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Hands On The Zune
Today, I had an opportunity to listen to a few songs and a radio station on the Zune here at the Microsoft Campus in Seattle.
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22.10.2006 Hands-on with Microsoft Origami (Ultra Mobile PC)
Here we reveal truth about Microsoft Origami also known as "Ultra Mobile PC" - we go beyond the buzz and tell you how it is!
First of all please note that now there are 3 models of Microsoft Origami (i.e. UMPC = Ultra Mobile PC) devices.
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13.3.2006 Vista Hands On #4: Clean install with an upgrade key
I've been reading
the breathless reports this week about the "Vista upgrade loophole." Most of it is typical echo-chamber stuff, and most of the reports I've read so far have gotten the basic facts wrong.
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19.2.2007 Linux dead at hands of Windows 7? Horse puckey!
To listen to my fellow bloggers, Robin Harris and Michael Krigsman, you would think that it’s all over for desktop Linux, with the OS once again being relegated to the server room while Windows 7 is the be all to end all of desktop operating systems. To that I say, baloney!
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29.1.2009 Microsoft Hands out XP SP3 beta – Final SP for XP
In an email sent to selected testers telling them they have been accepted to begin testing XP SP3, Microsoft has also informed them that this will be the final Service Pack for the now aging OS.
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5.10.2007Microsoft Application Virtualization Hands-on Labs
Are you new to Microsoft Application Virtualization (aka SoftGrid) and looking for a quick and easy way to ramp up your skills? If so then these
virtual labs are a great place to start. In as little as an hour or two you can use these to evaluate and test many of the features and concepts
through a series of guided, hands-on exercises. Sure you can read the guides and manuals and all that stuff (you do read all those, right?) but if
youre anything like me theres no substitute for getting your hands dirty. Plus a little practice now using these labs can save you a ton of time
troubleshooting mistakes down the road. Check them out...
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01.02.2008Study Refutes Keyboard, Carpal
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A report released Wednesday by
the Harvard Medical School may
turn some common assumptions
about computer usage on their
head. According to the report,
titled "Hands: Strategies
for Strong, Pain-Free
Hands," heavy keyboarding
may not be responsible for
incidences of carpal tunnel
syndrome after all...
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15.12.2005Hands on: Canonical aims for the cloud with new Ubuntu One
Canonical is preparing to launch Ubuntu One, a new Web service that will offer cloud synchronization and collaboration features. Ars gives you a
detailed hands-on look at the service and some of the underlying technology.
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13.05.2009Hands on: Sony VAIO X Windows 7 Notebook
Sony took the covers off its new X series range of notebooks yesterday at a press event in London and Neowin was waiting in the wings for an early
hands on. The new X Series is incredibly light and slim, weighing just 0.78KG (including battery). It's hard to describe just how elegant and
slim this notebook is, the chasis measures no more than 13.9mm in width at any point across its body. It's so light that Sony is claiming the X
series is the "world's lightest laptop." Sony has designed this latest notebook for portability, performance and style. Marketed towards
business travelers, this ultra-premium notebook is sexy in a choice of three finishes; gold, black and premium carbon.
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09.10.2009Zune HD browser, UI and On Screen Keyboard hands on Videos
Engadget has posted a detailed Zune HD hands-on video, full to the brim with good looking Zune HD features - including the UI, which was previously
reported about by Neowin, and the On Screen Keyboard in action. Crunchgear is also featuring a video which shows off the browser UI. Some of the
highlights of the videos are found below: On Screen Keyboard - The typing interface in the video seems very easy to use - the onscreen keyboard
allows a lot of space and seems to work just fine with larger fingers too. Pins, History, and New - From the home screen, a quick tap on the left
icons bring you to your Pins and History.
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12.08.2009Zune HD hands-on and unboxing video
It feels like a long time from the early rumors to devices on shelves, but Microsofts latest PMP, the Zune HD, is finally here. Packing WiFi along
with a touch-sensitive OLED display, the Zune HD is based on NVIDIAs Tegra 720p-capable chipset and promises not only music and high-definition video
but also Internet access and gaming...
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15.09.2009Windows 7 retail boxes begin surfacing in stores
That's right, October 22 is creeping up fast, and Windows 7 is getting very close to being available to the general public, even though most of us
probably have our hands on a copy by now. According to Engadget, these Windows 7 retail boxes arrived in a Chicago Electronics shop today. If you
recall, back in May of this year the box art was leaked and then later confirmed by various postings across Microsoft retail sites. Many of us have
also gotten their hands on Windows 7 Party Packs for the Windows 7 House Parties that Microsoft is pushing to get consumers to adopt Windows 7 even
quicker.
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05.10.2009Asus Eee PC Initial Hands On and Video Review
The Asus Eee PC 701 4G is the new affordable ultraportable notebook that's bound to be on many consumer's Christmas wishlist this year. Retailing
for somewhere between $299 and $399, the Eee PC isn't exactly a workhorse, but it will do just about every basic task you'd need from a laptop. Our
initial hands-on actually proves it does more than we expected.
First, the specs for the review unit we have on hand, which is
the Eee PC 701 4G...
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26.10.2007Hands-On: Alienware High Definition Media Server
When is a home server not a home server? When you blow $7000 on the Alienware High Definition Media Server, running Windows Vista Home Premium, you
can call it whatever you please! Richard Hay is the lucky guy who got hands on with the unit for We Got Served - read his full review to see what kind
of performance that money buys.
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29.05.2008Most ReplayTV assets sold to DirecTV
The struggling DVR company has once again changed hands, this time to the nation's largest satellite provider...
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14.12.2007Poker hotshots narrowly defeat bluffing computer
After two thousand hands and
countless "flops",
"rivers", and "turns", two
elite poker players have
narrowly defeated a formidable
computer opponent. The result
means that, while chess world
champions have fallen to
computers, humans still hold
sway in poker, a game where
psychology plays a huge role.
Phil "The
Unabomber" Laak and Ali
Eslami took on Polaris,
software developed by
researchers at the University
of Alberta in Canada, in a
set-up designed to reduce the
role that luck normally plays
in a game of poker.
The pair played Polaris
simultaneously in different
rooms, with computer and human
playing opposite hands in each
game. In other words, if Laak
was dealt a full house,
Polaris would have exactly the
same hand, at the same time,
in its game against Eslami...
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25.07.2007Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit (Beta 3)
The Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit includes a set of hands-on-labs and presentations for technologies such as IIS7, Management, WCF, WF,
Windows CardSpace, Windows PowerShell, Virtualization and the Transactional File System (TxF). The content was originally created by Microsoft's
Developer & Platform Evangelism group as part of the Windows Server 2008 Touchdown training activities.
The seven hands-on labs
included in this kit are based on the DinnerNow sample application. The entire source code for the DinnerNow sample application can be downloaded from
codeplex (see the related resources), however, this sample is not required for using the developer training kit.
Although this
kit is intended to show developers how to build applications that target Windows Server 2008 technologies, the kit can be installed on Windows Vista,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. The hands-on labs and most of the technologies covered in this training kit also apply to Windows Vista.
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03.01.2008Zune HD to launch Sept 15th
It's no secret that the Zune HD launch is getting closer. First there was Amazon taking pre-orders but now there appears to be official signage
that clearly states that September 15th is the day that Microsoft will take on the market dominating iPod Touch. The previously leaked day of
September 8th is expected to be the pre-order date. Neowin recently posted a hands on review that showed off some of the features for the
upcoming Zune HD. Microsoft has packed the Zune full of features and with its excellent Zune Pass subscription music service it may have a serious
contender on its hands.
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12.08.2009Hands on: Songbird 1.0 music app soars
In a desktop media realm dominated by iTunes and Windows Media Player, Songbird is an open source player that dances to its own beat. Built on Mozilla
technology, Songbird offers a very customizable interface and integrates a pleasant variety of web services that offer everything from artist bios,
lyrics, music store integration, and much more. Since Songbird is now available as an official 1.0 release candidate after a two-year development
journey, we felt it was time to plug in some headphones and check it out.
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10.11.2008Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threats
Microsoft security engineer Robert Hensing had a question for the hundreds of his company's developers seated before him: can a person's PC become
infected with a rootkit simply by opening a PowerPoint file?
In the packed conference center, a smattering of developers raise
their hands. Nearby, in an adjacent room, where hackers invited to speak at Microsoft's Blue Hat conference watch the presentations on TV, an entire
table of hands go up.
"That's one thing I want you to take away from this," Hensing tells the Microsoft developers.
"Applications are dangerous."
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05.12.2007Sony: PS3 Supplies to Improve by May
Those wishing to get their
hands on Sony's PlayStation 3
should have no problem by May,
as the company said it was on
track to ship two million
consoles by the end of next
month, and be able to meet
demand soon after...
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28.02.2007Major beta changes summon all hands to TweetDeck
A popular Twitter client gets stronger as TweetDeck's v0.19b release makes its way to users of the AIR-based application...
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09.10.2008One way to end a lawsuit: Visto gets Good
What started out as a move by Motorola to become a serious contender in the mobile e-mail services space has ended up playing into the hands of a
company with a familiar name among certain attorneys.
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24.02.2009Up Close: Lenovo's new consumer IdeaPads
BetaNews met up with Lenovo at CES for some hands-on time with the new consumer-oriented IdeaPad notebooks...
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09.01.2008Twitter makes it to your car, courtesy of OnStar
The inevitable has happened, Twitter has officially taken the world by storm and it's coming to your car, hands-free. OnStar, a company that
provides subscription based communications, in-vehicle security, turn-by-turn navigation, and remote diagnostics systems throughout the United States
and Canada, is looking to be the first company to provide hands-free Twitter updates without the use of your mobile phone or computer. Safety is my
first concern when I'm driving, and I don't use my mobile device while driving. However what if you could just tell your car's OnStar
system to update your Twitter account? It looks like OnStar is gearing up to release a new feature for subscribers using voice-to-text technology.
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