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Linux vs Windows hosting?
2008-04-26 21:29:00
When you?re searching the web for web hosts you have many decisions to make. Whether to go by shared webhosting or a dedicated server. Often the web host customer service will help you make all important decisions but it wouldn?t hurt to be a bit prepared, right? An initial tip is to learn the difference ...
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Living well, Indefinitely
2008-03-08 13:09:00
Emerging Technology Conference is going on in San Diego. It offers latest breakthroughs in technology and ability to interact with top level engineers and scientists. Biotechnology is one of the main things being discussed there and Scott Wainner is there. He wants to support the research on longevity of humans so he has written an article ...
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Windows 7 Media
2008-02-18 14:57:00
The Milestone 1 release of Windows 7 has been released a few weeks ago to a first bunch of testers and we have been very fortunate that some of those testers wrote about their experience and even created some Windows 7 Screenshots and even Windows 7 Videos. The screenshots have actually a very nice quality but ...
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Windows 7 M1 Screenshots
2008-02-17 07:23:00
Windows 7 is supposedly the next version of Windows ! Some days back a leaked copy of the so called Windows Se7ev Milestone 1 appeared on most torrent sites. Many said it was fake. I personally feel that it was Vista with a changed theme just like many other Customized OS Installations like Crystal XP. Whatever ...
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Bill Gates deletes his FaceBook Account
2008-02-13 08:20:00
Bill Gates reportedly deleted his own FaceBook account, after being tired of getting more than 8000 friend request per day. As you know Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook last year for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook. According to a Microsoft Spokesperson Gates speaking to The Sun hasn?t deleted it, but that he has stopped ...
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Vista SP1 : Grab it while its Hot
2008-02-12 17:42:00
Microsoft Windows Vista was Officially Launched more than an year back. Its time for an Service Pack :D Microsoft’s Officially releasing its Service Pack in March. But it has released it for now to OEM Partners just as it relased Vista a month before its Official Launch to its OEM Partners. The Total Download Size of ...
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Microsoft desperate for Yahoo
2008-02-12 17:24:00
The news of Yahoo not interested in Microsoft s Deal is all over the internet now. But very few actually know that Microsoft really doesn’t want to lose this chance and desperately wants Yahoo to still reconcile and reconsider the Deal. In a statements today Microsoft said that it’s still interested in “consummating” with Yahoo, ...
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A look at New Yahoo Messenger Vista Edition
2007-12-06 14:41:00
The much awaited Vista Only Version of the new Yahoo Messenger was provided for Beta Testing to public today. I too got the invitation to try out the BETA today. And I have just one word to say ! KEWL ! Yes, it looks totally kewl and some great Eye Candy ! Check out some cool ...
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Sabeer Bhatia Intros Live Documents
2007-11-21 17:07:00
Sabeer ‘Hotmail’ Bhatia has gone and launched “Live Documents ”, described as a ‘hybrid online-offline Office suite of applications. The launch was announced today by InstaColl, the Bangalore-based software product company co-founded by Sabeer Bhatia. “Live Documents” is a full-featured suite of online Office productivity applications offering functionality equivalent to Microsoft’s desktop applications — Word, Excel, and ...

Firefox 3 BETA now out
2007-11-20 15:19:00
The latest major release of the World’s Most Preferred Internet Browser is due soon. For now a Beta Release of FireFox 3 is available. Follow the link to download it : Download FireFox 3 BETA 1 What’s New in FireFox 3  No Tags
More About: Firefox , Tech , Firefox 3

Windows SteadyState 2.5 Beta
2007-11-19 09:54:00
The Windows SteadyState 2.5 Beta supporting Windows Vista is now available for testing. Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to. Windows SteadyState includes the ...
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Microsoft Game banned for XXX Scenes
2007-11-16 16:42:00
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has banned a Microsoft Corp video game which contains a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing and caressing each other, a local newspaper reported Thursday. The Straits Times said “Mass Effect” — a highly anticipated futuristic space adventure game from Microsoft — was banned by Singapore’s Media ...
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Microsoft?s HD Photo Is Official JPEG Successor, Redubbed JPEG XR
2007-11-03 08:39:00
Microsoft’s HD Photo standard is now officially tapped to become JPEG’s successor by the Joint Photographic Experts Group, but it’ll be known as JPEG XR. XR stands for extended range, given the wider color palette and finer gradations it can show. Other benefits include in-camera imaging processing support and, supposedly, better compression. Besides ...
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Block Irritating Live Hotmail Mail Ads !
2007-10-31 13:37:00
Here’s a very handy trick I came use to Block those super irritating Ads that eat up a lot of real estate in Live Hotmail ! Follow these simple steps ! 1) Open “Notepad” 2) Write the code below and Save it as “remove.css” #RadAd_Banner {position:absolute; display:none; visibility:hidden; clear:both} #RadAd_TodayPage_Banner {position:absolute; display:none; visibility:hidden; clear:both} #ToolsCustomerCommunication {position:absolute; display:none; visibility:hidden; clear:both} #CustComm_120×60 {position:absolute; display:none; ...
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Bill Gates overtaken !
2007-10-30 08:58:00
India’a billionaire Mukesh Ambani displaced long time world’s richest person Bill Gates from the hot seat to become the world’s richest person, following the strong share price rally on Monday in his three group companies the net worth of Mr. Mukesh Ambani rose to $63.2 billion surpassing Bill gates $62.29 billion.   More : timesofindia.indiatimes.com Bill Gates
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Microsoft Buys Stake in Facebook
2007-10-25 08:57:00
Microsoft has raced past Google in acquiring that coveted stake in social networking Web site, Facebook . In a deal sealed yesterday, Redmond bought a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook at a price of $240 million. Microsoft also plans to sell Internet adverts for the Web site outside of the US. And there are plans to ...
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Download Windows Vista SP1 Beta through Windows Update!
2007-10-15 04:36:00
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1 by following 4 simple steps and give us your feedback to improve our quality. Windows Vista SP1 distributed through Windows Update will be applicable to Windows Vista machines that are running on one ...
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Get Hotmail on your iPhone
2007-10-13 11:38:00
A couple of days back I purchased THE iPhone , I noticed that the default Mail application didn’t support Hotmail :( It has POP3/IMAP support but Live Mail doesn’t have it in the Free Version, we need to use Hotmail Plus for it. Thats is until I came upon this site : izymail.com It allows us to ...
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Zune 2 Supports Full DVD Output
2007-10-07 07:22:00
  Zune Insider reports Zune 2 will import 720×576 @ 25fps and 720×480 @ 30 fps without transcoding. Although Zune’s screen is 320×240 the TV out will show videos in full, DVD Quality on the TV. Some people are arguing that this feature will be available in original Zune too, because of the firmware update 2.1. Right now ...
More About: Microsoft , Full , Ports

Display your own Custom Message on Startup
2007-10-06 19:36:00
Here’s a cool trick I came across which allows you to Display a Notice/Custom Messege at System StartUp. Follow these easy Steps : 1.Click on Start > Run 2.Type ?regedit? to open up the Registry Editor, now Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Micro soft>Windows>CurrentVersion>p olicies>system 3.When you Click on System, at the right side you’ll see ?legalnoticecaption? ?legalnoticetext? 4.Right click in them to add you own notice ...
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TweakUAC : UAC In Quite Mode
2007-10-05 13:43:00
Well all those of you when first installed Vista, must surely have noticed User Account Control box and how annoying it can get ! Because of this irritation we just turn it off and thus lower the security which Vista promises. Well now a small program called Tweak UAC gets rid of this annoyance by putting ...
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Halo 3 Makes $300 Million, Console Sales Double
2007-10-04 18:19:00
Global Entertainment Phenomenon “Halo 3″ Recores More Than $300 Million In First-Week Sales Worldwide Xbox 360 Console Sales More Than Double d; Nearly 3 Million Gamers Play Online Via Xbox LIVE LONDON, 4th October 2007 — Interactive entertainment will never be the same, with the launch of one title that has changed the way the world thinks ...
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Increase the Number of Simultaneous Downloads using IE in Vista
2007-10-04 18:15:00
Some of you must’ve noticed a problem while trying to download more than 2 Files at once from the Internet using IE 7 in Vista . Well the default no of simultaneous downloads is by Default set to only 2 in Vista. By modifying the registry you can increase it’s value. Follow these Steps : Launch ...
More About: Downloads , Tricks , Simultaneous , Multan

Microsoft Zune 2 : Aiming for October 16th launch
2007-10-02 06:57:00
ZuneScene?s inside source at Microsoft confirmed the leaked photos and gave that unusual directional pad a name: the squircle.  Apparently there?s no centre-select, it just moves in four directions like a standard D-pad, with the ?back? and ?play? buttons remaining functionally unchanged.  In terms of colour, the underrated brown Zune looks to have perished while ...
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Microsoft finally unveils its answer to Google Docs
2007-10-02 05:06:00
After months of speculation about what it would do to stave off potential encroachments on its Office turf by Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Microsoft has spelled out its strategy: Office Live Workspace. Office Live Workspace is, in Microsoft?s words, ?a new web-based feature of Microsoft Office which lets people access their documents online and share their work ...
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Windows Media Center Internet TV Beta Is Launched
2007-09-30 16:41:00
Windows Media Center Internet TV Beta Is Launched On the morning of Sept. 28, 2007, U.S. users of Windows Vista Home Premium edition and Windows Vista Ultimate edition will find a new feature inside Media Center : the beta release of Internet TV. This new feature will allow people to enjoy a range of television and video ...
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Microsoft Provides XP Downgrade for Unhappy Vista Users
2007-09-25 14:50:00
OEMs now have the option to provide XP downgrade to Vista Business, Vista Ultimate customers Windows Vista is Microsoft ’s current flagship operating system for consumers. The operating system launched in late November for OEMs and was released to consumers on January 30. Microsoft has long-touted the operating system as a revolutionary product for desktops and notebooks — ...
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Xbox Live India Service officially announced by Microsoft
2007-09-20 06:46:00
On September 17, 2007 while the rest of India was dreading those weekly Monday blues, we had an exciting event to attend. Microsoft India would be organizing a press event surrounding its much-awaited Xbox LIVE online gaming and entertainment network in the country. The event took place at Taj Lands End located in Bandra, Mumbai. ...
More About: Xbox Live , Service

Be a Rockstar ! Join the MS Student Rockstar Contest !
2007-09-18 14:21:00
Few days ago Microsoft announced the 2nd edition of the Student Rockstar contest. Calling out all young technology enthusiasts to learn more about Microsoft technologies, share knowledge, participate in competitions, projects, events, quizzes, and much more. For these activities, you earn points and get a rank in the contest, which eventually determines your rewards and ...
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Microsoft?s Ultimate Steal !
2007-09-13 09:50:00
It’s great to see Microsoft selling it’s Office Suite at a price most of us Students would find quite appealing. MS is supposedly selling it’s Office 07 Suite to students at only 60$ ~ Rs.2400 (which Originally costs ~$679 !). Even then Students here would definately opt for a Pirated Version or some rare souls will ...
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