It looks as a mini Tablet PC!

What do you think about Microsoft's new Origami Project?

With little fanfare, Microsoft last week revealed it would release a free VoIP app that will let Office users to make free calls on Wi-Fi phones running Windows Mobile software. If I were a mobile operator, I'd be kissing billions of revenue good-bye right now. Read More . . .

Windows narrowly bumped Unix in 2005 to claim the top spot in server sales for the first time, according to a new report from IDC. Computer makers sold $17.7 billion worth of Windows servers worldwide in 2005 compared with $17.5 billion in Unix servers, IDC analyst Matthew Eastwood said of the firm's latest Server Tracker market share report. "It's the first time Unix was not top overall since before the Tracker started in 1996." Read More . . .

Telligent has announced the availability of Community Server 2.0.

REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 20, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to deliver the beta version of Microsoft® Commerce Server 2006, the leading Microsoft .NET-based solution for e-commerce sites designed to radically simplify the creation of full-featured Web sites. In beta release today, the product is scheduled to be released in July 2006. Read More . . .

Press conference of Microsoft at 3GSM is the most important yearly press conference of mobile division of Microsoft - it takes place each year at 3GSM and it summarizes current situation of Windows Mobile phones and Microsoft's involvement in mobile phone industry and it also sets the tone for the coming year. Read More . . .

Learn how to build portals and dashboards in SharePoint sites by using Web Parts that display Microsoft CRM data. This article accompanies a sample Visual Studio .NET solution that contains sample Web Parts for a Customer Service Portal. This article includes information about how to install and use Web Parts, and explains how to retrieve and display Microsoft CRM data in Web Parts.

Good question from Pretson Gralla, what does the Microsoft Live mean?

If you ever want to get a rise out of your ISA firewall VPN administrator, try asking him how you enable split tunneling for your remote access VPN client connections. Split tunneling is a major security risk for any organization that deploys any type of VPN server enabling users VPN remote access to the corporate network. All firewall and security administrators know of the dangers of split tunneling and do whatever they can to prevent this from happening. Read More . . .

I have never seen such a thing! Iran is banned for sure from many web sites but when you just go to escrow.com, you will see: "2/11/2006 7:38:41 PM: Your access to Escrow.com has been denied."
I should consider some other payment methods : )

Brad going to speak about "Experiences of an Agile Team at Microsoft" tomorrow at Seattle XP.

Skype and Intel today announced plans for Internet-based voice and video communications. Specifically, engineers from the two companies will collaborate on optimizing Skype 2.0 (beta) for use with Intel's dual-core processor systems, including Centrino Duo (laptop) and Pentium D (desktop) PCs. Intel and Skype also hope to tighten integration with Intel's new Viiv technology. Read More . . .

MICROSOFT has released a promotion page for Windows Vista, which invites users to guess when its super soaraway new operating system will hit the shops. You enter your guess for a suitable date and you get a video download which hints if you are too early or late. Read More . . .

REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 6, 2006 —Microsoft Corp. today announced that Sony Ericsson has licensed the Exchange ActiveSync® protocol to enable more secure, wireless direct synchronization between Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 and Sony Ericsson’s P990 and M600 phones. This solution will help provide mobile workers with anywhere access to their complete Exchange Server 2003 information, including e-mail, calendar and contacts. For organizations that have deployed Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2, additional mobile enhancements such as Direct Push are also supported, providing instant access to newly received e-mail messages. Both of the new phones will be available in the second quarter of 2006. Read More . . .

VMware, an EMC subsidiary whose software lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, is expected to announce next week that it will begin giving away one of its key products for free, CNET News.com has learned.

This application includes two Add-Ins, Visio EPM and Process Flow. Visio Add-Ins provides facility to create Project Plan in MS Project, Project Server and SharePoint using Visio Process Flow Diagram or WBS chart diagram. It also has an additional facility that the Visio diagram can be updated by associated MS Project File or SharePoint Task List. This provides a menu to generate Portfolio View from MS Project Server. Project Add-Ins provides facility to create a Visio Process Flow Diagram in MS Visio from MS Project Plan. Visio Project Plan diagram also includes ability to indicate a critical path. Via Erika Ehril

 

In internet marketing, a lot of things matter equally. This includes web site hosting as well as the website design. The domain names are just one small stage in the entire process. The web development software is just one expenditure in this regard.

 

 

• Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer: Collect estimated statistical information from a single mailbox store or across an Exchange Server organization.
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Load Simulator: Simulate the performance load of MAPI clients with this benchmarking tool, which allows you to test how a server running Exchange 2003 responds to e-mail loads.

Anthem.NET is a free, cross-browser AJAX toolkit for the ASP.NET development environment that works with both ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0. Read More . . .

The firewall component in Microsoft's Windows OneCare security bundle has holes, experts have warned. The security software, available in a public beta version, by default allows applications that use the Java Virtual Machine or have a digital signature to connect to the Internet. Like any blanket security-bypass rule, these default settings are a bad idea, said Mark Curphey, vice president at vulnerability management specialist Foundstone, a part of McAfee. Read More . . .

ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition SP2 provides the latest updates for ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition.

Microsoft CRM 3.0 finally hit the streets in December 2005, and users couldn't be happier. The new version fixes several problems that dogged the previous release (it jumped from 1.2 to 3.0) and makes Microsoft CRM a formidable competitor in the customer relationship management space. Read More . . .