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WindowsForDevices Book helps create, port Zune games WindowsForDevices, CA Fortunately, according to a new posting on the Windows Embedded blog by Software Architect Mike Hall, a new book (right) has come out that explains how. "Zune Game Development Using XNA 3.0," published yesterday, shows programmers how to create games ... More...

Internet Explorer 8 "critical" flaw in final version SC Magazine US For its part, Microsoft said in a Monday blog post: “The final release of Internet Explorer 8 on Windows Vista blocks the .NET DEP+ASLR bypass mechanism from malicious websites on the internet. But this post may have been more specifically referring to ... More...

The latest version of Microsoft's web platform is surprisingly interoperable and open source friendly... More...

Windows Windows/Vista/XP ZDNet.de, Germany Then play it, send it, share it, blog it. It's that simple. And that much fun. A single, intuitive and easy-to-use solution that can sync your PC and phone, and deliver it all faster, better and with greater simplicity than ever before possible. ... More...

Former Windows Vista top executive, Jim Allchin,*has left Microsoft for more than a year and has since been busy with his creative side releasing an album titled “Enigma”.On Tuesday, Jim’s music has hit the iTunes and comments on the former Vista top guy are diverse. Some compare his music to Eric Clapton and some want [...] More...

ZDNet Blogs SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish ZDNet Blogs Your alliance with Microsoft and their experiences with rolling out Windows Vista should have least yielded that much useful advice. Essentially, to produce SLED 11, Novell repackaged openSUSE 11.1 with new backgrounds and artwork and slapped a number ... More...

The second functional update to WHS has arrived, bringing some important updates... More...

CNET News Ballmer's big mouth is good for Microsoft CNET News, CA And he's only telling us what we already know: Windows Mobile is in desperate need of a meaningful update Windows Vista is a bloated mess that Microsoft can't salvage Mac OS X isn't a credible threat to Windows Apple charges much more for its ... More...

Thank you to everyone who has provided the IE Team with feedback on IE8. Your dedication to making this product the best it can be is truly amazing. Here is an update on the feedback channels mentioned in IE8 Beta Feedback blog post back in March of 2008: [*]IE8 Technical Beta – We invited a group of beta testers, including anyone who emailed us, from around the world to test and submit issues on IE8 through Microsoft Connect. Compared to feedback during IE7, we received a high percentage of actionable bugs. We appreciate the time everyone took to file detailed bug reports with the IE Team. What happens now? All Postponed bugs are now active for consideration…

Will Big Blue mainframes run Windows? Register, UK So, the real curiosity is how Mantissa is supporting Windows XP or Vista atop z/VM partitions. According to the company's development blog, z/VOS includes a translation engine that "converts native x86 code to its System z equivalent. ... More...

PC World Apple Resurrects the 17-inch iMac PC World Windows Vista Migration: The Business Proposition It's not so much a matter of "if" but "when" for most organizations regarding migration to Windows Vista. Laying the groundwork now for this migration can yield higher ROI than waiting until later. ... More...

Hands On with Lotus Notes 8.5 PC Magazine Notes 8.5 runs on Windows XP or Vista (and I'm also running it on Windows 7, though IBM doesn't officially support that yet) Ubuntu, Red Hat, or Suse Linux and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). While I doubt this version will appeal to many current Outlook ... More...

I came across this post that lists the 25 things wrong with iPhone. The list includes really pathetic features like copy & paste, java on mobile, no undo function, no timestamp for sms, etc. What? Really dumb and stupid things, and to pay for such a price is mind boggling. What’s more mind-boggling is that industry label [...] More...

Is Ballmer conceding victory to Linux Netbooks? CNET News, CA He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. by chocklat March 23, 2009 7:26 AM PDT This analogy is faulty. First, Ballmer was referring to Apple hardware vs. hardware that runs Windows. They are essentially the ... More...

Internet Explorer 8 is a powerful predecessor of IE7 that boasts of a number of features that enhance user experience on an increased level of security.IE8 allows for private browsing that ensures no tracks are left behind on the users’ online activities. This feature is readily available using paid 3rd party applications like those offered [...] More...

Microsoft confirms Windows Mobile Widgets Rethink Wireless, UK "A good way to think of a Windows Mobile Widget is as a 'portable chunk of the web' or just basically a rich internet application," wrote Microsoft software engineer Jorge Peraza on the Windows Mobile Team Blog. The widgets - or tiny, reusable apps ... More...

I got a time stamp server need need to renew its cert. But after signing the CSR with my Win 2003 CA, I found that some features like Enhanced Key Usage: Time Stamping (1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.8) are missed. I have searched the net and found some tricks to set extension before signing. I did a trial but failed to do so. Please advise. echo 30 0A 06 08 2B 06 01 05 05 07 03 08>timestampoid.txt certutil.exe -setextension 35 2.5.29.37 1 @timestampoid.txt Thanks a lot! +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: cert.JPG | |Download: http://forums.techarena.in/attachmen…

Leo and I discuss IE 8, Silverlight 3 Beta, Microsoft's legal battles, and much more... More...

When I try to install Google Earth on my computer (using i.e.), I get a error message code 0x8004905 and the message which discontinue the installation. Do anyone have any idea what this means and how to correct it?

Help File: Using Hotmail With Regular Mail Programs Washington Post, United States The Windows Mail program built into Windows Vista was worst of all. Its new-account "wizard" refused to set up Hotmail access, claiming that it was impossible. I had to edit another account's settings to work around this defect. ... More...

Internet Explorer 8 represents a leap forward in support for web standards. We believe that IE8 has the first complete implementation of CSS 2.1 in the industry and it is fully compliant with the current CSS 2.1 test suite. The only way to know if a browser has correctly implemented a specification is to develop a comprehensive set of tests for the specification. Those tests are the best reference for how a browser will behave when you’re writing a web page. Today, the IE Team is submitting 196 new test cases to the CSS 2.1 Working Group for inclusion into the CSS 2.1 test suite. These cases were developed since IE8 RC. This brings Microsoft’s contribution …

Hi, I’m Kris Krueger, the Test Lead for the developer platform in Internet Explorer. When we announced the IE8 Release Candidate, the call to action for site owners, software developers, designers, and administrators was to test with the Release Candidate build and make any changes necessary to create the best possible customer experience with IE8. We stated that we would continue listening to feedback from the community, but would be very selective about the changes to the platform made from there on out. This is an important point – we wanted to be mindful of the work we’d asked you to do. We didn’t want to “pull the carpet out from under you†by changing …

IE 8.0 loves add-ons, search, acceleration NetworkWorld.com, MA Users can choose to blog or email with Windows Live, Map or translate with Live Search, or share with Windows Messenger. Of these, the Map with Live Search is likely to be the most useful. Accelerating the word "Sydney", for example, ... More...

My conclusions about IE 8 are now available: This is an excellent web browser and you should really give it a look... More...

CLR Inside Out MSDN Magazine Starting with this service pack, we've also opted NGen images into using Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), a security feature that was added to Windows in Windows Vista (see "Address Space Layout Randomization in Windows Vista"). ... More...