Archive for December 3rd, 2008
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QTTabBar
Jarenlang heeft Microsoft tegen EU-commissaris Kroes geroepen dat Internet Explorer niet uit Windows kon worden gesloopt omdat het te veel met het systeem verweven was. Maar hoe kan het dan dat Internet Explorer in versie 7 wel tabbladen kreeg terwijl die functie niet ook ineens in Windows Verkenner verscheen? Met het handige QTTabBar kan het [...]
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Windows 7 Beta 1 for MDC Attendees
Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD.
Register today and you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements around the Azure Services Platform and Windows 7. -
Why Ubuntu Now Beats Vista
Last month, Canonical launched Ubuntu 8.10 with significant new features and performance upgrades over previous versions. But what is becoming increasingly clear is that the free, downloadable operating system has in many critical ways caught or surpassed Microsoft’s flagship desktop operating system — and poses a significant threat to the software giant if the market [...]
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Memo to Microsoft: Enough With The Bribery
JR Raphael: Microsoft is trying to sweeten the deal in its bribery — er, sorry, promotion — to get you to use its Live.com search engine. The company has just announced plans to make its Cashback program even more instant. Am I the only one getting tired of this?
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Windows market share dives below 90% for first time
Microsoft Corp.’s Windows OS last month took its biggest market share dive in the past two years, erasing gains made in two of the past three months and sending the operating system’s share under 90% for the first time, an Internet measurement company reported today.
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In November, 89.6% of users who connected to the Web sites [...] -
Hyper-V Migration Guide Published
This guide explains how to migrate virtual machines running Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Virtual PC to Hyper-V. A virtual machine running Virtual Server consists of a configuration file (.vmc) and one or more data files. These data files can include virtual hard disks (.vhd files) and other media files, such [...]
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With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track
From the other side of the world comes a report that Windows Vista Service Pack 2 will be released to manufacturing in April 2009, roughly a year after SP1. The Malaysian website TechARP has a pretty good track record with this sort of prediction, and my sources tell me that schedule sounds about right.
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Xbox 360 Registers Biggest Black Friday in Its History
Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system kicked off the holidays with record-breaking console sales on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year in the U.S. Retailers reported Xbox 360 console sales over the Black Friday weekend were on pace to beat previous years, outselling the PlayStation 3 by a three-to-one [...]