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Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is Out - Download Now
2008-05-13 18:13:00
A couple of hours ago Microsoft Research released the first public beta of Worldwide Telescope since it?s debut last month. The software is a seamless combination of various state-of-the-art Microsoft technologies including Live Lab?s Photosynth and Seadragon with of course the magical high-resolution pictures from numerous imaging satellites including the Hubble. Those who?ve played with it already will probably agree with how breathtaking the experience is.   
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Microsoft offer Pro Photo Tools for free
2008-05-01 14:48:00
Microsoft likes digital photography enthusiasts as customers, and on Thursday plans to release a free new utility designed to keep them wedded to Windows.Pro Photo Tools is geared for photography professionals and enthusiasts, and its first notable feature is the ability to geotag photos, or add geographic information showing where the picture was taken. Geotagging is an onerous chore with today's technology, but camera makers are working to build it into cameras, and it can pay off down the road.  Link: CNet
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Office Search command is available!! (for office 2007)
2008-04-28 23:02:00
Search Command s helps you find commands, options, wizards, and galleries in Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Just type what you?re looking for in your own words and click the command you need. Search Commands also includes Guided Help, which acts as a tour guide for specific tasks. Even if the ribbon interface is great...sometimes we search for some feature & tats the time this helps! Please note, this is only supported on English 32 & 64 bit versions of Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Download: Office 2007 Search Command ) @ Microsoft Office Labs
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Jordev 2008 Servers and Tools Community Lanuch Invitation :
2008-04-28 13:23:00
You have been invited to the 2008 Servers and Tools Community Launch on Wednesday , April 30th, 2008. Click to view full size       Interact with the Professionals around you, learn something new, and enjoy your time hanging out with the Community, this Wednesday at the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM!     NOTE: This session will be in conjunction with the Jordan SharePoint User Group Monthly Meeting   For Directions to the Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Click Here.   For more Information please contact: Ayman Farouk @ 0795727344 Najeeb Jarrar   @ 0788630145   We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!
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It?s time to introduce the world to IT24-7!
2008-04-17 22:40:00
We are excited to introduce ?The Server Unleashed? ad campaign featuring Windows Server 2008 personified as a robot delivering super-human reliability, stability, management and security. Just as Windows Server is not your average server, this is not your average campaign. The website provides great resources like case studies, product information and downloads and even cool screensavers?.check it out!     Why ?IT24-7?? Across IT infrastructures, both integration and consolidation are happening at ever increasing rates. This can bring huge benefits for IT Pros and enterprises, but it also puts great pressure on the server OS to deliver unprecedented levels of security, manageability and reliability. As the infrastructure becomes more interconnected, the OS must deliver rock-solid reliability.   Windows Server 2008 is up to the challenge. As positioned in our integrated campaign, Windows Server 2008 is the innovative must-have solution to meet the stringent new demand...
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Release dates for Windows XP SP3
2008-04-15 19:46:00
With Service Pack 3 for Windows XP just over the horizon, we?ve managed to get our hands on the internal schedule for the release of the highly anticipated update to the aging operating system. As you can see in the list below, most of the stages will occur before the end of the month, though forced automatic updates won?t land until June. This delay should give system administrators an ample amount of time to prepare for the upgrade or simply come up with an excuse when things go awry. April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XPApril 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribersApril 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download CenterJune 10, 2008: Automatic Updates More details about Service Pack 3 for Windows XP available in PDF at Microsoft?s site.
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Free version of Microsoft's robotics platform available now
2008-04-11 17:23:00
Microsoft has released its first preview of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, a re-named and re-designed version of its 2006 robotics studio software.Microsoft Robotics Studio 06, according to the company, had over 200,000 copies downloaded and over 50 companies in the partner program. Today's update was unveiled at the Robobusiness Conference and Exposition in Pittsburgh, the same conference that hosted the premiere of the earlier version. This version promises better runtime performance, improved distributed computing capabilities with LINQ support, and some new tools. The virtual simulation environment (VSE), for example, received the ability to record and playback simulations and a new floorplan editor.The software is freely downloadable for noncommercial applications, and with its availability, Microsoft also announced a virtual robotics competition launching on April 21.Robochamps (site requires Silverlight) will see Microsoft paired up with SimplySim in getting users...
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Yahoo-Research Leacture In Amman : Invitation to attend - Computational Adv
2008-04-10 11:17:00
Don't you miss The Great Lecture By Sergei Vassilvitskii Research Scientist in Search technologies @ Yahoo   - Research Computational Advertising: Past Successes and Current Challenges Sunday 13/4/2008 Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) Loui Shammout Auditorium  
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Invitation to Attend: March 26 - Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Lecture
2008-03-23 07:23:00
Dear AllYou are all invited to join us for another Jordev Community Night, this Wednesday, March 26, at PSUT. (Princess Sumaya University for Technology)  For more information regarding the location of the Community Night, please contact:Ayman Farouk: 079-5727344Najeeb Jarrar: 078-8630145Looking forward to seeing you there!
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Introducing Microsoft's Non-Windows OS : Singularity
2008-03-06 21:38:00
Microsoft has made the announcement at its Microsoft Research TechFest 2008 event in Redmond, that the Singularity Research Development Kit (RDK) 1.1 is now available for academic non-commercial use. You can download it from Microsoft's open source code project hosting website. Singularity is a Microsoft Research project started in 2003 to build a highly-dependable microkernal operating system in which the kernel, device drivers, and applications are all written in managed code. More than 90% of the OS kernel is written in Sing#, an extension of the C# high-level programming language. The key developers of Singularity, Galen Hunt and Jim Larus, have said that all current operating systems such as Windows , Linux and MacOS can be traced back to an operating system called Multics, which has its origins in the 1960s. In effect, current operating systems are still based, in part, on thoughts and criteria from 40 years ago. Link: WinVistaClub. Read full story at neowin...

Download NOW : Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Download & Features Revealed
2008-03-05 22:00:00
Microsoft has put in place the preparations for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 ready for Mix 08. A full features page has been revealed which lists the following additions to Internet Explorer :ActivitiesWebSlicesFavorites BarAutomatic Crash RecoveryImproved Phishing FilterActivities allow users to lookup/send information in a right-click contextual menu, such as retrieving an address map from Windows Live Maps, submitting a story to Digg, sharing a page on Facebook etc. WebSlices allows users to crop a specific area section of a site and bookmark it. Improvements have been made to the phishing filter which continues to block known Phishing sites and now blocks sites known to contain malicious software that could harm users? computer or steal their information.Perhaps one of the best new features is Automatic Crash Recovery which recovers your tabs if your browser crashes. It is widely expected that Microsoft will release the first beta of Internet Explorer 8 at this years Mix 08 which b...
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heroes Happen {here} - Register to attend the launching for MS Windows Se
2008-02-27 20:47:00
If you are an IT Pro, Developer or have some passion to Microsoft products, I advise you to register to attend the below event for launching MS Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and MS Visual Studio 2008 that will take place at Hayatt Amman Hotel And Zara Expo March 11 http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/eastm ed/launch2008/learn-more/downloads.aspx&n bsp; This is gonna be one of the biggest events for MS this year… Btw, you can download trial versions of these products from the same registration link below..    
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IM Translation - Translate your chat to your lang. using Live Messenger
2008-02-15 16:13:00
Did you know that MSN messenger recently became the number one instant messenger in the world? Last summer, thanks to the efforts of Helvecio on our team, the MTBot prototype project quietly launched ? to provide a glimpse to the community of 28.6 million unique messenger users what might be possible when you combine machine translation technology with instant messaging. The MTBot prototype project was released in May 2007 with the main goal to try to understand how useful  machine translation would be in IM conversations. The bot acts as a human translator, participating in conferences and translating messages as they are sent by all parties. A typical usage scenario would be something like this: let's assume you have a friend in Japan that does not speak English... Well, you would add MTBot-en_us@hotmail.com to your Live messenger buddy list, wait until the bot accepts your request (by switching status to Online) and then you would start your conversation by sending the "H...
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A Must See : Bill Gates? last day at Microsoft (video)
2008-01-07 19:17:00
A nice video spoof shown during the CES 2008 keynote by Bill Gates about his last full day at Microsoft in July starring himself, Video : Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip

DOWNLOAD : Windows XP SP3 RC1 available to download for public
2007-12-20 08:37:00
Microsoft has released to the public a near-final version of a major update to its Windows XP operating system. As of Wednesday, the ?Release Candidate? for Windows XP Service Pack 3 was available as a 336 Mbyte download from Microsoft?s Web siteWindows XP SP3 Release Candidate offers a number of enhancements over the current version of the OS. It includes all updates issued since Windows XP Service Pack 2 was released in 2004, and some new elements. Among them: A feature called Network Access Protection that?s borrowed from the newer Windows Vista operating system. NAP automatically validates a computer?s ?health,? ensuring that it?s free of bugs and viruses, before allowing it access to a network. Windows XP SP3 also includes improved ?black hole? router detection ? a feature that automatically detects routers that are silently discarding packets. In XP SP3, the feature is turned on by default, according to Microsoft. Download from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta.. .
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Free Event in Amman : Give yourself a head start on the latest technologies
2007-12-13 20:44:00
 You have been invited to join us for a SPECIAL Community Night on Sunday, December 16th at the Hyatt Amman Hotel.Give yourself a head start on the latest technologies from Microsoft, including Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Search Server 2008.The event will introduce and highlight, for the first time in Jordan, the newest and most anticipated technologies from Microsoft. Make sure not to miss your chance to attend this exciting Community Night! And of course, we have an incredible venue for you to sit back, relax, and munch on some great food!Interact with the Professionals around you, learn something new, and enjoy your time hanging out with the Community, this Sunday at the Hyatt Amman Hotel from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM! To ensure a seat at this event, please REGISTER here or follow the link below... http://jordev.net/eventReg/CNRegistration .aspx  
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Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 1 Enterprise with Hyper-V Beta
2007-12-13 18:44:00
Brief DescriptionWindows Server 2008 Release Candidate helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility and reliability of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services. Download from herehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de tails.aspx?FamilyId=8F22F69E-D1AF-49F0-82 36-2B742B354919&displaylang=en 
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Edition Summaries
2007-12-13 18:41:00
Windows Server 2008 Edition SummariesEditionSummaryWindows Server 2008 is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date. With built-in, enhanced Web and virtualization capabilities, it is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs. Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and network and provide a solid, highly-dependable foundation for your business.Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. Help improve availability with clustering and hot-add processor capabilities. Help improve security with consolidated identity management features. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualization licensing rights. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise ...
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WIndows Vista SP1 RC Available for Download : Download Now
2007-12-12 08:13:00
you can get it from herehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de tails.aspx?FamilyID=9de6260e-4275-482d-95 24-de850c4dd91c&DisplayLang=en 
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Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 Now available for Download , and Windows XP SP3 f
2007-12-11 18:23:00
The Office service pack is not a beta; it is a complete release., and Today's XP service pack download is a release candidate -- past the beta stage, but not yet ready to be declared a formal release for production systems.Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 1  are now available through BetaNews FileForum.you can get The Office 2007 SP1 from here, Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Visio 2007 Service Pack 1 Project 2007 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Office Visio Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Microsoft Office Project Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) The 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Language Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1), 64-Bit Edition Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) The 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 1 (SP1) Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Microsoft Office InterConnect 2007 Ser...
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Come to attend : November 21 - Community Night! ~ Introduction to Microso
2007-11-20 09:00:00
Dear AllYou have been invited to join us for another night of learning and fun at the upcoming Community Night !For more information or directions to STIC please contact:Ayman Farouk @ 0795727344  We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!  
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Get It Now : Visual Studio 2008 released today, .NET 3.5 now available + 3D
2007-11-20 08:56:00
the final release editions of Visual Studio 2008the final edition of .NET Framework 3.5 Download NOW and as a bonusFans of Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Express should rejoice, because starting today, Microsoft is distributing the game foundation and assets system developed for The Game Creators' GameBASIC Professional, as a development kit for its Express edition of C++. It's the DarkGDK kit from The Game Creators, and it includes an extraordinary amount of royalty-free assets.Among these assets are royalty-free models for people, vehicles, animals, and monsters; a photo-realistic foliage creation engine called BlitzTree 3D; high-resolution textures for simulated skies and atmospheres; a scene and map editor called 3D World Studio; and royalty-free sound effects and noises. 
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Word 2007 Add-in: Microsoft Math
2007-11-20 08:55:00
The Microsoft Math Add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2007 makes it easy to create graphs, perform calculations, and solve for variables with equations created in Word. The Microsoft Math Add-in adds computational and graphing capabilities to the Equation Tools Ribbon of Word 2007. With the Microsoft Math Add-in for Word 2007, you can:Plot a function, equation, or inequality in 2-D or 3-D Solve an equation or inequality Calculate a numerical result Simplify an algebraic expression  Download: Word 2007 Add-in: Microsoft Math Link: Home Page

Microsoft Release OneCare 2.0 - Download NOW
2007-11-17 21:29:00
Here you go http://iorigin.onecare.live.com/c li/2.0.2500.10/SetupOneCare.exe
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Microsoft Launches Windows Live Services
2007-11-07 13:57:00
Microsoft has officially taken the beta moniker off the next generation of its Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Mail email client, which it launched at events in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 6. This new generation of Windows Live will be available in 36 languages and 59 countries across the world, and is the first integrated release of the services, Brian Hall, general manager of Microsoft's Windows Live business group, told eWEEK. According to Hall, Windows Live is designed to focus on three main things: putting the user at the center, providing an integrated experience across everything that Microsoft does on this front and bringing the best of the Web to Windows. In line with that strategy, this release brings enhancements to popular services such as Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces, while introducing new services for sharing digital photos, planning and sharing events, publishing to the Web, and staying in touch with people, Hall said. "This is the...
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Microsoft Opens @live.com Email Registration
2007-11-07 13:56:00
Microsoft has officially opened the much anticipated and well overdue registration for the new @live.com email addresses. This minor update along with the rest of wave 2 of Microsoft?s Windows Live Suite allows users to now fully take advantage of Windows Live. Microsoft should have opened registration to the @live.com acronym when the company first started Windows Live, but nonetheless this is a welcome change. The company now gives users a change and the ability to get away from the old "Hotmail" acronym and finally puts their email service in-line with the rest of the Windows Live Suite. Link: Get your @live.com email address
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Microsoft IT numbers!
2007-11-06 14:48:00
Microsoft internal IT:  600k connected devices10,000 Servers3 Datacenters 1 operations center11% is virtualized in Microsoft Datacenters330 of 385 servers run Windows Server 2008 (RC0) plus all 85 Microsoft.com servers11 clustered systems30,000 users in redmond domain (50,000 with vendors)NAP reporting 140K clients, 90 clients deferred mode The Redmond Active Directory domain is running in Windows Server 2008 mode since last thursday (Nov 1st) Microsoft Email:  6 million internal emails per day20 Million emails from Internet97% rejected as spam99,999 uptime Worldwide:  140,000 end users550 buildings98 countries1/3 of the sites are connected over Internet only 2300 Line of business applications1 single SAP instance (5 Terrabyte database)Dynamics/MSCRM Windows Live Services:  130,000 servers online435 Million unique users280 Billion pageviews daily12 Billion emails daily6 billion Instant Messages daily Remote connect1 million VPN sessions p...
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Listas - All your lists in one place
2007-10-19 17:06:00
At Live Labs, we are always experimenting with new ideas that we think will be useful.  Today we are releasing our latest technology preview: Listas  (http://listas.labs.live.com) Listas is a tool for the creation, management and sharing of lists, notes, favorites, and more. It allows you to quickly and easily edit lists, share them with others for reading or wiki-style editing, and discover the public lists of other users.  We encourage you to try using it for meeting notes, bookmarks, shopping lists, to plan a night out, or whatever other creative ways you can think of. In the Listas Community Section, you will find a number of highlights of the most popular and random items from around the community of public lists such as the most used tags, the hottest lists, and prolific contributors.   You can even add others? lists (or any RSS feed) to your own Listas so you are always up to date. You can even create lists from all the thi...
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Organizing an event? - Use Windows Live Events - Microsoft's New Social Eve
2007-10-12 14:50:00
Organizing an event? Microsoft is hoping that customers will use its latest free online service, Windows Live Event s . This new social events planning service was unveiled Oct. 11 and will be rolled out over the next few days. Windows Live Events is designed to make it easy for users to create personalized event Web sites using a range of customized templates, to which they can add photographs, videos and stories via blog posts after the party is over. "We have really focused on letting customers relive the event through memories," Windows Live Product Manager Jay Fluegel, in Redmond, Wash., told eWEEK on Oct. 11. This new service has not been beta tested outside of Microsoft, as it is built on the same infrastructure as Windows Live Spaces, which has been around for three years, he said. And as the service is free, there will be "unobtrusive" super-banner ads at the top of the page, but nothing interstitial or any other advertising than that is planned at this point, Fluegel said...
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HealthVault : Your Microsoft personal Health Information for your family
2007-10-05 03:36:00
Today, Microsoft launched Health Vault, a health-information platform and service online. If you can get your head around the fact this is provided by the same company who makes a computer operating system and game console, read on. Currently in beta, just like your GP, HealthVault offers three online services as part of the health-information management strategy: HealthVault Search, HealthVault Account and HealthVault Connection Center. HealthVault Search is an overhaul of the recently available Live Search Health tool. The latter two work together, unified by a Windows Live ID to form a platform to upload and store and interpret personal health data. HealthVault Search is a search engine specifically tuned to return only health-related web results through a variety of trusted and credible sources, including notably Wikipedia articles where available. LiveSide has already uncovered Live Search Health a few days ago and HealthVault Search is pretty much identical to that, except a m...
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