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Your server specs will handle the load, but, I'd add a little more ram so the server runs smoothly. I use 8gigs on my web servers and 12gigs on the database servers. Why use Apache? Use IIS since it is native to Windows Servers.

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you also. Welcome to the community also.

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss the conclusion of Microsoft's EU antitrust case, the beginning of Intel's US antitrust case, Microsoft stealing intellectual property in China, Dell ruins Paul's wife's Christmas, the Bing iPhone app, Google Nexus One hype and reality, and much more... View the full article

2009 was a tough year, bringing home Microsoft's "do more with less" mantra in ways I never anticipated. But while it certainly could have been worse, I hope that 2010 is a bit better for everyone. View the full article

We’ve just returned from Add-on-Con, an annual conference for browser add-on developers held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California. The add-on development community is an entrepreneurial bunch of people and it’s exciting to hear about what they’re working on. Herman Ng, Christopher Griffin, and I were there to present and chat with people. Matt Crowley was also in town so he was able to stop by for part of the day. Herman spoke about best practices to improve reliability and performance. This topic really resonated with the audience. It’s clear developers want to deliver a great experience to customers by building cool features, having great reliability and performance, and getting exposure in the IE Add-on gallery. Based on the amount of interest we saw, Herman will be reworking his presentation into a series of blog posts starting early next year. So you don’t have to wait, I’ll give you two of Herman’s quick tips for add-on developers now. Get crash reports for your add-on from Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual). This is a great resource for discovering and debugging crashes in your product. Post your add-on to the IE Add-on gallery. Developers click “join†and then click on your username to upload add-ons. My presentation covered how to build Webslices (msdn), Accelerators (msdn), and Search Providers (msdn). These extensions are a great way to connect your customers with your services without the risk of introducing performance or reliability problems. You can also build and deliver them with a little bit of XML and markup so you can connect users with your site or service in hours rather than weeks. Thanks to everyone at OneRiot, GetGlue, and YooNo for organizing such a great event! Paul Cutsinger Principal Program Manager Internet Explorer View the full article

The free Power Pack 3 update for Windows Home Server adds support for Windows 7 features like Libraries, Backup, Windows Search, and Media Center, while providing admin capabilities for netbook users. View the full article

Welcome Joseph.

Today, Microsoft announced its very first iPhone application, Bing for iPhone. It's a complete Bing experience, with web, image, movies, maps and directions, local businesses, and news searching. View the full article

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Thanks to the iPhone, the definition of a smart phone has evolved rapidly. And we need to understand this definition in order to properly evaluate Microsoft's latest mobile platform, Windows Mobile 6.5. View the full article

Use remote desktop to connect to the server.

In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and I discuss Windows Weekly video, the MIA Windows 7 USB/DVD tool, ATT vs. Verizon, web browser usage share, Office 2010 release date, the (fake) Black Screen of Death, and much more... View the full article

SQL Server 2008 R2 builds on its predecessor, adding a Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI) feature, multiple server management tools, stunning new scalability capabilities, near real-time algorithmic queries, and the Master Data Services (MDS) portal and scorecard. View the full article

Google has rapidly improved its Chrome web browser, and it's starting to pay off: Version 4 is the best yet, and like competing browsers, its now extensible via a growing array of interesting and useful extensions. View the full article

Microsoft discontinued the family pack a week or so ago. They might bring it back later in the year. I don't know why it's $50 more in Canada unless Microsoft pays some extra duties or taxes on each sale in Canada. I would choose OEM. It's a full version of the software and not an upgrade. The only problem with OEM is it can only be used on the box it is first installed on. Other than that there is no distinct difference.

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The Acer AspireRevo is a tiny, inexpensive desktop PC with netbook innards. But if it doesn't perform well enough to handle common desktop applications or home theater, what's the point? View the full article

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The IE Cumulative Security Update for December 2009 is now available via Windows Update or Microsoft Update. This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

There have been a lot of silly rumors about an Apple tablet device lately. But if you're in the market for such a thing, it already exists. Here in the real world, we call it "a PC". View the full article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office Project. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Project file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs view, change, or delete data or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. View the full article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft WordPad and Microsoft Office text converters. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted Word 97 file is opened in WordPad or Microsoft Office Word. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same privileges as the user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer privileges on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative privileges. View the full article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. An ActiveX control built with Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) headers could also allow remote code execution for more information about this issue, see the subsection, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update, in this section. View the full article