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 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 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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12.7.2007 SQL Server 2008 Has Been Released to Manufacturing
SQL Server 2008 was launched on February 27, 2008 alongside Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, but the platform was only released to manufacturing on August 6, 2008, and is available for download only to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
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7.8.2008 Windows 7 Milestone 2 M2 available on Torrent Websites
Windows 7 Milestone 2 is the next stage in the evolution of Windows Vista's successor.
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14.7.2008 Windows 7 Build 7201 Available on Torrent Rapidshare
Hype of the RC2 leak is increasing rapidly the time i m writing 503 peoples were active on a single thread over sevenforums.
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3.6.2009 More Details on SQL "Katmai"
Preliminary product literature reveals that Katmai will be more deeply integrated with Microsoft Office system front-end tools, including Office Excel, Excel Services, Office SharePoint Server and Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, its business score-carding application. Katmais reporting capabilities will be more robust, supporting any report size or complexity.
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9.5.2007 Windows 7 M1 build shows up on various torrent sites
It was only a matter of time..
Not too long after Microsoft had released a developer build of the Windows 7 Milestone 1 release to a select few, review and opinion pieces started to leak onto Windows enthusiast sites by OEM employees or their beneficiaries.
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26.1.2008 Australia to test blocking all P2P and Bit Torrent traffic
Australia has been known to have high levels of censorship. It should come as no surprise to those in the land down under that the government is planning to filter P2P and Bit Torrent traffic in live pilot tests.
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23.12.2008 Microsoft: Don't Download Windows 7 Interim Builds from Torrent Trackers
Leaked builds of Windows 7 available for download via torrent trackers have been accompanying the development of the next iteration of Windows since the operating system was in Milestone 1 stage.
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16.4.2009 New Visual Studio, SQL Server Launch
With musical support from Cheap Trick, Microsoft heralded the arrival of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 at a special "Rock" event in San Francisco Monday. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage looking uncharacteristic in a suit, and even apologized for his formal attire.
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SQL Server Hosting Toolkit Launched
The SQL Server group at Microsoft has just launched the SQL Server Hosting Toolkit with the release of the Database Publishing Wizard Community Technology Preview 1.
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23.10.2006 Windows XP SP3 RC2 Leaked and Available for Download on Torrent Websites
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 has been leaked and is available for download on torrent websites. Three days after releasing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing, Microsoft launched another development milestone of XP SP3.
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13.2.2008 Download Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD Image via BT Torrent
Windows 7 beta (or beta 1) is possibly been released in January or February 2009 which Keith Comb has even mentioned in a comment on his TechNet blog (has since been removed) that we (Microsoft) are targeting to have the DVDs in the materials from 1/13/2009 on.
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5.12.2008 Microsoft: Windows Vista runs only SQL 2005
When the Windows Vista client finally ships, VARs will have to make sure database customers are running the latest-and-greatest SQL Server bits as well.
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18.8.2006 New Windows XP SP3 Beta Build 3205 Leaked to Torrent Trackers
The latest build of Windows XP SP3 Beta has been leaked to Peer-to-Peer file sharing networks. Following the availability of Release Candidate 0 for Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn as well as the first fully-fledged beta for Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft also dropped another beta version of the third and final Service Pack for Windows XP.
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11.10.2007 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 released!
Note: To upgrade SQL Server 2005 Express Edition,
obtain the SP1 version of Express Edition or Express Edition with Advanced Services.
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19.4.2006 Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 DVD ISO Image Torrent and NamiPan Download
f indeed the Windows 7 initial first beta release will have the build version number of 7000, the DVD ISO image of the 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 6.1.7000.0, 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso, has been leaked to Internet.
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26.12.2008 Vista SP1 RTM Slipstream (Integrated ) DVD ISO Image - Leaked to Torrent Websites
hile Microsoft continues at a slow pace toward the general availability of Windows Vista SP1 RTM, the service pack has already slipped through the company's fingers, so to speak.
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4.3.2008 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 DOWNLOAD of Visual Studio 2005 Express and SQL 2005 Server DL
Ever wanted to learn C#, C++, SQL, or any other language but didn't have the money to buy Visual Studio and get started? Well Microsoft is giving their Express products away for free!
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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 SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) is the compact database for rapidly developing applications in both native mode and the .NET Compact Framework that extend enterprise data management capabilities to devices.
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26.11.2005 Download 64-bit Windows 7 6801 Pre-Beta ISO Microsoft.Windows.7 64Bit.Build.6801.DVD-WinBeta Torrent
Other than 32-bit edition of Windows 7 Pre-Beta build version 6801 that has been leaked to the Web for free download via torrent, the 64-bit edition of Windows 7 Pre-Beta with build tag 6801, which is also been distributed to attendees during the PDC 2008, has been leaked to Internet, and can be downloaded via fully seeded torrent.
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30.10.2008 VS.NET 2005, SQL Server 2005, .NET Framework 2.0 are released!
Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0 have been released on MSDN today. If you don't have MSDN, you can still download the new .NET 2.0 Framework
here.
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How the Web Went Worldwide
For an educational bit of Sunday reading, the BBC have posted an article on the technology section of their website documenting the web's mysterious early days.
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6.8.2006 Wired but not Web 2.0?
Although most U.S. adults have a cell phone, a computer and Internet access, a study says only a small percentage are participating in Web 2.0 activities.
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8.5.2007 Web IM in Hotmail!
Yes, youve been asking us, and we promised youd get it soon. Well, the moment youve been waiting for has finally arrived: instant messaging from the web is here!
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21.4.2009 Windows 7 Gets Its Own Web Site
Microsoft has launched a new Web site that aims to build interest in its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system among developers and other IT professionals. TalkingAboutWindows.com, as the site is called, features numerous videos, blog posts, and Q&A's by the Microsoft engineers who helped develop Windows 7.
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29.4.2009 Opera Web Browser Goes Freeware
Following a successful 24-hour giveaway last month, Opera Software has decided to drop the banner ads from its Web browser and permanently nix the licensing fee. Opera 8.5 is now available for download free of charge, putting new pressure on Firefox as it nears version 1.5.
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Microsoft 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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11.07.2008Trojan, distributed over torrent, blocks torrent sites
A trojan named Troj/Qhost-AC, has been spotted on torrent sites labeled as a keygen for popular software. But in a strange surprise, the trojan would
modify the users host file, rather than generating a key, changing popular torrent web sites like, The Pirate Bay, Suprbay (The Pirate Bay forum) and
Mininova, the two most popular torrent sites on the internet to 127.0.0.1, making it impossible to visit these sites. The Trojan caused pop-ups on
users screens and played a sound file saying "downloading is wrong". The Trojan didn't install any other spyware or malware onto the victims
PC, other than blocking the three web sites, something that many users thought was strange.
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06.01.2009SQL Server 2008: Turbocharging the Database
SQL Server users gather at the PASS Community Summit 2008 in Seattle this week to learn more about SQL Server 2008s solutions to real-world data
management challenges...
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20.11.2008Microsoft 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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07.08.2008Microsoft 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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18.10.2008Microsoft 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
compatibility components for SQL Server 2008
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20.02.2008SQL Security: New SQL Truncation Attacks And How To Avoid Them
This article discusses new SQL
injection and modification
attacks that could be used to
attack your Web applications.
Learn how to stop them...
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04.11.2006Visual 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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19.02.2008Microsoft Announces SQL Server 2008 Experience
On Monday, Sept. 29, Microsoft is launching the SQL Server 2008 Experience online at
http://www.SQLServerExperience.com. With more than 500 short videos in 11 different languages, the
SQL Server 2008 Experience is a Web site that helps Microsoft’s global customers and partners learn more about SQL Server 2008,
Microsoft’s recently released data management and business intelligence platform. SQL Server 2008 provides a trusted, productive and intelligent
data platform for business-critical applications. The launch of the SQL Server 2008 Experience kicks off a worldwide readiness outreach that will
reach over 350,000 customers, partners and community members through in-person events over the next year.
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27.09.2008Welcome to SQL Server 2008 Patching
Bob Ward: We have
posted the first cumulative update for SQL Server 2008
aptly named Cumulative Update 1 (CU1). I thought before you considered installing a patch for SQL Server 2008, you would like to see a tour of what it
looks like compared to SQL Server 2005 patch installations.
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26.09.2008The Microsoft Learning Portal for SQL Server 2008 is Now Available
The new
SQL Server 2008 Learning Portal contains the latest
MSL products including eBooks and e-Learnings, Instructor-lead Trainings and Certification Exams on SQL Server 2008. The site is branded with the same
look and feel as the Heros Happen Now Campaign to be better integrated with the on-going launch activities. We will continue to update the site as
new products become available. So drive your customers and partners to the site to help get them ready for SQL Server 2008 today!
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26.12.2007Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services (SQL Server 2008 Express) is a free, easy-to-use version of SQL Server Express that includes
a graphical management tool and powerful features for reporting and advanced text-based searches. SQL Server 2008 Express provides powerful and
reliable data management tools and rich features, data protection, and fast performance. It is ideal for small server applications and local data
stores.
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23.08.2008New Windows Server, Visual Studio, SQL Server to Launch in February
On February 27, 2008,
Microsoft will jointly release
Windows Server 2008, Visual
Studio 2008 and SQL Server
2008, kicking off what it
calls a "launch wave"
with hundreds of events
worldwide. Microsoft will
pitch the products as a
platform for next-generation
Web service applications...
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10.07.2007SQL 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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12.07.2007Microsoft planning add-on to SQL Server
Microsoft wants SQL Server to scale new heights, and it is hoping an add-on code-named Kilimanjaro will help.
Due out in the
first half of 2010, Kilimanjaro improves SQL Server 2008 with a series of business intelligence enhancements to the database. Microsoft, stressed
though, that Kilimanjaro is not the next version of SQL Server, which is due out two to three years after SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2009 was
released earlier this year.
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06.10.2008Microsoft UK Web Site Hacked via SQL Flaw
More details are now available
on the hacking of the
Microsoft UK Web site, with
experts saying that the
attackers got in through a SQL
injection exploiting a
vulnerability in the Web
server software...
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04.07.2007Microsoft to deliver SQL Server 2008 in August
The long wait for SQL Server 2008 is nearly over.
At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston on July 9, Bob Kelly, Microsoft
Corporate Vice President of Infrastructure Server Marketing, told attendees that SQL Server 2008 will be on the August price list. He said that
Microsoft will keep pricing the same for the new release as it is for SQL Server 2005.
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09.07.2008SQL 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 SP1 CTP
The CTP version of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available. You can use these packages to upgrade any SQL Server 2008 edition.
These packages have been made available for general testing purposes only. Do not deploy the CTP software in production. Peer-to-peer
support is available in the
SQL Server 2008 forums.
Note: To obtain
SQL Server 2008 Express SP1 CTP,
Go Here.
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24.02.200924 Hours of SQL Server 2008
Anthony Carrabino: With so much news and information competing for attention, it's easy to miss great opportunities to learn about SQL Server 2008.
We recently created an extensive 24-hour video series for IT Pros and Developers that follows Contoso as it uses SQL Server 2008 and other Microsoft
Data Platform technologies to expand their ability to manage and process information. Each video is 60-90 minutes long.
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