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Microsoft urges a quick replacement of the 520 floating bridge with a bigger six-lane span, two of those lanes for carpools and buses. Brad Smith of Microsoft said that after 13 years of debate and planning, it’s time to act. The bridge is old, overcrowded, in danger of sinking in a storm or earthquake. Five […]

Since Windows 7 was released five months ago, it has captured twice the usage share than did Vista in the same time period according to NetApplications.com, a California based web metrics company Windows 7’s trajectory has been faster than Vista’s ever since the former’s release, with the newer operating system beating Vista to the 4 […]

Details and Examples for the Server Licensing Models and Clarifications for Specific Products are included for: II.a. – License by Running Instance Moving Instances of Software Reassigning a Software License External Connector Licenses (ECs) Licensed Per Server, Not Per Instance or OSE Device Client Access Licenses (CALs) Licensed Per Device, Not Per OSE on that […]

The list of languages supported by the newest releases of Windows, Office or Visual Studio software includes Yoruba in Nigeria, Oriya in India, Tatar in Russia, isiZulu in South Africa, and Inuktitut in Canada. The US software giant also released 59 new Language Interface Packs for its latest-generation Windows 7 operating system and soon-to-be-released Office […]

The Microsoft Outlook PST format is used to store data ranging from email to calendar and contacts and allows for users to export and import that data within Microsoft Outlook Having the PST format documented and open will allow web mail providers like Gmail and social networking sites like Facebook to better import data from […]

This newly signed patent cross-license agreement between Amazon.com and Microsoft will provide each company with access to the other’s patent portfolio and covers a broad range of products and technology, most importantly, coverage for Amazon’s popular e-reading device, Kindle™, which employs both open source and Amazon’s proprietary software components, and Amazon’s use of Linux-based servers.

Introduction This article illustrates the use of the InstanceContextMode property used in the ServiceBehaviour attribute and how it can be so handy in the latest communication technology Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), introduced by Microsoft as a part of the .NET framework SDK 3.0 and later versions. I will be creating a demo application which will […]

In January 2001 Lewin was named vice president of Microsoft’s then new .NET platform. Working from Microsoft’s Mountain View, California campus – Sillicon Valley, his job was to bring start-ups and partners onto the .NET Framework. Silicon Valley was (and still is) hostile ground for Microsoft. The center of the US tech business was then, […]

Internet Explorer will be giving a choice screen to select an alternative web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Safari. This browser ballot was an essential requirement of the antitrust settlement reached between the Microsoft and the European Commission in December, and to which Microsoft will be bound for the next five years. As […]

Ballmer was quoted as saying: “I think there’s something clean and simple and easy to understand about our model. We build something, we sell that thing … I think it’s not only in our best interests, but it’s a simple model that’s easy for developers, handset manufacturers, and our operator partners to deal with, to […]

Introduction It is a well-known theory that the web and cloud will gradually force out client applications. All that would be needed is a computer with Internet access. In fact, even the full-fledged operating systems in use today would be excessive, as data will be stored on remote servers with necessary software available in the […]

Introduction The Microsoft MVP Summit is fast approaching. The last couple of years they’ve hired a rock band and sang Karaoke. My friend Keith Elder has a great voice, so for fun I tweaked the Green Day Lyrics to Good Riddance. Permit my stab at hilarity and good fun. Maybe Keith will belt it out […]