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September 2008 - Posts

Last few days to create and submit Xbox games using the XNA Game Creator Beta
The site will be converting from Beta to RTM for Game Creation, so if you haven already, visit the Game creation site at: http://creators.xna.com/ To view created games, or create one for peer review and sharing in the Xbox community. Read More...

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Why Enterprises Like Vista
Many current conversations turn to Vista, much of it rhetorical. Here are some thinkngs that have been going on in the meantime in Vista -Land: When we talk to enterprises we hear from customers such as : · Sielte, one of Europe’s leading technology companies, Read More...

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Sysinternals adds new function
This news was buried in a recent Technet update, so for Sysinternals fans I thought I'd unbury them so you can take a look: New from Sysinternals • Autoruns 9.3 - This Autoruns update adds support for several additional shell extension points, including Read More...

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Displaying customer presentations in 2d too limiting? Try a spherical presentation surface
Much ado has been made about Surface http://www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html , but displaying and manipulating data via touch on a flat scereen or wall is mundane next to the idea of projecting the information onto a sphere for manipulation. Imagine Read More...

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Note for Powershell lovers
Microsoft has released the Community Technology Preview 2 for Powershell, available here: Introduction to Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP2 Read More...

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Energy Management with System Center Management Pack Download
A system Center Configuration Manager Management pack has been released which enables enterprise device management for engergy consumption along Energy Star lines. See the TechNet Magazine Blog referencing the Desired Configuration Management (DCM) pack Read More...

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Realtime translation with Communicator or Messenger (Another hidden feature)
If you IM with someone, but wish you could be translated into their native language as you type, theres an answer. Include mtbot@hotmail.com in your buddy list, and add it to your conversation to translate..give it a try! Hints: Once you've started, if Read More...

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Microsoft's increasing Financial Services presence - new Sibos announcements
Microsoft heightened its SIBOS Financial Services presence through a booth featuring Microsoft solutions as well as partner solutions, in addition to announcements and seminars. Of particular interest was the Postilion Mobile Banking presentation.See Read More...

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