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Microsoft Enables New Ways to Deploy Windows Vista
2007-04-02 19:56:00
Q&A: New options to license desktop virtualization and diskless PCs give Wind ows Vista Enterprise customers more choices, says the director of Microsoft 's Windows Business Group.   REDMOND, Wash., April 2, 2007 ? For many IT professionals within large organizations, maintaining control over their desktop environments is becoming an increasingly tall order. The cost of deploying and administering PCs ? sometimes tens of thousands of PCs ? across an enterprise can be significant, especially without the proper infrastructure in place to aid in the automation of these tasks. Add to that the growing complexity created by more mobile and temporary workers as well as new data security and compliance requirements ? such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA in the United States ? in regulated industries, and it is little wonder that some large enterprises are exploring alternative approaches to traditional desktop management. With the combination of Window Vista Enterprise Edition and the ...
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Microsoft Management Summit - Watch It NOW
2007-04-02 19:22:00
Microsoft at MMS Models and the future of IT.A key aspect of the Dynamic Systems Initiative is modeling?the ability to embed into software the knowledge that typically resides in the minds of IT workers. In this video, you walk through a real-world scenario of how models expand what IT can do with software to ease management and deployment of applications. Watch video. Infrastructure Optimization: The blueprint for value in DSI.As Microsoft moves forward with the Dynamic Systems Initiative, the question arises: where is the value for customers today? The answer is found in the company's Infrastructure Optimization model, which is helping customers get more out of their IT investments?while changing Microsoft's dialogue with customers. Watch video. DSI Defined: the vision behind Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative.Four years after unveiling DSI, Microsoft is delivering on a series of important milestones in its 10-year quest to redefine IT. In this video, you'll hear from the ...
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Microsoft Expression Web: Standards-based Web Sites Training Video - Englis
2007-03-30 11:18:00
  This self-guided lessons from Total Training takes you step by step through creating standards-based web sites. Download Here
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DeepFish - a blessing and concern for mobile web
2007-03-29 20:29:00
Microsoft?s Live Labs today announced the availability of a technology preview for its Deep Fish project. Deepfish is a lightweight client application that leverages a powerful server side technology for delivery of content such as web pages to a Windows Mobile device. Content is displayed in a familiar desktop format that requires no additional work by the content or site author.Deepfish provides: A familiar look and feel of web pages on mobile as seen on desktop. Bandwidth optimized rendering for faster content delivery. Address bar web navigation. Intuitive zooming, panning and cue map for quick navigation and browsing. Support for simple link navigation and form submission.   You can read a Great review on Deepfish from istartedsomething.com
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Microsoft Codename 'Tahiti' Pre-Beta Available
2007-03-29 16:16:00
    The Tahiti Pre-Beta is limited to the first 5,000 people who install and register it.Microsoft Code name "Tahiti" is a fast, easy way to share documents and screen views with small groups of friends or coworkers; anytime, anywhere. Use Codename "Tahiti" to put your heads together and collaborate.For an overview of Tahiti, read the following topics:-Learn how to use Codename "Tahiti"-Work Smarter and Faster with Codename "Tahiti"-Make Codename "Tahiti" work for you. Sit back and relax...View:Microsoft Codename "Tahiti" Home PageDownload:Microsoft Codename "Tahiti" Pre-Beta
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Expression Vidoes
2007-03-28 23:13:00
  Thanks for Bink for this one !   Quick Tour Video This short video highlights features and benefits of Express ion Media. Vision Video Learn more about Expression Studio. Expression Blend QuickTour Quick video tour of Microsoft Expression Blend Quick Tour video This short video highlights features and benefits of Expression Web. Design QuickTour This short video highlights features and benefits of Expression Design.
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GDC 2007: Building High Performance Games using Visual C++ 2005
2007-03-28 19:16:00
  Brief Description GDC 2007: Building High Performance Game s using Visual C++ 2005 Overview Visual C++ 2005 introduces a powerful new set of optimization techniques and code generation models. This presentation will discuss the many options available in Visual C++ for streamlining your game code, including link-time code generation, profile guided optimization (PGO), floating-point optimization, and other compiler and linker flags that will help you squeeze the most out of your target hardware. In addition, we?ll discuss the Visual Studio profiler and other tools available to help pinpoint game bottlenecks and get you on track to performance nirvana.   Download Here

MSDN Success Builder Modules
2007-03-27 10:21:00
Developer training materials for the Success Build er program from MSDN. MSDN Success Builder Module 3-016  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-006  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-025  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-007  MSDN Success Builder Module 2-006  MSDN Success Builder Module 2-001  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-010  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-014  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-022  MSDN Success Builder Module 2-005  MSDN Success Builder Module 2-004  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-004  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-009  MSDN Success Builder Module 1-002  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-002  MSDN Success Builder Module 2-002  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-001  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-008  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-024  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-019  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-011  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-020  MSDN Success Builder Module 3-018  MSDN...

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server Public Beta
2007-03-26 18:33:00
Brief Description Microsoft Office Communication s Server 2007 Speech Server enables you to develop and deploy interactive voice response (IVR) applications. Speech Server combines speech technologies, Voice over IP (VoIP), and telephony capabilities into a single system and a single code base. Overview Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server enables you to develop and deploy speech enabled interactive voice response (IVR) applications. Speech Server combines speech technologies, Voice over IP (VoIP), and telephony capabilities into a single system and a single code base. In addition, Speech Server provides powerful tools that enable you to speech enabled self-service applications and to improve your applications through tuning and data log analysis. Microsoft?s vision is that speech will become a mainstream user interface and a pervasive technology that allows you to access your information from any device, at any time, and from any place. Microsoft Office Communic...
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Sony ... You're Late
2007-03-26 11:45:00
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Bill Gates Talk on Computing from 1989
2007-03-25 21:49:00
Bill Gate s discusses the software and computer industry, and how Microsoft has contributed. Gates also discusses his views on the future of the computing industry. The talk was recorded in 1989 but was only recently digitized. Topics include: Microsoft BASIC and the Altair 880 computer 640k memory barrier and 16-bit architectures EGA graphics and WYSIWYG editors The importance and future of the mouse Object-oriented programming MS-DOS and the importance of OS/2 Apple vs. Microsoft lawsuit regarding user interfaces MicrosoftOffice on Macintosh Gates' current role at Microsoft Audio: MP3 | FLAC | OGG | WAVDownload Torrent: MP3 | FLAC | OGG | WAVNews Source: Waterloo Comp uter Science Club News Source: www.neowin.net
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Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Public Beta
2007-03-24 17:15:00
Microsoft Office Communication s Server  2007, the next evolution of Live Communications Server, delivers streamlined communications for your users so they can find and communicate with the right person, right now, from the applications they use most ? like Microsoft Outlook. Without expensive infrastructure and network upgrades, your organization can deliver these benefits on an extensible VoIP foundation. At the same time, your IT department can deliver these enhanced capabilities and provide operational control alongside your existing Exchange and Active Directory infrastructure. Microsoft Office Communicator is a unified communications client that helps people be more productive by enabling them to communicate easily with others using a range of communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice, and video. Office Communicator 2007 Public Beta introduces a wide range of new features, most notably enhanced presence and enterprise voice capabilities, enabling user...
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XML Notepad 2007
2007-03-23 18:19:00
  Brief Description XML Note pad 2007 provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents. Overview Handy features include: Tree View synchronized with Node Text View for quick editing of node names and values. Incremental search (Ctrl+I) in both tree and text views, so as you type it navigates to matching nodes. Cut/copy/paste with full namespace support. Drag/drop support for easy manipulation of the tree, even across different instances of XML Notepad and from the file system. Infinite undo/redo for all edit operations. In place popup multi-line editing of large text node values. Configurable fonts and colors via the options dialog. Full find/replace dialog with support for regex and XPath. Good performance on large XML documents, loading a 3mb document in about one second. Instant XML schema validation while you edit with errors and warnings shown in the task list window. Intellisense based on expected elements and attributes and enu...

The day the ?format C:? joke died
2007-03-22 15:53:00
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Office SharePoint Server at Microsoft: 12TB and counting
2007-03-18 20:35:00
  Another Cool Video From channel 9 Scott St. Jean is a program manager in Microsoft IT. He makes sure that the largest Share Point installation in the world keeps working. Mark Swenson is also a program manager in Microsoft IT. His job is making sure that our intranet search is working, including things like making sure people can't find documents that they shouldn't have rights to. I sat down with them to talk about what it takes to migrate, and index, and upgrade 12 terabytes of data to the latest version. If that wasn?t challenging enough, they started working with the products before they were the latest version, when they were still under development. Their experience shook out a lot of bugs that were addressed before the real world had to deal with them.     See Video Here  
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REMIX MIX contest announced - If you are a Designer You could Win
2007-03-18 08:07:00
  Calling all designers. Win one of 3 trips to MIX07 in Las Vegas in a prize package worth over $3000.  Just head over to http://www.visitmix.com/remix/contest/&nb sp;to find out more and to download the REMIX zip file. 10 honorable mentions will win a Zune!   Good luck!
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"Live In A Box" - A Way To Learn Live SDKs
2007-03-18 07:59:00
The Windows Dev blog posted last week about a new project that has appeared on CodePlex called "Live In A Box". First thing to note about this project is that although it's been made by people who work at Microsoft, it's not actually an official offering from the software company. So, what exactly is this project about? Well basically it's a way to learn some of the different Live API offerings, quickly showing you pre-existing code and allowing you to modify it and get to learn what exactly is going on. The project itself is an ongoing project and is continually being built upon and new things added; currently it shows you an example of the following: Search Application (using the Live Search SDK)  Map Application (using the Virtual Earth SDK) Messenger Activity Web Gadgets (live.com/Spaces) Windows Live Contacts Control WPF/e The project itself is a good place to start off if you're thinking of doing something using any of the above mentioned technologies ...
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Fueling the Windows XP Direct X 10 Debate
2007-03-17 21:42:00
Here's a question, and maybe this has already been addressed elsewhere, but this caught my eye: At the very recent GDC ?07, Crytek demonstrated, for the first time publicly, their Sandbox 2 application for editing and creating levels in their upcoming game Crysis. The project that's being used for the demonstration is called "dx10.cry." If you ask me, that alludes to the project being worked on in a DX10 environment. Which OS supports DX10? Wind ows Vista. Which OS does NOT support DX10? Windows X P... or does it? Now, we all know how adamant Microsoft and its employees are about debunking DX10 for XP (see: http://letskilldave.com/archive/2006/10/1 7/DirectX-10-for-Windows-XP_3F00_--Repeat -after-me_3A00_-No.-No.-No_2E00_.aspx ), soooooo... on to my main question: Why is this demo being publicly presented in a Windows XP Pro 64-bit environment? The header of the application says "dx10.cry - Sandbox 2 (tm) (x64 Edition)"and we can clearly see at the beginning of the first ...
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Best-Selling Games of February 2007
2007-03-17 21:35:00
 The NPD Group released its report on the top-selling software for the month of February, and there were a number of big winners spread out across multiple platforms, although the Xbox 360 had more games in the top ten than any other system.   Unsurprisingly, the super-powered cop simulator, Crackdown, was the number one selling game, likely propelled to that position because of the promised Halo 3 Beta ticket. Nintendo first-party titles continued to dominate the Wii with Wii Play and Twilight Princess coming in second and third place, and Wario Ware sneaking in at eighth. Several other Xbox 360 games continued their strong sales: Gears of War, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, and Rainbow Six Vegas all made it into the top ten. Here?s the complete chart. The dominance of console titles is absolutely obvious: Crackdown (Xbox 360) Microsoft Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) Nintendo Guitar Hero II w/ Guitar (PlayStation 2) R...
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FREE session : Developers Community Night: Developing / Deploying Workflow
2007-03-17 14:42:00
Microsoft (WEBIT Gold Sponsor) BOOTH and SESSIONS (Nepo Room) 1.       Office and Vista Better Together (March 20th  3:00-4:00 PM) 2.     Developer s Community Night: Developing / Deploying Work flow solutions on SharePoint Portal Server 2007 (March 21st) ? 4:00 to 5:00 PM   There will also be another session on Vista Gadgets development by Jeeran.com (WEBIT Gold Sponsor) Building Vista Gadgets using Jeeran.com services (March 20th 4:00-5:00PM )  
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Building Vista Gadgets using Jeeran.com services (March 20th 4:00-5:00PM )
2007-03-17 14:42:00
Microsoft @ WEBIT Microsoft (WEBIT Gold Sponsor) BOOTH and SESSIONS (Nepo Room) 1.       Office and Vista Better Together (March 20th  3:00-4:00 PM) 2.     Developers Community Night: Developing / Deploying Workflow solutions on SharePoint Portal Server 2007 (March 21st) ? 4:00 to 5:00 PM   There will also be another session on Vista Gadgets development by Jeeran.com (WEBIT Gold Sponsor) Building Vista Gadgets using Jeeran.com services (March 20th 4:00-5:00PM )  
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Microsoft Expression Design Beta 2 released
2007-03-17 12:24:00
Today, Microsoft shipped a Beta 2 build of the new graphics design tool, Expression Desi gn on Microsoft Downloads. Just as I was writing this post, the official Expression website was updated to reflect the availability of this new beta. This new beta does not seem to contain any major enhancements compared to Beta 1 which was a significant leap. Apart from the described support for the Release Candidate version of Expression Blend and enhanced XAML export capabilities to support .NET Framework 3.0, there are no visible user interface changes or changes in key capabilities. Even the accompanying readme file still reads ?Beta 1?. One of the features still lacking is Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file support, which should go hand-in-hand with vector designs. Hopefully that will come before RTM. Expression Design is a new endeavor for Microsoft who?s never produced a graphics-creation application by any standards in the past, that is if you don?t count Paint. One of the key feature...
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Everyday Productivity Education Zip File
2007-03-16 12:23:00
Brief Description Navigate through the Microsoft Everyday Product ivity Education (EPE) intranet site with this self-guided demonstration and review content that includes Get Started, Learn More, Best Practices, Selection and Reference guides. Overview Navigate through the Microsoft Everyday Productivity Education (EPE) intranet site with this self-guided demonstration and review content that includes Get Started, Learn More, Best Practices, Selection and Reference guides.   Download Here
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Microsoft?s 2010: real-time collaboration concept
2007-03-13 22:39:00
Stephen from AeroXP has snatched an exclusive from Microsoft ?s killer deck of concept videos showcasing Microsoft?s vision for the future of computing. This particular 11-minute long video was produced in 2005 and focuses on the scenario of ?real-time collaboration?. The story involves a scientist who was snowed-in on return from his vacation, forcing him to work as well as give a presentation to 900 other scientists all from the hotel room. It?s a story we can all relate to. The technologies this demo utilities includes smartphones, mobile connectivity, cross-platform communication, Tablet PCs, virtual office synchronization, collaborative editing, professional networking (think LinkedIn), VOIP, internet shopping and remote presentations with video. This is also a particularly ?red? concept with most technologies glowing a warm shade of red for all consistency purposes, or perhaps in 2010, red becomes the world?s favorite color.     Video: Microsoft's Vision of 2010. ...
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Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 released !
2007-03-13 22:14:00
    ?  Wind ows Server 2003 with SP2 ?  Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 ?  Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions with SP2 ?  Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions with SP2 ?  Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems with SP2 ?  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with SP2 On Windows Update now, or see below SP2 (32-bit x86)SP2 for x64 EditionsSP2 for Itanium-based SystemsWindows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 32-bit Support ToolsSystem Preparation tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 DeploymentSystem Preparation tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment (x64)Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 MUI Pack (32-bit x86) UpdateWindows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 MUI Pack Update for x64 EditionsSP2 ISO-9660 CD Image (32-bit x86)SP2 ISO-9660 CD Image Itanium-based SystemsSP2 ISO-9660 CD Image x64 EditionsKB Analyzer Tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 DeploymentKB Analyzer Tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment...
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NASA backs quantum computing claim
2007-03-12 14:03:00
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed Thursday that it built a special chip used in a disputed demonstration of quantum computing in February. NASA engineers used their experience with submicrometer dimensions and ultra-low temperatures to build a quantum processor for Canadian startup D-Wave Systems, said Alan Kleinsasser, principal investigator in the quantum chip program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. D-Wave claimed to demonstrate a prototype quantum computer during a news conference Feb. 13 at the Comp uter History Museum in Mountain View, California. But industry experts became skeptical when D-Wave revealed it had left the computer at its Vancouver office, then conducted the demonstration over a Web link. "You could characterize our announcement as being met with enthusiasm from industry and skepticism from academia," D-Wave CEO Ed Martin said in an interview Feb. 27. But he said the event served as proof of concept of t...
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MS is killing J#
2007-03-11 01:53:03
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vjsharp/ default.aspx So that?s awesome?
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Mac VS PC ... Southpark Style
2007-03-11 01:53:03
    See The image in the Post ... Dead Funny   C9Park Blog: http://c9park.wordpress.com Threads: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?Po stID=57476 http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?Po stID=58198 http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?Po stID=59751 http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?Po stID=59953 http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?Po stID=60028 Compilations: by jamie: http://www.channel9.ca/new/all-c9parks/ [*updated - all c9parks & Googleparks] by W3bbo: http://www.w3bdevil.com/c9park/ by Stitch 2.0: http://www.adminhell.de/c9park/ (RSS: http://www.adminhell.de/c9park/c9park.xml ) by Minh: Issue #1 Issue #2 #22 #23 Utilities: .zip file containing PSD images: http://www.gnuarts.com/c9-characters.zip Jamie's frame template: http://www.channel9.ca/c9park/c9park4.JPG Create your own avatar: http://www.sp-studio.de
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New Version of the «My Web Pages Starter Kit»
2007-03-10 07:52:05
   The latest release 1.1.1 of the open source ASP.NET Content Management System is now available in 8 different localisations (Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Spanish), with two new themes and two optional add-ons (map control and RSS feed reader). A new manual describes how to make your own theme.    Continue Here  
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Highlights of Windows Vista Week
2007-03-09 19:51:02
Over the last week or so, our two "TV stations" - Channel 9 (for developers) and Channel 10 (for power users) - have been running a series of videos around Wind ows Vista . I thought I'd quickly highlight some of them: Robert Fripp and the Windows Vista soundscapes: this is classic Channel 9 - a documentary-style video that shows the process leading to the Windows Vista startup sound. Mellow, ambient, ephemeral. I love Fripp's work - Equatorial Stars is a particular recommendation of mine (a collaborative project that he did with Brian Eno). Extreme WPF Makeover: this is something we've had hanging around for a while, but it's not had nearly enough exposure. We recorded a fly-on-the-wall video that shows the process Frog Design went through to redesign Radiant's point-of-sale system. It's an interesting introduction to the value a designer can offer - not just "adding pretty graphics", but rather the interaction design work that produces a measurably more efficient applica...
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