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A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)
Ed Bott: Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 for the first time at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles three weeks ago. That public unveiling and the widespread availability of a pre-beta release of the Windows 7 code (build 6801) inspired a slew of first looks (including mine). But after that initial flurry [...]
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Microsoft Live Search Toolbar/Java Runtime Environment
Java was offering the Google Toolbar as a "crapware" add-on to the installer. Looks like they have switched to Microsoft now.
Microsoft Live Search-Powered Toolbar as Part of Java Runtime Environment
Search distribution deal expands reach of Microsoft Live Search via custom MSN Toolbar.
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REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 10, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a [...] -
Inside Windows’ core: A peek into Microsoft’s COSD
Microsoft’s Core Operating System Division (COSD) is somewhat of a black hole to many outside (and even inside) the Redmond software maker. Charged with the amorphous goal of ensuring Windows “engineering excellence,” the five-year-old COSD group creates the core components at the heart of Windows.
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Jon DeVaan — the “mystery man” behind Windows 7 — is [...] -
Windows 7: Microsoft’s Linux killer?
Linux has been making inroads into PC sales lately because it runs so well on lightweight netbooks with limited RAM and processing power. Windows 7, though, appears to run well on lightweight hardware as well, which could mean that it’s Microsoft’s Linux killer.
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At the recent PDC, where Windows 7 was unveiled, Windows and Windows Live [...] -
Load-Balanced High-Availability Web Cluster With 2 Xen Servers On Ubuntu 8.04
In this howto we will build a load-balanced and high-availability web cluster on 2 real servers with Xen, hearbeat and ldirectord. The cluster will do http, mail, DNS, MySQL database and will be completely monitored. This is currently used on a production server with a couple of websites. The goal of this tutorial is to [...]
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Load-Balanced High-Availability Web Cluster With 2 Xen Servers On Ubuntu 8.04
In this howto we will build a load-balanced and high-availability web cluster on 2 real servers with Xen, hearbeat and ldirectord. The cluster will do http, mail, DNS, MySQL database and will be completely monitored. This is currently used on a production server with a couple of websites. The goal of this tutorial is to [...]
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Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexed
Mary Jo Foley: Now that the initial Microsoft PDC pixie dust has settled, developers are trying to digest exactly what Microsoft’s cloud platform is. Here’s my attempt to explain it.
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Microsoft layed out its “Azure” foundational infrastructure for the cloud during the keynote kick-off on day one of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) here in Los [...] -
Microsoft Joins Working Group for Open Standards Messaging Software
Microsoft announced that it is joining the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) Working Group, an organization focused on the development of the AMQP specification. Microsoft is joining the AMQP Working Group at the request of its members, including several of Microsoft’s customers in the financial services industry, in order to support the development of an [...]