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Microsoft Docs for Facebook: Rival of the New Office 2010 Web Edition?

firyarn84 — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:35:35 +0000

Last Wednesday, Docs.com, also known as Docs for Facebook was publicly launched at Facebook’s F8 conference. The online app was produced by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, allowing users to create, edit, and share Microsoft Office documents with your Facebook friends....

Visual Studio 2010, .Net 4.0, Silverlight Launched

firyarn84 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:32:27 +0000

Earlier this week Microsoft announced the launch of their latest next-generation developer suite, Visual Studio 2010. They declared that the .NET Framework 4 and Silverlight 4, a plug-in similar to Adobe’s Flash, will come out this week.
Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, said at the company’s Visual Studio Conference and Expo launch event in Las Vegas: “We’re excited to celebrate the launch of Visual Studio 2010 with developers around the world today. Customer and partner feedback was instrumental in shaping this release. The functionality of Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4 and Silverlight 4 creates a powerful and unique combination, opening up new opportunities for developers to build applications that take advantage of new and existing devices, as well as emerging platforms like cloud services.”...

Google Buzz Disclosed Gmail Contacts?

firyarn84 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:26:42 +0000

Only after a day from its launch, the new Gmail-based social networking tools from Google; Buzz already raised privacy concerns. The issue at disposal is a feature that compiles a list of Gmail contacts, of which users often e-mails or chats with. Buzz automatically follows them and makes the list public; hence even strangers can see who Buzz users have been in contact with....

Google Buzz – Google tweaks Gmail to challenge Facebook, Twitter?

firyarn84 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:07:47 +0000

Google introduced a new product dubbed Google Buzz on Tuesday that allows users to quickly share messages, Web links and photos with friends and colleagues directly within Gmail, the company’s popular email product....

Windows 7 Features Walkthrough

firyarn84 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:07:39 +0000

Recently, I’ve migrated to the latest version of Microsoft Windows operating system, the Windows 7. Truth be told, I’m enjoying it. Therefore I decided to write a post about some if not all of the features offered by this OS. For this time, I will write on the three features that I think is very useful; the Aero Snap, Stick Notes and the thumbnail previews. I will also show you how to make the most of them throughout this post....

Microsoft Releases Their Biggest Security Patch Ever

firyarn84 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:32:15 +0000

Yesterday, Microsoft Corp. released their biggest patch ever in order to fix several security issues in their products including the yet to be released Windows 7 OS. The release includes 13 security bulletins or patches to address 34 vulnerabilities identified across Windows, IE, Silverlight, Office and other programs. Six of the patches were said to be high priority and must be executed immediately. Meanwhile, several of the patches will affect their new OS i.e: Windows 7, which will be launched officially next week. These patches were designed to protect users from hackers or malicious software downloaded from the net....

Adobe Opens the FLV and SWF Formats

firyarn84 — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:35:25 +0000

The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment – taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR™ — that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and consumer devices...

Windows XP SP3 final trudges into the torrent

firyarn84 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:00:11 +0000

You know the drill. Days before the official consumer release on the 29th, out pops the final version of Windows XP SP3 on torrents, usenet, and warez sites.this final, unmodified version features a legit Volume Licensed Key which handles that pesky WGA check without breaking a sweat....

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Vista is ‘a Work in Progress’

firyarn84 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:07:11 +0000

While Microsoft recently extended the date when the XP software will be available for low-cost PCs, it doesn’t plan to listen to some other complaints, including that Vista is too big. “Vista is bigger than XP and it’s gonna stay bigger than XP,” Ballmer said. “We have to make sure it doesn’t get bigger still.”...

Google Calendar Sync: Syncing Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook

firyarn84 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:28:59 +0000

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