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System Center Catalog transition to Microsoft Pinpoint
Microsoft transitioned System Center Catalog over to Microsoft Pinpoint, which should be your first stop to find out about all the different management packs, connectors, extensions and applications available from Microsoft and its partners for Syst...
Microsoft patent ‘computer controlling using Electromyography’
Microsoft is seeking patents on a method of controlling computers using Electromyography, or EMG -- a system that translates electrical activity from muscles into instructions for the computer. One of the filings suggests doing this by attaching sen...
Windows Server 2008 R2: Quick look at PowerShell V2 -Screencast
In this screencast, Matt Hester, look at PowerShell V2 which’s part of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 and for download for your over Servers. Matt shows the new output control called Gridview that gives you a lot of functionally to be ab...
Windows 7 wallpaper and desktop themes “I’m a Windows 7 PC, Tim Heuer, and Smashing Magazine January 2010″
Smashing Magazine, has released 35 really neat desktop wallpapers for January 2010, created by designers all across the world. Fellow Microsoftie (and fan of Smashing Magazine) Tim Heuer decided to take those 35 wallpapers and create a Windows 7 the...
OCGM replacement for WIMP: New Windows User Experience
Ron George, currently work at Microsoft with a new team based on NUI Principles, announced his paradigm shift in the world of UX: OCGM – pronounced “Occam” as in, “Occam’s Razor,” the acronym stands for: Objects:...
Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Performance Tools (WPT) Kit contains performance analysis tools that’re new to Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. WPT Kit is useful to a broad audience, including system builders, hardware manufacturers, driver...
Bing Logo on Microsoft Office Tower
“People in the Seattle region seem liking the way Bing looks on the side of a building, and is getting the attention of lots of technology geeks. The Bing logo is much more vertically oriented on the Microsoft office tower. Bing team tweeted o...
Forefront Online Protection 2010 for Exchange (FOPE) Policies Deep Dive – Webcast
Christian Maier, tells us about enhancements in the Forefront Online Protection 2010 for Exchange (FOPE). Then we dig into FOPE policies, explaining: Components of a Policy When to use Regular Expressions (RegEx) versus Basic expressions How the pol...
Win7 Library Tool to manage your Windows 7 built-in libraries
Windows 7 libraries are a great way to organize information on your Windows 7–based system. However, Microsoft decided against exposing some really useful capabilities to users, like adding network locations. Microsoft supply a command line ut...
28% off on TechNet Plus Subscription until December 21, 2009
IT professionals, can take advantage of the TechNet Plus subscription which’s available for $349. The TechNet Plus subscription offers access to all full-version evaluation software such as Windows 7, Beta releases including Office 2010 (Offic...
Novell removed all GPL Code from MonoDevelop
Novell has removed all GPL code as though its not acceptable from MonoDevelop. From Miguel de Icaza’s blog: “MonoDevelop code is now LGPLv2 and MIT X11 licensed. We have removed all of the GPL code, allowing addins to use Apache, MS-PL c...
Mobicast: Tool to stitch multiple ‘live mobile video streaming’
Mobile live video casting is a special form of video sharing that involves a person recording an event using his mobile phone and while the video is being recorded it gets streamed to a website where viewers can watch the live video stream. Microsof...
‘orkut share’ bookmarklet for internet browsers
Google released a new 'orkut share' bookmarklet for internet browsers, just visit 'orkut share' installation page for installation. Next, “when you find something interesting on web, just click bookmarklet and share a snippet and a link to the...
Privacy Center ‘rogue anti-virus software’ copies Microsoft’s Privacy Portal
Earlier in 2009, the Microsoft privacy homepage became the target of rogue security software developers looking to make a fast buck. Privacy Center is one of the rogue antivirus that copied Microsoft’s privacy portal, “The developers of ...
Bing Webmaster Center FAQ Updates
Bing Webmaster Center team has been working hard to present more useful content through the team blog in recent months, and have posted an edited compilation of Q&As into a downloadable PDF format as official Webmaster Center FAQ. “Its a l...
Fix for Windows 7 UAC settings issue with Office 97
In Windows 7 "System and Security" control panel category, the Action Center lets you change User Account Control (UAC) settings. In User Account Control Settings dialog box, you move the slide bar control for notifications, and then you click the O...
Glympse Windows Live application for Windows Phone
At #5 for Michael Gannotti's Top 10 Mobile Apps countdown is a nifty application that combines geolocation services with SocialNetwork alerting, “Glympse,” "Glympse is a groundbreaking new way to share your location with anyone for a spe...
Windows 7 Return on Investment (ROI) Tool powered by Alinean
Windows 7 Return on Investment (ROI) Tool, powered by Alinean, can help you evaluate your current PC total cost of ownership (TCO) and identify the potential benefits of deploying the Windows 7 operating system to help lower costs, improve service l...
Visio 2010: Multi-page documents, and Copy & paste shapes
Visio 2010 make it easier to work with multi-page documents, and provides more control when you copy and paste shapes between pages, as well as more efficient page tab management and navigation. Copying and pasting shapes lets you copy shapes from ...
Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources on Microsoft TechNet
Microsoft now provides a webpage on TechNet with all kinds of resources concerning Hyper-V. Visit this page links to content related to Hyper-V. Visit: Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources ...
Microsoft Health Tech Today features Doctor Jay Parkinson
“Health Tech Today” is Microsoft’s monthly online series providing cutting-edge stories at intersection of health and information technology, and features informative interviews with world’s top health leaders, compelling hea...
Microsoft announced next-gen Windows Embedded Partner Program using Windows 7 Technologies on 10th anniversary
Microsoft celebrates 10th anniversary of Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEPP), announced next-generation program for participating partners, building on Windows 7 technologies to manufacturers of specialized devices with new resources for its glo...
Microsoft acquires Sentillion to use IT to improve patient care
Microsoft announced that it intends to acquire Sentillion Inc., a privately held company specializing in software for healthcare industry. Combining Sentillion’s products with Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) will make it eas...
Cisco and Microsoft offers interoperability in unified communications
Cisco and Microsoft are competitors in the unified communications space, with very different visions and product approaches. As part of both companies’ commitments to customers and shareholders, Microsoft and Cisco recently published a joint s...
MIX10 Conference for web designers and developers – registration opens
Registration for MIX10 is open, the event is scheduled for March 15-17th, 2010, Las Vegas. Designers and developers will learn about Microsoft’s broad web platform and tools that help bring together the clients, servers and cloud services need...
Service Level Dashboard for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Service Level Dashboard (SLD) for SCOM 2007 R2 tool provides a way for managers, application owners, and IT professionals to monitor availability and performance of business-critical applications, and to view reported data on a single, web-based int...
New York tests Xbox-based Emergency Alert System
State authorities in New York, are currently testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels. The goal is to reach younger residents who spend more time on Xbox, ...
Find top iPhone apps using Bing Visual Search interface
Microsoft Bing search engine is offering a visual search interface and a query for top iPhone apps. Using Visual Search, you can perform web searches and see results in a 3D-like grid of images. With filters on left, you can narrow down these result...
Discovering BitLocker drive encryption PIN under Windows
Fraunhofer SIT posted a method for discovering BitLocker drive encryption PIN under Windows. This method even works where Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to protect boot process. “An attacker with access to target computer simply boots f...
BranchCache Design Guide for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
BranchCache is a wide area network (WAN) bandwidth optimization technology that’s included in some editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 operating systems. To optimize WAN bandwidth, BranchCache copies content from your main office ...
