Microsoft Opens PDC09 Registration
Starting today, August 4, registrations for Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2009 have been opened, the Redmond company announced, adding that the developer-fest would be held once again in Los Angeles, and that it would kick off on November 16 and end on November 19.
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4.8.2009 Microsoft Officially Opened @live.com Email Registration
Microsoft has officially opened the much anticipated and well overdue registration for the new @live.com email addresses.
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6.11.2007 Vista manager 1.0.3
Vista Manager is a system utility that helps you to optimize and tweak, clean up your Windows Vista.
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19.12.2006 Vista Manager 1.1.2
Vista Manager is a system utility that helps you to optimize and tweak, clean up your Windows Vista.
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14.4.2007 Vista Manager 1.1.7
Thanks to ecko and other our users for this download. Vista Manager is a system utility that helps you to optimize and tweak, clean up your Windows Vista. It will increase you system speed, improve system security and suit your idea!
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25.6.2007 Coders, Search For Code With Google Code Search
Search engines for searching code bases is nothing new, but this time Google did it with
Google Code Search.
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5.10.2006 Microsoft Manager Says It Considered Banning Vista Virtualization
In a story for the Associated Press carried on many online news services this afternoon, one of the directors of Microsoft's Windows Client Product Planning team appears to make a curious and perhaps astounding statement.
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26.2.2007 Securing Code for Windows Vista
Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista
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Following the release of what Microsoft has always considered the most secure version of the Windows client to date, and with the threat environment suffering a consistent shift to third-party applications designed to run on top of the platform, the Redmond company emphasized the need for developers to secure their code.
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6.1.2009 Enable/Disable/Swap the Task Manager in Windows Vista
Task Manager is a system utility that ships by default with Windows Vista. The tool is not new to Microsoft's latest operating system, having survived from older versions of Windows.
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11.10.2007 Nick White, Microsoft Product Manager, talks Vista SP1
The first service pack for Windows Vista is slated for release to manufacturing in the first quarter of 2008. The announcement was made via Microsoft’s Windows Window Vista Blog by Nick White, a product manager at Microsoft.
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2.9.2007 New attack code crashes Windows XP & Vista
Security researchers have released attack code that will crash Windows XP and Vista PCs that are susceptible to a recently patched bug in the operating system.
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19.1.2008 Windows Vista Client Monitoring Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007
The Windows Vista Client Monitoring Management Pack is built on the Windows Diagnostics Infrastructure in Windows Vista that detects, diagnoses and tries to resolve hardware and software problems.
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12.5.2007 WinXP Manager 5.1.1
WinXP Manager offers an easy way to optimize, tweak, tune up and clean up Windows XP.
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10.4.2007 Easeus Partition Manager 2.1
As Partition Magic alternative, EASEUS Partition Manager is a comprehensive hard disk partition management software for Windows 2000/2003 Server and Windows 2000/XP/Vista partition to Resize and Move, Create, Delete and Format, Hide and Unhide server and non server partitions and much more.
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20.11.2008 DOWNLOAD Football Manager 2006
One of the many fan-inspired features to make it into FM 2006 will be that, for the first time, managers will be able to negotiate with their board of directors - not only for a better contract for themselves, but also for improved player wage budgets and increased transfer budgets or even stadium expansion.
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RapidWareX - rapidshare download manager
RapidWareX as a lot of handy features and imho its allready one of the best rapidshare managers out there.
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24.8.2008 Best Free Partition Manager for Windows 7
The built-in Disk Management tool in Windows 7 hasn’t changed much from the Vista days and is still missing some of the most important and basic features such as Disk Management in Windows 7the ability to re-partition an existing primary system partition without having to reinstall Windows.
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13.9.2009 Free Download Manager 2.5 Build 708
Free Download Manager (FDM) is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license.
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31.8.2007 How to Enable or Disable Windows Task Manager
ask Manager is a versatile task management and system utility in Windows operating system. With Task Manager, user can view detailed information about computer performance (CPU usage, physical memory, kernel memory, handle, thread, commit charge, etc.), running applications, processes, network activity and statistics, logged-on users, and system services.
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18.6.2008 Free Download Manager 2.6.810 Beta
Free Download Manager (FDM) is a full-featured freeware downloading program. It allows you to download files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
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20.10.2008 Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta
On September 29, 2009, Microsoft released the beta version of the third generation of System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), previously called “DPM v3” or “Zinger”.
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30.9.2009 Code Posted for IE Attack
New software has been published on the Internet that could be used to exploit a known flaw in Internet Explorer.
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27.3.2007 Microsoft Touts Vista's Restart Manager Feature
Microsoft Corp. is working on a significant new feature for Windows Vista, known as Restart Manager, which is designed to update parts of the operating system or applications without having to reboot the entire machine.
Microsoft officials have not talked much publicly about this new feature, but Jim Allchin, the co-president of Microsoft's platform products and services division, recently told eWEEK that this is an example of just how important the reboot issue was to the Redmond-based software giant.
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5.12.2005 Microsoft Sets Fall Launch for Configuration Manager
Microsoft Monday said development is complete on its System Center Configuration Manager 2007, a cornerstone in its model for managed IT systems, and that the management tool will ship in November.
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28.8.2007 MSN Wallpaper Manager from Windows Live Download
Many users love to have high quality beautiful wallpapers on their desktop and often we get bore with old wallpapers and we need to search and download more wallpapers from internet. It’s not easy to get such high quality wallpapers.
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21.7.2009 RapidZuca Rapidshare Download Manager for Free Users
In past we have covered many interesting tools for Rapidshare which includes Rapidshare plus, Rapidshare Auto Downloader, Rapidshare Download Accelerator, MDownloader & RSdownloader. With availability of Rapidshare API more and more developer coming up with good rapidsahre tools.
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19.8.2009 IE Beta Code Leaks onto Net
Images and code from the latest build of Microsoft?s Internet Explorer 7 browser show up on web sites.
Images and programming code from the latest beta test version of Microsoft?s upcoming Internet Explorer 7 browser have already emerged on the Internet, apparently in leaks from developers.
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25.1.2006 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Cosmos
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names.
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9.8.2007 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Avalanche
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others (hopefully) will be brand-new.
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10.8.2007 Microsoft Code Name a Day: Harmonica
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names.
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16.8.2007Windows Vista CTP Program Ends
It has been revealed, by
visiting the Windows Vista
Beta Pre-Registration page,
that the Windows Vista
Community Technology Preview
(CTP) program, which provided
download access to the CTP
builds, has now come to an
end. This could well mean that
we can expect public betas in
the near future.
Though the preview program
has ended, Microsoft are
continuing to offer valid
registration codes for
enterprise customers, ISVs,
SIs, LARs/VARs, and SBCs.
These select codes can be used
to receive a replicated copy
of the latest CTP version in
the mail.
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30.04.2006Google to Offer Domain Registration
Google has teamed up with two
Internet registrars to offer
its users low-cost domain
registration for the .com,
.net, .org, or .info suffixes.
For $10 per year, the name
would be registered through
either eNom or GoDaddy.com,..
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18.12.2006MS Security Manager Joins
Vista Team
Stephen Toulouse, a program
manager for Microsoft's
Security Response Center who
often served as the public
face for the company's
security woes on the MRSC
blog, is taking a new job with
the Windows Vista team. His
focus, not surprisingly, will
be on operating system
security...
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12.09.2006MS Opens Vista Code to Security Firms
Microsoft has ostensibly caved
into the demands of security
firms such as McAfee and
Symantec wanting better access
to the core kernel code of
Windows Vista, as the company
said starting Monday it would
make such data available...
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16.10.2006Vista February CTP, Complete?
In early December of 2005,
Microsoft had announced that
they were to ship a
code-complete version of
Windows Vista internally by
the end of 2005 to prepare for
a CTP of the code-complete
build to be issued to testers.
However this never happened.
Microsoft now plans to have an
internal build of the
code-complete Vista by early
February.
However, the next CTP, due
out on February 17th,
apparently predates the
code-complete version;
therefore, the February CTP
might not in fact be the
code-complete build.
Currently, Microsoft
is internally testing build
5293 of Vista, which means the
February CTP build might be
within the 5300 range.
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11.01.2006Microsoft: No Vista Code
Changes
Microsoft slammed an article
by Australian technology
publication Smart House on
Friday, calling it
"speculation." The
retort came as a result of a
story that cited sources
within the company saying as
much as 60 percent of Vista
code needs to be rewritten...
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25.03.2006Microsoft renames it's
Windows Vista sucessor
(formerly codename
'Blackcomb') Vienna
Although Microsoft is hard
at work trying to ship Windows
Vista this year, the company
is beginning to set its sights
on the next horizon,
Vienna.
Vienna,
once labeled Blackcomb, is the
new code name for the
successor to Vista. It is not
clear when Vienna might ship
or what features it might
contain. Microsoft confirmed
the name change on Friday, but
declined to comment on
Vienna's stage of
development.
"The
'Blackcomb' code name has
been changed to 'Vienna,'
but we do not have any other
details to share on timing or
focus," Microsoft said.
"This does not reflect a big
change for us; we have used
city code names in the past,
which are derived from
cities/locations in the world
known for great
'vistas'--the kinds of
places we all want to see,
experience and that capture
the imagination. Vienna fits
with this
concept."
The code
name for Windows XP was
Whistler, a Canadian ski
resort. Blackcomb was also a
ski resort, while Longhorn
(Vista's code name) came from
the Longhorn Saloon, which was
about halfway between Whistler
and Blackcomb...
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22.01.2006Bermuda to Put RFID in All Vehicles on Island
This month, Bermuda's
Transport Control Department,
a division of the tiny string
of island's Ministry of
Tourism, plans an island-wide
deployment of electronic
vehicle registration made up
of RFID tags, antennas,
readers and a database system.
Over the next five years, the
program is expected to
generate over $11 million
in lost fees from unlicensed
and uninsured vehicles.
A unique
identification number will be
established for each vehicle
registered on the island; each
number is then linked to a
record in a centralized
vehicle database. As car
owners have their vehicles
inspected or registered they
will receive a
tamper-resistant windshield
sticker embedded with an RFID
tag which, when read by a
specially equipped RFID
reader, will send off
information in encrypted code
to TCD's database where it is
linked to a record in the
vehicle database.
The vehicle database itself
identifies vehicles, and the
EVR system retains only photo
images of non-compliant or
criminal vehicles. A
back-office violation
processing system will
automatically generate
citations, while the EVR
system itself will validate
commercial vehicle
registration and issue
violations. Bermuda will also
receive a network of fixed
reader points that will verify
vehicle registration and
compliance. In sting-like
operations transportable,
tripod-mounted readers and
handheld readers will be used
for screening vehicles at
random locations. In addition
to tracking down errant
registration and vehicle
inspections, the system will
automate emissions and
insurance compliance as well.
3M, which develops vehicle
registration systems, is
designing and implementing
Bermuda's RFID-based system.
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09.05.2007Want to Test Vista? Better Act
Fast
Microsoft UK .NET platform
product manager Ian Moulster
wrote in a post to his
personal Web log that the
company will cut access to
Windows Vista Beta 2 on
Friday. He recommended that
users start their download and
activate Vista as soon as
possible...
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30.06.2006Microsoft Releases More Information About Vista Source Code in China
Microsoft has announced
further plans to open the
Vista source code in China.
Microsoft
has reportedly signed a new
government security program
source code agreement with
China Information Technology
Security Certification Center,
allowing CNITSEC and other
approved institutions to look
over the source code and
relevant technical data of
Microsoft's products,
including Windows Vista, so as
to improve their evaluation on
the security of Microsoft
products. The agreement is an
important part of the MOU
signed between National
Development and Reform
Commission and Microsoft in
April 2006.
Microsoft's Government
Security Program helps
government departments and
international organizations
evaluate the security of
Microsoft products. CNITSEC
previously signed an agreement
with Microsoft on security
source code in February 2003
and was authorized to check
over the company's major
source code and technical
data.
Microsoft's move should
bring good results in the
promotion of information
security and enhancement of
mutual trust between China and
the United States.
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06.08.2007Vista promotional registration site now fully operational
betanews.com - 03.02.2009
Microsoft Bakes Windows
AntiSpyware into Vista
Microsoft has
confirmed plans to bundle
anti-spyware protection into
Windows Vista, a move that is
sure to raise eyebrows among
competitors and possibly
antitrust
regulators.
The Windows AntiSpyware
product, which currently ships
to consumers as a free
standalone application, will
be integrated into Vista, as
is indicated in the newest
beta build of Vista
distributed to technical beta
testers on
Monday.
"The core
Windows AntiSpyware
functionality gets built in,"
said Greg Sullivan, lead
Windows product manager. "For
unmanaged environments???home
and small business users???we
want to provide base-level
security
services."
The
actual anti-spyware code was
not included in the second CTP
(Community Technology Preview)
release of Vista (Build 5231),
but visual evidence was found
in the "Security Center," a
built-in feature that lets
users manage settings for
security patching, Internet
options and the embedded
firewall...
winbeta.org - 19.10.2005
Symantec: Windows Vista less
Secure than XP
According to Symantec, Windows
Vista is very likely to be
less secure than Windows XP by
the time it comes out.
Symantec has supposedly
already found many security
flaws in Windows Vista's
networking code. Symantec also
says Vista's new code is what
is problematic.
According to the Symantec
report, "Microsoft has
removed a large body of tried
and tested code and replaced
it with freshly written code,
complete with new corner cases
and defects. This may provide
for a more stable networking
stack in the long term, but
stability will suffer in the
short term."
This is obviously surprising
for Microsoft employees, who
have declared so many times
that Vista would be more
secure than XP. Microsoft
answered by a simple
explanation that the software
is still in beta stage and
that numerous improvements
would be made until it comes
out.
jcxp.net - 18.07.2006
Devs start your engines, Windows 7 RTM Code Pack released
Now that Microsoft has officially signed off on the Windows 7 RTM build and has released it to MSDN/TechNet subscribers, it's time for some API
code so developers can start developing applications for Windows 7. Microsoft has released the Windows 7 RTM Code Pack 1.0, available to the general
public. Microsoft's Charlie Calvert, Community Program Manager for the C# group said, "The Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET
Framework provides support for various features of Windows 7 and previous releases of that operating system.
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neowin.net - 11.08.2009
Vista Beta 2 Offered via
BitTorrent
With Microsoft struggling to
keep up with the demand for
Windows Vista Beta 2, tech
personality Chris Pirillo and
Jake Ludington have taken the
initiative to publish the
3.2-gigabite download using
BitTorent. But Microsoft
recommends against using a
third party to obtain Vista
code...
betanews.com - 13.06.2006
Who Flipped and Who Flopped on Microsoft's Vista Virtualization Licensing?
This morning, sources cited
Windows Vista product manager
Scott Woodgate as having
indicated his company would be
announcing a licensing change
to Windows Vista with respect
to virtualization, perhaps
today. It hasn't, and it
won't. That's being
reported as a policy shift,
although today's developments
may lead some to wonder just
who or what is doing the
shifting...
betanews.com - 20.06.2007
McAfee: MS Failing to Provide Code
McAfee said Wednesday that
Microsoft has failed to keep
its promises, and has not
delivered the necessary code
and instructions to access the
core of the Windows Vista
operating system. Microsoft
promised the European
Commission it would do so last
week...
betanews.com - 18.10.2006
Microsoft promises the return of its Vista promotional registration site
A representative for Microsoft told Betanews Monday evening that a site intended to enable recipients of promotional copies of Windows Vista Ultimate
-- folks who are guests at Microsoft-hosted seminars and conferences, for instance -- to register and activate their copies, will be reinstated later
this week.
winbeta.org - 27.01.2009
PDC Early Bird Discount Extended
Due to popular demand, the PDC2008 Early Bird Discount for Platform
Developers Conference (PDC) has been extended three weeks. Register by 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Monday, September 8th and save $200 off the full conference
registration.
For more information about PDC sessions, see PDC 2008 Agenda Sessions.
winbeta.org - 19.08.2008
Microsoft: Vista RC1 Coming
Soon
Brushing off feedback from
testers and pundits to push
back the first release
candidate of Windows Vista and
issue a third beta instead,
Microsoft confirmed Thursday
that RC1 was on the way.
Product Manager Nick White
says Microsoft will re-open
the Vista beta program for the
release...
betanews.com - 12.08.2006
