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  • Microsoft's Mobile Share Plunges 27% As Phone Sales Cool

    InformationWeek Windows News
    16 May 2012 | 10:22 am
    Worldwide mobile phone sales down 2%, but market leaders Samsung, Apple and Google continue to gain share.

  • Look What is New With Lenovo: Introducing the Latest Laptops in the ThinkPad Line

    The Windows Blog
    Leigha Anderson
    15 May 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Today, Lenovo is announcing updates to their line of laptops that are built to handle all the work that you can throw at them. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a leader in the business category of Ultrabooks and the ThinkPad Classic L, X, T, and W Series laptops have all had refreshes that build upon the performance, great battery life, and productivity that Lenovo’s laptops are known for. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon weighs less than three pounds and beats Ultrabook specifications. Lenovo understands that it can be a hassle to wait for your laptop battery to charge, so they armed this Ultrabook with…

  • Now Recruiting for Weyland Industries: Internet Explorer Partners with Fox for “Prometheus” Movie

    The Windows Blog
    Ryan Gavin
    16 May 2012 | 10:22 am
    NOW HIRING. In preparation for the upcoming film Prometheus (in theaters on June 8), Weyland Industries is accepting applicants to join the crew of the Project Prometheus spaceship. Today, the Internet Explorer team is proud to announce our partnership with Fox Studios to create the Project Prometheus Training Center — designed entirely in HTML5 — giving fans the chance to demonstrate they are capable of being a crew member on the Prometheus ship. The Training Center hosts a series of online physical and cognitive assessments that will test your ability to be a functioning member of the…

  • Intel SSD 330 Review: 60, 120, And 180 GB Models Benchmarked

    Reviews Tom's Hardware US
    16 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    Intel recently introduced its SSD 330 family, positioned ahead of the SSD 320s and below the SSD 520s. Like the company's highest-end models, these drives employ SandForce's controller technology. We bought all three capacities and ran our tests on them.

  • New Bing Is a Bit Socially Awkward

    Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows
    Paul Thurrott
    16 May 2012 | 3:57 am
    By Paul ThurrottMicrosoft rolled out a set of previously announced changes to Bing that represents the biggest overhaul to its search service since its debut 3 years ago.
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  • Now Recruiting for Weyland Industries: Internet Explorer Partners with Fox for “Prometheus” Movie

    Ryan Gavin
    16 May 2012 | 10:22 am
    NOW HIRING. In preparation for the upcoming film Prometheus (in theaters on June 8), Weyland Industries is accepting applicants to join the crew of the Project Prometheus spaceship. Today, the Internet Explorer team is proud to announce our partnership with Fox Studios to create the Project Prometheus Training Center — designed entirely in HTML5 — giving fans the chance to demonstrate they are capable of being a crew member on the Prometheus ship. The Training Center hosts a series of online physical and cognitive assessments that will test your ability to be a functioning member of the…

  • Look What is New With Lenovo: Introducing the Latest Laptops in the ThinkPad Line

    Leigha Anderson
    15 May 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Today, Lenovo is announcing updates to their line of laptops that are built to handle all the work that you can throw at them. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a leader in the business category of Ultrabooks and the ThinkPad Classic L, X, T, and W Series laptops have all had refreshes that build upon the performance, great battery life, and productivity that Lenovo’s laptops are known for. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon weighs less than three pounds and beats Ultrabook specifications. Lenovo understands that it can be a hassle to wait for your laptop battery to charge, so they armed this Ultrabook with…

  • Now in Marketplace: the AboutOne family organizer

    Michael Stroh
    15 May 2012 | 12:24 pm
    Life in a modern-day family practically requires a master’s degree in management. Talk about information overload: There are doctor’s appointments, class parties, mom’s nights out, piano lessons, details of the Disney vacation, and all kinds of other stuff to track. Enter AboutOne, a family organizer that offers a way to corral the chaos. Download it now  The free app—currently exclusive to Windows Phone—is designed to be a one-stop family organizer and a companion to AboutOne’s web service. The app makes it easy to store notes, kids artwork, store…

  • Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat – Lenovo - #winchat

    Brandon LeBlanc
    15 May 2012 | 11:18 am
    Kristina is out this week on (well-deserved) vacation so I’m stepping in to post about today’s Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat! Kristina has been really enjoying her Tangerine-colored Lenovo IdeaPad U300s – which she blogged about here. She says it is one of the best PCs she has ever used because it feels specifically made just for her hands and is very durable. Matter a fact - she mentioned she spilled a cup of water on her U300s on a plane to Brussels on Friday. And the U300s is working fine. Kristina’s IdeaPad U300s brings me to today’s Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat guest:…

  • Now in Marketplace: LinkedIn 1.0

    Michael Stroh
    14 May 2012 | 11:12 am
    The official LinkedIn app for Windows Phone just hit Marketplace. Download it now The free app lets you tap all the most popular features of the popular business social network. Search for jobs, see real-time updates from your connections, stay up-to-date with LinkedIn professional groups, and follow company and industry news. LinkedIn also makes great use of Windows Phone-only features: Live Tile notifications let you know about new messages, invitations, and LinkedIn Today updates. You can also stay on top of selected professional groups by pinning them as a secondary Live Tile. The…
 
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  • Intel SSD 330 Review: 60, 120, And 180 GB Models Benchmarked

    16 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    Intel recently introduced its SSD 330 family, positioned ahead of the SSD 320s and below the SSD 520s. Like the company's highest-end models, these drives employ SandForce's controller technology. We bought all three capacities and ran our tests on them.

  • AMD A10-4600M Review: Mobile Trinity Gets Tested

    15 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    AMD steps up to the plate with an all-new processor. Armed with the updated Piledriver CPU core and VLIW4 graphics architecture, the Trinity APU represents an impressive improvement over the Llano generation. But can it stand up to Intel's best efforts?

  • Core i7-3720QM: Ivy Bridge Makes Its Mark On Mobility

    14 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    We've already seen that Ivy Bridge doesn't make much of a splash in the desktop space. But we collected notebooks based on Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge, Arrandale, and AMD's mobile Llano, and found that the new architecture's effect on mobility is profound.

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  • Do-It-Yourself: Upgrading Apple's 27" iMac With An SSD

    11 May 2012 | 1:00 am
    Love Apple or hate it, the company's iMac is a popular machine. Per the usual, though, Apple way overcharges for an SSD upgrade. Today, we're going to show you how to replace the iMac's hard drive with your own SSD and hopefully save a bundle of money.
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  • New Bing Is a Bit Socially Awkward

    Paul Thurrott
    16 May 2012 | 3:57 am
    By Paul ThurrottMicrosoft rolled out a set of previously announced changes to Bing that represents the biggest overhaul to its search service since its debut 3 years ago.

  • No, Windows RT Isn’t Windows . . . Yet

    Paul Thurrott
    15 May 2012 | 11:09 am
    By Paul ThurrottThere’s been an interesting debate lately about whether Microsoft’s ARM-based derivative of Windows 8, called Windows RT, is really Windows.

  • What I Use: May 2012

    Paul Thurrott
    15 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    By Paul ThurrottLots of new gear this time around in What I Use, including a desktop computer, Ultrabook, iPad, smart phone, Windows Server 2012-based micro server, and workout set up.
 
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  • Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit v3.0

    Steven Bink
    15 May 2012 | 4:10 pm
    The enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is designed to help prevent hackers from gaining access to your system. Software vulnerabilities and exploits have become an everyday part of life. Virtually every product has to deal with them and consequently, users are faced with a stream of security updates. For users who get attacked before the latest updates have been applied or who get attacked before an update is even available, the results can be devastating: malware, loss of PII, etc. Security mitigation technologies are designed to make it more difficult for an attacker to exploit…

  • Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

    Steven Bink
    8 May 2012 | 3:30 am
    Update Rollup 1 contains a number of fixes for System Center 2012 Operations Manager and adds support for Oracle Solaris 11. A number of fixes may require manual steps to install. A detailed list of fixes can be found on Knowledge Base Article KB2686249.   Download Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager - Microsoft Download Ce Send via e-mail | Submit to Digg | Add to Live Favorites

  • Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager

    Steven Bink
    8 May 2012 | 3:12 am
        File name Size SC2012_DPM_Cmdlets.doc 3.2 MB Download SC2012_DPM_Deployment.docx 157 KB Download SC2012_DPM_GettingStarted.docx 258 KB Download SC2012_DPM_Operations.docx 406 KB Download SC2012_DPM_Planning.docx 193 KB Download Send via e-mail | Submit to Digg | Add to Live Favorites

  • Windows 8 Media Center / DVD playback only available at Extra charge

    Steven Bink
    4 May 2012 | 4:26 am
    Given the changing landscape, the cost of decoder licensing, and the importance of a straight forward edition plan, we’ve decided to make Windows Media Center available to Windows 8 customers via the Add Features to Windows 8 control panel (formerly known as Windows Anytime Upgrade). This ensures that customers who are interested in Media Center have a convenient way to get it. Windows Media Player will continue to be available in all editions, but without DVD playback support. For optical discs playback on new Windows 8 devices, we are going to rely on the many quality solutions on the…

  • 7 Security Bulletins in Advance Notification for May 2012

    Steven Bink
    3 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
      All supported Windows versions and Office versions (including Mac) are affected Bulletin ID Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software Bulletin 1 Critical Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Office Bulletin 2 Critical Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Office Bulletin 3 Critical Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework Bulletin 4 Important Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Office…
 
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  • Mozilla hates Microsoft for limits in Windows RT (Win 8 on ARM)

    IT Blogwatch
    11 May 2012 | 5:04 am
    Mozilla is criticizing Microsoft because of the API restrictions it's imposed in Windows RT. Windows 8 on ARM won't allow Firefox and other non-IE browsers to run on the desktop. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if this is an anti-trust violation, or perhaps it's OK, because 'Windows RT' isn't actually 'Windows'? Not to mention: Incredibox... read more

  • Microsoft will cripple Chrome and Firefox on Windows 8-based ARM tablets. Does it matter?

    Preston Gralla
    10 May 2012 | 12:51 pm
    When ARM tablets running Windows 8 ship, Chrome, Firefox, and other browsers will be at a disadvantage, because Internet Explorer will be the only browser allowed to take advantage of certain features of the operating system. Mozilla and Google are crying "foul." Do the restrictions really matter? read more

  • Is the Windows 8 security hole really a big deal?

    Preston Gralla
    8 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    A security researcher has found a potentially massive security hole in Windows 8 that would expose someone's contacts and other information from social networking services and email including Gmail, Facebook, Hotmail, LinkedIn, and Twitter, among others. It sounds serious, but there may be less to the security hole than meets the eye. read more

  • Microsoft backtracks on Windows Media Center promise: It won't be included in Windows 8

    Preston Gralla
    4 May 2012 | 11:15 am
    Even though Microsoft has promised that Windows Media Center will be included in Windows 8, and was included it in the Consumer Preview, the company now says the multimedia app won't ship with Windows 8. Instead, if you want it, you'll have to pay extra for it. read more

  • Apple's Tim Cook on Windows 8: It's like merging a fridge with a toaster

    Preston Gralla
    24 Apr 2012 | 5:36 pm
    Apple's Tim Cook took time out from Apple's earnings call to give a sideways slam to Windows 8, saying that Microsoft's attempt to get it to work on PCs and tablets was like trying to mate a refrigerator with a toaster. read more
 
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    Ed Bott

  • The Ins and Outs of Windows 8 for IT Pros

    Ed Bott
    8 May 2012 | 5:02 pm
    If you missed my webcast last week, you can catch the replay here: http://learn.gotoassist.com/042412-NA-G2A-IT-WBRARC-SM (A brief sign-up is required in exchange for free access to my presentation, which is about 45 minutes long including Q&A.) If you have any questions or comments I didn’t answer here, please feel free to leave them in the comments below. A big thanks to GoToAssist for their sponsorship.

  • Dear Klout: Please do not offer to spam my friends. Ever.

    Ed Bott
    4 May 2012 | 9:26 am
    Klout is an online service that purports to rank your influence in social media, based on your activity on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media sites. It has the germ of a good idea. I check in occasionally because the results are occasionally interesting and sometimes outright hilarious. In the latter category: Klout says, and many of my friends agree, that I am an expert on Typos. So today, when I signed in after receiving a weekly summary email from Klout, I got a pop-up window asking me to connect with my Facebook credentials. Fair enough—if it’s going to assign me a…

  • How did I create this blog post?

    Ed Bott
    3 May 2012 | 4:31 pm
    This morning on Twitter, a group of us were talking about Microsoft’s just-announced plans for Windows Live. During the course of that conversation, several of us who are in the business of blogging started an animated conversation about how we create and publish blog posts. So my question to you is this: What tool (or tools) did I use to create this blog post? Can you tell from what you see on this page?

  • Apple’s security response: slow, reactive, and generally ineffective

    Ed Bott
    1 May 2012 | 11:13 am
    I found a graphic on Apple’s website that needed fixing: Here’s the long version: Flashback malware exposes big gaps in Apple security response Apple’s been astonishingly successful with its Mac hardware in recent years. The dark side of that success is the attention they’ve begun to attract from online criminals. Apple and its customers got a hint of what was in store with last year’s Mac Defender outbreak. This year, a much larger and more disturbing outbreak has infected more than 600,000 Macs with a piece of malware called Flashback.The entire Flashback episode has in fact…

  • Ed Bott’s Windows 8 Head Start, Consumer Preview Edition, is now available

    Ed Bott
    21 Apr 2012 | 7:44 am
    The new, significantly expanded edition of Windows 8 Head Start is all done and ready for you to read. This book isn’t a “gee whiz” overview for Windows newbies; it’s a thoroughly tested, carefully edited, and professionally produced guide written especially for the millions of enthusiasts, developers, and IT pros who’ve downloaded Windows 8 looking for a head start on Microsoft’s new operating system. It’s available in DRM-free PDF, EPUB, and MOBI formats, which will work on any Kindle, Nook, iPad, or PC. If you bought the previous edition, this is a free update. Go to…
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  • News: Windows Azure Privacy Statement and Service Name Updates‏

    Vijay
    8 May 2012 | 12:43 am
    In the coming weeks, the team at Microsoft will update the Windows Azure Service names that appear in the usage records we download. These are only name changes and our prices for Windows Azure are not impacted. This table below summarizes the changes: Prior Service Name New Service Name Windows Azure Compute Cloud Services Windows Azure Platform – All Services All Services Windows Azure CDN CDN Windows Azure Storage Storage Windows Azure Traffic Manager Traffic Manager Windows Azure Virtual Network Virtual Network AppFabric Cache Cache AppFabric Service Bus Service Bus AppFabric Access…

  • Newco – Barnes & Noble, Microsoft form Strategic Partnership

    Vijay
    1 May 2012 | 3:41 am
    Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft today announced the formation of a strategic partnership in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, which will build upon the history of strong innovation in digital reading technologies from both companies. The partnership will accelerate the transition to e-reading, which is revolutionizing the way people consume, create, share and enjoy digital content. The new subsidiary, referred to in this release as Newco, will bring together the digital and College businesses of Barnes & Noble. Microsoft will make a $300 million investment in Newco at a…

  • A Google Doodle to cherish ‘Zipper’ by Gideon Sundback

    Vijay
    23 Apr 2012 | 11:07 pm
    Google’s latest doodle, a giant zipper running down the centre of the search engine’s homepage, marks the birthday of Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American electrical engineer most commonly associated with the development of the fastening device that revolutionised the clothing industry – Zipper!! Before Sundback’s intervention, the idea for a fastener based on interlocking teeth had circulated among engineers for more than 20 years but no one had perfected it. His innovation was to place a dimple on the underside of each tooth and a nib on the top that would sit…

  • Microsoft Announces Windows RT Edition: Windows 8

    Vijay
    17 Apr 2012 | 5:26 am
    For PCs and tablets powered by x86 processors (both 32 and 64 bit), we will have two editions of Windows  to choose from, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. For many consumers, Windows 8 will be the right choice. It will include all the features above plus an updated Windows Explorer, Task Manager, better multi-monitor support and the ability to switch languages on the fly (more details on this feature can be found in this blog post),which was previously only available in Enterprise/Ultimate editions of Windows. For China and a small set of select emerging markets, Microsoft will offer a…

  • Amazon CloudSearch – fully-managed search service in the cloud

    Vijay
    15 Apr 2012 | 11:04 pm
    Amazon CloudSearch is a fully-managed search service in the cloud that allows customers to easily integrate fast and highly scalable search functionality into their applications. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, developers simply create a search domain, upload the data they want to make searchable to Amazon CloudSearch, and the service then automatically provisions the technology resources required and deploys a highly tuned search index. Amazon CloudSearch seamlessly scales as the amount of searchable data increases or as the query rate changes, and developers can change…
 
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  • Sharing Links from IE10 on Windows 8

    ieblog
    14 May 2012 | 3:53 pm
    Sharing a link to a Web page is a common activity on the PC, and it gets better with IE10 on Windows 8. One of the new features on Windows 8 is the Share charm, which allows you to seamlessly send content between apps on your PC. Previously, if you wanted to share an interesting article with your friend, or post a funny picture on your blog, you’d copy the link from the address bar, switch to a different site or app, and then paste it. Now, with the Windows 8 Share charm, you can share directly from the browser without ever leaving your current page. When you use the Share charm to share a…

  • Diagnosing JavaScript Errors Faster with Error.stack

    ieblog
    10 May 2012 | 4:54 pm
    IE10 in Windows 8 Consumer Preview includes support for Error.stack, which enables Web developers to diagnose and correct bugs faster, especially those that are difficult to reproduce. Developers can build amazing apps with the capabilities of Web platforms that power today’s modern browsers. In Windows 8, we expose that power through both Internet Explorer 10 and Metro style apps in JavaScript. The increasing power and complexity of these apps means developers need better tools like Error.stack for handling errors and diagnosing bugs. Debugging Applications Structured error handling in…

  • Building cross-browser plugin-free experiences

    ieblog
    26 Apr 2012 | 5:04 pm
    We've talked about how the transition to a plug-in free Web is happening today. Lots of Web browsing happens on devices that simply don’t support plug-ins. Web sites that use plug-ins need to understand what their customers experience when browsing plug-in free. In case you missed it, check out Rey Bango’s blog post where he lays out clear guidance for developers on building cross-browser plugin-free experiences and addressing issues like cross-browser CSS, media playback, and touch. -- John Hrvatin, Program Manager Lead, Internet Explorer

  • Guidelines for Building Touch-friendly Sites

    ieblog
    20 Apr 2012 | 1:14 pm
    In Windows 8 Consumer Preview, IE10 enables fast and fluid multi-touch experiences on the Web. Most sites work fine with touch in IE10 with no changes to the site. This post provides four simple guidelines to ensure your customers who use touch can most effectively use your site. We’ve written before about how new input devices and touch screens make the Web more fun, interactive, and immersive. We’ve also talked about the importance of ensuring a no compromise browsing experience in IE10 so the real Web works great with touch. Of the four guidelines below, the first two make sure…

  • IE 9.0.6 Available via Windows Update

    ieblog
    10 Apr 2012 | 4:28 pm
    The April 2012 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is now available via Windows Update. This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user.Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less affected than users who operate with administrative user…
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  • Watching video games: the Uncharted experiment

    Long Zheng
    11 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Those who know me well would know of my love for video games. Unfortunately this doesn’t align well with certain circumstances including but not limited to my sensitivity to motion sickness and lesser free time. But that’s where I think the future of video games will not just be about playing them, but also watching them. Just because I don’t want to play certain games doesn’t mean I can’t experience them. Over the past month, I’ve watched something called “Uncharted The Movie”. What it is is a video recording of someone’s complete…

  • Winners of the HP ProLiant MicroServers giveaway

    Long Zheng
    10 May 2012 | 9:13 am
    Turns out there’s a lot of weird and crappy gadgets out there. HP Australia have selected the three winners of the HP ProLiant MicroServer giveaway I kicked off on this blog last month which asked Aussies to share their stories of a really poor gadget they own and would trade for a new home office server. The competition received quite a few interesting submissions. To give you a taste of the weird and wacky, someone submitted a photo of a “banana protector” – a gadget with a very specific function, just not one that had crossed my mind before. But then again, it was…

  • Aussies find free Windows Phones around Australia in Nokia Lumia Quest

    Long Zheng
    7 May 2012 | 11:54 pm
    Image credit: Nokia Australia & Telstra Easter might have passed but that hasn’t spotted the Nokia bunny from leaving goodies all around Australia for people to find. In fact the prize is much better than chocolate eggs, there are 10 white Lumia 800s up for grabs. The competition called “Nokia Lumia Quest” is happening this week throughout 5 major cities (sorry Canberra) with two phones in each city to find. Brisbaners had its chance yesterday where Alex and Tony found the phones at a park and school respectively. (Alex) sprinted all the way from Central Station in…

  • Kinect-augmented sandbox lets you play god with mountains and water

    Long Zheng
    6 May 2012 | 10:39 am
    I just saw this on Reddit, it’s a Kinect-application like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Using the depth capabilities of the Kinect in conjunction with a projector, it turns a sand pit into a virtual environment model for water simulation SimCity style. The video description explains, Video of a sandbox equipped with a Kinect 3D camera and a projector to project a real-time colored topographic map with contour lines onto the sand surface. The sandbox lets virtual water flow over the surface using a GPU-based simulation of the Saint-Venant set of shallow water equations. We built…

  • Why I switched from Windows Live Messenger to Skype IM and you should too

    Long Zheng
    4 May 2012 | 10:43 am
    Up until about four week ago, I used Windows Live Messenger almost exclusively. That was until Windows 8 Consumer Preview’s “Messaging” integration drove me insane with the lack of control on updates and disabling the ability to send group messages on other computers also signed in. Because I had been more actively using Skype over the past year (after Microsoft bought it), I started using Skype for instant messaging as well. To my surprise, it’s now become my default instant messaging client and here’s just a few reasons why I would recommend others to switch…
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  • MS11-100 - Critical : Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2638420) - Version: 1.4

    10 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.4 (May 11, 2012): Added entry to the update FAQ to announce that KB2656353, offered in this bulletin, also addresses CVE-2012-0160 and CVE-2012-0161, which are documented in MS12-035. Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an unauthenticated attacker sends a specially crafted web request to the target site. An attacker who successfully exploited this…

  • MS12-032 - Important : Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2688338) - Version: 1.0

    7 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (May 8, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a system and runs a specially crafted application.

  • MS12-035 - Critical : Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2693777) - Version: 1.0

    7 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (May 8, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in the .NET Framework. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution on a client system if a user views a specially crafted webpage using a web browser that can run XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs). 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.

  • MS12-029 - Critical : Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2680352) - Version: 1.0

    7 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (May 8, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted RTF file. An attacker who successfully exploited the 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 be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

  • MS12-034 - Critical : Combined Security Update for Microsoft Office, Windows, .NET Framework, and Silverlight (2681578) - Version: 1.0

    7 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (May 8, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves three publicly disclosed vulnerabilities and seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, the Microsoft .NET Framework, and Microsoft Silverlight. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits a malicious webpage that embeds TrueType font files. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit a malicious website. Instead, an attacker would have to…
 
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  • Localization session at Windows Phone Meetup in Silicon Valley

    Ben Riga - Microsoft
    16 May 2012 | 12:37 pm
    I had a great time last night at the Windows Phone Meetup in Silicon Valley.  Many thanks to all that attended and thanks to the Nokia folks for hosting the event.  There were a ton of great questions and comments.  I hope you all go out and start localizing your apps for the 63 consumer markets now waiting for them. As promised, I’ve posted my slides and demos to my SkyDrive.  Let me know if you have any questions about any of the topics. You can reach me via the contact form here on my blog or via twitter. You can also follow me on twitter at…

  • Web Analytics NDF database files

    Ron Grzywacz
    16 May 2012 | 12:13 pm
    SharePoint Server 2010 introduced Web Analytics. As part of the reporting component for Web Analytics, we create two databases, a reporting and staging database. The Web Analytics service is responsible for pushing data into these databases. The data is stored in the reporting database in a format that might look a little puzzling to some folks. Each week, we create an NDF file, which is a table partition. After a period of time, you’re going to see a number of NDF files, in addition to your MDF and LDF on your SQL Server. Again, these are table partitions, not additional databases. You…

  • that CONFERENCE

    Brian Harry MS
    16 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    I got a request from a friend to mention a new conference that’s coming up this fall in August in Wisconsin.  It looks like a good opportunity to stay up to date on the latest technologies and rub elbows with your peers.  Check it out if you are interested. http://www.thatconference.com/ Brian

  • Please Stop Polluting

    EricLaw [MSFT]
    16 May 2012 | 12:07 pm
    When I surf the web, I almost always have Fiddler running, and as a consequence I see a lot of “hidden” pollution in pages. Much of this cruft has built up over the years, copied from site to site, probably with little critical thought about its necessity. Please remove any META tags you have that specify MSSmartTagsPreventParsing. This directive only ever had any effect in an IE6 Beta, and the feature in question never shipped in a final version of the browser. Sending this directive is a waste of bandwidth. Next, META tags that specify imagetoolbar should probably be removed.

  • .NET 4.5 Improvements for Cloud and Server Applications

    S.Somasegar
    16 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    I’ve had multiple meetings recently with customers and press where the topic of .NET development has come up, particularly as it relates to the cloud and server.  They’ve heard about the extensive work we’ve done with Visual Studio 11 to enable the client-side development of Metro style apps for Windows 8 using C#, Visual Basic, C++, and JavaScript, and they’re curious to learn what improvements have been made for server-side development using .NET From my perspective, .NET is already the richest and most productive way for developers to create server-side…
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  • Proyecto IntegraKinect representará a Chile en la final mundial de Imagine Cup 2012

    mkarich
    16 May 2012 | 12:44 pm
    Los chilenos de la empresa LIFEWARE S.A.C., esta vez con su proyecto IntegraKinect, se quedaron por segunda vez consecutiva con el primer lugar nacional del concurso Imagine Cup, transformándose así en los únicos representantes chilenos que viajarán a la final mundial que se llevará a cabo en julio de este año en Sidney, Australia. El anunció del ganador de Imagine Cup 2012 se desarrolló en el Dev Camp, campamento que busca convocar a estudiantes y profesionales TI para que desarrollen aplicaciones...(read more)

  • Proxy Caching with Lazy Loading

    Mecit Atmaca
    16 May 2012 | 12:13 pm
    We can optimize proxy caching solution defined here one step ahead by leveraging lazy loading -there is always room for improvement, isn’t it? Lazy loading is one of the design patterns, which delays initialization of an object to the time when it is actually used. It can be useful when resource-sensitive objects are to be created. It may be in 1 of 4 forms: Lazy initialization, virtual proxy, ghost, value holder. With version 4.0, thread-safe lazy pattern is adapted into the framework. You can visit here for details on Lazy<T> implementation. In this blog, I am going to use…

  • Kinect Accelerator, Phase 1: MentorStars help the companies and themselves

    KinectAccel
    16 May 2012 | 11:50 am
    We are one-third of the way through the Kinect Accelerator. Through the first month of working with a great group of mentors, many companies have adjusted their business and technical strategies to line up with the best opportunities. Kinect development is challenging, so although it’s okay to fail fast and learn from it, it’s even better to get pretty close on the first try.  Consistent with the TechStars’ mentor-driven approach, the network of mentors supporting the Kinect Accelerator is an essential component of the program. The 11 Kinect Accelerator teams have been…

  • MAP Toolkit 7.0 System Requirements

    Peter Saddow - Microsoft
    16 May 2012 | 11:32 am
    With the availability of the MAP Toolkit 7.0 Beta , I would like to cover the new system requirement for installing and running the MAP Toolkit 7.0. Supported operating systems: Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 Windows 8 Client and Server NOTE: The MAP Toolkit cannot be installed on Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Home Starter editions. Supported SQL Server versions as storage...(read more)

  • MAP Toolkit 7.0 Setup has been improved!

    Peter Saddow - Microsoft
    16 May 2012 | 11:31 am
    The MAP Toolkit 7.0 has been updated over prior versions by switching over to using SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB . In prior versions of the MAP Toolkit, the MAP Toolkit Setup would download and install SQL Server Express and create an instance called MAPS for its data storage. Overall SQL Server Express worked fine but its complex installation and the need to have a service running was more than the MAP Toolkit needed. NOTE: With the introduction of LocalDB, the MAP Toolkit still support connecting...(read more)
 
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  • Screenshots of new Windows 8 Photos app revealed

    damaster
    16 May 2012 | 8:40 am
    Just yesterday we posted a screenshot of the new Windows 8 Mail app, expected to be coming as part of the Release Preview in June. Today The Verge discovered links to the web version of the Windows Store for several built-in Windows 8 Metro-style apps, including Mail, Calendar, People and Messaging, Photos, Music, and Reader. All app entries revealed that the apps were updated on May 15 for the upcoming Release Preview, however details of exactly what was changed is unknown. However, we noticed that the Photos app entry included several updated screenshots, showing a new home screen as shown…

  • The new Bing is live (well, 2/3 of it)

    Kip Kniskern
    15 May 2012 | 10:32 pm
    If you’re in the US (or can fool your browser into thinking you are), the new Bing, with its double dose of sidebars, is available now, either by opting in to the banner that should be appearing on www.Bing.com, or by opting in at bing.com/new.  If you missed the news coming from last week’s Search Summit, Bing has incorporated both a “Snapshot” sidebar and a social sidebar into its new look, after cleaning up the search results page by eliminating the left hand sidebar and minimizing a number of distracting elements on the page. However, even if you’ve opted in, you’ll only…

  • Google, Bing advance, Yahoo! down in latest search market polls: can Facebook help Bing?

    Kip Kniskern
    15 May 2012 | 1:15 pm
    It’s that time of the month again when the US search market share numbers come out, and while the three major pollsters (comScore, Compete, and Nielsen, who haven’t released this month’s rankings yet) don’t always agree, the trends usually line up.  This time, at, Bing and Google are up slightly, and Yahoo! is down, furthering the evidence that while Bing is taking market share from Yahoo! (not good considering Bing powers Yahoo! search), it hasn’t made much of a dent at all in Google’s search dominance, despite spending billions on trying to catch the search leader. Compete…

  • New Windows 8 Release Preview video shows updated Mail app

    damaster
    15 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    Today Microsoft posted a new blog post on the Building Windows 8 blog demonstrating the upcoming built-in Family Safety features in Windows 8, now rebranded as Microsoft Family Safety. For those who had been using Windows Live Family Safety, what was detailed in the blog post is probably no surprise to you, with only several minor enhancements such as Windows Store app downloads monitoring, simplified sign-up process (with just a checkbox) for a “monitor-first” approach, and a re-branded activity reporting email. However, what was also shown in the blog post is a video by Phil Sohn,…

  • Facebook Chat on Windows Phone now supports offline messages

    damaster
    13 May 2012 | 8:45 am
    Ever since the release of Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”, part of the new built-in Messaging experience is the integration of Facebook Chat which works seamlessly along with other instant messaging solutions like Messenger and SMS. However, one of the much requested missing feature is the ability to send offline Facebook Chat messages to contacts who are offline (or appearing offline) on Facebook. According to reports from Spanish website Mi Movil Windows (via WMPU), it appears Microsoft and Facebook had flicked the switch on their back-end servers, and users are now able to send offline…
 
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  • Daily Reviews Summary 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 4:10 am
    Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including MSI Z77A-GD65 LGA1155 Motherboard Review, Corsair Accelerator 30GB & 60GB Review, and NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition Mid-tower Case Review

  • CompatDB Updates 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 3:43 am
    Here the latest updates of the CompatDB compatiblity lists. There are today 15 Windows updates and 1 Linux update...

  • EU to 'remain Vigilant' on Microsoft's Browser Commitments

    16 May 2012 | 3:18 am
    Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser...

  • Avira antivirus upgrade wreaks 'catastrophic' havoc on Windows PCs

    16 May 2012 | 3:17 am
    German security firm Avira yesterday issued a service pack for its antivirus software that crippled an unknown number of Windows machines, with one customer calling the gaffe "catastrophic"...

  • Windows 8 Lets Parents Track Kids' Internet Use

    15 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    Microsoft's Windows 8 Family Safety tool generates reports that keep parents informed about their children's online activities....
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  • Daily Reviews Summary 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 4:10 am
    Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including MSI Z77A-GD65 LGA1155 Motherboard Review, Corsair Accelerator 30GB & 60GB Review, and NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition Mid-tower Case Review

  • CompatDB Updates 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 3:43 am
    Here the latest updates of the CompatDB compatiblity lists. There are today 15 Windows updates and 1 Linux update...

  • EU to 'remain Vigilant' on Microsoft's Browser Commitments

    16 May 2012 | 3:18 am
    Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser...

  • Avira antivirus upgrade wreaks 'catastrophic' havoc on Windows PCs

    16 May 2012 | 3:17 am
    German security firm Avira yesterday issued a service pack for its antivirus software that crippled an unknown number of Windows machines, with one customer calling the gaffe "catastrophic"...

  • Windows 8 Lets Parents Track Kids' Internet Use

    15 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    Microsoft's Windows 8 Family Safety tool generates reports that keep parents informed about their children's online activities....
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  • Daily Reviews Summary 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 4:10 am
    Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including MSI Z77A-GD65 LGA1155 Motherboard Review, Corsair Accelerator 30GB & 60GB Review, and NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition Mid-tower Case Review

  • CompatDB Updates 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 3:43 am
    Here the latest updates of the CompatDB compatiblity lists. There are today 15 Windows updates and 1 Linux update...

  • EU to 'remain Vigilant' on Microsoft's Browser Commitments

    16 May 2012 | 3:18 am
    Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser...

  • Avira antivirus upgrade wreaks 'catastrophic' havoc on Windows PCs

    16 May 2012 | 3:17 am
    German security firm Avira yesterday issued a service pack for its antivirus software that crippled an unknown number of Windows machines, with one customer calling the gaffe "catastrophic"...

  • Windows 8 Lets Parents Track Kids' Internet Use

    15 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    Microsoft's Windows 8 Family Safety tool generates reports that keep parents informed about their children's online activities....
 
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  • Daily Reviews Summary 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 4:10 am
    Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including MSI Z77A-GD65 LGA1155 Motherboard Review, Corsair Accelerator 30GB & 60GB Review, and NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition Mid-tower Case Review

  • CompatDB Updates 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 3:43 am
    Here the latest updates of the CompatDB compatiblity lists. There are today 15 Windows updates and 1 Linux update...

  • EU to 'remain Vigilant' on Microsoft's Browser Commitments

    16 May 2012 | 3:18 am
    Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser...

  • Avira antivirus upgrade wreaks 'catastrophic' havoc on Windows PCs

    16 May 2012 | 3:17 am
    German security firm Avira yesterday issued a service pack for its antivirus software that crippled an unknown number of Windows machines, with one customer calling the gaffe "catastrophic"...

  • Windows 8 Lets Parents Track Kids' Internet Use

    15 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    Microsoft's Windows 8 Family Safety tool generates reports that keep parents informed about their children's online activities....
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  • Look What is New With Lenovo: Introducing the Latest Laptops in the ThinkPad Line

    Leigha Anderson
    15 May 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Today, Lenovo is announcing updates to their line of laptops that are built to handle all the work that you can throw at them. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a leader in the business category of Ultrabooks and the ThinkPad Classic L, X, T, and W Series laptops have all had refreshes that build upon the performance, great battery life, and productivity that Lenovo’s laptops are known for. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon weighs less than three pounds and beats Ultrabook specifications. Lenovo understands that it can be a hassle to wait for your laptop battery to charge, so they armed this Ultrabook with…

  • Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat – Lenovo - #winchat

    Brandon LeBlanc
    15 May 2012 | 11:18 am
    Kristina is out this week on (well-deserved) vacation so I’m stepping in to post about today’s Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat! Kristina has been really enjoying her Tangerine-colored Lenovo IdeaPad U300s – which she blogged about here. She says it is one of the best PCs she has ever used because it feels specifically made just for her hands and is very durable. Matter a fact - she mentioned she spilled a cup of water on her U300s on a plane to Brussels on Friday. And the U300s is working fine. Kristina’s IdeaPad U300s brings me to today’s Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat guest:…

  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    Kristina Libby
    11 May 2012 | 7:53 am
    Every week, I meet a lot of inspiring women in my job – both people who I work with and people who I meet along the way because of what I do. Just this past week we hosted a variety of workshops around the country and some very cool inspiring journalists and bloggers touched me with their stories. They shared what they do from running a family to managing a business but what struck me was the impact these women make in their communities at large. One such woman, Leticia Barr of Tech Savvy Mama went to Haiti last year to assist other women in giving them the tools to voice their stories.

  • Hot from HP: New PC Offerings for Business

    Leigha Anderson
    10 May 2012 | 9:50 am
    HP has announced their new lineup of Ultrabooks, notebooks, desktops, displays and thin clients that are all built for business. These PCs are designed to handle the specific needs and challenges facing businesses today, and in the future. I have a sweet spot in my heart for small business owners (my mom has owned her small business since 1995), so I know it’s important to have great PCs and these two new models by HP are perfect for the busy small business professional. HP wants to help small businesses become more efficient, tech savvy and successful. One important step in this mission is…

  • Move to the Head of the Class with Hot New PCs from HP: The ENVY Ultrabook and ENVY SpectreXT

    Leigha Anderson
    9 May 2012 | 5:32 pm
    Thinking about what to buy the graduate this June? Today, HP has announced a flock of new PCs and devices just in time for graduation. I love them all, but picked the ENVY Ultrabook and ENVY SpectreXT because they have some great features for students working on summer internship or getting ready to head to school in the fall. Having just graduated from college last June, I know durability and portability are very important, but so is rocking a PC that looks great. The new ENVY Ultrabook is a stunner in black and built to handle the four (or sometimes five) grinding years of college without…
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  • HP Delivers Increased Performance, Automation with New HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers

    Windows Networking Admin
    14 May 2012 | 4:52 pm
    HP today extended its HP ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) portfolio with new servers that deliver increased performance, simplified maintenance and improved data center uptime. HP also announced new financial, support and partner programs, including the HP ProActive Insight Architecture Alliance, whic. more...

  • Symantec NetBackup Ends the Backup Window with 100 Times Faster Backups

    Windows Networking Admin
    13 Feb 2012 | 10:45 am
    Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the latest edition of Symantec NetBackup 7.5 to help enterprise organizations overcome their data protection challenges. The current approach to backup modernization offered by other vendors is broken. Data growth has been exponential while backup performance gains thus far have been incremental. more...

  • Symantec Releases Backup Exec Dedicated to 100 Percent Virtual Environments and Expands Data Protection for Small Businesses

    Windows Networking Admin
    13 Feb 2012 | 10:25 am
    Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Backup Exec 2012 to help users eliminate complexity, perform backups in 100 percent virtualized environments and deliver instantaneous and cloud-based recovery through a single solution. As part of the new release, Symantec transformed Backup Exec's user interface and configurability to provide a significantly simpler customer experience. more...

  • 2X Software is Runner-Up for CRN’s 2011 Software Vendor of the Year Award

    Windows Networking Admin
    23 Nov 2011 | 9:41 am
    London, 18th November 2011 – 2X Software today announced the company has received Commended status in the CRN 2011 awards program in the Software Vendor of the Year category, with the company placing highly in the competition as runner-up to top award winner Microsoft. more...

  • FCC published final “open internet” rules

    Windows Networking Admin
    23 Sep 2011 | 11:44 am
    Federal Communications Commission published a final set of "open internet" rules. These rules should come in effect on the 20th of November 2011. Here if the summary from the official document: This Report and Order establishes protections for broadband service to preserve and reinforce Internet freedom and openness. The Commission adopts three basic protections that are grounded in broadly accepted Internet norms, as well as our own prior decisions. more...
 
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  • Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services (RDS)

    Jeffrey Snover Windows Server
    8 May 2012 | 7:12 pm
    The other day I was in a conversation where I drew the distinction between reliable and robust.  I hadn’t really thought about it precisely but when asked to articulate the distinction I said that robust was “reliable across a wide range of conditions”.  A lot of what Klaas describes in his blog about RDS reminds me of that definition.  Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012, is reliable across a much wider range of conditions.  It works better across a wide range of networking configurations, it works better across a wide range of hardware…

  • Introducing the Server and Cloud Partner and Customer Solutions Team Blog

    Jeffrey Snover Windows Server
    7 May 2012 | 1:44 pm
    You’ve heard me talk time and time again about how much time we spent with customers and partners during the planning of Windows Server 2012.  Well we didn’t stop at the end of planning.   In today’s blog, Natalia introduces herself, her team and their blog which will document some of the details of our customer/partner engagements and how they are succeeding with Window Server 2012.--Cheers!  Jeffrey Snover Hi, my name is Natalia Mackevicius, the Group Program Manager of the Windows Server Partner and Customer Ecosystem. Back in October, I covered my…

  • Building Cloud Infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1

    Jeffrey Snover Windows Server
    3 May 2012 | 1:15 pm
    Operating Systems are platforms delivering experiences, features, and APIs that developers can build upon. Today, many developers take already shipping versions of Windows and deliver cloud computing solutions. Windows Server 2012 is a cloud-optimized OS, which means that developers can deliver much better cloud computing solutions with much less effort. System Center 2012 already delivers great cloud computing solutions using Windows Sever 2008/R2. In this blog, Anders Vinberg, a Technical Fellow in our Management Division, describes how the Virtual Machine Manager component in System Center…

  • Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Timing

    Jeffrey Snover Windows Server
    24 Apr 2012 | 12:15 pm
    In my last blog, I mentioned that as we progress towards releasing the next version of Windows, many of the details are getting decided and communicated.  Last week we announced our official product name (“Windows Server 2012”) and that the final product will be delivered this year.  Yesterday Steven Sinofsky delivered the keynote at “Windows Developer Days” in Tokyo, Japan where he announced that the Windows 8 Release Preview will be publicly available in the first week of June 2012. You can see the official MSFTNews tweet at: …

  • SMB 2.2 is now SMB 3.0

    Jeffrey Snover Windows Server
    19 Apr 2012 | 4:06 pm
    We are at an exciting stage of the release.  Beta has been out for some time now and we’ve gotten lots of great feedback.  As we progress towards releasing the next version of Windows, many of the details are getting decided and communicated.  This has been a big week for naming.  On Monday, Brandon LeBlanc announced the official product names for editions of Windows on the Windows Team blog.  During that day’s MMS keynote, Brad Anderson announced the official name for Server:  Windows Server 2012.  In today’s blog the SMB team announces…
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  • Enable replication using certificate based authentication - in PowerShell

    Praveen,MSFT
    23 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    In an earlier post, we have discussed the prerequisites for certificate based deployment. This blog now captures the administrator workflow to enable replication using PowerShell in Windows Server “8” Beta. If your primary or replica server is part of a cluster, configure the Hyper-V Replica Broker before following the instructions in this blog. The PS cmdlets in the blog "Why is Hyper-V Replica Broker required” enable you to configure the broker. Configure Replica Server From an elevated PowerShell cmdlet, run the following command to view the certificate thumbprint of the…

  • Configure your Replica server to receive replication traffic from specific primary server(s)

    Praveen,MSFT
    9 Apr 2012 | 8:57 am
    Posting this article on behalf of Rahul Razdan, who is a PM with the Window Server Hyper-V team.     As part of setting up a Replica server  in Windows Server  “8”  Beta, you can choose to receive replication traffic from authorized primary server(s)/clusters. This post explains how to configure this setting and the use cases for the same. We will also learn how to group authorized servers into ‘trust zones’ in this post.  Authorization For better control and security, it is recommended to specify…

  • Why is the "Hyper-V Replica Broker" required?

    Praveen,MSFT
    27 Mar 2012 | 11:54 am
    Hyper-V Replica requires the Failover Clustering role Hyper-V Replica Broker to be configured if either the primary or replica Hyper-V server is part of a cluster. The Understanding and Troubleshooting guide for Hyper-V Replica covers the steps required to configure this role. This post builds on top of the guide and explains *why* the broker is required and captures its high level behavior. The following example will be used through the rest of the article: Cluster-P – Failover Cluster in city 1 P1, P2, P3 (.contoso.com) – names of the cluster nodes on a cluster Cluster-P…

  • TechEd India 2012, here we come!

    Praveen,MSFT
    19 Mar 2012 | 6:57 am
    If you are in Bangalore, India between March 21st and March 23rd, visit us at TechEd, India! We have a product tent and a booth for Hyper-V Replica - drop in, meet us and learn more about HVR. - Praveen

  • Windows Server “8” Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster

    John Howard -MSFT
    15 Mar 2012 | 2:49 pm
    The new Windows Server “8” Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture poster is now available from the Microsoft Download Center.   This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server “8” Beta. This new Hyper-V poster focuses on Hyper-V Replica, networking, virtual machine mobility (live migration), storage, failover clustering and scalability. If you haven’t seen them previously, the following posters are also available: Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Component Architecture (with Service Pack 1) Windows Server 2008…
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  • Now Recruiting for Weyland Industries: Internet Explorer Partners with Fox for “Prometheus” Movie

    Ryan Gavin
    16 May 2012 | 10:22 am
    NOW HIRING. In preparation for the upcoming film Prometheus (in theaters on June 8), Weyland Industries is accepting applicants to join the crew of the Project Prometheus spaceship. Today, the Internet Explorer team is proud to announce our partnership with Fox Studios to create the Project Prometheus Training Center — designed entirely in HTML5 — giving fans the chance to demonstrate they are capable of being a crew member on the Prometheus ship. The Training Center hosts a series of online physical and cognitive assessments that will test your ability to be a functioning member of the…

  • Look What is New With Lenovo: Introducing the Latest Laptops in the ThinkPad Line

    Leigha Anderson
    15 May 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Today, Lenovo is announcing updates to their line of laptops that are built to handle all the work that you can throw at them. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a leader in the business category of Ultrabooks and the ThinkPad Classic L, X, T, and W Series laptops have all had refreshes that build upon the performance, great battery life, and productivity that Lenovo’s laptops are known for. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon weighs less than three pounds and beats Ultrabook specifications. Lenovo understands that it can be a hassle to wait for your laptop battery to charge, so they armed this Ultrabook with…

  • Now in Marketplace: the AboutOne family organizer

    Michael Stroh
    15 May 2012 | 12:24 pm
    Life in a modern-day family practically requires a master’s degree in management. Talk about information overload: There are doctor’s appointments, class parties, mom’s nights out, piano lessons, details of the Disney vacation, and all kinds of other stuff to track. Enter AboutOne, a family organizer that offers a way to corral the chaos. Download it now  The free app—currently exclusive to Windows Phone—is designed to be a one-stop family organizer and a companion to AboutOne’s web service. The app makes it easy to store notes, kids artwork, store…

  • Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat – Lenovo - #winchat

    Brandon LeBlanc
    15 May 2012 | 11:18 am
    Kristina is out this week on (well-deserved) vacation so I’m stepping in to post about today’s Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat! Kristina has been really enjoying her Tangerine-colored Lenovo IdeaPad U300s – which she blogged about here. She says it is one of the best PCs she has ever used because it feels specifically made just for her hands and is very durable. Matter a fact - she mentioned she spilled a cup of water on her U300s on a plane to Brussels on Friday. And the U300s is working fine. Kristina’s IdeaPad U300s brings me to today’s Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat guest:…

  • Now in Marketplace: LinkedIn 1.0

    Michael Stroh
    14 May 2012 | 11:12 am
    The official LinkedIn app for Windows Phone just hit Marketplace. Download it now The free app lets you tap all the most popular features of the popular business social network. Search for jobs, see real-time updates from your connections, stay up-to-date with LinkedIn professional groups, and follow company and industry news. LinkedIn also makes great use of Windows Phone-only features: Live Tile notifications let you know about new messages, invitations, and LinkedIn Today updates. You can also stay on top of selected professional groups by pinning them as a secondary Live Tile. The…
 
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  • New Bing Is a Bit Socially Awkward

    Paul Thurrott
    16 May 2012 | 3:57 am
    By Paul ThurrottMicrosoft rolled out a set of previously announced changes to Bing that represents the biggest overhaul to its search service since its debut 3 years ago.

  • No, Windows RT Isn’t Windows . . . Yet

    Paul Thurrott
    15 May 2012 | 11:09 am
    By Paul ThurrottThere’s been an interesting debate lately about whether Microsoft’s ARM-based derivative of Windows 8, called Windows RT, is really Windows.

  • Intel, AMD Align for Windows 8 Battles of 2012

    Paul Thurrott
    15 May 2012 | 4:21 am
    By Paul ThurrottWith this week’s launch of the AMD “Trinity” processor chipsets—now renamed to the more pedestrian 2nd-Generation A-Series APUs, or Accelerated Processing Units—both of the major microprocessor makers are armed for battle.

  • Senate Judiciary Committee to Examine Windows RT Browser Allegations

    Paul Thurrott
    14 May 2012 | 3:56 am
    By Paul ThurrottStaffers for the US Senate Judiciary Committee will examine allegations that Microsoft is unfairly limiting its web browser competitors in the version of Windows 8 aimed at ARM-based tablets.

  • Disgraced Yahoo! CEO Steps Down

    Paul Thurrott
    14 May 2012 | 3:52 am
    By Paul ThurrottYahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has resigned from the company after only four months on the job, in the wake of an academic-padding controversy triggered by an activist shareholder proxy battle.
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  • Daily Reviews Summary 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 4:10 am
    Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including MSI Z77A-GD65 LGA1155 Motherboard Review, Corsair Accelerator 30GB & 60GB Review, and NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition Mid-tower Case Review

  • CompatDB Updates 05/16/12

    16 May 2012 | 3:43 am
    Here the latest updates of the CompatDB compatiblity lists. There are today 15 Windows updates and 1 Linux update...

  • EU to 'remain Vigilant' on Microsoft's Browser Commitments

    16 May 2012 | 3:18 am
    Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser...

  • Avira antivirus upgrade wreaks 'catastrophic' havoc on Windows PCs

    16 May 2012 | 3:17 am
    German security firm Avira yesterday issued a service pack for its antivirus software that crippled an unknown number of Windows machines, with one customer calling the gaffe "catastrophic"...

  • Windows 8 Lets Parents Track Kids' Internet Use

    15 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    Microsoft's Windows 8 Family Safety tool generates reports that keep parents informed about their children's online activities....
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  • Mozilla preps Marketplace public beta

    16 May 2012 | 1:16 pm
    Mozilla is getting ready to move Mozilla Marketplace into public beta over the next few weeks, bringing a (sorta) platform neutral app platform to users worldwide, and making Firefox 99% more awesome. Read more...

  • Microsoft and Fox team up to build HTML5 Prometheus website

    16 May 2012 | 12:46 pm
    Microsoft and Fox Studio's have teamed up to build a new website built purely with HTML5 to show the power of this platform. Take a look after the jump to see if you can pass the test. Read more...

  • Windows 8 web news reader Discourse gets update

    16 May 2012 | 12:16 pm
    Kindred Intellect has released a new version of its Discourse Windows 8 Metro website news aggregator and offline reader, which has some improvements in its layout and navigation features. Read more...

  • Windows RT-based devices from HP, Asus, Lenovo and Nokia rumored

    16 May 2012 | 11:24 am
    A new rumor claims that Windows RT-based products will be released from Asus, Lenovo, HP and Nokia, with NVIDIA expected to be the first to provide chips for Windows RT; no word on pricing yet. Read more...

  • DDoS brings The Pirate Bay to its knees

    16 May 2012 | 10:11 am
    Just a few days after they publically criticized Anonymous for attacking websites on their behalf, The Pirate Bay is suffering downtime from a DDoS attack of unknown origins themselves. Read more...
 
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  • Why You Should Not Rename Your Pinterest Boards?

    Amit
    15 May 2012 | 3:34 pm
    When I first read about Pinterest, I didn’t pay enough attention as it looked like any other image bookmarking site with a beautiful interface. But as I spent more time on the website exploring pins and repinning some of them to my own boards (see here), the interest level has definitely gone up.I plan to do a detailed write-up later but here’s a quick tip for users who are already active on Pinterest – avoid renaming your Pinterest boards.That’s because when you change the name of a Pinteret board, the associated web address (public URL) of that board will also change. If people have…

  • Create a Unique Password for Every Site You Use

    Amit
    15 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    You want to create lengthy, complicated and unique passwords for every website that you use but that rarely happens in practice because these complex strings would be nearly impossible for anyone to remember. Most people thus rely on password management software that encrypt and store all your passwords in a database which is protected by a single password. You enter that master password and you instantly have access to all your stored user logins and passwords.There’s however another solution as well that will help you generate unique passwords for all your online accounts but without…

  • How to View the Source Code of a Chrome Extension

    Amit
    15 May 2012 | 6:31 am
    There are two main reasons why you may want to read the source code of any Google Chrome extension (including Web Apps and Chrome Themes): If the Chrome extension has been created by an unknown developer,  you want to ensure that it does what the description says and nothing more. You would not like to download a Chrome extension on your machine that tracks your search logs or browsing history.You are learning how to write a Chrome extension (or theme) and are curious to know how some of the good extensions have been written. The licenses of some Chrome extensions may even allow code…

  • The Most Popular Month for Birthdays

    Amit
    15 May 2012 | 2:32 am
    Amitabh Chandra, a professor of public policy at the Harvard University, earlier published a data table detailing how many babies were born in the United States on each date between 1973 and 1999. September 16th happens to be the most common birthday while December 25th is the least popular birthdayMatt Stiles, data journalist at NPR, converted this NYT table into a static heatmap for easy visualization (the darker the color, the higher the probability of births happening on that date) and Andy Kriebel made an interactive heatmap of the same data using Tableau – this version lets you hover…

  • Is Satyamev Jayate OK with Musical Derivatives

    Amit
    15 May 2012 | 2:30 am
    This is the original ‘O Ri Chiraiya’ video from Aamir Khan’s hit show – Satyamev Jayate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUjBxPvdUEsSahil created a slideshow using music from this video and his own photographs and uploaded it to Facebook and YouTube. Here’s the derivative version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmUBDy-1r6oHe didn’t have the license to use that song in his video and Satyamev Jayate’s official team could have easily asked Facebook to pull down that video but they took a reverse approach.The team shared the video on their official Facebook page (screenshot) adding…
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    Channel 9

  • Stephan T. Lavavej: Core C++, 1 of n

    Charles
    16 May 2012 | 9:21 am
    Stephan T. Lavavej, aka STL, is back on C9! This time, STL will take us on a journey of discovery within the exciting world of Core C++. We know lots of folks are either coming back to C++, coming to C++, or have never left C++. This lecture series, in n parts, is for all of you! Only STL can make that work (novice, intermediate, and advanced all bundled together and presented in a way only STL can do.) Thank you, STL. We're so delighted to have you back!In part 1, STL focuses on Name Lookup, which is a surprisingly complex process.Remember Herb…

  • Ping 141: The new Bing, Disney Kinect, Soundwave, 360's on sale

    Laura Foy, Paul Mestemaker, Golnaz
    15 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    Paul and Laura sit down, chat, reflect on the past, wax poetic, dig deep and roll with the punches while they discuss all this and more:The new Bing!  [06:14]Disney Kinect titles & Make a Wish [02:25]Microsoft Soundwave  [11:40]360's for cheap  [16:00]

  • Countdown to TechEd Europe 2012: The Center of IT

    Mark
    14 May 2012 | 4:13 pm
    Get a glimpse at what it is like to be at the Center of IT this June in Amsterdam! One of the top reasons delegates attend TechEd Europe is the networking opportunities. Denise (@teched_europe) stops by to talk about some of the networking opportunities you will have at this year's event: the Delegate Party at the Amsterdam ArenA on Wednesday 27 June and in the Connect Lounge with Channel 9 Live, PASS, the MVP Program, Microsoft Certification, INETA, GITCA and the Server and Cloud Community Ninjas.Register for the event Browse the great content and build your schedule online or…

  • Dare Obasanjo: SkyDrive - Personal Storage in the Cloud

    Charles
    14 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    It's been way too long since Dare Obasanjo (of RSS Bandit and Carnage4Life fame) has appeared on C9. The last time was several years ago in an interview conducted by me and Scoble on a summer day outside of building 35 on the main MS campus in Redmond. What's Dare been up to since we last spoke? Turns out, quite a bit Dare works on the Live SDK team. They recently shipped the SkyDrive API. If you're not familiar with SkyDrive, it's a cloud-based personal file storage service, allowing users access to any file, anytime, anywhere... (we talk about what exactly that means and how it…

  • Project Detroit: An Overview

    Brian Peek, Clint Rutkas, Dan Fernandez
    14 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    In this article, we will give an overview of the technical side of Project Detroit, the Microsoft-West Coast Custom Mustang creation. If you're not already familiar with this project, you can find more information here. Key Design DecisionsIt’s important to keep in mind that this car was built for a TV show with a set schedule. As a result, there are a number of unique design decisions that came into play.ScheduleWorking backwards, the reveal for the car was set for Monday November 28, 2011 at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue, Washington. We started the project in early August, which…
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    Channel 9

  • Stephan T. Lavavej: Core C++, 1 of n

    Charles
    16 May 2012 | 9:21 am
    Stephan T. Lavavej, aka STL, is back on C9! This time, STL will take us on a journey of discovery within the exciting world of Core C++. We know lots of folks are either coming back to C++, coming to C++, or have never left C++. This lecture series, in n parts, is for all of you! Only STL can make that work (novice, intermediate, and advanced all bundled together and presented in a way only STL can do.) Thank you, STL. We're so delighted to have you back!In part 1, STL focuses on Name Lookup, which is a surprisingly complex process.Remember Herb…

  • Ping 141: The new Bing, Disney Kinect, Soundwave, 360's on sale

    Laura Foy, Paul Mestemaker, Golnaz
    15 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    Paul and Laura sit down, chat, reflect on the past, wax poetic, dig deep and roll with the punches while they discuss all this and more:The new Bing!  [06:14]Disney Kinect titles & Make a Wish [02:25]Microsoft Soundwave  [11:40]360's for cheap  [16:00]

  • Countdown to TechEd Europe 2012: The Center of IT

    Mark
    14 May 2012 | 4:13 pm
    Get a glimpse at what it is like to be at the Center of IT this June in Amsterdam! One of the top reasons delegates attend TechEd Europe is the networking opportunities. Denise (@teched_europe) stops by to talk about some of the networking opportunities you will have at this year's event: the Delegate Party at the Amsterdam ArenA on Wednesday 27 June and in the Connect Lounge with Channel 9 Live, PASS, the MVP Program, Microsoft Certification, INETA, GITCA and the Server and Cloud Community Ninjas.Register for the event Browse the great content and build your schedule online or…

  • Dare Obasanjo: SkyDrive - Personal Storage in the Cloud

    Charles
    14 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    It's been way too long since Dare Obasanjo (of RSS Bandit and Carnage4Life fame) has appeared on C9. The last time was several years ago in an interview conducted by me and Scoble on a summer day outside of building 35 on the main MS campus in Redmond. What's Dare been up to since we last spoke? Turns out, quite a bit Dare works on the Live SDK team. They recently shipped the SkyDrive API. If you're not familiar with SkyDrive, it's a cloud-based personal file storage service, allowing users access to any file, anytime, anywhere... (we talk about what exactly that means and how it…

  • Project Detroit: An Overview

    Brian Peek, Clint Rutkas, Dan Fernandez
    14 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    In this article, we will give an overview of the technical side of Project Detroit, the Microsoft-West Coast Custom Mustang creation. If you're not already familiar with this project, you can find more information here. Key Design DecisionsIt’s important to keep in mind that this car was built for a TV show with a set schedule. As a result, there are a number of unique design decisions that came into play.ScheduleWorking backwards, the reveal for the car was set for Monday November 28, 2011 at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue, Washington. We started the project in early August, which…
 
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  • For Microsoft, being underdog is the perfect antitrust defense

    Ed Bott
    16 May 2012 | 7:59 am
    Mozilla and Google have complained that Microsoft is competing unfairly with its decision to block their desktop browsers in Windows RT. But this isn’t 1998, and Microsoft can make a strong case in its own defense based on its own weak market share.

  • Windows malware: are you safer today than you were 10 years ago?

    Ed Bott
    14 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    In 2002, after a series of widespread, high-profile, and highly embarrassing Windows-related security incidents, Bill Gates wrote his now famous “Trustworthy Computing” memo. So what’s happened in the intervening 10 years? Plenty. Take a trip with me down bad memory lane…

  • Safari's 'disable Flash' feature does less than it promises

    Ed Bott
    12 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    This week Apple rolled out a new version of Safari and announced that the update will “disable out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player.” Too bad the actual update doesn’t do what it promises.

  • When I say 'virus,' you know exactly what I mean

    Ed Bott
    10 May 2012 | 8:00 pm
    Discussions of malware have their own equivalent to Godwin’s Law: As the conversation grows longer, the probability that someone will derail the discussion by arguing over the meaning of ‘virus’ approaches near-certainty.

  • Mozilla and Google accuse Microsoft of unfair browser competition

    Ed Bott
    10 May 2012 | 7:59 am
    Microsoft will restrict third-party browsers like Firefox and Chrome to the Metro sandbox in Windows 8 for ARM devices, while treating Internet Explorer 10 as an “intrinsic feature” of Windows. Mozilla and its primary backer, Google, say that’s not fair.
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    Computing Tech

  • Challenges in the Cloud

    14 May 2012 | 11:27 am
    While the cloud service offerings present a simplistic view of IT in case of IaaS or a simplistic view of programming in case PaaS or a simplistic view of resources usage in case of SaaS, the underlying systems level support challenges are huge and highly complex. These stem from the need to offer a uniformly consistent and robustly simplistic view of computing while the underlying systems are highly failure-prone, heterogeneous, resource hogging, and exhibiting serious security shortcomings. The promise of the cloud seems very similar to the typical…

  • The Cloud Service Offerings and Deployment Models

    10 May 2012 | 11:21 am
    Cloud computing has been an attractive proposition both for the CFO and the CTO of an enterprise primarily due its ease of usage. This has been achieved by large data center service vendors or now better known as cloud service vendors again primarily due to their scale of operations. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and a few others have been the key players apart from open source Hadoop built around the Apache ecosystem. The cloud service offerings from these vendors can broadly be classified into three major streams: the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), the Platform as a Service (PaaS), and…

  • The Promise of the Cloud

    7 May 2012 | 10:25 am
    Most users of cloud computing services offered by some of the large-scale data centers are least bothered about the complexities of the underlying systems or their functioning. More so given the heterogeneity of either the systems or the software running on them. They were most impressed by the simplicity, uniformity, and ease of use of the Cloud Computing Service abstractions. In small and medium enterprises, cloud computing usage for all additional cyclical IT needs has yielded substantial and significant economic savings. Many such success stories have been documented and discussed on the…

  • Securing data for transport in the cloud

    4 May 2012 | 10:23 am
    Regarding data transport, keep two things in mind: ✓ Make sure that no one can intercept your data as it moves from point A to point B in the cloud. ✓ Make sure that no data leaks (malicious or otherwise) from any storage in the cloud. None of these concepts are new; the goal of securely transporting data has been around as long as the Internet. In the cloud, the journey from point A to point B might take on three different forms: ✓ Within a cloud environment ✓ Over the public Internet between an enterprise and a cloud provider ✓ Between clouds The security process may include…

  • Scaling the Cloud

    3 May 2012 | 6:34 pm
    From the provider’s point of view, the whole point of cloud computing is to achieve economies of scale by managing a very large pool of computing resources in a highly economic and efficient fashion. An important point to note is that the Y-axis of user populations is logarithmic. That means that the curve is much less steep than if we drew it on a proportional scale of equal steps. If we drew it on a proportional scale, we’d need miles of paper. We deliberately didn’t put units on the X-axis. Instead, note the following: ✓ One end of the X-axis shows data center costs between…
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    SolSie.com

  • Flipboard (iOS App) Adds SoundCloud, NPR, PRI

    SolSie
    16 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    Flipboard, the social and visual news aggregator app for iPhone, iPad and recently has been ported to Android, just added sounds to the available list of selection. Other sources include your Facebook newsfeed, your Twitter timeline, photos from Instagram. Similar to reading contents, Flipboard team curates and make available few well known audio sources such NPR, PRI, TWIT, etc.. Power users can always add the RSS from their favorite Podcasts. Once added, app users can play the audio. If the feed contains a list of mp3, then the audio files will be played sequentially. There is a small…

  • Android Powered Washstand

    SolSie
    15 May 2012 | 10:02 pm
    A Japanese company just shows off a prototype of an Android powered mirror mount on a washstand or in a bathroom. The mirror is acting as a giant monitor translucent screen that interacts with the user via sensors hidden behind the screen. The Android embedded device is connected to the Web via WiFi, Ethernet wire or even cellular network for its versatility in placement in public environment such bathroom in mall, Hotel, Airport, etc…  The use cases are numerous such providing weight, taking photo, etc.. for healthcare facilities, product demo, weather, map, or just purely…

  • Google Chrome Browser Sync’s Your Tabs Across Computers, Mobile…

    SolSie
    15 May 2012 | 5:10 pm
    Today Google released  a stable version of its Chrome browser that lets users find their open browser tabs from one computer to another or even on Chrome for Android Beta. This feature is enable when you sign-in to Chrome. Along with the open tabs, you also syncs your bookmarks, apps, extensions, history, themes, and other settings as well. Oh did we mention that the back and forward buttons will even work, so you can pick up browsing right where you left off. When you sign in to Chrome, you can have your personal Chrome experience on all your devices. Just go to the Chrome menu and…

  • Apple is Revamping iCloud with Photo Sharing Capability

    SolSie
    14 May 2012 | 7:20 pm
    Needless to say Mobile photo sharing is hot. As Apple is readying to announce its new mobile version, iOS6, at the company Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, this morning, the WSJ reports the Cupertino giant will add more features on its iCloud, a cloud centric service already used by 125 million Mac, iOS users to keep in sync their contents. The notable new feature is the ability to share photos. Until now, photos can only be sync’ed and displayed on the iOS/Mac devices. iCloud has been available on the Web, but only displays contents such Calendar, email, iWork documents. It…

  • Create Stunning Smooth Slow Motion Video on iPhone with SloPro App

    SolSie
    13 May 2012 | 12:52 pm
    Let us introduce you to another awesome tool for your iPhone 4S videography enjoyment. A new utility called SloPro, which can simulate video capturing at 720p 60 frames per second on your iPhone 4S. The magic is in the next editing step that SloPro lets you render a portion of your footage in smooth slow motion with total absence of choppiness.  The rendering amazingly does not take usual additional time at all. Once you are happy with your creation, the app lets you share to your popular Social Networking circles and even exporting your raw video to iTunes. The app is free in the app…
 
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    Softpedia News - Microsoft

  • Download Windows 8 Camp in a Box, Consumer Preview Edition

    Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)
    16 May 2012 | 12:01 pm
    Windows 8 is nearing its availability in a final flavor, and Microsoft is ensuring that developers have at hand all the necessary resources to get started with the building of applications for it. The latest of these is the Windows 8 Camp in a Box, Consumer Preview Edition pack, which includes a series of hands-on-labs, pre... (read more)

  • Download Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit v3.0

    Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)
    16 May 2012 | 11:31 am
    IT professionals in need of a toll to help them with the deployment and configuring of security mitigation technologies can now download the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit v3.0 from Microsoft for that. Released on May 15th, the new toolkit is meant to enhance the security of your system and to prevent hackers from access... (read more)

  • The New Bing Is Here with a New Search and Social Experience

    Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)
    16 May 2012 | 8:33 am
    Last week, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced the roll-out of a new, redesigned Bing search engine, meant to provide users with new ways of interacting with their friends online. As part of this redesign, Bing got a fresh new interface, structured on three columns, enabling people to stay connected with soc... (read more)

  • Family Safety Settings in Windows 8

    Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)
    16 May 2012 | 7:43 am
    One of the issues in today’s always-connected world is parents’ ability to keep an eye on what their children do online, what they access, who they meet and what information they share. Microsoft’s Windows platform comes with a variety of features that enable parents to better monitor their kids’ behavior online, yet the ... (read more)

  • Microsoft Updates Windows 8 Metro Apps Ahead of Release Preview

    Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)
    16 May 2012 | 4:54 am
    In early June, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft will make available for download a new version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, namely the Release Preview. The company has already confirmed plans on the matter, yet it did not unveil specific details on when the launch will take place. Ho... (read more)
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    The Digital Lifestyle.com

  • Windows 8 to have enhanced multiple monitor support

    podcast@thedigitallifestyle.com (TDL)
    16 May 2012 | 4:03 am
    In another very long post on the Building Windows 8 Blog  (which now seems to have disappeared) Microsoft talk about the enhanced multi-monitor. I have been using multi-monitors for years and would not like to go back to a single screen. In Windows 8 Microsoft are improving the edges detection with dual monitors,  Windows 8 is heavily reliant on edge gestures and I have found in the Consumer Preview edition it can by tricky working with edge gestures and dual monitors so its good to see the improvements coming. Details from Microsoft:   In the Release Preview, we’re…

  • Tip: Getting Fuse ZX Spectrum Emulator running on a Raspberry Pi

    podcast@thedigitallifestyle.com (TDL)
    15 May 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Since getting my Raspberry Pi one of things I wanted to get working on it was the Fuse Spectrum emulator, I am not sure why exactly but there is something about the spirit of the Pi that takes me back the era of the 8 bit computer. Having only had limited experience of Linux in the past it was a challenge to get it working, but I always find that you learn the most by trial and error. The best resource for the getting things working with the Pi is the forums on RaspberryPi.org, I found all the information I needed in various places on the site. Coming from a Windows world I am used to…

  • Windows 7 on a Raspberry Pi?

    podcast@thedigitallifestyle.com (TDL)
    15 May 2012 | 7:01 am
    How about running Windows 7 on a £29 Raspberry Pi? Well you can’t (yet) but Citrix have have got XenDesktop running on the Pi so you can use Windows 7 on the board. It’s a great example of the technology and has some interesting implications for low cost buisness computing in the future. Checkout the video: via Raspberry Pi

  • Hillcrest Labs open sources Kylo TV browser, another sign that the PC connected to the TV is going away

    podcast@thedigitallifestyle.com (TDL)
    15 May 2012 | 4:39 am
    A couple of years ago I reviewed a new service for the PC connected to the TV called Kylo Browser. The idea of it is a browser designed for the 10 foot interface so from the sofa you can browse web sites with a browser designed for a the big screen.  It seemed like a good idea and at the time I wished that Microsoft could build these features into IE9 but it never happened, Hillcrest actually sell the technology to others for use in commercial products but maybe another signal that the PC connected to TV is going away is that Hillscrest are open sourcing the application.  So the…

  • My Movies users asked to upgrade to the latest version

    podcast@thedigitallifestyle.com (TDL)
    15 May 2012 | 3:04 am
    The My Movies team have issued an update asking users to upgrade to the latest versions. This is due to security changes with the online service and you need to be on the latest version by June 1st 2012. So that means My Movies for Windows Media Center and My Movies Collection Management need to be 4.02 or later. My Movies for WMC for Vista needs to be 3.25 or later. My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 needs to be 2.10 Here are the details from My Movies.dk   May 15, 2012 – Required Update Announcement Due to security changes in communication with our online service, our users…
 
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    Computer Techno

  • WLAN Technologies

    Computer Techno
    15 May 2012 | 9:22 am
    The technologies available for use in a WLAN include IR, UHF (narrowband), and SS implementation. Each implementation comes with its own set of advantages and limitations. IR Technology IR is an invisible band of radiation that exists at the lower end of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. This type of transmission is most effective when a clear line-of-sight exists between the transmitter and the receiver. Two types of IR WLAN solutions are available: diffused-beam and direct-beam (or line-of-sight). Currently, direct-beam WLANs offer a faster data rate than the diffused-beam networks.

  • WLAN Equipment

    Computer Techno
    11 May 2012 | 9:15 am
    There are three main links that form the basis of the wireless network. These are: ● LAN adapter : Wireless adapters are made in the same basic form as their wired counterparts: PCMCIA, Card bus, PCI, and USB. They also serve the same function, enabling end-users to access the network. In a wired LAN, adapters provide an interface between the network operating system and the wire. In a WLAN, they provide the interface between the network operating system and an antenna to create a transparent connection to the network. ● AP : The AP is the wireless equivalent of a LAN hub. It receives,…

  • imode Versus WAP

    Computer Techno
    8 May 2012 | 9:12 am
    imode is available only in Japan, whereas Europe and other big markets for 3G mobile service providers are completely WAP-based. In the United States, most service providers have chosen WAP. The most basic difference between imode and WAP is the different graphic capabilities; imode only supports simple graphics, which is far more than what WAP allows. The imode packet-switched data network is more suited for transferring data than the WAP CS network. Another major difference is the “ always-on ” capabilities of imode. Since users are not charged for the time they spend on-line, it is…

  • imode

    Computer Techno
    4 May 2012 | 11:10 am
    imode is a proprietary mobile ISP and portal service from NTT DoCoMo, Japan, with about 50 million subscribers. For imode, DoCoMo adopted the Internet model and protocol. imode uses compact HTML (cHTML) as a page description language. The structure of cHTML means that the user can view traditional HTML and imode sites can be inspected with ordinary Internet web browsers. This is in contrast to WAP, where HTML pages must be translated to WML. imode provides Internet service using personal digital cellular-packet (PDC-P) and a subset of HTML 3.0 for content description. imode is a…

  • Applications of WAP

    Computer Techno
    30 Apr 2012 | 11:06 am
    The first and foremost application of WAP is accessing the Internet from mobile devices. This is already in use in many mobile phones. This application is gaining popularity daily, and many web sites already have a WAP version of their site. An application, which is out, is sending sale offers to mobile customers through WAP. The user’s phone will be able to receive any sale prices and offers from the web site of a store. Games can be played from mobile devices over wireless devices. This application has been implemented in certain countries and is under development in many others. This is…
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    Windows Tools, Help & Guides | Mintywhite.com

  • The Windows Command Prompt—Beginner’s Guide

    Rich
    14 May 2012 | 3:52 pm
    Previously, we asked you if you use the Windows command prompt and many of you answered by saying you do not; for those that do use the command line interface (CLI), many use it infrequently. In this guide, we’ll go through the basics of the command prompt, show you examples of how you can use it, and show you how to customize it.Familiarize Yourself with the Command PromptBefore you start using the command prompt, I recommend you learn the basic shortcuts and commands. The first guide, listed below, shows you how to access the command prompt. If you’re familiar with how to get to…

  • Add Image Preview in Right-Click Context Menu [How To]

    Sudesh
    9 May 2012 | 4:48 pm
    Although you can set Windows Explorer to show you the thumbnails of all your pictures, it usually makes it slower to browse through different folders. Additionally it also creates multiple thumbs.db files in each folder and all such files may take up considerable amount of disk space. An alternative to thumbnail preview feature of Windows is adding an image preview in the right-click menu. This can be done easily using the free FastPreview shell extension. It adds an Image Preview in the right-click context menu so that when you right-click on an image file, you see its preview right inside…

  • Add File Hashes Tab in File Properties in Windows 7 [How To]

    Sudesh
    28 Apr 2012 | 6:59 am
    A file’s hash value is a signature for that file that uniquely identifies it. If a file’s contents change, its hash value will also change. You can use the hash value of a file to know whether it has been modified or altered. You can also cross-check the hashes of a suspicious file online to see if it’s a malicious file. Windows 7 does not have any native way to show or calculate a file’s hashes. But you can use the freeware HashTab tool to add a File Hashes tab in the file properties dialog.After installing  HashTab in Windows, all you have to do is right-click on…

  • Extend the Trial Period of Windows 7 to Four Months [How To]

    Rich
    22 Apr 2012 | 8:22 am
    If you’re currently evaluating Windows, you can keep an eye on the expiration date of the license to ensure functionality is not reduced when the trial period ends. Windows Forums member and Windows Guides writer, Stu, shares the following commands to check the license status of your copy of Windows:slmgr /dli Current license informationslmgr /dlv Detailed information on the current licenseslmgr /xpr Expiration dateHe also shows us how to extend the trial period by 30 days, which can be done up to three times for a total of 120 days, with the slmgr /rearm command. Check the tutorial…

  • Remove Malware from Windows [How To] [Updated]

    Rich
    16 Apr 2012 | 8:10 am
    Windows Forums member and owner of Real Security, geohac, has updated his comprehensive guide to help users remove malware from their PC. In the guide, geohac covers steps you should take to prepare for removal such as disabling proxy servers (to give you a better chance at getting online and getting to the sites you need for virus removal software.) The guide then goes on to show you how to boot into safe mode to fight a virus (something we recommend ourselves) and then shows you which tools you should use to remove a virus (downloading these tools on a non-infected PC is the safest bet and…
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    Petri IT Knowledgebase

  • IPv6 Header vs IPv4 Header

    Sean Wilkins
    16 May 2012 | 9:45 am
    Overview When studying IPv6, one of the main things that differs from IPv4 is the complexity of the IPv6 header compared with that of its predecessor’s header. The IPv6 header was designed to be less complex and easier to process than the IPV4 header, and with efficiency as one of the main design elements. This article takes a look at the contents of the IPv6 header and how they compare with the contents of the IPv4 header. Track Down Bandwidth Hogs Today Track down your network bandwidth hogs with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) by identifying which users, applications and…

  • How to Recover Deleted and Lost Files

    Petri IT Knowledgebase Team
    16 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    Overview Whether you’re an IT pro, a normal home user, or a photographer, you have probably accidentally deleted an important file from a hard drive or memory card before.  Maybe you didn’t mean to delete it or maybe you did delete the file intentionally but changed your mind.  Maybe the storage device is beginning to corrupt and become unreliable. The result is always the same; panic. In this post, we’re going to try and put your panic at ease. With Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery, virtually any file can be recovered from a storage device, generally within just a few minutes.

  • 4 Reasons ReFS (Resilient File System) is Better Than NTFS

    Michael Simmons
    15 May 2012 | 10:45 am
    Overview Resilient File System (ReFS) is a new file system introduced in Windows Server 2012. Initially, it is being targeted for implementation as a file system that is primarily used for file servers. However, starting as the file system for a file server is just the beginning. Like its predecessor, NTFS, ReFS will begin as a file server system, then become a mainstream file system. Before long, we will all be using ReFS on our boot partitions. So why would you want to change file systems? If NTFS is working, why should anybody even consider switching to ReFS? ReFS is better and faster in…

  • 8 Reasons Windows 8 Tablets will make a Splash in the Enterprise

    John O'Neill Sr.
    14 May 2012 | 1:24 pm
    Overview As of today, there is no official launch date for Microsoft’s next operating system, Windows 8. Even so, Windows 8 Consumer Preview currently receives more press and is the topic of more conversations than any other operating system, including Microsoft’s current OS Windows 7. One of the many explanations for this is the excitement surrounding Windows 8 tablets. One question in particular on many minds, including my own, resonates above the others: Will Windows 8 tablets offer valuable and compelling features for the enterprise? Security Threats Aren’t Subtle! Your Security…

  • Security Essentials – Intro to Shares

    Petri IT Knowledgebase Team
    11 May 2012 | 2:36 pm
    Overview The purpose of a share, which is also called a shared folder, is to expose a portion of a server’s file system to network users. The idea is to just keep portions of that file system available to users while allowing other portions of the server’s file system to remain private and unseen by network users. Bitdefender - #1 Ranked Malware Protection Engine! Bitdefender Security Solutions • Centrally manage security of workstations and servers • Deployment flexibility (4 methods) • Visibility of threats across the network • Scripting & Auditing tools for management and…
 
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    My Technology Guide: Windows, Mac, Linux, Internet, Software, Review

  • Chrome 19 Stable Syncs Tabs On All Your Devices Running Chrome

    Mezanul
    16 May 2012 | 5:30 am
    Google Chrome Stable Channel updated to Chrome 19 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. According to the Google Chrome Releases blog, Chrome 19 has a number of new features including tab sync. When you sign in to Chrome 19, all open tabs are synced (please note that Google is gradually rolling out tab sync features to all [...]Continue reading Chrome 19 Stable Syncs Tabs On All Your Devices Running Chrome at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Google Chrome Stable Updated [Security] Google Chrome Stable Version Update 7.0 [Including Offline…

  • Download OS X Lion 10.7.4, Fixes FileVault Vulnerability [Direct Links]

    Mezanul
    9 May 2012 | 10:07 pm
    Apple has released OS X Lion 10.7.4 update that features a number of security fixes, general improvements and Safari browser update. If you’re running OS X Lion 10.7.3 or earlier, just run the Software Update app and download 10.7.4 update. With the latest update the Cupertino company have fixed the FileVault vulnerability, which left users’ [...]Continue reading Download OS X Lion 10.7.4, Fixes FileVault Vulnerability [Direct Links] at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Now Available for Download Apple Mac OS X…

  • Apache OpenOffice 3.4 Makes Official Debut

    Mezanul
    8 May 2012 | 7:11 pm
    On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, the Apache Software Foundation announced the availability of the official version of Apache OpenOffice. It is the first official version from the Apache Software Foundation since Oracle donated it to them last year in June. Apache OpenOffice 3.4 offers improved performance and quality with a number of new features and enhancements. [...]Continue reading Apache OpenOffice 3.4 Makes Official Debut at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Oracle Donate’s OpenOffice.org to Apache Foundation, TDF Responds OpenOffice 3.2.0 Final…

  • Game Downloader: Updated, Brings New Features, Now Playing Games Is More Fun [Windows]

    Mezanul
    8 May 2012 | 5:45 pm
    Playing games is always a great way to relax yourself and have fun. Now, you can increase the level of fun and further enjoy playing 100′s of new free games without the trouble of searching for them. Game Downloader for Windows is a small open source portable game download client that lets you download open source, indie [...]Continue reading Game Downloader: Updated, Brings New Features, Now Playing Games Is More Fun [Windows] at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts Pokki Brings Awesome Web Apps, Games To The Desktop SSDownloader: Directly…

  • Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2012 Released, Patches 23 Vulnerabilities

    Mezanul
    8 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    Microsoft has wheeled out the security patches for May, 2012′s Patch Tuesday. The Patch Tuesday for May 2012 covers 7 security bulletins to fix at least 23 documented vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, .NET Framework and Silverlight. Out of the seven bulletins, three are rated as “critical” because of the risk of remote [...]Continue reading Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2012 Released, Patches 23 Vulnerabilities at My Technology Guide © Copyright 2009-2012 My Technology GuideRelated Posts July’s Patch Tuesday: Four Bulletins Will Fix…
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  • How To Switch To A New Desktop Background Using A Hotkey In Windows 7 & 8 [Tip]

    Fawad
    16 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    The themes in Windows 7 and Windows 8 usually contains a number of images in each theme. Other elements remain the same, but the image changes to a new one after a specified amount of time. This time interval can be changed by opening Personalization settings and selecting the Desktop Background...Read moreRelated Articles: Use Hotkey To Switch On Or Off Icon Labels In Windows 7 Taskbar Desktop Background Slideshow In Windows 7 Windows 7: Move Off-Screen Windows Back To Your Desktop [Hotkey]

  • FlashTray Pro: Launch Applications, Folders, URLs & More via System Tray Or Hotkeys

    Fawad
    16 May 2012 | 7:50 am
    Shortcut managers, application launchers and context menu editors all have one thing in common: they all simplify and enhance your Windows experience. In earlier posts, we have covered a lot of applications that allow you to easily access different programs and menus through hotkeys, right click...Read moreRelated Articles: Famulus: Launch Applications, Files/Folders & Websites via Custom Hotkeys WinHotKey: Assign System Wide Hotkeys To Control Windows & Launch Applications Launch System Admin & Windows Tools From System Tray With All-In-One Tray

  • TimeTask: Task Manager With Built-In Music Player, Shutdown Timer & File/Application Launcher

    Fawad
    16 May 2012 | 7:02 am
    With each passing day, the pace of life is increasing all over the world for most of us. Compared to our ancestors, we are required to perform a lot more in much less time. With so many things to do in a day, one sometimes forgets about the all the tasks one has to perform. Nowadays, it is almost a...Read moreRelated Articles: TaskmgrPro Shutdown Scheduler Integrates With Windows Task Manager To Schedule System Shutdown Music Player Is iTunes-Like Lightweight Music Manager Achshar Player Is Offline Music Player And Playlist Manager [Chrome]

  • Listen, Record & Trim Audio From Online Radio Stations With ClickGaGa

    Waqas
    16 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    Last month we reviewed X-Screamer Radio, a portable version of Screamer Radio application, which allows music fans to record and listen to thousands of online radio stations. ClickGaGa is yet another such solution for Windows OS that enables its users to not only listen to various radio stations...Read moreRelated Articles: Stream And Record Tracks From Online Radio Stations With Tapin Radio X-Screamer Radio: Listen To & Record Screamer Radio Stations With Ease RarmaRadio: Listen To Thousands Of Radio Stations & Record Live Stream

  • FreeVimager: View, Edit & Convert Images, Audio & Video, All In One Place

    Zeeshan
    16 May 2012 | 6:16 am
    Not stylish but certainly usable to a good degree; these words just about sum up FreeVimager. FreeVimager is a 3-in-1 application that can display, edit and convert images, videos and audio files. It’s basically a viewer and editor geared towards camera related applications. It supports BMP, JPG,...Read moreRelated Articles: Edit And Convert RAW Images To JPG With Scarab Darkroom Adapter – Convert & Import Videos, Audio And Images Directly To iTunes How To Convert Real Media(RM/RMVB) File To Other Video/Audio Formats
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  • New Mobile Phone Design: Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

    admin
    11 May 2012 | 10:35 am
    One up and coming new mobile phone design is the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 which you will be able to find at www.phones4u.co.uk when it comes out. This phone is designed to be a sequel to the Ace. While...

  • Windows 7 Log On screen text branding

    orieltech
    6 May 2012 | 7:40 am
    You can change log on screen saver in windows 7, but you can also change or remove text branding which is appeared on log on screen. When you install windows, you see windows 7 title displays as...

  • How to Improve Sales Of Your Business Through Telephone

    admin
    4 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    Telephone is no doubt the best tool for driving conversions to your business. Thanks to the ever expanding GSM and landline network, Telephone is the preferred way of communicating all over the world...

  • Egnyte Starts winning over Box Customers

    admin
    4 May 2012 | 3:42 pm
    Thanks to the internet revolution all over the world, companies all over the world have started offering cloud storage services to their customers. People want more and more of their data to be on...

  • Windows 7 screen resolution

    orieltech
    27 Mar 2012 | 7:40 am
    The screen resolution tells you about information which is displayed on your system screen. It is calculated vertically and horizontally in pixels. At lower screen resolutions, you can view items fit...
 
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    The Windows Club

  • Resize, Decorate, Add Borders, Frames and Watermarks to images with BorderMaker

    Azharuddin@TWC
    16 May 2012 | 9:49 am
    Some time back, I had talked about GIF Animator, a simple application that lets you can create animated GIF files easily. The application is small and free from all junk ...more >>> For more visit The Windows Club.

  • WinFolder Lock Pro: Lock and protect folders in Windows 8

    AnandK@TWC
    16 May 2012 | 9:19 am
    We have already seen several free file encryption or folder locking software earlier. If you looking for one with a cool minimalistic Metro look for your Windows 8, you might ...more >>> For more visit The Windows Club.

  • Download Free Norton Identity Safe, a Password Manager, from Symantec

    AnandK@TWC
    16 May 2012 | 8:39 am
    Symantec has introduced a new service called Norton Identity Safe Service, which is free to download till 1st October 2012. All those, who download and install this tool will be ...more... For more visit The Windows Club.

  • What is file fragmentation and how does it occur in Windows

    ArunKumar@TWC
    15 May 2012 | 8:59 am
    Windows has its own defragmenting tool and you might have used it already. When it comes to Windows file storing algorithms, the operating system makes a case for excess fragmentation through ...more... For more visit The Windows Club.

  • Giveaway: Ashampoo Photo Commander 10

    AnandK@TWC
    15 May 2012 | 8:49 am
    We are pleased to giveaway 10 licenses of the newly released Ashampoo Photo Commander v10 to the readers of The Windows Club. Ashampoo Photo Commander is an all-in-one personal photo ...more... For more visit The Windows Club.
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  • Configure NIC Teaming for Windows on HP Proliant Server

    SiRu
    7 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    By configuring NIC Teaming (Network Teaming), we can achieve Network Fault tolerance and Load balancing on your HP Server. NIC teaming means you are grouping two or more physical NICs and it will act as a single NIC. You may call it as a Virtual NIC. Minimum number of NICs which can be grouped (Teamed) is Two and the maximum number of NICs which you can group is Eight. Read more..

  • How to Split a RAID Array on your HP Proliant Server

    SiRu
    24 Apr 2012 | 6:01 am
    Splitting of an Existing RAID array is a feature which is available with latest models of HP Smart Array Controllers (Storage Controllers). In this article, I will talk about splitting a RAID array on your HP Proliant Server. Splitting of an array is possible only when the Server is Offline and you also need HP Smart Array Controller Cache, Battery and HP Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) license. If any of these components are not installed, then you will not find the Split Array option in ACU. Continue reading.

  • How to find HP Hard drive Backplane Firmware Version

    SiRu
    7 Apr 2012 | 2:35 pm
    Whenever you install a Hard drive to your server, it gets connected to a device called Hard Drive Backplane. Hard drive Backplane will have SATA, SAS or SCSI Hard drive compatible slots. Though in very rare instances, you may need to find the firmware version of Hard Drive Backplane of your HP Proliant Server and here in this article I am explaining the easiest way to find the HDD Backplane firmware version by using Integrated Lights-Out Management.

  • Setup and Configure iLO using HP Lights-Out Configuration Utility

    SiRu
    31 Mar 2012 | 1:53 pm
    The HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility (HPONCFG) enables users to configure iLO, iLO 2, iLO 3 from within the operating system or from the HP SmartStart CD without requiring a server reboot. Though HPONCFG is basically used in Command Line Interface with XML based configuration scripts, it also provides a limited Graphical User Interface (GUI). Read more about HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility here.

  • Download HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) 2012.02.0 Now

    SiRu
    29 Mar 2012 | 6:55 pm
    HP recently updated the Service Pack for ProLiant server and the latest version available as of today is 2012.02.0 Release. This version of Service Pack will support the new HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers and uses uses HP Smart Update Manager 5.0.1. Lets have a look at what HP is offering in this new package.
 
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  • Hosted Exchange ist die Gmail Alternative und mehr?

    TIMBOB
    7 May 2012 | 1:20 am
    Viele mittelständige Administratoren werden geflucht haben als Microsoft Hosted Exchange als Cloud Dienst anfing anzubieten und Dritten, wie meinem Sponsor dogado, es möglich machten es auch ihren Kunden anzubieten. Wieso? Na, weil die Konfiguration und Wartung eines Exchange Server beim Kunden für viele Netzwerk-Administratoren bestimmt ein einträgliches geschafft war bzw. immer noch ist. Ihr Nachteil ist der Vorteil des Endkunden! Hosted Exchange ist für alle Windows-Nutzer, vor allem Outlook Nutzer (!), und für alle Ich-Traue-Google-Und-Freunden-Nicht das Produkt der Wahl. Bsp. ist…

  • WordPress Framework Xtreme One – eine Antwort!

    TIMBOB
    4 May 2012 | 3:41 am
    Es gibt für WordPress eine schier unüberschaubare Zahl an Themes. Was aber wenn die kostenlosen und die WordPress Premium Themes nicht die eigenen Vorstellungen oder Bedürfnisse abdecken? Normalerweise passt man ein WP Designs einfach an. Was wenn man aber keinen Dunst von PHP, CSS und HTML hat? Dann bleibt einem nur noch der Anruf beim Webdesigner der Wahl, ein Versuch des automatisierten Web Designers Artisteer oder die Nutzung eines WordPress Frameworks, wie Xtreme One. WordPress Frameworks Es gibt mehrere Frameworks für WP. Ich habe mich bei einem Projekt für das WordPress Xtreme…

  • PC Fernwartung der Spitzenklasse – Teamviewer 7

    TIMBOB
    29 Nov 2011 | 3:29 pm
    Ich wurde heute etwas überrascht als für Teamviewer 7 das Update von der Beta zur Final auf einmal im Client erschien. Man sieht wieder einmal, die Entwickler von Teamviewer wissen was sie tun und sie tun es schnell. Ich nehme dieses Major-Update zum Anlass ein paar Worte zu Teamviewer zu verlieren. Überspringt den Anfang einfach, wenn Euch nur die neuen 7er Funktionen interessieren. Ein kurzer Schwank aus meinem… Ich nutze die PC Fernwartung der Spitzenklasse beruflich, d.h ich habe seit Version 6 eine Busienss-Lizenz. Und ich kann nur jedem sagen, es war einer der besten Käufe,…

  • PC automatisch herunterfahren – Shutdown 7

    TIMBOB
    28 Nov 2011 | 4:55 am
    So, diese Woche bzw. in dieser Artikelserie geht es darum den PC automatisch herunterzufahren (speziell in diesem Posting), automatisch zu starten oder per Remote im Heimnetz und / oder über das Internet hoch zu fahren. Ich erkläre, wie immer, nicht alle technischen Grundlagen, aber zeige dafür im Schnelldurchgang die wichtigsten Einstellungen. In den Kommentaren können dann Sonderfälle diskutiert werden. Ich werde aber die meisten Anwendungsfälle abdecken. Das geht soweit, dass ich erkläre, wie man spielend via Smartphone (in meinem Fall iPhone) den Firmenrechner oder Heim-PC…

  • Siri spricht mit Remember The Milk

    TIMBOB
    25 Nov 2011 | 7:31 am
    Apples Siri ist in aller Munde und immer mehr sprechen mit Siri. Nun arbeitet meine Siri aber für Remember The Milk. Apples Siri hat mich an meinem iPhone 4s am wenigsten interessiert. Eigentlich wollte ich die Kamera und ein zweites iPhone in der Familie (macht vieles einfacher). Die Funktion hat mich zwar fasziniert, aber ich fand in meinem Workflow einfach keinen Platz für Siri. Ich bin selbstständig tätig, somit sind Tätigkeiten der Verwaltung und Organisation Teil meines täglichen Geschäfts.  Remember The Milk war und ist dabei meine Allzwecks-Lösung, was liegt also näher…
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  • Reviewing the Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router

    Ciprian Adrian Rusen
    16 May 2012 | 5:12 am
    Personally, I am a fan of Belkin routers and I have owned a few good models in the past. By chance, I managed to get my hands on a Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ router which, at least in theory, packs some interesting technologies and features. I was really curious to learn if it is a good router and if it is worthy of running my home network. Let’s see what I have found out.

  • What is the Games Folder & How to Use It?

    Ciprian Adrian Rusen
    15 May 2012 | 3:25 am
    The Games folder is a Windows 7 feature that few people are aware of, let alone understand its complete functionality. This article will try to demystify it and explain in detail what it is, how it works and how it can be customized.

  • Internet Explorer on 64-bit - Is Browsing Possible and Working Well?

    Ciprian Adrian Rusen
    14 May 2012 | 4:02 am
    As promised, I would like to continue our series of articles on 64-bit browsing with Internet Explorer. I’ve used it for a couple of days, tried to find the plugins and add-ons I needed, and evaluate if I can actually make the switch from the 32-bit version. Can you browse the web on 64-bit, without ever returning to the 32-bit edition of Internet Explorer? Learn from this article.

  • Ask the Readers: How Do You Make Safe Banking & Financial Transactions Online?

    Ciprian Adrian Rusen
    11 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    This week I was invited to participate in a small workshop organized by BitDefender, on the topic of safety for online banking & other financial transactions. I’ve learned some interesting things and I was inspired to start a conversation with you on this topic. What would you recommend that others do, in order to make safe banking and financial transactions online?

  • Security for Everyone - GFI VIPRE Internet Security 2012

    Ciprian Adrian Rusen
    10 May 2012 | 2:19 pm
    I have never used VIPRE security products until this review. I decided to review it only because some of our readers asked us and I was very curious to learn more about them. Is GFI VIPRE Internet Security 2012 worth using by casual users and geeks alike? Does it provide effective protection? You will find the answers to these questions plus all my findings in this review.
 
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  • How to find the Visual Effects in Windows 8

    Windows8Pro
    15 May 2012 | 7:52 am
    Windows 8 Visual effect can be used to turn specific visual effect on and off.  It is useful to improve the performances of Windows 8 device. If you require more virtual memory for your applications you can select Adjust for best performance otherwise you can select Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer (recommended) Step 1: Open  the Control Panel   Step 2: Select the Performance Information and Tools. Step 2: Select the Adjust Visual Effects. Then Performance Options Window will appear. Select the Visual Effects tab.    

  • How to Pin, Unpin, Resize, Move and Close Tiles in Windows 8

    Windows8Pro
    14 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    How To Unpin Tiles Step 1:Go to the Start Screen (See How to go to the Start screen and more details about the Start screen). Step 2: Right click on the tile which you need to remove and click on the Unpin from start which is display on the bottom bar.   How to resize Tiles Step 1: Go to the Start Screen. Step 2: Move cursor to the tile which is you want to resize. Step 3: Then right click on it. Screenshot which is given below will appear. Step 4:  If the tile is larger size and need to resize it into small size, then click on the Smaller which appears on the bottom bar. If the tile is…

  • How to add Control Panel Shortcut

    Windows8Pro
    14 May 2012 | 2:42 am
    It is not easy to access control classical control panel in the desktop as there is no Start menu. Let us use a basic trick and add a Control panel short cut in your desktop. How to add Control Panel Shortcut to Desktop? Method 1 Step 1: Go to Desktop Step 2: Right click on Desktop and select Personalization Step 3:  Go to Change Desktop icons Step 4: Check Control Panel and click Ok. Method 2 Step 1. Once you reach the desktop folder in Windows explorer. Step 2. Right click on Control Panel icon and select create shortcut. Shortcut to Control panel will create on your desktop. How to add…

  • How to Open the Control Panel in Windows 8

    Windows8Pro
    14 May 2012 | 2:29 am
    Method 1: Step 1: Go to the bottom right hand side corner  of the computer screen. The Charms bar will appear.Screenshot is given below. Next Select the Search charm. Step 2:  Type the Control panel in the search and press enter.  That will take you to the Windows 8 Control Panel. Video demonstration of opening Windows 8 Control Panel.   Method 2: Step 1: Right click on the bottom left hand side of the computer and select the Control Panel. Screenshot is given below. When you follow the method 1 or method 2, the Control Panel will appear (Screenshot is given below). You will be…

  • How to Open Windows 8 PC Settings

    Windows8Pro
    14 May 2012 | 2:13 am
    How to open PC Settings (Metro Control Panel)? Windows 8 PC Settings is the metro style control panel that will allow you to personalize and change the settings that related to metro. Step 1. Open Charms bar Windows Key + C Move mouse to top or bottom right hand corner of the screen Step 2. Click on Settings Step 3. Click on More PC settings For more information about the PC Settings check PC Settings explained article.
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  • Windows 8 Tablet Preview

    Vasu
    30 Apr 2012 | 3:00 am
    Windows 8 has mixed opinions at the moment. While many appreciate the new look, others find the double interface system a drag. Yet, Windows 8 is pretty much about touchscreen devices from start to finish. Microsoft has taken time to create something that’s amazing. Although it’s not out as yet, it’s still the main talk [...]

  • Indexing documents in Solr with custom fields

    Vasu
    22 Apr 2012 | 10:21 pm
    A lot of time i spent this weekend for indexing documents into Solr. And i was really unhappy with the community support provided by Apache mailing list. I believe Apache has some really nice software packages and frameworks that are very useful for developers and enterprises, but it all boils down to community support if [...]

  • Installing Solr over Windows

    Vasu
    16 Apr 2012 | 5:49 am
    In the last post, i covered how to troubleshoot Xampp port error for configuring Tomcat Apche Server on Windows. In this post i would be covering on How to install Solr on Windows. Solr is an open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project written in Java. Its major features include powerful full-text [...]

  • XAMPP Installation Error: “Port 80 or 443 already in use.Apache2.2 service failed.”

    Vasu
    16 Apr 2012 | 4:13 am
    XAMPP is a powerful application to setup server on your local machine for testing of your files before you host them to the server. Installation of XAMPP is pretty simple but it went tricky for me. It gave an error “Port 80 or 443 already in use.Apache2.2 service failed.” to me while installing Apache Tomcat [...]

  • Enable Hibernate mode in Windows 8

    Vasu
    5 Mar 2012 | 7:36 pm
    Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Metro UI is one of the best UI, operating systems has offered to consumers. However, vintage Windows consumers (Yeah, those one who are not using Windows 8 ) still missing a lot of features in Windows 8. One of them being Windows Key, while the other is Hibernate option. navigation [...]
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  • Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for Just 14.99$

    sagar
    15 May 2012 | 5:43 am
    Last week Mary Jo Foley From CNET Reported about the Windows 7 to Windows 8 upgrade plans,reporting that the Software Giant is planning a low cost upgrade solution for all... Read more » ...Read more

  • Microsoft Discusses App Monitoring on Windows App Store

    snehal
    12 May 2012 | 12:46 am
    Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned and doing all within its reach to increase the number of Windows 8 applications on the App store. To achieve this Microsoft has introduced... Read more » ...Read more

  • Box Metro Based App Coming Soon !

    sagar
    10 May 2012 | 11:38 am
    When Windows 8 Final version releases later this year,Microsoft’s Skydrive Service will not be the sole Cloud Service provider for the new Windows Operating System.Now One of the popular Cloud... Read more » ...Read more

  • Leaks Of Windows 8 Pre Release Preview Build Shows Improved Results for IE10 Benchmarks

    sagar
    10 May 2012 | 10:25 am
    Its been quite a while since we last posted about the Windows 8 leaked builds.As we inch closer and closer to the Windows 8 Release Preview which is expected within... Read more » ...Read more

  • Analysts: Windows 8 Privacy Issue Not a Major Concern

    sagar
    8 May 2012 | 10:26 pm
    Windows 8 final release might be a few months from now,but that didn’t stop the enthusiasts and the early adopters from checking it out,with the release of Consumer Preview earlier... Read more » ...Read more
 
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  • Microsoft-backed HTML5 'Prometheus' tie-in recruits you for Weyland Industries

    Adi Robertson
    16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Much as it did with The Hunger Games, Microsoft is advertising the HTML5 capabilities of its Internet Explorer browser by partnering with a popular upcoming movie — this time, it's Ridley Scott's Prometheus. The Project Prometheus Training Center, launched today on the main movie site, lets you put in your application with Weyland Industries for... well, we're not sure, exactly, but it involves joining the Project Prometheus crew and being very, very good at sliding puzzles. Internet Explorer is recommended but not required, so just about anyone should be able to play. If there are…

  • Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, and other apps updated for Release Preview

    Tom Warren
    16 May 2012 | 4:40 am
    Microsoft has started to update a range of its core Windows 8 communications applications ahead of the Release Preview debut next month. The updates, available in the latest internal builds of Windows 8, include UI improvements, new features, and drop the "app preview" banner from the top of the application. Microsoft originally released a range of its own Metro style applications with the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, designed as simple replacements for full Windows Live desktop apps. Release notes for several applications, including Photos and Music, reveal that the company…

  • Microsoft's interactive Kinect NUads rolling out in 'late spring'

    Tom Warren
    16 May 2012 | 3:49 am
    Microsoft originally unveiled its interactive NUads almost a year ago and the company now says it will begin rolling them out in "late spring." NUads take advantage of the Kinect sensor to let viewers interact with adverts or launch them from the Xbox 360 dashboard. The design goal is to get users to interact with the advert at their own discretion by saying "Xbox share" to post an update about the advert to a social network like Facebook or to control other aspects of the advert. A typical use case could involve a viewer sharing an advert to identify the song or performer involved. NUads…

  • Windows RT browser exclusion draws attention from European, US regulators

    Amar Toor
    16 May 2012 | 2:50 am
    The European Commission this week announced that it will be keeping a close eye on Microsoft's Windows RT operating system, in response to Mozilla's complaint that the forthcoming platform excludes third-party browsers. At issue is a 2009 antitrust decision that requires Microsoft to provide links to other browsers from within a Windows ballot display. According to Mozilla, though, only Internet Explorer can run in the Classic environment on RT, suggesting that Microsoft's ARM variant of Windows 8 may violate European regulations. In an e-mail to reporters, EC spokesman for competition…

  • Windows 8 Release Preview will include Metro multiple monitor improvements

    Tom Warren
    16 May 2012 | 2:10 am
    Microsoft has greatly improved its Windows 8 multiple monitor support in the Consumer Preview version of the operating system, but the company has fine tuned this even more with the upcoming Release Preview. Mark Yalovsky, a member of Microsoft's User Experience team, has taken to the company's Building Windows 8 blog to detail a number of important improvements in the Release Preview, including improved mouse targeting on shared edges and the ability to launch Metro apps on any monitor. Although the post in question has been mysteriously removed by Microsoft, we managed to secure the details…
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