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Samsung officials are denying rumors that Samsung plans to take over HP’s PC business. This comes as HP, the No. 1 vendor of Windows PCs, contemplates selling its PC business. Source: All About Microsoft

I have IIS 7.5 installed on my Windows 2008 R2 Server. the web site using Windows authentication is deployed on the server. Users whose login names contain only letters can access to the web site from Internet or from the same domain IIS 7.5 belongs to without any problem. The problem is users whose login name containes dot charachter(for example firstname.lastname). These users can access only from the machines that resides inside the same domain as IIS 7.5.(but not from Internat). Any solutions?

By Paul Thurrott I attended the grand opening party for the TWiT Brick House, Leo Laporte’s new TWiT Studio in Petaluma, California. Here are some photos from the event. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott One of my favorite legal ploys is "prior use": Some company is suing another company for violating a patent (or whatever) that they own, and then--BAM!--the defending company pulls an ace out of its sleeve and comes up with an example of prior use, proving that the suing company doesn’t even own the technology in question. The case is thrown out of court, the crowd goes wild. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott When Google launched its copycat Google+ service earlier this summer, I figured it was only a matter of time before its, um, inspiration--Facebook--moved to erase the few advantages Google’s service brought to the game. And this week, the social networking giant did just that, making it easier for users to determine who they are sharing information with on the fly. You know, just like Google+ does. Source: Win Super Site

Microsoft briefly showed off a social-networking application/service coming for Windows 8 back in June. It seems Tweet@Rama is not just a mockup. But what, exactly, is it? Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott Live from Petaluma: I appeared on the TWiT podcast this week with Leo, Peter Rojas, Baratunde Thurston, and Nick Bilton and discussed HP’s webOS and PC business strategy change, Microsoft’s play for webOS developers, Windows 8, Google and Motorola and Android patents, and more. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott To say that this week’s news about Skype buying GroupMe raised a few eyebrows is, of course, an understatement. After all, Skype itself is the target of an acquisition, thanks to a mammoth $8.5 billion bid from Microsoft that’s awaited the expected regulatory OK. So why is Skype making this move? Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott Microsoft announced today via its Windows Phone Developer Blog that it is now accepting submissions for mobile apps that run on the soon-to-be-released Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" mobile OS. The company says that now is the time for developers to submit apps that use new Windows Phone 7.5 app features like fast app switching, background audio, multiple and double sided Live Tiles and better Search integration. Source: Win Super Site

Microsoft has signed a confidential legal agreement with Chinese Linux vendor CS2C and will be extending its Hyper-V Cloud private-cloud stack with the ability to run Linux. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott Hewlett-Packard announced that it will exit the PC market, by selling or spinning off its PC business. Source: Win Super Site

By Paul Thurrott It was the biggest tech news of the year so far, but last week’s revelations by Hewlett-Packard about its PC and mobile OS businesses was so badly bungled by the computing giant that we all got the wrong message. The net effect, of course, is that HP has accomplished what it never intended: It has killed any future for its webOS mobile system. And it has possibly mortally wounded its thus-far dominant PC business as well. Source: Win Super Site

The Windows Phone Mango app marketplace is open for business, as of August 22. Microsoft also has made available to developers a near-final test build of its Mango SDK today, as well. Source: All About Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott In a new post to the suddenly bursting Building Windows 8 Blog, Microsoft

By Paul Thurrott Sometimes even smart people ask stupid questions. That

Microsoft’s new review and compensation system — designed to help the company attract and keep tech talent — is beginning to roll out. Will the new system slow or spur more Microsoft defections? Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft officials are promising USB 3.0 support will be part of Windows 8, which will help with battery-life and power-consumption on tablets and desktop PCs. Source: All About Microsoft

GroupMe — a startup that has built a cross-phone-platform messaging and conference-call service — is going to be part of Skype… which is going to be part of Microsoft. Source: All About Microsoft