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Big news yesterday as the endgame for Spaces was finally revealed. The handwriting has been on the wall for quite some time for Spaces, with anything of value (Photos, People, etc.) pulled out of Spaces quite some time ago, and a whole Wave of innovation passing it by.

Still we were relieved and even encouraged by today’s announcement that Microsoft was partnering with WordPress.com to allow current Spaces users (and future Windows Live bloggers) will be able to migrate or start a new blog at WordPress.com, and connect their blogs to Windows Live Activity Streams through Messenger Connect.

Source : www.liveside.net

We are pleased to announce that Windows Live Essentials 2011 for Windows 7 and Windows Vista is now available for download!

Source : windowsteamblog.com/windows_live

I just found out about some simulators available for IBM servers. Mostly they are BIOS, uEFI, ServerRAID or MegaRAID software simulator that allow you to see what the interface looks like.

They are very cool.

You will find them here.

Yesterday I was trying to build a bootable USB Key with WinPE 3.0 (from Win7/2008 R2 AIK) to use on my new IBM x3550 M3. I was unable to boot the computer with the key. Strangely the key works fine on another computer.

I was building my boot image (boot.wim) for x86 (32bit) OS. This morning it hits me, why not try to build an x64 image (amd64) ? and it worked !

Here’s my understanding of the problem (and I could be wrong) :

My IBM x3550 M3 is an EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) system, you know the replacement of the old BIOS. It looks to me that booting an EFI system with a x86 WinPE is not supported because the bootmgr.efi file is missing. When you build an x64 (amd64) WinPE the file (bootmgr.efi) is present and everything works fine on my server.

Recently Microsoft published the security update MS10-039 for Sharepoint. You may want to read the following articles BEFORE applying that update :

Starting today, you can embed a PowerPoint presentation or Excel spreadsheet in a blog or website. With PowerPoint presentations, viewers can page through a mini version of the slides or view in full screen. For example, you might embed a PowerPoint presentation of photos from your last vacation, share slides from a lecture or talk that you enjoyed, or broadcast your knowledge of a special subject.

Source : meraTechPort

Internet Explorer 9 Beta has been released !

Check it and download at http://www.beautyoftheweb.com

Powershell has become a defacto scripting environment for a lot of companies and rightly so considering its capabilities.
However, not every place do we find all modules loaded into powershell as one would like for the ease of scripting. I faced a similiar situation wherein I wanted to perform few admin tasks on an IIS box and din't have the IIS powershell snap-in installed. Wish the server was Windows Server 2008 R2 (IIS module is out-of-the-box loaded). There are more than a couple ways which could handle the script I was aiming for. Nevertheless, I thought it was a great opportunity to check out this functionality.

Source : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

It's gotten to the point where iTunes is simply something that we, as Windows users, have learned to live with. It's a bloated, poorly-written, poor performing pig of a program. But it's also an absolute necessity for the hundreds of millions of us who use iPhones, iPods, and iPads every day.

Source : Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

iTunes 10 might be brand new, but little has changed in Cupertino. Apple still gives Windows users a single installer that clutters your hard disk with a bunch of unnecessary components, some of which can be harmful to your system’s security and reliability. I show you how to take control of the iTunes 10 installer so you get exactly what you want and nothing more.

Source : Ed Bott's Microsoft Report Blog RSS | ZDNet

If you want to insert some dummy text in a Word document, start a new paragraph, type =lorem() and hit Enter.

...

Or Just type the command =rand.old(m,n) at the beginning of a new paragraph and hit enter. The number n is the number of paragraphs while n is the number of lines that you want to appear in each paragraph.

Source : Digital Inspiration Technology Blog

Today I am releasing PHP Manager for IIS 7 – beta, which is an IIS extension for setting up and managing multiple PHP installations on IIS 7 servers. It can be used to: Register PHP with IIS; Run multiple PHP versions side by side; Check PHP runtime configuration and environment (output of phpinfo() function) Configure various PHP settings Enable or disable PHP extensions Remotely manage PHP configuration in php.ini fille The PHP Manager installation packages can be downloaded from these locations...(read more)

Source : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Download and print a reference chart of default user groups and their associated permission levels for SharePoint Server 2010.

Source : Get the 'Point: Posts
Download this Microsoft Excel 2010 template

In an interview here on Thursday, Microsoft's Dharmesh Mehta told CNET that Exchange ActiveSync, which will let Hotmail users get push e-mail on cell phones and other devices, will become available on Monday.

Source : Bink.nu

Back in April, Microsoft FUSE Labs released Docs.com, a service which ties in Facebook with Office Web Apps to let you share documents with your friends on the social network. It seems like the guys over at FUSE Labs had recently updated Docs.com, adding new features which makes document much more social and discoverable.

Source : LiveSide.net

With the relase of Codemasters’ first ever official Formula One title now being less than a month away, the last gaps of information regarding F1 2010 are quickly being filled. Part of that is the official controller compatibility list that includes all controllers that will be officially supported by the title on the PC, Xbox [...]

Source : VirtualR - Sim Racing News

Recently, Google made available the “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.” This add-on enables consumers to “indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics.” We agree that making it easy for consumers to protect their privacy is good, and Internet Explorer offers a variety of features to help keep you in control of your information when visiting websites. In this post, we describe how to use some of these built in features to accomplish the same outcome without installing a Browser Helper Object and the Google Update Service.

Source : IEBlog

Source : F1 2010 Offical site

Thanks to a tip by Chrilo, who has found out the download address for the new Windows Live Essentials 2011 “Beta Refresh” supposedly due to be released in a few hours (10AM PST according to Neowin.net). To get it, simply click on the link below:

Download Windows Live Essentials 2011 Beta Refresh (English Full Installer)

The new installer weighs in at about 151MB for the full installer and carries the build number 15.4.3001.0809. For the web installer, click here to download.

Update: We also have the installer links for other languages:

French: Web – Full

German: Web – Full

Dutch: Web – Full

Portuguese (Brazilian): Web – Full

Spanish: Web – Full

Japanese: Web – Full

Chinese (Simplified): Web – Full

Source : Windows Live Essentials 2011 Beta Refresh available for download NOW! (Updated)

There is an update for “Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook” that is compatible with Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 (32-bit).

It was publish last July so I misted it because I was on vacation.

Download : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

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