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Windows IT Pro A week after researchers discovered that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices were tracking and storing customer locations as they moved around geographically, the company finally issued an official response, disavowing some of the claims while admitting to software bugs. But he big question now is: What took Apple so long to explain itself? ... View the full article
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Unisys, one of Microsoft’s key integration partners, seemingly isn’t happy about Windows 7’s adoption rate in the enterprise. View the full article
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Hello, We've been using a script to deploy network shares, its proving cumbersome. How do I deploy SMB Shares via GPO? say \\server1\companyfiles will be shared to accounting or whomever Thanks!
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Microsoft is expected to announce yet another reorganization, maybe as soon as the week of May 1, that the company is hoping will help boost the sales of its Windows Azure cloud-computing platform. View the full article
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Hello, I hope someone can help me here. I have not been able to successfully install SQL Sever Enterprise 2008 on my new W2008 Sever. I have also tried installing the 2005 version and the installer also errors on installing the database services which tells me that this has something to do with the MSI installer service.
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Barnes & Noble has filed its response to Microsoft’s claim from earlier this year that the Android-based Nook e-reader violates Microsoft patents — complete with allegations around Microsoft’s tactics around patent-enforcement tactics and royalty-charging plans. View the full article
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Windows IT Pro After days of agonizing silence, Sony finally came clean Tuesday and revealed that a hacker had infiltrated its PlayStation Network online service and stolen customer data, including personal information that could be used for identity theft. ... View the full article
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In the coming weeks, Microsoft is planning to open more brick-and-mortar retail stores, including one in Houston in the Houston Galleria this summer. View the full article
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Amid “plateauing” interest in Android among mobile developers, as detailed in the latest quarterly survey by Appcelerator and IDC is some mixed news for Windows Phone. View the full article
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Windows IT Pro As a tech journalist, I don't get too many news alerts that actually cause me to smile, let alone laugh out loud. But I admit to doing both in turn late last week when I read the first reports about Apple's 3G-based iOS devices—the iPhone and iPad 3G—tracking the devices' whereabouts and then storing that information on the devices, in unencrypted form no less. ... View the full article
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Windows IT Pro Although the expected iPad competition never really heated up last year, 2011 is going to be a different story, with a slate (ahem) full of Android-based tablets, the HP TouchPad, the RIM PlayBook, and others. ... View the full article
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Hello Everyone, I'm looking for a workaround to have multiple computer names on the same domain at the same time? This is needed from the complexity of our image build process. They are built up on the same development domain, but once they are moved to a seperate production environment, which isn't in the same lab, there would only be once instance and no issues would be incountered. The ideal situation would be for us to load a baseline image named APPSERVER (repeat process 5 times daily), then apply dynamic content that is done a case-by-case basis (and always changing), then re-image it and get it ready to be sent to our production facility. Any dns/network…
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Supersite With the final version of Windows Home Server 2011 now available, I migrated from the release candidate install today. It was surprisingly quick and easy, and a far cry from the pain of the Beta to RC update. ... View the full article
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When I received my first tip about the “Mango” Windows Phone release — back in December 2010 — my sources said the update might ultimately be named “Windows Phone OS 7.5.” It’s looking like that is Microsoft’s plan. View the full article
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Windows IT Pro See why Windows Phone 7 is languishing in spite of its innovative nature and whether you should buy the thinnest, most elegant 13-inch laptop known to man. ... View the full article
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Must a traditional Web browser be the primary way to interact with and navigate a Web application? Microsoft researchers think the answer is no. View the full article
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Hey all. I have a problem which I been working on for over 4 days in which I have had no luck in getting it work. Setup Cisco RV016 Small Business Router with DHCP Relay turned on pointing to the server static IP of 10.7.14.198/28. (One of three NICs, but only 198 is binded to DHCP Server). The gateway/router itself sits at IP 10.7.14.193/28 as well. The 4 DHCP Scopes are: 10.7.14.0/25 - User ClassID "Members" 10.7.14.128/ - No ClassID/VenderID 10.7.14.160/ - Mixed VenderClassID and User ClassID 10.7.14.216/28 - User ClassID "HQ" DHCP is bound to only IPv4 10.7.14.198. Also as far as I can tell, DHCP in/out is open on Windows Firewall. I have even tried…
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Windows IT Pro Microsoft revealed that it has sold more than 350 million licenses to Windows 7, allowing its latest desktop OS to retain the title of fastest-selling OS of all time. ... View the full article
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Supersite In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Paul's new (Windows 7-based) MacBook Air, Nokia and Microsoft finalize their Windows Phone pact, the Office 365 public beta is available, some interesting new industry books, Microsoft takes the i4i appeal to the Supreme Court, RIM's PlayBook, some Kindle news, and the release of Portal 2. ... View the full article
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