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{Open Source} Heroes Happen Here

TechBlog — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:29:00 GMT

From the Things-we-didn't-expect-to-see Dept.: It's oh-so-amusing to see that the "Hero Hack Pack" and "More Heroes" links on the {Open Source} Heroes Happen Here page don't work in Internet Explorer 8 RC (native mode), but open as expected when using Mozilla Firefox and every other non-Microsoft browser we tried. Now *that's* a commitment to open source, eh, fellas? Port 25 has additional information about the open source community at Microsoft.

How to make your mark on the System Center site

TechBlog — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:50:00 GMT

The number of feeds on MSDN and TechNet sites that are driven by social bookmarking (community members tagging relevant URLs) just keeps growing. The latest adopter is the System Center TechCenter, which has just put “links from the community” front and center. Dave Morehouse, System Center Product Manager, blogs here about why and has some great questions for the System Center community.

Cool new Sysinternals utility provides virtual Desktops

TechBlog — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:32:00 GMT

Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to open a desktop preview and switching window, or by using the hotkeys. Sure, it's not the only virtual desktop utility out there, but this one is a mere 62K to download, and just as lean and mean (and free!) as you'd expect from the Sysinternals guys.

How to Get the Most out of the Improved MSDN & TechNet Search

TechBlog — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:06:00 GMT

We asked a dozen IT Pros and Developers to use our Live-powered MSDN and TechNet search as their default for Microsoft-related searches for 12 days. The goal was to see if technical pros think that our search is now more efficient to use than Google or Live.com when doing technical searches. Everyone involved learned something that helped them get more out of their search queries. Read our blog post that summarizes the positive results and collects quotes from the participants with pointers to their blog posts. Learn how to get better results in less time.

New design, philosophy for Dev and TechCenters

TechBlog — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:54:00 GMT

As you may have noticed, TechNet has a new look. Indeed, we've just launched a new community-focused site redesign for MSDN and TechNet Web sites, aimed at making it easier to discover and participate in online communities. while showcasing the insights of the community experts as well as active technical professionals throughout the world. We'd love to hear your feedback on the new site design, which encompasses 18 Tech & Dev Centers as well as both the MSDN & TechNet Home Pages, in 7 languages worldwide.