Microsoft's Phishing Filter for IE7 Clears Audit
A third-party audit of the new phishing filter built into the Internet Explorer 7 browser and the MSN Toolbar has given the technology a thumbs up on the sensitive issue of user privacy.
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11.5.2006 MSN Search and Windows Desktop Search Tips & Tricks
Brandon Paddock and Andy Edmonds (Windows Desktop Search team) have sent the word to let us know they're both hosting a 1-hour MSDN Webcast at 1pm (Pacific time, 9PM GMT) today.
They'll be discussing tips, tricks, and hacks for MSN Search and for Windows Desktop Search.
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9.12.2005 Windows Vista Search Kills Google Search
Has Microsoft finally gained the upper hand over Google with the launch of Windows Vista? Is this the last we will see of Google search, as the Redmond Company's latest operating system
will be increasingly adopted eroding the market supremacy of Windows XP?
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18.2.2007 Tafiti Search Visualization - Silverlight + Live Search API
What is Tafiti? It is a search visualization website which brings a new user experience to researching (searching and storing results). The source code for www.tafiti.com is available!
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19.12.2007 Microsoft to Add AntiSpyware into Windows 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.
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Windows Vista Doesn't Add DRM To Unprotected Content
Robert McLaw: Of all the FUD that's out there about Vista, the false information about Vista's DRM is the FUD that frustrates me the most.
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28.2.2007 Wake-On-LAN Add-in for Windows Home Server
One of the great things about Windows Home Server is it can act as a "proxy server", giving you access to any Remote Desktop capable machine on your LAN.
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3.5.2007 Position Changer Add-In updated for Media Center in Windows Vista
Stephen Toub : Back in early 2005, I wrote an article for MSDN on implementing add-ins for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
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5.1.2007 Microsoft Plans to Add Rootkit Detection to Windows Live OneCare
Windows Live OneCare is right on track to getting an anti-rootkit upgrade. Microsoft plans to added rootkit detection capabilities to its line of security products, but not only OneCare will be impacted by the change.
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20.3.2008 WHS Add-ins
Below you’ll find a list of published Community Add-ins for Windows Home Server.
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20.7.2007 Rapidshare Search Engines to Search, Find and Download Files from RapidShare
Since 2nd of July, RapidShare has removed its download limits and captchas for free user. This means that we can continue downloading files from rapidshare without waiting for an hour when we’ve just downloaded a file.
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15.7.2008 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part VIII: Add or Remove Programs
In part eight of the our tweaking series we’ll go through a few Control Panel optimizations for Windows XP power users that may not interest most people using their operating system for basic tasks.
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26.12.2008 Office 2007 "getting started" add-ins
Contain of Excel 2007 Add-in, PowerPoint 2007 Add-in and Word 2007 Add-in.
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11.2.2007 XP MCE 2005 Hotmail Add-in Due Soon
According to Sean Alexander (Microsoft Group Product Manager Windows Vista) an add-in for Hotmail functionality in Windows Media Center Edition 2005 is due for release next week.
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Microsoft to Add Wireless Video Sharing to the Zune
Microsoft's portable media player, the Zune, has just been released and already talks have started about future updates to the device.
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14.11.2006 Forced Software Upgrades Can Add Up for Vista Users
Windows users contemplating the cost of upgrading to Vista may need a fatter wallet than they thought.
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6.3.2007 Office 14 to add more online document sharing
Microsoft won’t be turning Office 14 into a completely Web-ified productivity suite, a la Google Docs.
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13.2.2008 Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage nag to Office
Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office.
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9.4.2008 Microsoft add cheaper server platform to range
According to an article by Techspot, Microsoft has announced a version of Windows designed for small businesses, named Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
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1.4.2009 Microsoft Will Add Video Games to Zune by July 2008
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, will make video games available on its Zune music player within 18 months, said Peter Moore, a vice president in the company's interactive entertainment unit.
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9.1.2007 Vista Ultimate's promised add-ons just broken promises
Microsoft Corp. has failed to deliver on its promise of downloadable extras for the highest-priced version of Windows Vista, critics claim.
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29.6.2007 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 Windows 7: Federated Search
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we look into Federated Search.
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6.1.2009 Windows Live to get Product Search
After posting about Windows Live Academic Search last week, yet another new search product has entered our radar. This time it's Windows Live Product Search, and like its cousins Image Search and Feed Search, it too will be integrated into the standard Windows Live Search service.
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11.4.2006 Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2
The search engine in WDS 3.0 is a Microsoft Windows service that is also used by programs such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2007.
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23.8.2006 Windows Desktop Search 3.01
Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.01 is a minor update to Windows Desktop Search 3.0 that adds: support for indexing UNC files, additional support for enterprise deployment, and stability improvements.
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20.2.2007 Windows Live Search 2.0 is Coming!!
As reported by LiveSide, and Softpedia News, Microsoft is holding a three-hour “Searchification” event at its Silicon Valley campus on September 26 that seems like it will be the launch pad for the next version of Microsoft’s Live Search service.
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11.9.2007 Windows Search 4.0 Preview (KB940157)
WS4 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. WS4 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
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29.3.2008 Windows 7: Explorer Search overview
Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of the explorer search features.
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15.1.2009 Windows 7 Search for Data Anywhere It Lives
Windows 7 has long evolved past its precursor, Windows Vista. One key aspect of this evolution is the operating system's ability to stretch Windows Explorer well beyond the limitations of a local machine, or even a local network.
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24.3.2009Microsoft unveils phishing
filter for MSN Toolbar
MSN today unveiled two new MSN
Search Toolbar Add-ins,
enabling people to customize
their toolbar to their
specific interests and
providing a smarter searching
and browsing experience. These
latest add-ins for MSN Search
Toolbar include a beta of the
Microsoft(R) Phishing Filter
Add-in, which helps protect
customers from potential risks
of phishing Web sites and
online identity theft, and the
Games Add-in, providing
one-click access to some of
the Web's most popular online
games via MSN
Games.
The
additional MSN Search Toolbar
Add-ins are part of MSN's
long-term commitment to
deliver services that enable
people to improve their
searching and browsing
experience. Add-ins are
available to download for free
http://addins.msn.com/]over
here.
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06.09.2005Filter Pack For Windows Search
Sarah Perez: I had been using the latest and greatest search tool for my XP PC,
Windows Search 4.0, but
somehow I had missed
this: the
Filter Pack for searching in Office documents. With the the
Microsoft
Filter Pack installed, Windows Search 4.0 is able to search within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office 2007 documents based on the text they
contain. It also works for Vista too, adding new search capabilities which can be accessed right from Vista’s search bar. Now when you do a
search, the Windows indexing service doesn’t just search for file names but also knows what’s in the files themselves, and that makes
finding the right file so much easier.
IT admins will want to read further instructions found on the download page about how the new Filter
pack can be installed into Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, and other Server products. The Filter Pack also works on Windows Server 2003, Vista, and
XP. You can download it from
here.
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21.10.2008IE Gets Two New MSN Toolbar
Add-Ins
Microsoft on Wednesday
released betas of two add-ins
for its MSN Search Toolbar.
One add-in allows users to
store and access their Windows
Live Favorites in a sidebar
adjacent to the browser
window, while the other offers
thumbnail previews of search
results before visiting the
actual pages...
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08.12.20052007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack
This download will install and register IFilters with the Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the
contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb,
.zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx.
Because Windows Desktop Search (WDS) consumes IFilters from Windows
Indexing Service, the IFilters will be automatically registered and available for use by WDS.
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19.12.2007Microsoft releases Live Search add-in for Firefox
Microsoft reps call it an illustration of their efforts for increasing platform interoperability, but you could also say it's another sign that the
company's entirely serious about making headway in the search wars: Ladies and gentlemen, a Live Search browser add-in... for Firefox...
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30.01.2009Firefox 3 Add-ons Manager is almighty too
Firefox Add-ons Manager has finally got extended to feature complete integration with
Mozilla Add-ons (AMO)
site through a new page added to the Add-ons Manager.
The Get Add-ons page features a search box, a browse all add-ons link that
takes you to Mozilla Add-ons, and a list of recommended extensions and themes by default.
Enter a search term, press the search
button and a list of matching themes and extensions compatible with your Firefox version is returned with the add-on name, its icon, a brief
description and current rating. Click on an add-on for a more detailed description, a thumbnail, and a button to install the add-on without leaving
Firefox.
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30.01.2008Frames Trip Up IE7 Phishing Filter
A feature dating back to the
Internet's HTML 3.0 era is
causing problems for Internet
Explorer 7, forcing Microsoft
to issue an update for Windows
Vista just one day after its
public launch. Web sites using
frames causes IE7's phishing
filter to evaluate the page
multiple times, leading to
high CPU usage...
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01.02.2007Network Monitor 3.1 Now Available
Network Monitor 3.1 is now
available on
http://conne
ct.microsoft.com featuring
wireless sniffing and an
easier way to create filters
using "Right Click Add To
Filter". Here is a list of
features that are new to
NM3.1.
What's New in
Network Monitor 3.1?
- Wireless (802.11)
capturing and monitor mode on
Vista “ With supported
hardware, (Native WIFI), you
can now trace wireless
management packets. You can
scan all channels or a subset
of the ones your wireless NIC
supports. You can also focus
in on one specific channel.
We now show the wireless
metadata for normal wireless
frames. This is really cool
for t-shooting wireless
problems. See signal strength
and transfer speed as you walk
around your house!
- RAS tracing
support on Vista “ Now you can
trace your RAS connections so
you can see the traffic inside
your VPN tunnel. Previously
this was only available with
XP.
- Right click
add to filter “ Now there's
an easier way to discover how
to create filters. Right
click in the frame details
data element or a column field
in the frame summary and
select add to filter. What
could be easier!
- Microsoft Update
enabled “ Now you will be
prompted when new updates
exist. NM3.1 will
occasionally check for a new
version and notify you when
one is available.
- New look filter
toolbar “ We've changed the
UI related to apply and remove
filters. You can now apply a
filter without having to
UN-apply it first.
- New reassembly
engine “ Our reassembly engine
has been improved to handle a
larger variety of protocol
reassembly schemes.
- New public
parsers “ These include
ip1394, ipcp, ipv6cp, madcap,
pppoE, soap, ssdp, winsrpl, as
well as improvements in the
previously shipped parsers.
- Numerous Bug
Fixes “ We've taken your
reported problems on the
connect site and fixed many of
the confirmed bugs.
- Faster Parser
Loading “ We've significantly
improved the time it takes to
load the parsers. Now
rebuilding takes a fraction of
the time it used to.
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03.07.2007Google likes to search sites you prefer
Google's new Preferred Sites feature allows users to set their web search preferences so that the search results match their unique tastes and
needs when logged into their Google account. Users can add sites they trust for certain types of information, add local sites for news that's
more relevant to them, or add their favorite blogs and save their preferences. Users can edit their preferred sites list at the bottom of the Google
Preferences page. You have to be signed in to your Google Account to use preferred sites. Google uses the user's Web History to suggest sites
users might like to include or the users can directly add/remove the URLs of the sites they prefer.
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19.01.2009Microsoft Expands IE7 Phishing Filter
Microsoft announced at the RSA
security conference this week
that it has expanded the
number of data providers for
the phishing filter built into
Internet Explorer 7, which
warns users when they are
about to visit a potentially
risky Web site...
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07.02.2007Microsoft Adds Antiphishing to IE Toolbar
Add-ins to MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search available now.
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01.09.2005IE8: Ad blocking with the InPrivate Filter
With my most recent piece, I've been hearing that much of what is holding people back from using IE8 is the lack of an Ad blocking feature.
Perhaps not widely known, but IE8 actually contains a great Ad blocking feature built-in, it's called "InPrivate Filtering". The InPrivate
Filter (enabled by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F) is intended to block content that may potentially share your information; thankfully advertisements are one
such example of said content. It should be noted that the InPrivate Filter is 'smart' in the sense that it can and will (if enabled)
automatically detect content which appears with a high frequency on websites that you visit.
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03.04.2009GreenBrowser 3.7 Build 1225
GreenBrowser is a free open
source web browser based on
IE's core. Its goal is to
help people surf Internet
faster, more securely and
efficiently. Its highlight
features include optimized
browsing engine, integrated
search toolbar, Smart pop-up
filter, AD Filter, Mouse
Gesture, Mouse Drag, Auto Fill
Form, Auto Scroll, Auto
Refresh, Auto Save, Auto Hide,
Search Bar, External Toolbar,
Collector, Plugin, Skin,
Proxy, URL Alias, Link List,
Status Bar Setting, Sort Save
Page, Clean System, Page
Download Control, Page Zoom,
Page Background Color...
What's New in
GreenBrowser 3.7 Build
1225: add:
status toolbar commands
add: get search bar text
add: customize monitor icon
add: drag open group
file
add: window manager
copy multi url
fix: new
window sequence bug
fix:
mouse drag menu bug
fix:
download control inherit
bug
improve: quick key
function
improve: input
dlg function
improve:
link list sort speed
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25.12.2006SearchWiki: make search your own
Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th
position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there at all and you'd like to add it. Or maybe you'd like to add some notes about
what you found on that site and why you thought it was useful. Starting today you can do all this and tailor Google search results to best meet your
needs.
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21.11.2008Windows Live Search beta, new
live.com!
Live.com, the fast,
customizable home page for
Windows Live, also released a
significant upgrade today.
This includes a new design and
features that help users
quickly customize their home
page,
preview
content, create multiple pages
based on their interests, and
add their favorite content
from millions of information
sources and RSS feeds.
For the first time,
Windows Live Search is now
available on Live.com, as are
several new, advanced search
services that include the
ability to add persistent
search results to one?s
Live.com home page, subscribe
to RSS feeds directly from
search results, and view
search results in the advanced
contextual format.
New and updated
gadgets are also available,
including image search, a
clock, Windows Live Favorites,
stock quotes and weather. MSN
Video and MSN Infopane offer
easy access to popular MSN
content.
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08.03.2006Windows 7 supports search plugins
When Vista was released, its search features were significantly better than XP's. It's time to take a look at what Microsoft is planning to do for
search for Windows 7; according to information Microsoft has released to developers, search in Windows 7 can go beyond a local network:
"Windows 7 supports searching for documents beyond the user's own PC. Developers and IT professionals can enable their search engines, document
repositories, web applications, and proprietary data stores to be searched from Windows 7 without needing to write and deploy client code. This
enables end users to search their corporate intranet or the web as easily as they can search for their local files—all from within the same familiar
Windows interface."
Furthermore, developers can add Windows 7 compatible OpenSearch support to any existing searchable web application
by adding RSS or ATOM output (the desktop client can then have a Search Connector for the service). SharePoint Search Server can also query these
compatible OpenSearch services (as shown at PDC 2008).
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30.11.2008Google unveils new and improved Search Options
A lot of people have been saying lately that Twitter is the newest, and probably best, way to find real-time search results. Pop in what you want into
the search bar and you'll get up to the minute results from people talking about your topic. Google has certainly not sat by and watched this
happen -- according to Mashable and the official Google Blog, they've just unveiled their new Google Search Options. What new features can you
expect when searching? For one, time-based results. As mentioned, Google appears to be taking Twitter head on with this, and now you can filter your
search results based on the time they were posted. A handy feature, especially for journalists.
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13.05.2009Kazaa Working to Filter Music
Files
Kazaa worked feverishly Monday
to comply with a court order
that mandated the use of
filters to prevent sharing of
copyrighted material across
its network. The company has
until December 5 to install a
system that uses keywords,
such as the name of an artist,
to filter out copyrighted
music files...
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28.11.2005Windows 7: Federated Search
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we look into Federated Search: Windows Vista included the enhanced desktop search feature which helps users
to readily locate files, e-mail messages, and other items on their PC . With the release of Windows Search 4.0, the performance of the search tool
improved while adding much-needed manageability features for IT. Windows 7 along with the desktop search, introduces Federated Search in which the
scope of the search goes beyond your PC. You can now search for items in remote repositories from your PC. It is based on OpenSearch and the RSS
format.
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06.01.2009MSN Search Toolbar Gets
Contextual Search Add-in
Pop-up sidebar offers desktop
and Web links related to
surfed sites...
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