Microsoft parking structure will hold 5,000 vehicles
Microsoft is digging for a solution to the parking crunch on its growing Redmond campus.
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25.6.2007 Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App
Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders.
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16.7.2006 Windows Registry Editor, Task Manager and Folder Options Disabled by New Infection
January 2008 comes with a new trend when talking about computer security because lots of worms, Trojan horses, viruses or other pieces of malware attempt to disable important Windows functions in order to hide their files.
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14.1.2008 Security Tab Fixer for Windows XP - Activate Security Tab Under File, Folder Property Menu
Unlike Windows Vista & Windows 7, Window XP do not show Security tab under file or folder properties dialogue box.
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28.6.2009Weird Windows Vista File/Folder Manipulation "Bug"
I think this could be considered as one of the weirder but non-critical "bugs" in both Vista RTM and Vista SP1. Thanks to Plax for the find:
1. Create a folder somewhere and put a file inside
2. Then open an Open file dialog from some application
3. Go
in the folder with the file and cut the file then rename the folder and paste the file somewhere else
4. Then you'll find out that instead
of the file a folder appeared
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12.02.2008Microsoft Withdraws Private
Folder App
Following a barrage of
criticism from security
experts and IT administrators,
Microsoft has withdrawn its
new Private Folder
application. The program was
introduced last week as a free
download for those who verify
their operating system as
genuine...
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15.07.2006Judge reverses himself, finds placing MP3s in a public folder isn't 'sharing'
An August 2007 ruling from an Arizona district court says that placing files in a folder shared over a P2P network constitutes
"dissemination." Today, the same judge, in the same trial, reversed his own reasoning...
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30.04.2008Microsoft's Private Folder
App Criticized
Microsoft's release last week
of an application that makes
it possible for those who
share a PC or account to store
files in a private folder has
been criticized for a number
of different reasons over the
past week...
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11.07.2006Sharing folders vulnerable to buffer overflow
Even though the recent webcam vulnerability in MSN/Windows Live Messenger was only just addressed, another exploitable bug has already surfaced. This
time it's a buffer overflow error that affects the Sharing folders feature in Windows Live Messenger 8.1 (and maybe other versions) running on
Windows XP.
The safety of the Sharing folder feature got questioned before, but we now have a concrete example of how it can be abused. A
Spanish security expert going by the name of Lostmon Lords has discovered that an attacker can cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) or even execute
arbitrary code in Windows Live Messenger 8.1 by means of a specially crafted jpg, wmf, gif, ico or doc-file.
The attacker can "Create a
sharing folder" for its victim and then put the malformed file into the physical location of that folder on his hard drive (My Computer > My Sharing
Folders > victim@hotmail.com). Note that if the attacker would drag & drop the file directly into the Messenger window, his own client would crash.
Considering that the victim has accepted the sharing folder, the attacker can simply click the sharing icon to crash Windows Live Messenger, or even
Windows XP entirely when the process isn't terminated in time. The victim then needs to delete the sharing folder entirely to cease the
exploitation.
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27.09.2007Microsoft Private Folder
Released
Microsoft released today a
file encryption program,
called Microsoft Private
Folder. The way it works is
that it automatically creates
you a folder and you can add
files in it, which are
encrypted as soon as you put
them in.
The
program is part of the Windows
Genuine Advantage Offers, so
you'll need to pass the
Windows Genuine Advantage
validation before installing.
You'll need to set your
location to United States
using the scrollbar at the top
of the page. Else, the offer
won't be there.
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06.07.2006Microsoft unveils Azure pricing structure
Microsoft originally announced it's Azure cloud services and platform at last years PDC. Azure provides businesses with a set of hosted services
from Microsoft that allows developers to build rich web based applications that can scale well. Housed in Microsoft's data centers, the service
was initially released as a Community Technology Preview and free of charge during its testing phase. Today Microsoft detailed its pricing structure
on how it intends to charge customers for cloud use. Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, announced the business and
partner model for the company's Windows Azure platform at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans today.
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14.07.2009Intel Unveils World's Thinnest Laptop, Almost as Skinny as a RAZR
Intel has just created
a laptop that's as pretty as
a supermodel, and thinner,
too. Codenamed the Intel
Mobile Metro Notebook, this
prototype was designed by
Intel along with Ziba Design,
and it's a mere .7 inches
thick and weighs just 2.25
pounds. It's no dumb blonde,
either, packed with Intel's
speediest and most efficient
components, which will
probably be plenty fast by the
time this machine is
manufactured, maybe even as
soon as the end of this
year.
This
one has it all. The slim,
champagne-colored magnesium
notebook—which is only a
quarter of an inch thicker
than a Motorola RAZR
cellphone—will include a
magnetically attached folder
that will be available in
different fashion colors. That
folder will also be able to
charge up the laptop
wirelessly, and ladies (at
whom this design is clearly
aimed) can attach a strap to
it and make it look just like
a purse. Jeez, what else did
they include in this beauty?
It'll have always-on
connectivity, using all Intel
chips, of course, to connect
via Wi-Fi, EV-DO and WiMax.
It'll also have a flash
memory hard drive, with an
expected battery life of 14
hours. Check out the
glow-in-the-dark, the screen
on the outside of that folder,
the beautiful gold accents,
and the overall thinness of
this thing. It's just
astonishing...
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25.05.2007Microsoft Says Thankyou! to Select Vista Testers
To everyone that took part in
the Windows Vista beta test
(as far as I know, about
20,000), only those that
submitted at least 1 bug
report will be offered a
complimentary copy of Windows
Vista Business or Ultimate.
Microsoft sent out a
mail to those testers just a
few minutes ago which
specified that it is being
offered as a download only. No
media will be mailed, and only
currently active, invited
members of the Windows Vista
technical beta program who
filed at least one bug are
receiving this offer.
Kudos to Microsoft! I'm
sure I'm not alone in saying
that they have really shown
their appreciation towards the
people that actually took the
time to submit the bugs that
were eventually worked out of
the final code, some bugs that
were submitted by beta testers
didn't make the final, among
those is the now infamous
explorer folder selection bug*
where the folder remains
selected in the tree view,
deleting a file or folder in
the folder view (right pane)
actually deletes the selection
in the tree menu!
Microsoft had already
announced that this was too
late to be included in the
signed off code and it will be
fixed with a patch update.
*Workaround =
Click on an empty area in the
right pane first before
deleting anything.
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17.11.2006Google Creates Spinoff
'HoldCo' will own Google's
stake in AOL, revealing
structure of deal...
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24.12.2005Hands on: More Vista mysteries
Several readers have been puzzled by Access denied messages when they try to open certain folders in Windows Vista Explorer or from an applications
File Open or Save dialogue. For example, complained E Jones, C:Documents and Settings is not accessible. I do not understand why access to my own
documents should be denied.
Another reader was frustrated by her inability to add shortcuts to the Send to folder. Ive been
using this since Windows 95 and very useful it is too but how the heck do I open it?
There are a number of these folders
around that cant be opened, and they are distinguished by faint folder icons with an arrow overlay. You only see them if you have both Show hidden
files and folders ticked and Hide protected operating system files unticked in Folder Options, View.
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02.11.2007Scientists double the capacity of rechargeable batteries
New research results
presented today could bring
companies such as Intel much
closer to that goal of
offering notebooks that
achieve a battery running time
of 8 hours and more.
Researchers of the
Department of Energy's
Argonne National Laboratory
claim to have developed an
enhanced approach to building
of rechargeable lithium-ion
batteries.
Scheduled for an unveiling
at the meeting of the
Electrochemical Society today,
the new technology is based on
a "manganese-rich"
nano-crystalline,
layered-composite structure
that is used as material for
the positive electrode.
According to an early
announcement, the researchers
are using a uses a
two-component "composite"
structure: An active component
for charge storage is embedded
in an inactive component that
stabilizes the structure.
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08.05.2007Windows Live Folder Beta transforms into Live Skydrive Beta
Good News! Windows Live
Skydrive (formerly Windows
Live Folders) is now available
in the United States in
English and Spanish, Great
Britain, and India! You will
not be able to access the Live
Skydrive site if you are
outside these markets. We look
forward to growing into
further markets in the
future!
When you
sign in to Windows Live
Skydrive, you're in charge.
For each folder you create,
you choose who has access to
it. Add new folders, rename
them, or change who has access
at any time.
Always where you need
them
- 500 MB of free
online storage, available from
any computer with Internet
access.
- Create
personal, shared, and public
folders -- you decide who has
access to each
folder.
- Skydrive work
well on any Windows or
Macintosh computer with
Firefox 1.5 or higher, or
Internet Explorer 6.0 or
higher.
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10.08.2007New Features Hit Windows Live SkyDrive Today
The Windows Live SkyDrive Team
just announced several
updates to Windows Live SkyDrive which begin happening today.
Using Silverlight, you can now arrange your photos within a
SkyDrive Folder just the way you want them. All you need to do is choose Sort in a folder with photos and select Arrange photos...
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15.04.2009Microsoft updates Live Mesh, new features announced
Microsoft has just announced an update to one of my favorite applications, Live Mesh. Today's update includes numerous bug fixes and included four
new features for the Windows version of the client. The version number is: Live Mesh for Windows: 0.9.3424.31. The new features include:Added option
to hide the Live Mesh folder shortcuts on your desktop.Live Mesh now remembers the last location used in the folder synchronization dialog.Live Mesh
News will now display the date (as well as the time) for all news items, even older ones.Curtain mode now properly supports multiple-monitor computers
running Windows Vista.
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24.03.2009Office 2007 SP1 Installation/Slipstream Guide
Some of you may be wondering how to do a clean install of Office 2007 using an Office 2007 RTM image along with SP1 at the same time. As you may know,
Office 2007 makes use of the Updates folder in the installation media to install any new updates that it finds in the folder however updates have to
be in the .msp file format for them to be recognized. Since the Office 2007 SP1 update file is delivered in the .exe format, an extra step is required
before being able to proceed:
First, you should copy the contents of the Office 2007 RTM image to a temporary folder. For our
example we're using C:O2007Temp. We have also copied the Office 2007 SP1 Update file (office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe) to the D:
drive.
Then, using the Run command in Windows XP/Vista (WinKey+R), run the following command:
D:office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:O2007TempUpdates
replacing D: with wherever you stored
the Office 2007 SP1 update file and C:O2007Temp with wherever you stored the Office 2007 RTM files. After agreeing to the Microsoft Software
License Terms, SP1 will be extracted to C:O2007TempUpdates.
That's it! Just start the setup for Office 2007 and the
updates for SP1 will then be picked up and installed during the setup. The same method applies to any other Office 2007 SP1 update.
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12.12.2007One more Yahoo reorganization, this time out of necessity
It is an obvious scramble by Yahoo's leaders to reassess a corporate structure that appears to have been shattered in recent weeks, and assemble a
template that makes it appear the shards fell into place intentionally...
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27.06.2008MP3 Sorter 1.1
How can radio DJs so quickly
find tracks when they need
them? It is because all files
are neatly arranged in folders
and the favorite melody can be
found quickly.
MP3
Sorter will help you quickly
and easily arrange and rename
your collection of MP3 files.
All files will be renamed to
have the artist's name and
the title of the track in
their names and arranged in
folders like this:
"ArtistsAlbum + Year".
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29.09.2006Apple Defends iTunes Pricing in Europe
At the same time Apple was celebrating the iPhone's launch in Germany, elsewhere the company was defending its price structure for iTunes...
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20.09.2007Microsoft Prefers Solo Yahoo Deal?
Microsoft Corp wants to stick with its original takeover offer for Yahoo Inc, but is not ruling out News Corp joining its bid or other options, a
source close to the company said on Friday.
Separately, a source familiar with the matter said News Corp continues to talk
directly with Yahoo on reaching a deal without Microsoft. The source declined to provide details on what a potential deal structure would look
like.
The source close to Microsoft said the company's preference all along has been to retain the original deal structure that
would involve paying $31 per share in cash and stock to acquire Yahoo. But Microsoft has not ruled out bidding with partners.
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