AutoCollage 2008 for Vista SP1 and XP SP3
AutoCollage 2008 is a project developed by Microsoft Research Cambridge and made available for download as of September 4, 2008.
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4.9.2008 AutoCollage 2008 for Vista SP1 and XP SP3
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4.9.2008 Microsoft postpones Winhec 2008 to Fall 2008
Microsoft announced that WinHEC 208 will not be held in the spring as previous years, but in the fall (October probably) of 2008.
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17.11.2007 The Best Antivirus in 2008
A new year... A new beginning... And the inevitable security solution smackdown. In this context, AV-Test has thrown together in the same arena no less than 24 antivirus products from the heavyweights of the security market.
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29.1.2008 Windows Server 2008: Need to Know
After many months of waiting, Microsoft finally released the Beta 3 version of Windows Server 2008 (previously codenamed "Longhorn"), a major milestone pre-release version of the next version of Windows Server.
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31.7.2007 What to expect from Microsoft in 2008
The famous Bink.nu "expect list" is back! Just as previous years, I made a list of what releases we can expect from Microsoft. 2005 and 2006 turned out to be pretty accurate, the only things wrong weren't my mistakes but delays or change of plans.
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20.12.2007 Pristy Utils 2008 1.0.7
This suite of applications will help you manage your computer and will improve its performance for Windows XP/Vista.
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21.2.2008 European Zune delayed until 2008?
Ahh man this rules out me having one shortly after my birthday (Nov. 9th) gifts welcome Anyway my mate Patrick of OSNN picked up on this article over at Reg Hardware..
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1.11.2006 Office 2008 for Mac to come this year
Putting lingering questions about update timing to rest, Microsoft has announced that the new version of Office for Mac will arrive in the second half of this year.
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9.1.2007 No Vista for 2008 Beijing Olympics
The IT systems supporting the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, will not be using Windows Vista, Microsoft's latest operating system.
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30.5.2007 SQL Server 2008 CTP3 available
Finally, another version of SQL Server 2008 has been launched and is available for download.
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29.6.2007 Gates Will Keynote 2008 CES
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today that top executives from Microsoft, Panasonic and Intel will deliver keynote addresses at the 2008 International CES.
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7.7.2007 Internet Explorer 8? 2008? 2009?
Internet Explorer 8 followed by a question mark and an interrogatory tone is about all that can be said about the successor of Internet Explorer 7 at this point in time.
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1.10.2007 Will 2008 Be Vista's Golden Year?
Despite months of rumors and innuendo suggesting that sales of Windows Vista were lackluster, Microsoft last week turned in its best first quarter in eight years.
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31.10.2007 Windows Vista to Explode in 2008
2007 might not have been the Wow's year, but in 2008 Windows Vista will explode. All the starts are aligned for Vista adoption to go through the roof. As a matter of fact, 2008 will prove the first truly fertile year for the Wow from the household to the corporate environment.
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15.11.2007 Office 2008 Hits RTM
Heres the latest official word Office 2008 for Mac has Released to Manufacturing (RTM)!
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15.12.2007 Microsoft in 2008: 10 Predictions
It's pundit prediction time again. Here are ten predictions about what I think we'll see in Microsoft land in 2008.
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18.12.2007 SUPER 2008 Build 24
SUPER is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file,without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER is all you need.
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21.1.2008 What will run on Windows Server 2008 and when
Now that Microsoft has released to manufacturing Windows Server 2008, the next obvious question is which applications will run on it and when?
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4.2.2008 Whats New in Microsoft Land: 4 8 February, 2008
The whole week was pretty slow when it came to what everybody expected to come true, Yahoo! accepting the offer that Microsoft put on its table, so everything else kind of remained in this deals shade
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10.2.2008 Whats New in Microsoft Land: 3 7 March, 2008
Microsoft debuted the week on a strong note, slapping Google in the forehead with its own version of web-based office tools, dubbed Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta.
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9.3.2008 The Best Windows Antivirus 2008 Editions
The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2.
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13.3.2008 The myth of Windows Workstation 2008
For a few months now Ive been hearing stories from people who claim to be getting a much better Windows experience by ditching Windows Vista and adopting Windows Server 2008 as a desktop operating system.
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17.7.2008 Microsoft Q4 2008 by the Numbers
For the fiscal 2008 fourth quarter, Microsoft revenue topped $15.84 billion, or an 18 percent year-over-year increase. Operating income was $5.68 billion, or 46 cents per share. Respectively, year-over-year growth was 42 percent and 48 percent.
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22.7.2008 "Avoid Microsoft Windows Vista until 2008"
New security features in Windows Vista will largely eliminate the need to run separate anti-spyware or firewall software, according to a new analyst report.
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8.5.2006 Windows XP SP3 Delayed until 2008
As I predicted, another delay and watch when in 2007 they will cancel the SP completely.
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19.10.2006 XP SP3 is still on the schedule for Q1 2008
Thanks to rosco4140 for this post. rosco4140 wrote: I"ve got to admit that I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft table Service Pack (SP) 3 for Windows XP, as Windows expert Paul Thurrott claims the Redmondians have done.
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11.4.2007 SQL Server 2008 CTP Released
Microsoft on Monday released the first community technology preview of SQL Server 2008, the official name for what was initially codenamed "Katmai." The announcement was made here at the Microsoft TechEd Conference in Orlando.
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6.6.2007 One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008
More than one billion PCs will be in use worldwide by the end of 2008, fuelled by high growth rates in emerging markets such as the Bric bloc of countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
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11.6.2007 SQL Server 2008 gets a due date
Even though Microsoft is launching SQL Server 2008, code-named “Katmai,” in February 2008,
the SQL Server 2008 code won’t be released to manufacturing until Q2 2008.
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12.7.2007Microsoft Research Releases AutoCollage 2008
Today Microsoft Research has released a super-neat application that allows you to take a group of photos and easily create a collage within minutes -
called AutoCollage 2008 .
AutoCollage 2008 is the result of research out of
Microsoft Research Cambridge as well as research from other Microsoft Research Labs. The
AutoCollage 2008 release marks the first incubation released directly to consumers from Cambridge's Microsoft Research Lab.
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04.09.2008Microsoft launches vainglorious Wave site
Microsoft Wave is now online to show off the "cool" software and hardware Microsoft
develops. That includes
Live Mesh,
Photosynth,
pptPlex,
Songsmith,
WorldWide Telescope,
AutoCollage,
DeepZoom,
Tag,
Surface,
Xbox Project Natal and some Xbox games...
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28.07.2009Microsoft Store - We finally have one!
Engadget reported earlier today, that an online Microsoft Store that should have been around a long time ago, is finally here.
On the
software side, they sell all versions of Windows Vista (Server 2008 as well), Office 2007, Office 2008 (Mac) both box and download versions. They also
have smaller suites like Microsoft Works 9, Autocollage 2008, and OneCare available.
For developers and designers, they have Visual
Studio, Expression Blend, Visual FoxPro 9.0, and many more.
Gaming hasn't been left out either - they sell three versions of their XBOX
360 console, as well as some PC Games
- Flight Simulator X (4 versions)
- Halo 2 (Vista)
- Gears of War
- Zoo Tycoon 2
- Quite a few more titles
And no, Microsoft's store doesn't stop there - they have Zunes and Zune Accessories galore! 4 colors
of 8GB Zunes, and accessories such as a leather case, an AC adapter, and a "Zune Car Pack" for your enjoyment.
They have all their
latest mice and keyboards available for purchase as well as fingerprint readers and their webcams.
So whether you're a gamer, need a
webcam to stream yourself across the web, or you simply need to design a WPF application, Microsoft's here for you 24/7.
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14.11.2008SQL Server 2008 to be Released Months After Launch
Microsoft is taking a new
approach to product launches
it seems, announcing it would
release SQL Server 2008 to
manufacturing in the second
quarter of 2008, months after
the product is supposed to
officially "launch"
alongside Windows Server 2008
and Visual Studio 2008 on
February 27...
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13.07.2007Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, August 2008
The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. It includes the latest versions
of:
- Redistributable components for SQL Server 2008.
- Add-on providers for SQL Server 2008.
- Backward
compatibility components for SQL Server 2008.
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07.08.2008Visual Studio 2008 Support for SQL Server 2008, CTP
This CTP enables developers to use Visual Studio 2008 with SQL Server 2008 Nov CTP.
This CTP resolves a problem that when you
try to open a database connection to SQL Server 2008 by using Visual Studio 2008 design tools, you may receive the following error message:
This
server version is not supported. Only servers up to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are supported.
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19.02.2008SQL Server 2008 to RTM after February Launch
Even though Microsoft is
launching SQL Server 2008,
code-named Katmai, in
February 2008, the SQL Server
2008 code
wont be
released to manufacturing
until Q2 2008.
Until its Worldwide
Partner Conference this week,
Microsoft officials had said
to expect SQL Server 2008 to
ship some time in 2008, after
a number of Community
Technology Preview releases
(and few, if any, traditional
betas). Now that due date is a
little more clear.
The unified Windows Server
2008-SQL Server 2008-Visual
Studio 2008 launch is slated
for February 27, 2008, in Los
Angeles.
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12.07.2007New Server and Tools Products Mark a Milestone on the Road to Dynamic IT
Q&A: Microsoft Senior Vice President Bob Muglia talks about todays launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008, and some of
the key trends that will shape datacenters in the next five years...
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27.02.2008Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack CTP, February 2008
The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. It includes the latest versions
of:
- Redistributable components for SQL Server 2008
- Add-on providers for SQL Server 2008
- Backward
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20.02.2008Hollywood helps Pioneer launch 2008 Kuro HDTVs
Pioneer's 2008 line of plasma HDTVs, monitors, Blu-ray drives, and projectors are billed as offering five times the level of black as the first
generation of Project Kuro, which wowed audiences at CES 2008 just last January...
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09.05.2008Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, October 2008
Download the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server
2008.
The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. It
includes the latest versions of:
- Redistributable components for SQL Server 2008.
- Add-on providers for SQL Server
2008.
- Backward compatibility components for SQL Server 2008.
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18.10.2008Live from the Windows Server 2008 launch in LA
The question of the day is, with Visual Studio 2008 already happening and SQL Server 2008 maybe not happening for real for at least another six
months, just how many "heroes" will be "happening here" at the Windows Server 2008 launch gala?..
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27.02.2008Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1
The Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.1 includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to design, build, test and deploy
extensions for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. You can also use the Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 to create custom tools environments based on the
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Shell.
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21.08.2008Beta Test Symantec's 2008 Products
Symantec is looking for beta
testers for two of its newest
products, Norton Internet
Security 2008 and Norton
AntiVirus 2008. Both are
slated to ship later this
year, but the company has
opened up the beta process to
iron out the bugs before its
final release...
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07.07.2007Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Web Edition Overview
With the launch of SQL Server 2008, a new SQL Server 2008 Web Edition SKU is being launched in SPLA and other Volume Licensing programs
(Open/Select/EA)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Web Edition is specifically designed for highly available Internet facing web serving
environments for the next generation Windows Server 2008. With more robust capabilities than previous versions of SQL Server, SQL Server 2008 Web
Edition provides what you need to help support low cost, large scale highly available web applications or hosting solutions to your customers.
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11.07.2008Microsoft Delays Windows Server 2008, Needs 'More Time to Bake'
UPDATED - In the clearest sign to date that not all is well in the state of Redmond, Microsoft cheerfully announced this morning that the
release date for Windows Server 2008 is being pushed back to Q1 2008...
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29.08.2007SBS 2008, Essential Business Server 2008, now available
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13.11.2008February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch
Microsoft announced at its
partner conference on July 10
that it will launch Windows
Server 2008, Visual Studio
2008 and SQL Server 2008
together in a single launch on
February 27, 2008, in Los
Angeles.
Microsoft
officials have been saying for
a few months now that while
the company planned to release
to manufacturing Windows
Server 2008 (the product
formerly known as Longhorn
Server) before the end of
2007, it planned to launch
Windows Server 2008
officially some time in early
2008.
(According to
my sources, Microsoft is
planning to RTM Windows Server
2008 as well as Windows Vista
Service Pack (SP) 1 in
November. All Microsoft will
say publicly about its Windows
Server 2008 RTM schedule is
its on track to RTM before
the end of the year. It wont
say anything on its plans for
Vista SP1 RTM.)
Meanwhile, Beta 2 of
Visual Studio 2008 (code-named
Orcas) is expected some time
this summer with the RTM due
sometime in either late 2007
or early 2008. Microsoft also
recently released a private
Community Technology Preview
release of SQL Server 2008,
code-named Katmai. Earlier
this year, Microsoft said to
expect SQL Server 2008 to RTM
some time in 2008.
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11.07.2007PDC 2008: Live blog of the Windows 7 keynote
Day two of PDC 2008 begins this morning with a keynote address featuring Ray Ozzie, Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie and David Treadwell. The focus of
today will be Windows 7 and the introduction of new user experiences in Windows. The next release of Windows Server 2008 will also be discussed...
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