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What’s new for you in Windows 7: Extended Linguistic Services
Extended Linguistic Services (ELS) is a new feature in Windows 7 that allows developers to use the same small set of APIs to leverage a variety of advanced linguistic functionality. By using ELS APIs in Windows 7, developers can auto-detect the language of any piece of Unicode text and use that information to help make [...]
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Toolkit for asynchronous programming emerges from robotics
You might think that a real-world implementation of something that emerged from a project at the Robotics division of Microsoft Research would have something to do with, perhaps, just maybe, a robot. But one of the big surprises at this year’s PDC was the emergence of a runtime toolkit for enterprise software developers that ostensibly [...]
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Microsoft
1. It is impossible to create a folder named “Con” or “con” on Microsoft operating systems. If you attempt to create a folder with the name of C-o-n you will get an error message saying that the drive name is invalid. What is even more unusual is the sound it makes when such a creation [...]
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Microsoft
1. It is impossible to create a folder named “Con” or “con” on Microsoft operating systems. If you attempt to create a folder with the name of C-o-n you will get an error message saying that the drive name is invalid. What is even more unusual is the sound it makes when such a creation [...]
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Any suggestions for a MMORPG Gamer Graphics Card?:)
Hello everyone. I finally got the game Warhammer online installed on my computer after quite some trouble. I have now found out that the windblower that kept my old graphics gard cool has broken and as a result i am having problems with a low frame-rate in warhammer as well as world of warcraft. Do [...]
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Krusader – Advanced Twinpanel File Manager in openSUSE
Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to Midnight or Total Commander. It provides all the file management features you could possibly want with features like extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support, FTP, advanced search module, an internal viewer/editor, directory synchronisation, file [...]
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Microsoft Joins with Google To Favor White Space
Microsoft has joined Google in pushing to use television white space for a national wireless broadband. The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled a vote on white space for Nov. 4. Microsoft said it has been looking at white space since 2002 and agreed with Google that approval could make the U.S. a world leader in [...]
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Ozzie responds: Is Microsoft Azure just ‘Hailstorm’ revisited?
Mary Jo Foley: At the Professional Developer Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, I’ve heard a few long-time Microsoft watchers wondering aloud whether Microsoft’s newly unveiled “Azure” isn’t simply Microsoft taking another run at “Hailstorm.”
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I had a chance to ask Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, that very question this week.
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First, a quick refresher: For those [...]