Webucator: Exclusive…
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  • Encrypt & Manage Sensitive Data On Portable Or Local Drives With Protectorion ToGo

    Waqas Ahmed
    22 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    There’s always been a lot of discussion & talk about the importance of data security and how to keep your files safe from thieves and hackers lurking around on the internet. Of course, nobody wants their private or confidential information fall in to the wrong hands. Therefore, it’s better to take optimal security measures before it gets too late. Fortunately, there are tons of free and low-cost apps available at your disposal that let you store important files in a private, password-protected vault, and one such app for Windows that we recently stumbled upon is Protectorion ToGo.

  • Force-Stop All Inessential Or Malicious Windows Processes Using KillEmAll

    Waqas Ahmed
    22 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    No matter how powerful and effective your security software may be, new malicious threats like viruses and spyware can still find their way into your system, compromising your private data without you even knowing. Some malware can even prevent you from running your applications (including antivirus or antimalware programs), making it fairly difficult to take them down. This is where apps like KillEmAll come to rescue. Sporting a user-friendly interface, this tiny desktop app for Windows is aimed to stop all the currently running processes and programs with a single click, including those…

  • Design Your Own Photo Calendar In Windows, Mac & Linux With Pically

    Moaaz Bukhari
    21 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    An album is about the past and a calendar is about the future, but that doesn’t mean they have to be mutually exclusive. A great way to combine looking forward to the time ahead while reminiscing your glory days from the past is to make your very own picture calendar with Pically. Pick out one favorite photo for each month, add holidays and special occasions, print the resulting calendar, and hang itin front of you – a portrait of what you have been, and a canvas for what you may yet become. The java-based app is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Details to follow. You’ll need…

  • Find & Trash Clone Files Or Replace With Symbolic / Hard Links Using Fequal

    Waqas Ahmed
    21 May 2013 | 6:05 am
    Even though many of us now use our smartphones and tablets for common tasks like exchanging emails or surfing the web, desktop and laptop PCs still have the edge when it comes to dealing with large amounts of information. Most importantly, it’s the huge variety of very elaborate and powerful applications available for PCs that make them so great. Fequal is a handy desktop application for Windows that allows you to find identical files on your system. It also allows you to swiftly remove duplicates from your hard disk with a click, and even replace them with shortcuts, symbolic links or…

  • Sync Folders, Document States & Browser Tabs Across PCs With Cupcloud

    Waqas Ahmed
    21 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Cloud computing has been around for quite a while but unlike its early days, the technology has substantially evolved in a lot of ways lately. Although most users employ it for saving their precious data on the cloud for safekeeping, there’s a lot to it than simply saving your files. A novel example would be Cupcloud - a new cloud startup that aims to take your productivity to the next level. It allows you to save your current computer session to the cloud, and resume it on another PC right from where you left off. This includes your web browser tabs, open folders in Windows Explorer or…
 
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    The Windows Club

  • SkyDrive Pro sync client for SharePoint 2013 users now available

    22 May 2013 | 12:38 pm
    Software giant Microsoft has made available for download SkyDrive Pro sync client for Windows. This very new SkyDrive Pro Client for Windows, that allows users of SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 users... For more visit TheWindowsClub.com.

  • PrivacyChoice acquired by AVG

    22 May 2013 | 11:48 am
    AVG is one of the better known security software companies which provides security software for various platforms.. The security firm has added another feather to its cap by acquiring and online... For more visit TheWindowsClub.com.

  • History of the Digital Camera – PDF & Slideshow

    22 May 2013 | 9:59 am
    Almost everyone loves photographs as they are moments captured forever in different formats. Some like saving their memories in printed format while other keep digital albums. With mobile phones and... For more visit TheWindowsClub.com.

  • Add Shutdown, Restart options to WinKey+X Power User Menu in Windows 8

    22 May 2013 | 8:09 am
    We have seen many ways to shutdown and restart Windows 8 in our previous posts, like 10 different ways to do Shutdown, Restart Windows 8 or PowerShell Scripts to create Windows 8 Shutdown, Restart... For more visit TheWindowsClub.com.

  • Chasys Draw IES – An Advanced Photo Editor

    22 May 2013 | 7:09 am
    Chasys Draw IES is a fully featured image editing software application with loads of features. The developer claims once you get used to this interface you’ll never go back to another application.... For more visit TheWindowsClub.com.
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    Proposed Solution: Windows-Zone

  • SSD Is The New RAM

    Rosco
    4 May 2013 | 12:24 am
    SSD Solid State Drives are sweeping the globe and will eventually render traditional hard disks obsolete. Find out why.3 Ways To Save Your Files When Windows Won’t LoadInstall Recovery Console (Add to Windows XP Boot Menu)5 Essential Windows Housekeeping TipsCreate Bootable USB Thumb Drive From ISOFind Your Windows XP SATA Drivers

  • Download: Catchme.exe

    Rosco
    22 Jul 2012 | 8:24 am
    Catchme is a powerful utility designed by gmer.net to remove malware and other malicious files. Catchme is a rootkit/stealth malware scanner.Window 7 Shortcut Repair Registry FileDownload: 181375_ENU_i386_zip (Cannot Empty Clipboard Fix)Intel 82801XXX/631XXXX SATA DriversDownload: iPhone Ringtone – Coldplay Lost!Windows 7 Icons All The Same

  • ‘Online Sync & Store’ Vs ‘Backup & Restore’ – What’s The Difference?

    Rosco
    11 Jul 2012 | 9:28 am
    We look at the differences between backup/restore and sync n store services such as DropBox, Google Drive and SkyDrive.Online File Sync Speed Test: Mozy, Dropbox, SpiderOak, Mesh,Review | Microsoft SkyDrive File Sync & StorageHow To Synchronize Your Files With Another ComputerHOWTO: Setup Gmail & Multiple Google Calendars on…Stop Google Redirecting To Local Country Site

  • Review | Microsoft SkyDrive File Sync & Storage

    Rosco
    1 Jul 2012 | 4:55 am
    We take a look at features, ease of setup and use and performance of Microsoft's online sync and storage cloud offering, Microsoft SkyDrive.‘Online Sync & Store’ Vs ‘Backup…Online File Sync Speed Test: Mozy, Dropbox, SpiderOak, Mesh,How To Synchronize Your Files With Another ComputerDownload: Microsoft Windows 7 ISOCreate Bootable USB Thumb Drive From ISO Image File…

  • Windows XP Automatically Logs Off After Login

    Rosco
    27 Jun 2012 | 10:03 am
    If Windows XP automatically logs you off after login then a piece of malware of a corrupt registry is probably the cause. Get a quick fix.Stop Windows Rebooting Automatically After UpdatesNetwork Drives Not Mapping on Windows 7 or Vista LoginHOWTO: Make Windows XP Login Automatically (Using User…HOWTO: Make Windows 7 Login Automatically (Using User…Windows 7 Boot Error: ‘some file’ is compressed.
 
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  • China VPN – Lösungen

    Tim Bormann
    6 May 2013 | 7:04 am
    Ich bin des öfteren beruflich in China. Leider ist der Zugriff auf viele wichtigen Webseiten und Dienste (Gmail, Google Calendar, Google+, Facebook, twitter..) durch die Great Firewall of China (“Goldener Schild” ist der Projektname; “Chineseswall” wird sie auch genannt)  eingeschränkt oder gar nicht möglich. Die einzige Lösung sind VPN-Dienste um die Restriktionen zu umgehen. Wenn es darum geht China-VPNs zu finden, dann ist es einfacher die funktionierenden als die nicht funktionierenden aufzulisten (und die bekannten Dienstleister sind leider meist bei…

  • Test Brother MFC-J4710DW Drucker

    Tim Bormann
    5 May 2013 | 10:07 am
    Drucker sind heute keine Drucker mehr. Der Brother MFC-J4710DW Drucker ist mehr eine All-In-One-Wonder. Brother nennt solche Geräte A3 Multifunktions-Geräte (Drucker / Kopierer / Scanner / Fax). Wie wir sie auch immer nennen spielt keine Rolle, es geht schlicht darum was sie können und da wird einem heute ganz schwindelig. Ich habe den MFC-J4710DW als Testgerät zugeschickt bekommen. Da ich schon zwei andere Brother-Geräte habe (ein SW-Laser und ein alter A4 MFC) ist die Drucker-Familie nun auf 3 angewachsen. Was das neue Mitglied von den anderen beiden absondert ist, dass Brother alte…

  • Gastartikel: Windows 8 besser als sein Ruf?

    Tim Bormann
    6 Apr 2013 | 11:48 am
    Windows 8 hatte von Anfang an keinen guten Start, wurde es doch von vermeintlichen Fachpressen bereits von Beginn an in der Luft zerrissen. Microsoft wagte einen Sprung, den viele vorher seit Jahren gefordert hatten. Es musste etwas Neues her und das haben dann die Entwickler aus Redmond auch umgesetzt. Als Dankeschön wurde das neueste Betriebssystem gleich mit der „Ente“ Vista verglichen. Doch warum? Liegt es wirklich nur am neuen Startmenü? Zugegeben, die Umstellung viel schwer, aber dann war alles beim alten, nur eben besser. Kurz zu meiner Person: Selbst bin ich seit über zehn…

  • Gastartikel: Wie High Performance Computing Big Data Prozesse ermöglicht

    Tim Bormann
    18 Nov 2012 | 4:20 am
    Die Schnelligkeit mit der die Datenmengen die Welt verändern führt zu einer explosive Steigerung in der Nachfrage von neuen Geräten, Sozial Networks und Topaktuelle Tools, die schnelle real-time Ergebnisse über das gesamte Netz und in allen Größen von Datenzentren liefern kann. Die Datenmenge wächst weiterhin in ein schwer fassbares Tempo. Ein Ergebnis von diesem fast ständigen Fluss von Daten ist, dass viele Betriebe in die Zukunft sehen und sich darauf vorbereiten wie sie von den vielen Zukunftsmöglichkeiten des enormen Datenflusses profitieren können. High Performance Computing…

  • Windows 8 aktivieren

    Tim Bormann
    18 Nov 2012 | 4:04 am
    Windows 8 ist meiner Meinung nach kein großer Wurf von Microsoft. Es erinnert mich ein wenig an Windows ME oder Windows Vista bevor Windows XP oder Windows 7 kam. Da ich mich aber beruflich damit auseinandersetzen muss, will ich Euch meine wenigen (ich hoffe es bleiben wenige) Erfahrungen damit nicht vorenthalten. Nach einer Installation von Windows 8 wollte es aktiviert werden. Was natürlich direkt mal nicht funktionierte. Ich habe zwei Seriennummern für Windows 8 Pro hier. Die gibt es aktuell bei Markteinführung recht günstig (15 – 50 €) Beide Seriennummern taugen aber nur für…
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  • Install & Use the SkyDrive App to Access Your Files on Your Windows Phone

    Codrut Neagu
    22 May 2013 | 5:47 am
    SkyDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage and sync service. As expected, it is available in Windows Phone as a standalone app. The SkyDrive app has many features which we will present in detail, in a series of articles. To get you started, we will share what you can do with it and how to use it to access what is being stored on your SkyDrive.

  • How to Determine What Version of Windows You Have Installed

    Ciprian Adrian Rusen
    22 May 2013 | 4:17 am
    Let's settle this from the start: this is not rocket science, it's not even a complicated thing to do. However, it is a question you may have to answer. If you handled computers before, the answer is a couple of clicks away. On the other hand, if you're like my mother, you call your child/friend at 7 a.m. and ask him/her how to do it. This tutorial is, mainly, for everyone who wants to save the cost of a call and do it on their own.

  • Did You Win an ESET Smart Security 6 License? Find Out Here!

    Ciprian Adrian Rusen
    21 May 2013 | 5:23 am
    As promised, we have extracted the winners in our "Spread the Word & Win" competition. After sorting out all the emails, eliminating duplicates, etc - we identified 26 eligible candidates. Let’s find out who won the five ESET Smart Security 6 licenses available.

  • Introducing Windows 8: Mount or Unmount ISO Images in File Explorer

    Robert Kingsley
    21 May 2013 | 4:40 am
    In previous versions of Windows, users would have had to install third-party applications in order to properly work with ISO image files. These disc image files, which store the entire contents of a single optical disc, can be used to install programs, play games, watch movies or do anything you could do with an actual disc. Windows 8 has changed all that by providing this feature into the new File Explorer. Let's learn how it works.

  • 10 Reasons Why the Task Manager in Windows 8 Rocks

    Robert Kingsley
    20 May 2013 | 4:49 am
    A lot has changed with the release of Windows 8. The new interface is stealing all of the buzz, but there is a lot more going on in this new operating system than fancy tiles and the new Start screen. Case in point, the new Task Manager. The basic tool included with every version of Windows since way back has gotten a facelift. It's got a bunch of new tabs that offer a ton of information that will appeal to everyone from a power user diagnosing system problems to a novice trying to find the Internet.
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    Computerworld Blogs - Posts by Preston Gralla

  • Users tell Microsoft, keep your Windows 8 Metro apps, we don't want them

    Preston Gralla
    22 May 2013 | 8:58 am
    Microsoft's new-style "Metro" Windows 8 apps were supposed to draw people to the operating system in droves, but the exact opposite is happening. Just-published research shows that 60% of users don't bother to launch even a single Metro app a day.

  • Another way Apple beats Microsoft -- in sketchy tax dodges

    Preston Gralla
    21 May 2013 | 8:58 am
    When it comes to paying taxes, Apple certainly thinks different, using sketchy tax dodges and phantom offshore companies to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. Competitors like Microsoft have used similar tactics, but not nearly to the extent that does Apple. This is one more example of the way that Apple polishes a shiny public image, but acts in private in a less-than-stellar manner.

  • Dell and enterprises diss Windows 8 big-time

    Preston Gralla
    20 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    If selling and buying operating systems were a football game, Dell and enterprises might be called for piling on, because within the last several days both of them have given big thumbs-downs to Windows 8. This is just the latest in a long series of bad news for the newest version of Windows.

  • Can Microsoft's Surface Mini save Windows RT?

    Preston Gralla
    17 May 2013 | 6:27 am
    Reports say that Microsoft is readying a smaller, less-expensive version of its Window RT-based Surface tablet, and may announce it as early as June. Will that be enough to save the struggling Windows RT OS?

  • Windows Phone can finally brag, 'We're number 3!'

    Preston Gralla
    16 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    It might not seem like a victory to many people, but Windows Phone has finally climbed to number 3 on the smartphone popularity list, edging past BlackBerry. Even better news for Microsoft: Windows Phone shipments more than doubled in the past year.
 
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  • Redirect WordPress urls after changing WordPress Permalink Settings

    Vasu
    12 May 2013 | 2:04 am
    Recently i changed my blog’s permalinks. This means that my blog post urls would be representing a different structure now. Earlier they were in a format http://windowsvj.com/wpblog/2009/12/windowsvj-xclusive-release-windows-7-tips-tricks-ebook/. You may notice blog post month and year present in the URL. I changed the permalink settings to http://windowsvj.com/wpblog/windowsvj-xclusive-release-windows-7-tips-tricks-ebook/ by selecting an option of setting permalinks as blog post name only. When i started this blog in late 2009 I originally setup my WordPress site to use the “Month…

  • Rename user folder in Windows 8 using Registry

    Vasu
    10 May 2013 | 11:56 pm
    Windows 8 provides a much deeper and tighter integration with Microsoft services like Microsoft account. Benefits of the same are enormous, you can take your identity along with you and everything is synchronized across the cloud so as you can restore easily. One of the features Windows 8, has when a user log in on a Windows 8 machine for the first time using their Microsoft Account (by providing an e-mail address), it synchronizes with user’s email account and create a new user folder in the system drive. For e.g. C:\Users\vasujain In versions of Windows prior to Windows 8, renaming…

  • Exclamation mark before a function in Javascript

    Vasu
    1 May 2013 | 1:48 pm
    While digging into bootstrap JavaScript plugin files i stumbled across a piece of code in JavaScript where exclamation mark was used before a function call. !function () {}(); This syntax known as Negated closure is something which i encountered for the first time. Lets see more details about this: Syntax for a function definition in Javascript is : function foo() {} You may note that there’s no semicolon after the curly braces end because this is a statement and you need a separate function call or invocation of foo() to actually run the function. Unlike above code which is a…

  • Understanding JavaScript Closures

    Vasu
    27 Apr 2013 | 10:08 pm
    Javascript closures are considered an advanced topic in Javascript and understanding closures is essential to master Javascript. After reading this article, app developers will have an understanding of the following: What are Javascript closures How are Closures useful Why to use Closures How to use Closures Javscript Closure Examples JavaScript is a functional language unlike imperative languages like C/C++/Java. Using Javascript it is possible to assign a function to a var, pass one as an argument to another function, and return a function with the return keyword. Even a function can be…

  • WinJS.Binding.optimizeBindingReferences for Windows 8 App

    Vasu
    20 Apr 2013 | 11:43 pm
    As discussed recently i am working on a Windows 8 app for WindowsVJ readers. The application is in final phase and i submitted the app at the Windows 8 app store to check if it passes the Windows 8 app store requirements. After a few hours of submission i received an email which said my application does not pass the Windows Application Certification Kit test. The report generated mentioned following error: The Optimized Binding References test detected the following errors: Impact if not fixed: When using bindings, WinJS.Binding.optimizeBindingReferences should be set to true to optimize the…
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    Windows 8 Beta

  • Microsoft Sold 100 Million Windows 8 Licenses Since Launch

    Admin
    10 May 2013 | 6:47 am
    Microsoft Sold 100 Million Windows 8 Licenses Since Launch Way back in January we reported that Microsoft sold over 60 million Windows 8 licenses  within first few months of it’s public release in last October. Now the number has reached 100... ...Read more

  • Windows 8.1 Public Preview Will Be Available in June

    Admin
    10 May 2013 | 6:08 am
    Windows 8.1 Public Preview Will Be Available in June It’s official,Windows 8.1 will see a public preview i.e  Windows Blue in the month of June.Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President for Windows Confirmed this news at the Wired Business... ...Read more

  • From “My Computer” to “Computer” to now ” This PC” !

    Admin
    10 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    Gone are the days of the Good ol’ My Computer icon on our Windows operating system.Ever since the launch of Windows Vista We saw the changes appearing in the icons list with My Computer being renamed to Computer,which continued with it’s... ...Read more

  • [Rumor] HTC Prepping 2 Windows RT Based Tablets!

    Admin
    8 May 2013 | 8:49 am
    [Rumor] HTC Prepping 2 Windows RT Based Tablets! It’s raining rumors as far as the Windows 8/RT platform is concerned,over the past few days we reported about Asus prepping Windows 8 tablet with smaller display size and today about the... ...Read more

  • Acer to Launch Iconia W3,First Windows 8 Tablet with 8.1″ Display Size on 4th of June

    Admin
    8 May 2013 | 7:07 am
    Acer to Launch Iconia W3,First Windows 8 Tablet with 8.1″ Display Size on 4th of June Yesterday we reported that Asus is planning to bring the Windows 8 tablet with smaller form factor after Microsoft’s recent changes in minimum display... ...Read more
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    The Verge - Microsoft Posts

  • Microsoft updates YouTube Windows Phone app on the day Google demanded it be removed

    Tom Warren
    22 May 2013 | 1:35 pm
    Microsoft is updating its Windows Phone YouTube app today. In a statement to The Verge, the company says it's making some changes to address concerns from Google. "Microsoft updated the Windows Phone YouTube app to address the restricted video and offline video access concerns voiced by Google last week," says a spokesperson. "We have been in contact with Google and continue to believe that our two companies can work together to hone an app that benefits our mutual customers, partners and content providers." The update follows Google's demand for Microsoft to remove the YouTube app fully from…

  • Microsoft's Xbox head: 'If you’re backwards compatible, you’re really backwards'

    Adi Robertson
    22 May 2013 | 11:28 am
    Some Xbox 360 owners are dismayed that their collection of current-generation games won't work on the upcoming Xbox One. But Xbox head Don Mattrick is betting that they're in the vast minority. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mattrick explained the decision not to focus on backwards-compatibility. According to him, only 5 percent of customers actually played older games on a new console, making it a low priority. "If you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards," he said. On a technical level, the Xbox One can't play 360 games because of its processor. The new x86 CPU…

  • Microsoft teases Internet Explorer 11 WebGL support on Vine

    Tom Warren
    22 May 2013 | 10:31 am
    Recently leaked copies of Windows 8.1, which includes Internet Explorer 11, have suggested that Microsoft will support WebGL shortly, a specification that lets webpages render 3D graphics. The software giant is dropping a big hint towards that support today with a teaser on Vine. After a set of entertaining Vine ads for IE recently, the latest asks "what's next? WebGL?" The hints mean that Microsoft has likely engineered WebGL to fit its security needs. Previously, the software maker has outlined security concerns with the standard, noting in 2011 that its current form was non-endorsable…

  • Unlike PlayStation 4, prospects for indie games on Xbox One are murky

    Andrew Webster
    22 May 2013 | 7:45 am
    With both its current and next-generation PlayStation platforms, Sony is making a concerted effort to capture the hearts and minds of the independent game development community, but the question is whether Microsoft is doing the same with its upcoming console. Yesterday's Xbox One announcement wasn't heavily focused on games, instead detailing the hardware and services of the device, but the few titles that were shown all came from major publishers like Electronic Arts and Activision. With the Xbox One's push to be the focal point of your living room, will there still be a place for indie…

  • 'Ryse' teased as an Xbox One exclusive with Kinect integration, details at E3

    Tom Warren
    22 May 2013 | 6:24 am
    Microsoft didn't reveal all of the planned launch titles for its Xbox One this week. Crytek says that Ryse, a title set in the Roman Empire period, will debut exclusively on the Xbox One. Ryse looks set to be unveiled at E3, with a mini-site teasing the timing for June's gaming event. Ryse was originally unveiled at E3 2011, with promised Kinect functionality, but the title never made its debut on Xbox 360. The Verge previously reported that the title will launch at the same time as the Xbox One, with plans for it to use the new features of the next-generation Kinect sensor. The teaser…
 
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    Dice News » Windows Desktop

  • Windows 8 Won’t Become Business Standard: Forrester

    nick kolakowski
    17 May 2013 | 10:11 am
    Windows 8 Won’t Become Business Standard: Forrester (via slashdot) Windows 8 won’t become the enterprise standard, according to a new report from research firm Forrester. “Most IT shops are still too focused on migrating to Windows 7 to bother with Windows 8 anytime soon, if at all,” read the summary of Forrester’s report, which could have several Microsoft…   The post Windows 8 Won’t Become Business Standard: Forrester appeared first on Dice News.

  • What Microsoft Should Improve with Windows Blue/8.1

    Dino Londis
    15 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    By now you’ve heard that Microsoft plans to release significant changes to Windows in time for Christmas. Without giving specifics Tami Reller, the head of marketing and finance for the Windows business, told the Financial Times that ‘key aspects’ of how the software is used will be changed.” The update is codenamed Windows Blue and according to Tami Reller, it’s a significant upgrade but falls short of a full release, so it will be free to customers who have already purchased Windows 8. The Associated Press also reports that Reller, the marketing and financial chief for…

  • Microsoft Plans a Hollow Start Button for Windows 8

    Dino Londis
    29 Apr 2013 | 7:00 am
    Microsoft will restore the Start button to Windows 8, though it won’t lead to a Start menu as previous versions did. Instead, the button, which will look like Windows 7’s version, will take users to the Windows 8 Start screen, according to the Verge. At ZDNet, Mary Jo Foley says the button supposedly wasn’t originally part of the Windows build, but is indeed looking more likely. Here’s the thing: A Start button that doesn’t include a menu is disingenuous. It doesn’t give customers what they want. It’s an answer, not a solution. Microsoft has been slow to return the button…

  • Windows 8 Partially Responsible for PC Implosion: IDC

    nick kolakowski
    11 Apr 2013 | 8:47 am
    Windows 8 Partially Responsible for PC Implosion: IDC (via slashdot) PC shipments are tumbling into the basement, and IDC partially blames Windows 8. The research firm estimated worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2013 at 76.3 million units, down 13.9 percent from the same quarter in 2012. It was the worst quarter in IDC’s 19 years of tracking the PC market… The post Windows 8 Partially Responsible for PC Implosion: IDC appeared first on Dice News.

  • Windows Blue Shows Microsoft Doubling Down on “Modern” UI

    nick kolakowski
    27 Mar 2013 | 11:35 am
    Windows Blue Shows Microsoft Doubling Down on “Modern” UI (via slashdot) Ever since Windows 8 launched last year, a number of users have complained about its Start screen, which features a grid of colorful tiles linked to applications. They don’t want to tap (or click) one of those tiles to access the “traditional” desktop; they didn’t want Microsoft to fix something… The post Windows Blue Shows Microsoft Doubling Down on “Modern” UI appeared first on Dice News.
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