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Windows Vista for Your Business? 2007-03-15 07:58:00 After many years of waiting to see the successor to Windows
XP, we have finally gotten our hands on Windows Vista
. Besides some name changes, Windows Vista
boasts added security and improved features that will benefit users (from www.smbedge.com).Vista has actually been available to the public for a while, with Microsoft making the beta a download for interested individuals and the company selling different versions of Vista – each with different features enabled.Visually, Vista is a big improvement over previous versions with a spanking new graphical user interface and visual style (Windows Aero). Improved search features and new multimedia creation tools (such as Windows DVD Maker) also come bundled.Microsoft has also redesigned several subsystems such as networking, audio, print and display. To make it easier for communication to take place between machines on a home network, Windows Vista has also implemented peer-to-peer (P2P) technology. In a P2P computer network, each computer Read more:Business
How To Create a Virtual Office 2007-03-14 23:12:00 How To Create a Virtual Office
It has become a growing trend for businesses to look for alternatives to the standard office setup, especially for those companies which are just starting out and are looking for ways to reduce their startup costs. One of the more popular alternatives of recent years is the virtual office, which allows individuals to work from home while conducting a large part of their business over the telephone or online. If you or you're the owner of your business are interested in learning more about virtual offices, what advantages they have over standard physical office space, and how you can set up a virtual office at home, then please take the time to consider the following information.About Virtual OfficesA virtual office, as you might gather from the name, is one that does not exist in a physical location but instead is a combination of the work that one or more individuals does at home as well as interfacing via telephone and internet with others in other l
Windows Server Virtualization Demonstration Video 2007-03-16 07:57:00 If you haven't had the opportunity to see Microsoft's next generation virtualization hypervisor platform, you are in luck (weblog.infoworld.com).Jeff Woolsey, a lead program manager on the Windows
virtualization team, recently recorded a great video to walk us through some of the new features that are going to be available in Microsoft's Windows Server
Virtualization platform. In this 5 minute 45 second video clip, you'll be able to see and learn more about the following:Windows Server Virtualization running on Server Core managed from another Windows Server Longhorn box64-bit and 32-bit Windows and Linux running on the same server core boxA running 8-core virtual machineSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager (which does P2V conversions, live migrations with no downtime and organizes workloads)System Center Operations ManagerMonitoring the VMs on the Server Core box Running a PowerShell script to hot-add a new network adapter to a running SQL Server virtual machine You can watch t Read more:Demonstration
OpenGL And Linux users You Should Avoid The Ati Xpress200 And Xpress1100 2007-03-17 21:07:00 OpenGL and Linuxusers
you should avoid the chip xpress200 and xpress1100. I have a xpress1100 on my laptop, and I had disappointment to note that this chip does not manage or very little the OpenGL, the consequences?Under Windows the games or the applications that are using OpenGL's 3D functions are performing very badly or not at all, and under Linux you do not have the 3D desktop nor the majority of the 3D applications.This problem with the xpress200 was to be fixed by the xpress1100 but these two chips use the graphics processor unit X300se which is a X300 cut down by ATI(half pipe and bandwidth, very reduced memory) which on paper is ½ to 1/3 slower than the X300 of origin another problem is that X300 in fact is already not an excellent graphics processor unit, finally the true is that the problem really does not come from the graphics processor unit, the fact is that ATI officially does not support the opengl function of this chip. These chips at low prices equip each days Read more:Avoid
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Life Without High Speed 2007-03-20 02:11:00 Was it just a few short years ago that life on the internet began to take on a life of its own?Was it just a few short years ago that I thought that a 2GB hard drive would be all I'd ever need?Well, in terms of the internet, it probably seems like a long time, but in actual fact, I purchased my computer in 1997, just 10 years ago.I thought I had all the bells and whistles, I was pretty proud of my new machine. I logged online and learned how to surf and how to chat and how to do internet marketing.Flash forward ten years and I am still surfing and still doing internet marketing, but I have encountered a problem, which is beginning to be a major problem for me and many others like me. I HAVE DIAL-UP!Everyone seems to be going to video and audio streaming, which leaves me sitting like a dork at my computer wondering what is going to happen and when. I get stuttering voices and pictures on hold and I wait 20 minutes for a video to load which then takes about 60 seconds when it finally Read more:High Speed
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Microsoft ships 20 million copies of Vista 2007-03-28 15:32:00 Microsoft
has shipped more than 20 million
copies worldwide of Vista
, its new operating system (OS), within a month of its release. This outnumbers the market sales of Vista’s predecessor, XP, which had three million less sales over twice the length of time.The total number of Vista copies shipped includes the full-packaged product sold to retailers, upgrades and, of course, the OS comes standard with many new PCs and laptops.Microsoft claims that the high Vista sales “reflect the broad interest in the security and usability enhancements” of this new OS.Copies of Vista packaged automatically, however, with new hardware from companies such as HP and Dell count for a sizeable section of the overall number shipped.When Windows XP was released in 2001 only 17 million copies were sold worldwide over a two-month period. According to the Central Statistics Office, however, the number of households in Ireland in 2000 with a computer was 32.5pc.This is in comparison to 55pc of homes ow Read more:ships
Offline update of SP2 for Windows Server 2003 2007-03-28 15:28:00 The script packet Offline
Update downloads all security updates for Windows
2000, XP, or Server 2003 from Microsoft's servers in one go and creates perfectly up-to-date patch CDs and DVDs as ISO images. These data carriers can then be used to update as many Windows PCs as necessary without having to download the updates each time from the Internet.Version 3.04 includes Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003; in addition, a few details have been improved. The update script automatically installs the correct version of the Windows Update Agent, which then determines which patches are missing on the target PC. The script collection is licensed under the GPL open-source license and naturally does not contain any code that violates the rights of third parties. The script downloads Microsoft's update catalogue wsusscn2.cab, where it gleans the latest download URLs. Recently, Microsoft threatened to take legal action against some providers of so-called update packs that were being offer
Repairing Windows Driver Problems 2007-03-27 15:24:00 I came across this interesting article on yahoo tech blogReader Dave writes: My PC will not go into "Standby" nor "Hibernation." When it's initiated, I get the following message: "The device driver for the keyboard is preventing the machine from entering hibernation/standby. You may need to update this driver." This message just started to appear about a month ago. Up to then, I had no problems and my keyboard works fine. I talked with the PC builder and their response is that there are no drivers needed nor installed for the keyboard. What should I do?While few keyboards require drivers from the vendor, almost everything has a driver in some form as part of Windows
. These can become corrupted or out of date as Windows Updates are applied, so problems like this are not uncommon: Not just with keyboards but with almost any peripheral, especially optical drives and just about any USB device. Here's what to do to fix it when problems like this creep up.First, make sure there isn't act Read more:Driver
Woes Worsen For Windows Vista 2007-04-05 08:26:00 When Microsoft launched the consumer versions of its WindowsVista
operating system in January, it tried to drum up interest with one of the most expensive marketing campaigns in history (www.playfuls.com)."The Wow Begins Now" was the campaign's tagline, aimed at convincing people that it was worth upgrading to the expensive and long-delayed new operating system.But two months after the launch, Windows Vista is proving such a disappointment to many users that a new version of the catchphrase is making the circuits in internet forums and blogs: "The woes begin now."The latest blow to the Vista's prestige came in a new lawsuit made public this week by a woman who claimed that Microsoft's marketing campaign deliberately duped customers into buying computers that weren't even capable of running Vista's most prominent features.Lawyers for personal computer buyer Diane Kelley are seeking class action for the lawsuit which centres on efforts by Microsoft and computer makers to avoid a lu
Microsoft launches Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360 2007-04-09 08:12:00 Microsoft
Corp has announced the launch of Windows
Live Messenger
on Xbox
360,connecting people across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices. With this update to Xbox 360, people can connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live
Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts. Beginning the week of May 7, the Xbox 360 spring update will provide Xbox 360 owners worldwide with access to Windows Live Messenger features, broadening the communication options on the Xbox LIVE social network.
McAfee Protection For Newly Disclosed Microsoft Windows Vulnerabilities 2007-04-10 08:18:00 McAfee, Inc., announced that it provides coverage for the security vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft
Corporation today. This out-of-cycle patch contains seven security vulnerabilities, five of which were not previously disclosed (www.huliq.com). These vulnerabilities have been reviewed by McAfee Avert Labs, and based on their findings, McAfee recommends that users confirm the Microsoft product versioning outlined in the bulletins and update as recommended by Microsoft and McAfee. This includes deploying solutions to ensure protection against the vulnerabilities outlined in this advisory. "Today Microsoft issued a rare out-of-cycle patch to fix vulnerabilities in GDI," said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager, McAfee Avert Labs. "McAfee Avert Labs is always concerned when Microsoft releases an out-of-cycle patch. We urge our customers and the computing public to take this release seriously, as there has already been active exploitation of at least on Read more:McAfee
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Bill Gates is planning a space flight 2007-04-12 15:00:00 A Russian cosmonaut hosting American billionaire Charles Simonyi aboard theInternational Space Station said in a television interview Wednesday that Simonyi told him that Microsoft chairman Gates
.htm">Bill Gates
is planning
a space flight (Yahoo News).During a live interview on Russian state television, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin revealed that, "Charles said that Bill Gates is also preparing to visit space," according to reports of the interview emanating from Moscow. Simonyi is a former Microsoft engineer. He paid $25 million to a U.S.-based company called Space Adventures to arrange his trip to the space station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. Gates, the world's richest man with an estimated net worth of $25 billion, could presumably afford the ticket. But unlike fellow billionaires such as Virgin's Richard Branson -- a hot air balloon enthusiast -- Gates to date has shown little inclination for high-risk endeavors. Microsoft officials were not immediately available for comment. Space Adventu
Microsoft, Google trade barbs on enterprise search 2007-04-12 14:54:00 Officials of Microsoft
and Google
traded comparisons of their enterprise
search products to their rival's during a technology conference in San Francisco Wednesday. To underscore that it was all in fun, Nitin Mangtani, lead product manager for Google's search appliance business, feigned throwing a punch at Jared Spataro, group product manager for Microsoft's enterprise search, as they shared a stage at the Gilbane Conference on enterprise technology issues (Yahoo News). Like Web surfers searching the Internet, enterprises need search engines for their own IT networks for finding important files, digital presentations, databases, and other internal information. Microsoft's Spataro said Google may be the leader in the consumer Internet search market, but that doesn't necessarily translate into success in the enterprise market where more sophisticated functionality is needed. He outlined three general markets for enterprise search including entry-level commodity search functions whe
Windows XP to be discontinued in early 2008 2007-04-14 07:45:00 Microsoft's plan to phase out OEM shipments ofWindows
XP, the predecessor to the new Windows Vista platform, is not sitting well with some observers, based on Internet-driven feedback.According to a Microsoft Life-Cycle Policy Web page, Microsoft plans to discontinue shipments of Windows XP to OEMs on January 31, 2008. The page also said retail licenses will be discontinued at that time. Editions affected include the Professional, Tablet PC, Professional x64, Home, and Media Center editions of XP.
Hackers Attacking New Microsoft Zero-Day Bug 2007-04-14 07:39:00 A zero-day vulnerability in several of Microsoft
's server products could enable a hacker to divert the Web traffic of not just a single user but of a company's entire roster of employees, the company warned this week (Yahoo News).Microsoft released an advisory late Thursday warning users that it is investigating a "limited" number of attacks that are exploiting a vulnerability in the Domain Name System (DNS) Server Service. The bug could affect servers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4, Windows Server 2003 SP 1, and Windows Server 2003 SP 2.The advisory states that Windows Vista, along with Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP 4 and Windows XP SP 2, do not contain the flawed code, and so they are not affected. Read more:Attacking
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Microsoft unveils Silverlight as Flash killer 2007-04-16 09:04:00 Microsoft Corp. this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe Systems Inc (Yahoo News).As described by Forest Key, a director of product management for Microsoft's Server and Tools Division, Silverlight is a browser plug-in that allows Web content providers to offer rich video and interactive media experience from directly within Web sites. The technology, which leverages Vista's new graphics framework Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), will debut at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, being held this week in Las Vegas.Microsoft also will unveil Web content providers who have signed up to use the technology once it is available, including Akamai Technologies, Brightcove Inc., Eyeblaster Inc., Major League Baseball and Netflix Inc.Key said Microsoft is targeting three core audiences with Silverlight, formerly code-named WPF/E: conten Read more:Flash
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Microsoft settles Iowa claims for $180 million 2007-04-19 08:43:00 Microsoft Corp. will pay as much as $180 million
to settle claims
by Iowa consumers who said they were overcharged for company products purchased between 1994 and 2006 (seattlepi.nwsource.com) .The settlement, to be paid in cash and vouchers for products, was made public Wednesday at a hearing in state court in Des Moines, Iowa. Microsoft and lawyers for the consumers didn't disclose terms of the accord, first announced during trial in February. The statewide group of consumers claimed Microsoft used its monopoly position to overcharge for products including its Windows and Word."This is a very generous settlement," said Roxanne Conlin, one of the lead lawyers for the consumers.Iowa Judge Scott Rosenberg gave the settlement preliminary approval Wednesday. If given final approval, the deal will resolve one of the last remaining private antitrust cases filed against Microsoft. The Iowa consumers claimed $329 million in damages, which could have been tripled under state law.The settlemen Read more:Microsoft
Window Gates - A Glance At New York's Windows And Gates 2007-05-09 19:35:00 As a young man I lived all over Brooklyn and Manhattan. I stayed three years in a brownstone in Cobble Hill, four years on the Upper West Side, and 15 in a SoHo loft. Even after moving away I came back to work in the city for six summers, sharing apartments in midtown, the West Village, and Tribeca. In every neighborhood, I spent a lot of time walking and cycling the streets and enjoying the city's people, stores and restaurants, and most of all, its amazing buildings.Now that I spend most of my time in the country, I miss one feature of New York
buildings that just doesn't show up in most other places – window gates. They decorate brownstones, surround air conditioners, keep children from falling out of highrises and, softened by bright red geraniums and draping green ivy, protect tens of thousands of New Yorkers from break-ins and burglaries. They even add a certain elegance to the glazed-white-brick apartment houses that everyone loves to hate in east midtown.They didn't always Read more:Gates
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UPVC Windows - Give Your Home A Face Lift 2007-05-07 17:17:00 When people visit your home UPVC windows can make a good first impression. There are several features available with these windows and you can choose from sash windows or casement windows. PVC is a good material choice. Here are some of the reasons why.In North America, they call it vinyl, but on this side of the pond it's known as PVC. This is a durable material which is very strong and many people now prefer it for modern doors and windows. Indeed most people include UPVC windows in a modernisation package which includes doors and a conservatory as well.There are several reasons to install windows of PVC when considering home improvement projects. The fact that they are weathertight is a major factor when remodelling. Double glazed UPVC windows consist of a membrane between two sheets of glass (hence the alternative term 'double glass windows'). This protects against heat loss and means that your heating bills will be lower once your new windows have been installed.Windows
of this Read more:Face Lift
Autumn treat: Microsoft lifts veil off Halo 3 2007-05-12 13:37:00 Microsoft Corp. gave a sneak peek at its "Halo 3" game on Friday, saying the next chapter of the fast-paced shooter trilogy will help it fend off competition from Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd. Gamers at the invitation-only preview gave mixed reviews. "The graphics can use some work ... They're not much different than the previous Halo," said Nicholas Puleo, editor of gaming news Web site Evilavatar.com. "They've got five, six months until release, so they'll add some polish ... When I compare it to other things in the platform, it's not standout." Microsoft held previews in New York and San Francisco on Friday in advance of the public test, or "beta," of the game, which goes live next Wednesday. A public beta is unusual for a console game, and the one for the flagship title for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is being closely watched by gamers eager to know how it looks and plays, and whether it will live up to the considerable buzz. "I definitely believe Read more:Autumn
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Microsoft says working to broaden Xbox appeal 2007-05-12 13:36:00 It's the first public unveiling of Microsoft
Corp.'s alien-blasting action game "Halo 3", but Shane Kim is already looking ahead to a kinder, gentler face for its Xbox
360 console. The head of Microsoft Game Studios said on Friday that his division is working
on two previously unannounced games aimed beyond the hardcore fans who relish the shooting, driving and sports games that make up the bulk of popular Xbox titles. The idea is to make the Xbox 360 more attractive to casual gamers, who have flocked to Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii console and its innovative motion-sensing controller. "We have a couple games that have not been announced," Kim told Reuters at a preview event in San Francisco for "Halo 3", the next installment in Microsoft's flagship franchise. "I will tell you that they target a broader market. We think it's very important this holiday, and to winning this generation, to expand beyond our core audience," Kim said. Microsoft has had mixed success in the casual area. Las
Home Improvement With UPVC Windows 2007-05-11 00:15:00 UPVC windows can be the ideal way to make a good impression when people visit your home. You can choose from sash windows or casement windows and have a range of features. Here are some reasons why PVC may be the right material for your new house windows.PVC, called vinyl in North America, is a strong and durable material and it has become a popular choice for modern windows and doors. Most people now replace old house windows with UPVC windows and may include those as part of a package to modernise the house, with doors and a conservatory also included.There are several reasons to install windows of PVC when considering home improvement projects. The fact that they are weathertight is a major factor when remodelling. Double glazed UPVC windows consist of a membrane between two sheets of glass (hence the alternative term 'double glass windows'). This protects against heat loss and means that your heating bills will be lower once your new windows have been installed.These windows also Read more:Home Improvement
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, Windows
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