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Microsoft has acquired video-search vendor VideoSurf for roughly $70 million, according to reports. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott You’ve waited patiently. Well, you’ve waited. And now the wait is almost over: On December 6, Microsoft will publicly deliver its long-awaited Fall 2011 Dashboard Update for the Xbox 360. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Amazon’s new Kindle Fire isn’t an iPad killer, but then it doesn’t try to be. Instead, it’s the purest media tablet around, a magical and revolutionary device that sells for an unbelievable price. Sound familiar? It should, but this time it’s true: The Kindle Fire is a tremendous value, the right product at the right price. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott While Google and Apple are getting a lot of press these days about their respective cloud services initiatives, Microsoft of course has its own cloud solutions, some of which are surprisingly low profile despite their usefulness. One such service is SkyDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage solution, which has undergone a number of important improvements in recent months. But today, the company announced plans to address users’ changing needs and, I think, offer something that is more compelling. Source: Win Super Site

Good Afternoon, Happy Holidays! I am trying to add a second DNS/DHCP server. Currently the only one we have is in another state and we communicate to it via BOVPN. ( this can't be optimal ) I am looking to improve resolution and network speed. Some notes about our network: only the main office uses Active Directory, pdc/dns/wins/(etc.) @ 192.168.1.250 main office: 192.168.1.0/24 branch office: 192.168.2.0/24 I can't seem to get constant resolution, i think if i get any at all, its coincidental. Please view my settings at http://www.sumarlidason.com/dnsissue Thanks in advance for any help

By Paul Thurrott Microsoft has written yet another voluminous blog post about Windows 8, this one concerning the Setup experience. It touches on a number of interesting topics including Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to simplify and streamline Setup, a new web delivering method of installing Windows 8, and automated installs. Source: Win Super Site

Advancements like high-performance compiled JavaScript and hardware-accelerated rendering of HTML5 and CSS3 in Internet Explorer 9 and 10 allow Web developers to create richer and richer experiences. Two related features, CSS3 Transitions and CSS3 Animations, give Web developers a declarative way to add personality to Web page interactions easily. This blog post describes these two features as implemented in IE10 in the Windows Developer Preview and Windows 8 Metro style apps written in HTML. Same Markup

By Paul Thurrott Microsoft chairman Bill Gates testified Monday in a small antitrust case that concerns events from the mid-1990s, an obscure, almost historical time period when he was directly responsible for the software giant’s strategy. But unlike Microsoft’s vaunted antitrust case with the US government, this time Gates actually showed up in court. And he was quick to dismiss theories about his actions at the time. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Days ahead of the usual "Black Friday" silliness, online giant Amazon.com is offering a slew of smart phones for one penny. According to the company, the deal runs from midnight PDT November 21, 2011, through 11:59 p.m. PDT November 28, 2011, while supplies last, including phones for the Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T wireless networks, and requires a new line of service. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott In the first step towards what can only be described as an inevitable disaster, Google today announced that it was lowering the price of the Chromebook to just $300. As with most Android-based tablets, however, few consumers actually want such a device, so the price cut is unlikely to generate any meaningful new sales. Source: Win Super Site

Yoo, i've had this problem for since i can remember but never found any help till i saw this forum, it's hard to explain so i feel pictures would help alot more, basically certain software features won't load and certain web pages will show up black and white like a super old version of windows or something, that explanation probably didn't help atall so heres some pictures - in this picture of the website The Official Website of the Ultimate Fighting Championship there's suppose to be a reel of videos playing at the top, but obviously there's not ^^, [/url]

By Paul Thurrott While I’m not going to review the recently released Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary, I did want to offer up some quick thoughts on the history of this franchise, and the impact it’s had on the video game world generally and on the Xbox more specifically. And then I want to explain why I’ve moved on. Source: Win Super Site

Hello all. I need som help here. this is a big case in my eyes. Ok let`s go. The problem is: I have sign up for a domain name on Dyndns.org and want to use that on my ftp server at home. But for some reason, the people on the internet can not connect to my ftp, When they type in my domain name (ftp://winserver2008.homeftp.or) they get a white window in theyr internet explorer. Dyndns : I have set up that correct on the dyndns domain site with my ruters ip adress. The Ruter: I have the posibility to set up a dynamic host on it and I have also port forwarded the ip to my server. like ruter ip 111.111.111. -> server ip 192.168.0.100 ->21. Network card: I al…

It’s increasingly looking as though Microsoft won’t be holding its annual Mix designer/developer conference in 2012. What Microsoft confabs are still on the docket? Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates may take the stand this week in an ongoing Novell vs. Microsoft antitrust case involving events that happened in the mid-1990s. Yawn. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott Security researchers from McAfee say that malware targeting Google’s insecure Android OS is on the rise. Both iOS/iPhone and Windows Phone remain completely unaffected by this trend and were, in fact, the target of no malware attacks at all in the most recent quarter. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott In this edition of the mailbag: Windows 8 tablet fragmentation, Visual Voice Mail on AT&T Windows Phones, what happened to the plus sign on the Windows Phone keyboard, why tech companies sue for patent violations, the best-ever email subject line, app availability issues on Windows Phone, Zune Pass sort of goes live in Australia, whether you can keep iTunes Match music, and a Windows Phone Instagram alternative. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott With Mary Jo away for a business trip, Leo and Paul man up and discuss some interesting doings at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting, some phone and Windows 8 tablet revelations from a Nokia exec, Windows Phone interest with developers is greater than with users, celebrating 10 years of Xbox, Windows Embedded news, and the arrival of the better-than-expected Amazon Kindle Fire. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott While the Kindle Fire clearly has the iPad in its sights, remember that the media tablet market is still in the early stages. And by the end of 2012, there should be a third major player in the field: Microsoft, which in tandem with its many hardware partners will unleash a diverse lineup of tablet devices based on Windows 8. I believe Windows 8 will account for a huge chunk of this market. Here’s how it could happen. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Amazon.com is a surprising new emerging tech industry giant, alongside such familiar companies as Apple, Google, and Microsoft. The company has continued expanding its reach, and today it offers a fairly compelling media platform with a variety of content types, apps, and even hardware devices. I’m not the only one that’s noticed. Frugal Dad this week published a stunning infographic focusing on Amazon.com and its amazing growth and reach. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Dell this week said that it has replaced over 15,000 Blackberry handsets in the company with Windows Phone devices. That should be a major win for Microsoft’s struggling smart phone platform, but there’s just one problem: Dell is using its own previous generation Windows Phone devices as it has thus far declined to release new versions based on Windows Phone 7.5. Source: Win Super Site

Microsoft is seeking testers for the next release of its free Microsoft Security Essentials anti-malware/anti-virus product. Source: All About Microsoft