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Samsung retina class screen unveiled on Series 9 prototype
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See the engadget story at http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/31/samsung-Series%209-WQHD-Ultrabook-matte-display/ . Wow.
Samsung Windows Phone 8 ATIV S Smartphone
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Samsung disclosed a new device they are bring to the market called the Samsung ATIV S. See Ben Rudolph’s take on the device at http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2012/08/29/this-is-the-samsung-ativ-s-the-first...
SkyDrive for Android? Really?
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over 1 year ago
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Yes, it’s true. Here is a list of some of the main features of SkyDrive for Android: Access your SkyDrive—documents, photos, and other files, plus the files other people have shared with you. View recently used documents. Choose multiple photos...
Ready for your hover car or bike?
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See the video at http://youtu.be/akA-B64RACU . More information at http://aerofex.com/developmentplatform.asp .
Neil Armstrong Departs Earth
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over 1 year ago
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The space pioneer and legend passed away today. Neil Armstrong was a class act. My condolences go out to his family, fellow astronaut's, and NASA. He’ll be sorely missed. See http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/galleries/armstrong.html for more...
Like our new logo?
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Get the low down on the logo unveil at http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/08/23/microsoft-unveils-a-new-look.aspx .
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Reaches Release Candidate (RC) Milestone
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Release Candidate (formerly Windows Small Business Server Essentials) is a flexible, affordable, and easy-to-use server solution designed and priced for small businesses with up to 25 users and 50 devices that helps them...
The Security Monitoring and Attack Detection Planning Guide - download now available
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The Security Monitoring and Attack Detection Planning Guide is a practical support document for business and information technology professionals who are working to develop systems to monitor security on a network and to detect intruders. Its primary...
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Update 1 - now available
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over 1 year ago
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Deploy Windows and Office 2010 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1. MDT is the recommended process and toolset for automating desktop and server deployment. MDT provides you with the following benefits: Unified tools and processes, including...
What part of the USA is transportation like this needed?
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I guess every city in the US has a bad neighborhood, but really ?
“I invented the first computer”
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Be sure and read the story, “ An Unexpected Ass Kicking ” by Joel Runyon . Man, I would have loved that encounter.
Windows 8 Enterprise 90-day Evaluation - now available
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over 1 year ago
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Go get it @ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx
Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer - now available for download
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
Attack Surface Analyzer is developed by the Trustworthy Computing Security group. It is the same tool used by Microsoft's internal product groups to catalogue changes made to operating system attack surface by the installation of new software. Attack...
Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell (Release Candidate) - download available
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over 1 year ago
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Microsoft® Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell® (Release Candidate) helps scripters find Windows PowerShell scripts, snippets, modules, and how-to guidance in online repositories such as the TechNet Script Center Repository, PoshCode, local or network...
Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2012 - now available for download
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over 1 year ago
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Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (VMST) 2012 is designed to work with System Center 2012 –Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2. VMST 2012 helps you reduce IT costs by making...
Inventions
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over 1 year ago
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The following video is starting to pick up some steam. It really starts rolling after about the three minute mark. I also know how I am going to trim my beard next. Grin. Enjoy! Gotta love YouTube.
//Build/ is now SOLD OUT
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over 1 year ago
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You can still get on the wait list. Go to http://www.buildwindows.com/ .
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon unboxed
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over 1 year ago
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Lenovo has finally taken the wraps of the X1 Carbon which is the new carbon fiber based Ultrabook ™ from Lenovo. Here’s the unboxing video. I believe I’ll have an eval unit this week or next so be sure to stay tuned for more information as I dig...
Curiosity Lands!!! Optimus Prime says Hello
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7 Minutes of Terror: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/infographic.view.php?id=10776
Frank X. Shaw, “Microsoft’s Setting a Blistering Pace this Summer”
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over 1 year ago
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Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications at Microsoft just posted the following: “Like many people, I’ve been enjoying the Olympics so far. Great opening ceremony, great competition… And watching the swimming, football, gymnastics...
Platform Delivered! Windows and Visual Studio RTM
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over 1 year ago
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Today is another exciting day for Developers and IT Professionals as we mark a new milestone for the Visual Studio and Windows product families. Visual Studio 2012, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 have reached the Release to Manufacturing (RTM...