I was surfing around the net and came across an interesting article , describing a new social networking software being developed by the Microsoft Research Community. This software which stands for Social Location Annotation Mobile, lets you send messages photos to fellow members of your group ?. So what is different about this. Well…
Year: 2006
Love in for Vista…well almost
It is interesting to see the vibe of Vista…..rippling through as we get nearer to launch. I was reading the Computerworld article, which talks about the improvements Vista has with regards to the file system, native support for hybrid disk drives (H-HDD), volume shrinking, enhanced I/O prioritization and drive encryption features. Check the article out…
Media Player 11 now ready to download
Well it is ready to rock our new media player. It was interesting reading the vibe on the blogosphere. The general concensus is that Microsoft are better positioned than most to provide solid competition to Apples Itunes. Some of the new features look great such as New Thumbnail and Album Art and personilaztion features new…
Detecting Vista with WMI Filters
James over on his Views on Vista blog has an excellent article on detecting via a Group Policy WMI filter the VISTA or Longhorn Operating system. He has even gone to the trouble of creating the script for you !. By the way this is an excellent blog if you are looking good solid information…
Unravelling Cnf
What are CNF Objects and what are they indicative of. Cnf objects are created by the Active Directory detected a “conflict”. As you are probably aware the Active Directory is a multi-master environment. Therefore if two Administrators in different parts of the active directory create an object in the same container with the same name then a conflict…
Have your cake and eat it !!
This made me laugh….well it is Friday. Apparently the Microsoft Internet Explorer team sent the Firefox team a Congratulations cake for shipping ontime !….I wonder if anyone will send us a cake when we launch our EVO (Exchange Vista and Office) in the very near future.:)
Repadmin unraveling the syntax
Repadmin is a command line tool that is of course extremely useful when it comes to troubleshooting replication problems. However as with all command lines the syntax has to be exactly right otherwise you will get a negative experience. The thing to remember about Repadmin is that you often have to conform to certain naming…
The call for Centro beta Testers
Kevin Beares blog has a very interesting blog entry on “Centro”. This looks like an exciting opportunity to get involved early on in the new Microsoft infrastructure solution that is aimed at midsize businesses with less that 250 PCs. If you are interested in getting involved, in the Centro Beta or Tap Programmed, then go to the…
Busy Bundling
We have been busy bundling together our recent acquisitions into a comprehensive “Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack”. Eweek has a good review of this latest offering. It consists of the following products Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack The software maker is bundling four new software tools acquired from recent acquisitions: * Microsoft SoftGrid, from Softricity * Microsoft…
Great Zune Site
Was surfing around on a quiet Sunday night and and came across a cool Zune site. Check it out here…zunecorps.com. They are also running a competition at the moment to give away some cool zune swagg…..