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 Do you understand MS EULA?
Get a hotfix - without having to call MS..
In this new age of the internet... You now can obtain a hotfix without having to interact with a single soul ( no phone calls etc.. ) Easy and convenient.
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26.7.2007 Better living without MS Office
Ten years ago to this very week, Apple called a truce in its market share war with Microsoft. After all, the Mac then had a 5 percent market share or so and the company and its OS plans were in disarray.
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11.8.2007 Who uses MS Live Search?
". . . it’s mostly people that are searching for files on their own hard drive who accidentally click the ’search the net’ button."
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3.4.2008 MS Geneva Beta 2
At over half a year since the introduction of the first Beta for Microsoft's open platform for claims-based user access, the Redmond company has produced the next development milestone. Microsoft Code Name "Geneva" Beta 2 is now available for download.
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12.5.2009 MS: Windows More Reliable Than Linux
Microsoft made a statement on Thursday that is sure to rile its detractors: the Windows Server operating system is being chosen in greater numbers by corporations over UNIX and Linux for its reliability.
To support the claim, Microsoft said companies such as Altera, Rayovac, and CompUSA cited that fact in their decisions to choose the Windows platform.
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24.3.2006 MS beta's Screenshots colection
Now are available Screenshots of: Windows Vista Build 5308, Windows Vista Build 5342, Windows Vista Build 5365, Windows Vista Build 5381, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007 !!!
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15.5.2006 Demystifying the MS Stance on BitTorrents
What’s the deal with the BitTorrent sites springing up to mirror the Beta 2 release of Windows Vista? As you’re probably aware from reading this blog, we ran into some issues delivering the download of Windows Vista Beta 2 to everyone who wanted to test out the release.
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3.7.2006 MS investigates Word zero-day
Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory that warns of exploits for a previously unknown (zero day) hole in various versions of Microsoft Word.
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6.12.2006 MS KILL BILL AIO
Are you tired of dealing with the antics of Bill Gates and company from the small
town of Redmond? Are you willing to do something about it?
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15.2.2007 MS: Using Vista Loophole Is Cheating
Microsoft is denying a recent report that suggests it deliberately included a technical loophole in Windows Vista that lets users install the OS without paying for the full priced version.
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7.4.2008 MS: Video on Messenger launched
Microsoft Corp has launched a new online service in 20 countries which will allow users to watch video clips at the same time as a network of friends and chat via Windows Live Messenger.
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12.5.2008 MS: New Windows Vista Wallpapers
New Windows Vista wallpapers are available for download from Microsoft. The fresh Vistas are not a repeat of the excellent collection that shipped included by default in the RTM version of the latest Windows client, nor are they additional Extras for the Windows Vista Ultimate SKU.
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19.6.2008 Judge Criticizes MS Settlement Progress
At a court hearing to discuss Microsoft's progress in meeting the sanctions imposed in a 2002 antitrust settlement, a U.S. District Judge reprimanded the company over its recent music software flap. Microsoft was also scolded for not moving fast enough in opening its Windows internals to third parties.
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Gates: MS 'Must Act' on Web Services
Microsoft is not about to take the Web 2.0 revolution sitting down, says Bill Gates. In an internal e-mail sent out October 30 and obtained by BetaNews on Wednesday, Gates writes that Microsoft must change to take advantage of the evolution of computing from a software-based to a Web-based model.
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MS Warns of Exploit for Windows Flaw
Microsoft on Tuesday acknowledged the existence of exploit code that could crash vulnerable Windows computers through a flaw in image file handling. The company had provided a patch for the problem as part of its November Patch Tuesday security update.
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30.11.2005 Ecma Approves MS Office Committee
International technology standards organization Ecma International voted Thursday to approve the creation of a technical committee to begin looking into standardization of Microsoft Office's Open XML document format. The effort has been backed by Apple, Intel and Toshiba.
The vote to create the committee would have been unanimous, however OpenDocument supporter IBM voted against the proposal while HP abstained. Critics outside of Ecma questioned the organization's move to standardize what they consider to be a proprietary format.
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11.12.2005 MS: Want Windows Live Messenger? Pay.
The only thing hotter than the Xbox 360 this holiday season may be invites to join the Windows Live Messenger beta test. Thankfully, Microsoft has a recommendation for those who can't wait for access to the latest bits: pay for an invitation on eBay.
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22.12.2005 MS Opens Live Messenger Beta to More
Microsoft began sending out additional invitations for its Windows Live Messenger client on Thursday, BetaNews has learned. The company had previously closed the test to a few thousand users, who have received only a limited number of additional invites over the past several weeks for friends and family.
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6.1.2006 MS Source Code Seller Gets Two Years
A Connecticut man convicted of selling stolen portions of Microsoft's source code for its Windows operating system was sentenced to two years in prison by a federal Judge on Friday. William Genovese Jr., 29, pleaded guilty in August to the crime after being charged in February 2004.
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28.1.2006 MS posts Xbox 360 update
Microsoft posted its latest Xbox 360 update last night, which makes a handful of tweaks to the console's system software, according to the brief list of fixes posted by Microsoft. The update adds improvements to Xbox Guide and to the Dutch Xbox Live network configuration.
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7.2.2006 More on ad based MS Works online
Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc. in the business software market.
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22.9.2006 MS Adds Vista Compatibility to Zune
Microsoft issued its second firmware update for its Zune music device on Tuesday, offering stability and performance improvements.
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21.12.2006 MS Office Accounting Express 2007
Thank to cRaSh~oVeRlOaD who report this download. Office Accounting Express 2007 helps small business owners and bookkeepers save time on everyday tasks, work the way they want, and grow their business through online sales, online invoicing and payment processes.
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8.2.2007 MS: $4,000 for Daylight Saving Fix
Customers using Microsoft products that have entered their "Extended" support phase will need to fork over $4,000 for a patch that makes the software compatible with the new March 11 date for Daylight Saving Time (DST), according to Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.
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1.3.2007 MS Patch Tuesday: Vista dinged again
The carefully crafted image of Windows Vista as the most secure operating system of all time is beginning to take a beating.
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11.4.2007 Critical MS Office Patches Coming
It is likely that this batch of patches will finally provide cover for well-known—and already exploited—vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel.
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7.3.2008 MS: $200 million for Windows advertising
Microsoft may not be willing to let Apple have the last word about Windows Vista, after all.
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22.6.2008 Windows 7 RC free download from MS
Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows client operating system. This version incorporates hundreds of improvements based on your feedback. It works the way you want: it's responsive, reliable, and runs smoothly. It starts and shuts down faster, and is designed to make your battery last longer.
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5.5.2009New Windows Ultimate Extras Now Available
Chris Flores: Today we are excited to announce that 3 new Windows Ultimate Extras are now available for installation via Windows Update! This is
the 6th wave of Ultimate Extras released by Microsoft exclusively for Windows Vista Ultimate users. Users will find the following Ultimate Extras
waiting to be installed:
Microsoft ® Tinker (TM): Microsoft Tinker is a casual game that provides players with short
puzzle game play sessions set in a warm, calming environment.
Ultimate Extras Sounds from Microsoft Tinker: Based on the
positive feedback we received from the release of additional Windows Sound Schemes in April, we've integrated the unique audio sounds from Microsoft
Tinker into a new sound scheme.
Windows ® DreamScene (TM) Content Pack #4 Windows DreamScene Content Pack #4 which
adds three additional nature-setting Windows DreamScenes.
Microsoft Tinker was developed for Microsoft as an Ultimate
Extra by our Partner
Fuel Industries.
Windows Ultimate Extras are only for Windows Vista Ultimate users and designed to add to their Windows experience. We will be
shipping new Windows Ultimate Extras in the near future and will post additional information here on the blog when that occurs.
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24.09.2008Microsoft releases new Ultimate Extras - Microsoft Tinker
Microsoft has silently released 3 updates for Windows Ultimate users today.
Microsoft Tinker, Ultimate Extra sounds from Microsoft Tinker
and Windows DreamScene Content Pack #4 are all available on Windows Update now.
Microsoft Tinker is a puzzle based game where players get a
set amount of moves to move a robot around a puzzle and solve the level. The DreamScene content pack adds some new high definition videos for use on
the desktop and the sound pack allows you to set your sound scheme to that of Microsoft Tinker.
Previously, Microsoft
released a set of extras back in April and promised more offerings in the future. Like the update in April there has been no official announcement
that these extras have been released on UltimatePC.com or Microsoft's main site.
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24.09.2008Three Steps to Certification for MS Partners
Get the lowdown on how Partner Skills Plus can help you achieve the latest certifications with this
2 page download - a great way to help you understand the new
generation of certifications from Microsoft and how to save money on training and certification. Highlights include:
- 60% savings
on Exam Coach
- 45% savings on MS Press Books
- 35% savings on MS E-Learning courses
- Free practice tests (selected
exams only)
- 32% savings on new generation MS exams
There's also a host of useful links to further information in this pdf.
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25.10.2007Sun's ODF plugin for MS Office now available
The Sun ODF Plug-in is an
extension to Microsoft Office
that allows it to read and
write ISO standard ODF files.
It supports Office 2000, XP,
and 2003, and works on Windows
XP and Vista. It adds to MS
Office the ability to read and
write ODF text, spreadsheet,
and presentation files (.odt,
.ods, and .odp) - the ISO
standard editions of MS Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint files.
Furthermore, ODF text
files (.odt) can be made the
default format for MS-Word
thanks to this plug-in (and
double-clicking on an ODF text
file on the desktop would
automatically open it in
MS-Word).
Addressing
the accessibility concerns of
existing MS-Office users was
one of the key reasons behind
Sun's development of the ODF
plug-in, and I have been one
of several folks involved in
testing the accessibility of
this plug-in (along with
several beta testers whose
employees with disabilities
were likewise doing
accessibility testing).
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04.07.2007Who makes the most reliable laptops?
Dan Ackerman: One question we get pretty frequently is some variation on "Which laptop brand is most reliable?" It's an important question, as
laptops can be tough to fix, with pretty much no user-serviceable parts inside (yes, I'm sure you're all clever enough to pop open your laptop
chassis and tinker around; I'm talking about all the other laptop owners out there). That means if something goes wrong with your laptop, it's a
pretty much guaranteed trip to a repair center.
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08.05.2008Microsoft August Security Updates Available
Microsoft has released the
latest monthly security
updates for August 2007 and
has made them available for
download from the
Microsoft
Download Center or via
Windows Update/Microsoft
Update.
Windows/Office:
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KB936227
: Vulnerability in Microsoft
XML Core Services Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
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KB921503
: Vulnerability in OLE
Automation Could Allow Remote
Code Execution
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KB940965
: Vulnerability in Microsoft
Excel Could Allow Remote Code
Execution
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KB937143
: Cumulative Security Update
for Internet Explorer
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KB938829
: Vulnerability in GDI Could
Allow Remote Code Execution
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KB936782
: Vulnerability in Windows
Media Player Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
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KB938123
: Vulnerabilities in Windows
Gadgets Could Allow Remote
Code Execution
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KB938127
: Vulnerability in Vector
Markup Language Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
Virtual PC/Virtual
Server:
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KB937986
: Vulnerability in Virtual PC
and Virtual Server Could Allow
Elevation of Privilege
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14.08.2007Windows Server 2008 RC2 Unlikely - Source
Windows Server 2008 is now close enough to being released to manufacturing that it's unlikely Microsoft will issue a third release candidate for the
long awaited OS, according to a source close to the company.
Windows Server 2008 is currently in RTM "escrow," which means that
the product team thinks the code is good to go but wants to tinker with it just a bit longer, said a source close to Microsoft, who requested
anonymity. "There may very well not be an RC2," said the source.
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12.01.2008Bang On: Firefox, you're kind of ugly
We're all taught as kids that we should never judge a book by its cover. If you weren't, then you should have a talk with your parents.
I'm going to choose to ignore this valuable lesson, though, and say the following for everyone to read: Firefox, you're kind of ugly. I have
three browsers installed on my system. I mostly use the Firefox nightly builds for my day to day browsing, but I also have Internet Explorer for
random compatibility issues and Chrome for fulfilling my inner-geek's desire to tinker. I wish I could say that I also have Opera and Safari
installed, but Opera tends to annoy me and Safari just runs like a dog.
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03.02.2009Microsoft: we did not hire Erin McNaught
Contrary to widespread reports
that Microsoft had hired TV
show presenter and former Miss
Australia Erin McNaught as an
IT "poster" girl, Microsoft
has contacted TECH.BLORGE.com
to advise that there is no
financial arrangement of any
description between McNought
and Microsoft.
Microsoft says it has
not hired her, nor does it
plan any advertising campaign
featuring Ms McNaught
According to
Microsoft, Ms McNaught
attended the Start Here, Go
Anywhere event which was
staged by the AIIA, with
Microsoft support, at the Tech
Ed Conference.
"She was a
replacement provided by
Channel 10 when a previous
presenter had backed out,"
Microsoft said. ..
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09.08.2007Who uses MS Live Search?
". . . it’s mostly people that are searching for files on their own hard drive who accidentally click the ’search the net’
button." If that theory is correct almost all Live Search sessions would come from Windows systems running IE. Sure enough, they found that an
overwhelming 99.82% of all Live Search sessions are Windows machines running IE.
A 90% market share is good for something. It kept the
Live Search market at 2.4% last month. IE’s market share is 75%. If Firefox, 18% market share, users were just as likely to use Live Search as
any other search engine, you’d expect to see 18% of Live Searches on that browser.
Search is THE problem as storage capacities
grow. Microsoft’s weak showing means they aren’t going to beat Google at the current game. MS needs to put it’s substantial muscle
finding the Next Big Thing in search. It also suggests that taking over Yahoo won’t help either; they haven’t had any better luck
against Google, either!
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03.04.2008Google may let users comment on, rearrange search results
Google is considering allowing users of its search engine to tinker with query results by re-ranking them and commenting on them.
The company has already run public tests on its search-results pages that contain up and down arrows next to listed links, as well as buttons that
allow users to append comments to results.
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27.08.2008On Demand replay of the Windows Vista Interactive Roundtable event
If you missed the live streaming of the
Windows Vista Interactive Roundtable with Mark Russinovich, its now available for viewing at
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10.03.2008Upgrading the MS Online Beta to a Release Candidiate
This Friday, September 26, the Microsoft Online Services Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) BETA will be upgraded to a Release Candidate (RC).
This upgrade provides a number of enhancements over your current beta experience. Please see the Whats New section below...
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25.09.2008Firefox developers tinker with new security protections (finally)
Developers of the Firefox browser are designing new technologies aimed at protecting users from some of the nastiest and most prevalent forms of
website attacks.
One protection is designed to minimize end users' risk to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and cross-site
request forgeries (CSRFs), both of which subvert basic internet security by exploiting the often misplaced web of trust that exists between two or
more different sites. The protection would allow developers of one site to explicitly define which domains are allowed to initiate or answer
cross-site requests for code, cookies and other site resources.
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21.05.2008Could this be what fixes Vista for a lot of us?
Microsoft has apparently
decided to release some
updates for Windows Vista x86
and x64 versions to the
testers.
Updates are:
Windows6.0-KB938194-x64.ms
u @ 3.65mb
Windows6.0-KB938194-x86.ms
u @ 2.13 mb
Windows6.0-KB938979-x64.ms
u @ 14.15mb
Windows6.0-KB938979-x86.ms
u @ 9.86mb
938979 Vista Performance
and Reliability Pack:
This update resolves a
number of individual issues
which may be affecting some
computers running Windows
Vista. These issues have been
reported by customers using
the Error Reporting service,
product support, or other
means. Installing this update
will improve the performance
and responsiveness for some
scenarios and improves
reliability of Windows Vista
in a variety of scenarios.
Some examples of the
improvements contained in this
update are...
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30.07.2007The Development of MS Paint
This is hilarious. It looks like one of the videos Microsoft creates
internally as tongue-in-cheek fun, and then hopes will never get out on the Internet.
Props to my friend
Chris "Geeking Microsoft"
Haaker for finding this one.
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27.08.2007vLite 1.1.6 beta - SP Slipstream
nuhi: Service Pack Slipstream support. Consider that feature a true beta test.
vLite had a hidden Slipstream page since the
service pack betas so this was not so hard to adjust. You can see it by running older vLite with /sptest switch .
However
it stopped working on the final SP1 when MS locked it down.
So this version should work again. Try this latest one and let me know of any issues
with the Slipstream.
Of course it is always better to either capture or get a preintegrated DVD because MS said that integrating
is not recommended before SP2 is out.
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28.03.2008Guilty Plea in MS Source Code Case
A Connecticut man who was caught selling portions of Microsoft..
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31.08.2005Microsoft set to release Vista Ultimate Extra games - free
Remember Vista Ultimate Extras? Well they are back according to Paul Thurrott, but this time they will be released for free in the form of two games,
Microsoft Tinker and Hold 'Em. Microsoft's failed Vista Ultimate Extras were a big promise from the company of "cutting-edge programs,
innovative services and unique publications." At least they were in Vista RTM, by the time Vista SP1 was rolled out nearly all references to Vista
Ultimate Extras were removed (shown below). Blogger Long Zheng called them the "ultimate con" at the time and in hindsight he was right. Microsoft
made several promises of more extras which resulted in the company launching UltimatePC.com which now redirects to the Vista home-page.
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11.11.2009Trojan Horse Sneaks Through MS
Office Hole
Malicious code can arrive via
e-mail as an attached Access
file...
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