Archive for the ‘Hi-Tech blog’ Category
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Microsoft Hardware Gets Into Notebook Cooling
Microsoft has long talked about the "magic of software" and how it helps bring warmth to people’s lives. Now, Microsoft’s Hardware Group is going in the other direction by rolling out a line of products aimed at keeping notebook PCs cool.
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Microsoft Patches Windows DNS, Kernel Flaws
Microsoft has released software patches fixing a handful of critical bugs in the Windows kernel, as well as flaws in the Windows Directory Name System and SChannel security software.
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The software vendor rates the three Windows kernel bugs as critical because they could be used to create attack code that would run unauthorized software on a [...] -
Linux, Microsoft and Sun to discuss the future of operating systems, but where’s Apple?
At the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco on April 8-10, 2009, a meeting of the great OS minds will take place. There, sponsored by Intel, will be assembled together the Linux Foundation, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft representatives. For the first time ever, the three-way group will sit down at a single table to debate and [...]
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Microsoft slashes its software licensing prices
The Enterprise Agreement (EA) product promotion is one of a wide range of customer pricing incentives for businesses of various sizes now highlighted on the Microsoft Incentives Web site.
Under the EA promotion, customers can get 25% off the cost of the License and Software Assurance (L&SA) contract on subscriptions to the enterprise editions of Windows [...] -
Test Centre preview: Windows Server 2008 R2
The noisiest new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 promises to be live virtual machine migration, as Microsoft seizes the chance to show that Hyper-V is closing the gap with VMware Infrastructure. But there are many reasons beyond server virtualization to take a close look at Windows Server 2008 R2. Important enhancements are spread across [...]
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Microsoft: Azure not pie in the sky
Microsoft is trying to convince folks that its cloud operating system is more than hot air.
The software maker unveiled Windows Azure at its Professional Developers Conference in October. Since then, the company has said that pieces of Azure will be ready in final form by the end of the year, but the company has been [...] -
Microsoft details app store plans
Microsoft on Wednesday is offering up more details on its would-be rival to the iPhone’s app store.
The software maker said it will charge developers $99 a year, plus $99 for each application they submit to get an app into the Windows Marketplace store. Through the end of this year, though, developers who register will be [...] -
The Basics of the Windows Server 2008 Distributed File System (DFS)
Jose Barreto: In this blog post, we’ll cover the basics of the Distributed File System (DFS) in Windows Server 2008, which offers users simplified access to a set of file shares and helps administrators easily maintain the file server infrastructure behind those file shares, including options for load sharing, replication and site awareness.