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Microsoft has made the news lately with some incredible anti-spam efforts, bringing down the botnet Rustock which is responsible for 80% of global spam and able to send more than a billion spam messages a day. What is a botnet and how does a computer become part of a botnet? A botnet is basically a bunch...
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[This post was inspired by PC World republish of a Mac World article, “ How to Switch to Google Calendar ”] Hotmail is the largest email service in the world (unless you count Facebook ), but you never hear people talking about it or it’s calendar the way you hear about Gmail and Google...
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Microsoft has just released a Zune (PC client) update which upgrades the Windows Mobile Device Updater component. This is in anticipation of the soon (we hope) to arrive Windows Phone 7 update code named “NoDo” MSFT Social Forums post announcing the release of the Zune software update MSFT...
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John Ramminger ( @johnram ) from Abel Solutions piped up during a discussion of the downloadable Microsoft HyperV SharePoint 2010 image and mentioned that the WinImage tool can be used to convert the HyperV machine to a VMWare .vmdk. As a lover of VMWare, I can’t wait to try this out!
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Do you work with documents? Maybe Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and/or OneNote documents? Would you like to be able to create and edit these documents without having to pay for new versions of Microsoft Office and without having to worry about upgrades and security patches? Have you ever want...
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Microsoft is driving around the US and Canada in a giant tour bus to advertise Windows 7 and Office 2010. The bus is coming to Atlanta on June 4th (we’re the last stop on the tour) and everyone should come out to see what they have to say. Check the website to get details on the agenda MicrosoftBusTour...
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Thanks to a year's worth of hard work and some fantastic support from my family, friends, and colleagues, I have been reselected by Microsoft as a SharePoint Server MVP. This acknowledgement is extremely gratifying and encouraging as it is in recognition of countless SharePoint focused Twitter posts...
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The Next Generation of Windows® is almost here! Microsoft has released a video blog called Talking About Windows. This video blog provides insight on Windows 7 from the Microsoft engineers who helped build the product. www.talkingaboutwindows.com Check out what those who have used the product have...
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The IT Pro Evangelist in Atlanta will be hosting a Windows 7 loadfest at Microsoft in Alpharetta on June 11th at the Microsoft office. Come Join! https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032410648&culture=en-US
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Notes Online I’m a major MAJOR fan of OneNote, but it doesn’t really have an online interface which makes it tough to use when you’re really mobile (meaning you don’t have access to YOUR machine). Google has a Notebooks offering and there are wikis galore, but now Live Labs at Microsoft has release...
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First – I’m not going to be breaking the NDA I signed which enabled me to attend this event – you won’t be learning about any specific details about Office 14 from me in this blog entry. What I did want to convey was my general impression of excitement. What I saw in the past few days from the...
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I make not secret of the fact that I'm a Microsoft fanboy. I use a Microsoft Zune. I have several Xboxes (I kept 1 and gave 2 away). I use a Windows Mobile phone. This morning, my Microsoft Life got updated. I fired up my Xbox 360 and downloaded the new Xbox Experience - an entirely new dashboard...
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Figure 1 - SkyDrive home page Windows Live SkyDrive is an online file storage and sharing system which can be used to replace a traditional FTP server. http://skydrive.live.com Sign in with a Windows Live ID (you can create one if you don’t already have one). Your Windows Live ID can be used for a multitude...
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Register today and getVIRTUALnow. Atlanta event November 17, 2008 https://www.getvirtualnow.com/usevents/CitySelect.aspx Find out how Windows Server 2008® with Hyper-V™, Microsoft System Center--including Virtual Machine Manager 2008—and Microsoft Desktop and Application Virtualization can help you virtualize...
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If you have Windows Vista SP1 and would like Free Support until 18 March 2009 check this out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Free, unlimited installation and compatibility support is now available for all worldwide customers using Windows Vista...