Microsoft deploys Linux powered WLAN
The next time Bill Gates sends an e-mail through Microsoft's shiny new Wireless LAN it will be passed through a behind-the-scenes Linux-based network appliance.
Earlier this year Microsoft and Aruba Networks jointly announced the two companies will work to replace Microsoft's existing Cisco wireless network with Aruba's centrally-managed infrastructure, which eliminates the need for individual changes on the access points.
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LG Launches Microsoft-Powered DVR
Aiming to take on the popular TiVo DVR, LG on Wednesday introduced its combination digital video recorder and DVD recorder based on Microsoft technology. The LRM-519 would be the first set-top device to use the Microsoft Program Guide, a TiVo-like service being offered by the Redmond company.
The device includes a 160GB hard drive and will run on Windows Media Center Technologies. The DVD recorder will support a range of recording formats, including DVD+R, DVD-R and DVD+R Dual Layer discs. Users will also be able to expand the storage space of the unit by connecting external hard drives to the DVR's 2 USB ports.
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24.11.2005 Microsoft To Ship All OS Bits With Every Version Of Vista
Microsoft plans to market several versions of Vista but will distribute all of the OS bits with every product shipped so users can easily unlock and step up to more full-featured versions using electronic keys, sources said.
"No matter which edition you buy you get all the bits and a key to unlock it. Everyone will have all the bits," said one source familiar with Microsoft's plans. "Right now we maintain master images for each version of Windows XP and it's a lot of work. Now there's just one master image."
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9.1.2006 Who wants or needs 64 bits?
It looks like the world isn't clamoring for 64-bit desktops just yet.
Nearly two and a half years have passed since 64-bit processors started going into PCs. But the software to take full advantage of these chips remains scarce, and customers aren't buying much of what's out there. The 64-bit chips provide greater performance than their older 32-bit counterparts, but that's because of speed upgrades and other architectural enhancements.
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7.3.2006 Microsoft Releases Backup Software To Testers
Microsoft is rolling out the first release candidate for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the vendor's flagship backup and recovery offering.
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4.10.2007 Microsoft Personal Folders Backup (PST)
The Personal Folders Backup download creates backup copies of your .PST files at regular intervals, in Outlook 2002 and later versions, making it easy to keep all of your Outlook folders safely backed up.
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Microsoft Cuts Backup From Home Server Update
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has quietly removed a key backup feature from an upcoming update for Windows Home Server, much to the frustration of channel partners who've been touting this particular feature of the product to customers.
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16.5.2008 BITS Repair Tool for Windows Vista Available updated
The BITS Repair Tool will help you fix a problem caused by the corruption of BITS state files. The problem stops the host process for Windows Services, which prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Thanks to pacpis for this download.
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2.9.2007 Windows Vista SP2 32 bits FREE download!
Thanks to portos for reporting this in the forum.
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25.10.2008 Windows 7 powered Family Guy special to air November 8
Microsoft has signed a deal with Fox to sponsor a variety show produced by "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.
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14.10.2009 Vista CompletePC Backup
After message from our user Roberts
we prepare this article. Windows Vista comes with a new backup utility named CompletePC Backup, which will allow you to create an image file of your partitions in case they need to be restored.
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26.2.2007 Windows Vista CompletePC Backup to VHD
Windows Vista includes a new feature called CompletePC Backup. The interesting thing is the backup file format which is VHD, the same format used by Virtual PC and Virtual Server. It will be interesting to find out whats behind this!
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6.7.2006 Windows Live OneCare Beta v2.0 Online Backup Today!
I was looking in my inbox tonight and I came across what I thought was just another Windows Live OneCare message.
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22.9.2007 Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - How To Create Full Windows Backup
An award winning disk imaging solution for free. With Macrium Reflect FREE Edition you can create a disk image without rebooting.
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17.6.2008 How to Backup and Restore to Preserve OEM Offline Pre-Activation When Reinstall Windows XP
Most users of new computers with Windows XP pre-installed will notice that no activation is required after they unwrap and start up the new laptop or notebook PC, even though they need to go through the initial set up process, and a product key is found on the Certificate of Authenticity attached to the PC (COA Key). Large PC manufacturers known as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) have the ability to pre-activate Windows XP operating system installed on new PCs via SLP (System Locked Preinstallation).
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3.9.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Microsoft releases free ebook: Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005
Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you'll encounter.
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12.4.2006 Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 in an enterprise environment. Availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds are built for enterprise-level monitoring. Both local and remote connectivity checks help ensure database availability.
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5.6.2006 Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - September CTP
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
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24.9.2006 Podcasts: Microsoft IT Showcase: How Microsoft IT Architects and Configures DFS Replication
Edit: Something close to my heart! I sure hope the R2 changes to DFS are as good as they sound in all the marketing documents!
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25.2.2006 Microsoft Showcases Platform Advancements in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Second annual Microsoft Office System Developers Conference highlights opportunity for custom solutions development utilizing innovations in the 2007 release.
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23.3.2006 Microsoft set to beta Microsoft Security Essentials June 23
Microsoft confirmed today that they plan to release a public beta of Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly codenamed Morro) on June 23.
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18.6.2009 Microsoft is 30 years old today! have a look at the Microsoft Timeline
It's hard to believe that Microsoft is already 30 years old. The company that made Redmond, Washington, a household name was actually founded in 1975 in another city by two young Seattle men, one of whom was a college dropout. From this inauspicious beginning came an equally improbable vision: A personal computer on every desk and in every home. Thirty years later, it seems so obvious. But at the time, when only a handful of people knew what a personal computer was, it was a great leap of faith and daring.
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Microsoft Windows Microsoft Application Verifier 3.2.0038
Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.
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26.7.2006 Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft!
Microsoft doesn't want you to pirate their software, but if you must choose between illegally installing Windows or a competitor's operating system, Microsoft would prefer that you choose them.
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15.3.2007 Microsoft releases new Ultimate Extras - Microsoft Tinker
Microsoft has silently released 3 updates for Windows Ultimate users today.
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23.9.2008 Microsoft trademark reveals Microsoft Store logo
A fortnight ago, detailed plans of the long anticipated Microsoft Store were revealed in all its theoretical glory when Gizmodo published over 50 slides from a Powerpoint presentation prepared by the projects consultancy firm.
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5.8.2009 Microsoft Launches Microsoft TalentLab in The Netherlands
Demand for ICT specialists is growing; new portal site advertises job vacancies at Microsoft partners with guaranteed training.
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25.3.2007 Microsoft 4 Patas
Four different wallpapers with those that are considered men best friend. Besides that, icons and sounds give a special touch in this theme, that is already a success in those that love dogs.
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5.1.2006Windows 7: Windows Backup Overview
Windows Backup Windows Backup allows you to make copies of data files and also create a system image which includes your system settings, programs
and files. In Windows 7, you can choose your custom location for the data backup and whether or not to include the system image during backup.
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18.01.2009Backup More Than 1GB per Second Using SQL2008 Backup Compression
Backup Compression in SQL2008 performs very well and it is easy to use. You could either use With Compression along with the Backup command or
simply enable default backup compression through sp_configure by setting backup compression default value to 1. It is very convenient for backups of
large databases in our customer lab environment.
A few things you could do to make the backup compression perform better. The
hardware we used is 32way HP
Superdome and
StorageWorks
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03.03.2008Outlook 2007/2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
Backing up your Microsoft Outlook information is quicker and easier with the Personal Folders Backup feature. Personal Folders Backup creates backup
copies of your .PST files at regular intervals, in Outlook 2002 and later versions, making it easy to keep all of your Outlook folders safely backed
up.
With Personal Folders Backup, you can choose which of your .PST files you wish to back up, and how often you wish to back
them up.
Each .PST file contains all of your Outlook folders, including the Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts. You can have a single
.PST file (usually called "Internet Folders" or "Personal Folders" in your Folder List), but you might also have an additional .PST file that you
use for archiving ("Archiving Folders"). Personal Folders Backup lets you back up any or all of these .PST files.
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08.05.2008Whats new with backup and Restore on Vista SP1
Christine Fok: Vista SP1 Backup & Restore contains many updates that improve reliability. Great effort has been put into improving the overall quality
of File Backup, Complete PC Backup and System Restore.
Many of those important changes may not be visible to users, but if you
run Backup and Restore tools, you can see some functionality improvements that many users had asked for:
Backing-up EFS
files
File Backup now backs up EFS (Encrypting File System) encrypted files. For those concerned with security, the encryption on
those files are kept throughout the process. So dont worry, you wont compromise your documents security by using our Vista SP1 backup tool.
Restoring Complete PC to a new motherboard
With SP1, you can use Complete PC Restore to a new motherboard that uses
previously absent disk controller. That means, if the new hardware requires an inbox driver that was previously disabled when the Complete PC backup
was taken, the required critical driver will be enabled in the last stage of the restore to ensure the machine will be bootable.
OTS credentials for scheduling Backup
In Vista (pre-SP1), only someone logged in as administrator could configure backup.
Now, its possible for standard users to configure a backup. When scheduling a backup, standard users will be asked to supply administrator
credentials. That is what we call over-the-shoulder (OTS) credentials. That is because well, if the user doesnt know the credentials, the
administrator usually type it over the users shoulder :-)
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10.03.2008Windows Vista Makes Backup and
Recovery Simple
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
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15.08.2006Verizon Wireless Offers EV-DO as Backup
Verizon Wireless said
Wednesday it has begun
offering a service which
allows businesses to use its
high-speed data network as a
backup to standard Internet
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11.04.2007Symantec enters crowded online data backup market
Symantec has acquired online backup company SwapDrive for an estimated $123m (£63m), say reports. SwapDrive offers a secure online service
to consumers and small businesses that want to upload and store information which can be retrieved at any time from any device.
Many
companies already offer online backup services, including EMC (which acquired online backup provider Mozy last year), HP, IBM and Microsoft, as well
as dedicated online backup providers such as Iron Mountain.
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12.06.2008Take two: Microsoft says business licensees to get Windows 7 bits on September 1
Last week, it seemed Microsoft was going to
make Windows 7 bits available to business customers
with volume licensees right after the product was released to manufacturing in July.
But on July 13, Microsoft officials said
business users with volume license agreements won’t be able to get the Windows 7 bits until September 1. Microsoft isn’t providing further
information as to why customers will have to wait more than a month after RTM to get the final bits.
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13.07.2009Preview of 160 GB ClickFree backup drive
At the Digital Experience show last night, Storage Appliance Corp. previewed a new 160 GB ClickFree Automated Backup device, not set for official
announcement until July 3...
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27.06.2008BITS Repair Tool for Windows Vista Available
The BITS Repair Tool will help you fix a problem caused by the corruption of BITS state files. The problem stops the host process for Windows
Services, which prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Use this tool to resolve the corruption and re-enable BITS transfers. After you
install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista
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01.09.2007Fastback backup service to move beyond Windows, says IBM
IBM will also offer its FastBack enterprise-class backup service not for just Windows for other operating environments over time, according to a
company product manager in an interview with BetaNews...
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05.08.2008Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
Windows® Home Server will automatically backup your home computers to the home server and allow you to easily restore the entire computer or an
individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution backs up only the data that has not already been backed
up. Even if you have several copies of the same data on different computers, the data is backed up only once on your home server and your home server
keeps track of what data was stored on each home computer on each day. This makes it efficient in the time it takes for backups to complete and the
amount of space that is used on your home server.
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21.11.2007Fifteen backup programs to safeguard your data
There's no way around it: Malware happens, drive failure happens, natural disaster happens. If your data isn't backed up, it's gone -- or it will
require an extremely expensive, not-certain-to-succeed recovery operation.
If all you have on your system are scribblings and
unimportant downloads, you might not care. But you probably have something of value: scanned pictures of ancestors, wedding videos, a presentation you
worked all week on, the song that's going to make you famous.
It pays to back up, and it has never been easier to do so. No
matter what method you're most comfortable with, be it traditional file-based backup, image backup, or continuous data protection, one of the
following 15 tools will do the trick.
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25.09.2007Windows 7 to allow PC backups to network share
Windows Complete
PC Backup is an image based backup tool where you could take a backup of your entire system and restore it later. Currently in Vista, the backed
up image cannot be saved in a network share as in
Windows Home Server. This requires to write the backup to DVD(s) or to an external hard drive.
With Windows 7,
Long has discovered one can
directly backup to a network share! I guess now’s a good a time as any to buy a NAS device. :)
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10.11.2008Vista SP1 gold bits on track for this week
After both public and private betas galore, Microsoft is set to make the final, gold Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 bits available, most likely
this week.
Last week, I’ve been getting reports of SP1 bits being available on torrents. I asked Microsoft earlier last week if these
builds were, as some were saying, the final Vista SP1 bits. And, as usual, the Windows client team wasn’t saying a whole lot.
On
January 29, a Microsoft spokeswoman said Vista SP1 had yet to be officially released to manufacturing. The
recent SP1 Release Candidate (RC) Refresh 2 is not the RTM build, the
spokeswoman said. “And we’re not commenting on the build number,” she said, when I asked whether the “18000″ build
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04.02.2008IBM software acts as human memory backup
Ever try to remember who you bumped into at the store a few days back? Or exactly what the company president said at the morning meeting?
Well, you're not alone. And IBM researchers are working on software that just may help you better recollect all the forgotten pieces of your
life.
This week, the company unveiled software that uses images, sounds and text recorded on everyday mobile devices to help people recall
names, faces, conversations and events. Dubbed Pensieve, the software organizes bits of collected information, stores them and then helps the user
extract them later on.
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02.08.2008HP floats a file backup service in the cloud
One thing you start to notice about companies doing business "in the cloud" is that it's becoming harder to tell whether they were software
or hardware companies to begin with. This morning, Hewlett-Packard publicly launched a subscription-based backup service where the "cloud"
houses duplicate data...
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08.04.2008Samsung unveils solar powered cellphone
In a world where power efficiency and 'clean' energy are becoming more important, it's no wonder companies are beginning to employ new
ways to keep their devices powered. Samsung is another company helping Mother Nature, as they have just revealed their new cellphone -- the
difference? It's powered by the sun. Pocket-Lint is reporting that Samsung's new phone, dubbed 'Blue Earth', is a fully touchscreen
device that is, uniquely, designed to "symbolize a flat and well rounded shiny pebble". It features a solar panel on the back of the phone, used to
charge it.
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13.02.2009SanDisk introduces FlashBack adapter as notebook HDD backup
SanDisk announced the availability of its FlashBack adapter as a backup storage media to protect against unexpected PC system failure or hard disk
drive (HDD) crash. The FlashBack adapter fits into the ExpressCard slot where it will automatically and continuously back up and encrypt critical data
onto a SecureDigital (SD) or SD HighCapacity (SDHC) card. With the backup card nested completely inside the notebook, the system is literally out of
sight.
Once the adapter is installed, users pre-select backup sources by individual files, folders and/or file types. The device will then
back up and encrypt data automatically and continuously from the computer's HDD to the memory card. Backup occurs as soon as there is a change to
a designated file, or when a file is added or deleted. There is no need for scheduling backups and no need for further user intervention. Also, the
application has a screen indicator to show the amount of storage available, along with a taskbar icon that displays the ongoing backup status.
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04.03.2008Gigabyte's low-cost Atom-powered portable gets a name
The much anticipated, 8.9-inch, Intel Atom-powered ultra-low-cost PC from motherboard manufacturer Gigabyte, expected to hit the market in June, now
has a name: M912...
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