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    Microsoft Windows 8: 10 Reasons It Will Shatter Windows 7

    Microsoft’s Windows 8 likely won’t be available until next year, but based on what’s known so far, the operating system could very well be better than Windows 7. Microsoft Windows 8: 10 Reasons It Will Shatter Windows 7 When it comes to operating systems, there’s no more important company than […]

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    5 ways to make your keyboard easier to use

    How to use a keyboard might seem academic, but there’s more to typing than just tapping the keys. For most people, the keyboard is the primary computer input and control device—that’s why it’s important to leverage the features and shortcuts that keyboards offer. Read on for tips to maximize ease […]

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    ASP.NET – Silverlight: My Life as a Compressed Cookie Redux

    The idea for the original title of this article came from the 1985 Swedish foreign film “My Life As a Dog” which I highly reccommend. Few Hollywood movies ever achieve the sensitivity, simple beauty and depth of some of the foreign films I’ve come to love. The “Redux” part is […]

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    Multi-touch wall’s powered by embedded Windows

    NEC has demonstrated one of the world’s largest multi-touch computers, powered by Windows Embedded Standard 7. The “Multi-Touch Wall” measures about 15 feet diagonally, offers resolution of 5,464 x 1,536 pixels, and employs infrared sensing, according to a DigInfo.tv report.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com […]

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    Microsoft’s Gamble: Metro UI as the New Face of Windows

    The tile-based Metro user interface that runs on Windows Phones will soon be the look and feel of all devices in Microsoft’s ecosystem. Is this smart streamlining or a foolish consistency? At its Worldwide Partner Conference last week, Microsoft strongly implied that the Metro user interface that adorns its Windows […]

  • Microsoft delivers Office 2010 SP1 upgrade

    Adds Chrome support for online apps as Office 365 launches Computerworld – Along with today’s launch of Office 365, Microsoft also released the first service pack for its Office 2010 business productivity suite. Microsoft had previously said it would ship Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) by the end of […]

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    Google to dump support for Microsoft’s IE7

    As of Aug. 1, Google Apps won’t support older browsers Computerworld – Google will drop support for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 browsers for its online apps, including Gmail and Docs. Best MicrosoftMCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com   “Beginning August 1, we’ll support the […]

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    Ballmer: Windows Phone 7 not successful yet

    Microsoft CEO maintains confidence that its mobile OS would draw more users in years to come, however IDG News Service – While Microsoft has enjoyed many successes over the past year, Windows Phone 7 hasn’t been among them, admitted Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the opening keynote Monday at the […]

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    Microsoft plans 22 patches for Windows, Office next week

    Sole critical bulletin will fix flaws only in Vista and Windows 7 Computerworld – Microsoft today said it will issue four security updates next week, only one of which is pegged as critical, to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Windows and Visio 2003.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training […]

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    Windows 8 Revealed: New Features of Microsoft’s Next OS

    The Windows 8 start screen merges the multi-touch, tile-based design of WP7 with desktop OS features for a completely new UI. Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky gave a sneak peek of the next version of Windows — code-named Windows 8 — at the Wall Street Journal’s D9 conference on Wednesday. […]