Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Microsoft Corporation has just released Microsoft Security Essentials, a new and free anti-malware service which provides real time protection for modern computers equipped with Windows 7 operating system, but in the same time it is compatible with older PCs with a CPU of only 500 MHz running Windows XP SP2. Microsoft Security Essentials provides comprehensive malware protection against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. (more…)
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
It is well known the fact that Internet Explorer browser rendering speed is quite low in case of web applications and pages which uses your system resources intensively. Google has came with a simple solution to boost the Internet Explorer performance and the level of compatibility with modern web based applications: Google Chrome Frame, a new free plug-in that will introduce Google Chrome’s web technologies and a faster JavaScript rendering engine into Internet Explorer. (more…)
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Based on the agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo!, Bing will power the Yahoo! Search for at least the next ten years. The terms of agreement specify that Microsoft will acquire an exclusive 10 year license to Yahoo!’s core search technologies, and Microsoft will have the ability to integrate Yahoo! search technologies into its existing web search platforms. According to comScore, this partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo! will determine the apparition of a new serious competitor for Google, even the Google Search giant still dominate 65% of the Internet search engines market. (more…)
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Approximately in a week after Windows 7 RTM was released to major OEM (original equipment manufacturers), hackers have found an innovative method to crack and activate pirated copies of the operating system. Based on a Windows 7 Ultimate OEM DVD ISO leaked on a Chinese forum, the hackers have identified the OEM-SLP (System Locked Preinstall) product key and the OEM certificate for Windows 7 RTM Ultimate. The necessary data to permanently activate Windows 7 RTM Ultimate was grabbed via boot.wim file existing on the leaked DVD ISO. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
TubeQueue is a freeware application compatible with Windows operating system that uses the “queue” concept in its functionality: given a list of YouTube video files, it will perform their conversion in the desired format, such as mp4, mov, mpeg and more. As compared with similar software, TubeQueue works in a different manner: (more…)
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Microsoft has just released an useful free tool for Windows Mobile applications developers: Application Verifier Tool for Windows Mobile. This software is capable to check the validity of the mobile applications functions and to detect common programming mistakes. A positive diagnostics reports of Application Verifier Tool for Windows Mobile is critical for the applications submitted to Windows Marketplace for Mobile catalog. (more…)
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
The 7600 build of the Windows 7 was officially announced as RTM. The leaked Windows 7 Build 6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255 seems to be identical with the final Windows 7 RTM. As you expected, Windows 7 RTM was made available for free download on various websites, before the official announcement made by Microsoft in a press release and on Windows 7 Team Blog. In the same time, Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM was also announced, simultaneously with Windows 7 RTM, on July 22, 2009.
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The official dates when you will be able to get Windows 7 RTM were made public on Windows 7 Team Blog by Brandon LeBlanc. The Release to Manufacturing (RTM) for Windows 7 will not be free for beta testers, unless they have a subscription to TechNet. In the same time, the product keys for Windows 7 RTM will be different than the ones released for Windows 7 Beta and the Release Candidate. ISV (Independent software vendor) and IHV (Independent hardware vendor) Partners will be the first who can obtain Windows 7 RTM from Microsoft Connect or MSDN on August 6th. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
In an attempt to improve the interoperability between Windows operating system and Linux open source platform, Microsoft has released under the terms of GPL 2 license, 20000 lines of code corresponding to three Linux device drivers. This is the first time when Microsoft provides codes for device drivers directly to the Linux kernel community for the inclusion in the Linux tree. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Microsoft has just announced the availability of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 (12.2.0), which contains many improvements intended to increase stability, security and performance of all applications existing in the Office suite. In addition, the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 comes with a new application called Microsoft Document Connection. It allows you to manage files hosted on a SharePoint site or on Microsoft Office Live Workspace. (more…)
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
In addition to the Windows 7 RTM Build 7600, now Microsoft Office Mondo 2010 Beta 1 is available for free download from torrent links. The leaked version of Microsoft Office Mondo 2010 Beta 1 has the Build number 14.0.4302.1000 and can be downloaded in two flavors for 32bit, as well as 64bit platforms (the DVD ISO file size has 1.58 GB). It seems to be a major update, as compared with the latest leaked Office 2010 Technical Preview. Practically, Microsoft Office Mondo 2010 Beta 1 could be the ultimate SKU, according to the following screenshot:
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
In many news articles related to the official date of Windows 7 RTM availability, there were made a series of speculations regarding the fact that Microsoft will announce the final build of Windows 7 RTM on July 13th, 2009 at the annual Worldwide Partner Conference, which takes place in New Orleans. The rumors are sustained by the leaked version of Windows 7 RTM Build 7600, now available for free download from torrent links or file sharing services, such as RapidShare, MegaUpload and DepositFiles.
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
In February 2009, the “quick add” feature was introduced into Hotmail service. Now, Microsoft has announced that the quick add pane will provide you the option to integrate into emails content found via Bing Search. With a single mouse click, the user is allowed to insert into the HTML email body movies, images and other types of web based content retrieved by Bing search engine.
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