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Today, Microsoft formally announced availability of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Server 2008, their server offerings for small- and medium-sized businesses, respectively. Pricing Although at face value, the price of Small Business...
The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term...
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. I've had fun migrating one particular company to a new server recently. It started out before Christmas as a simple redeployment swing migration, but what I didn't know when I started the job is...
Introducing the TiGra Networks Micro-Business Server™ The name “ Micro Business Server ” is ours, not Microsoft’s. These amusing video clips actually highlight some serious advantages of Microsoft’s new server product. Based on Windows Home Server operating...
Back in 2000 I was in Fry's Electronics in San Jose, California and I stumbled accross a little device called " U.are.U 2000 ". It was a fingerprint reader and some software that replaced the normal Windows login screen with one that allowed...
I was reading an article by David Overton , a Microsoft employee whose opinions I really respect. Of course, being a Microsoft employee he is always keen to play up the benefits of Microsoft's products, but I think he manages to do so in a fair and...
So the music industry is finally beginning to understand something about piracy. When protecting your intellectual property, It's a really bad idea to negatively impact your legitimate users by trying to control how they use your product. If you do...
I've been getting used to using Windows Vista on my tablet PC, so that when I go back to my Windows XP development workstation I suddenly miss all the bells and whistles of Vista. I was wondering what people would miss if their Vista were taken away and...
I have a great idea for how you can get a free copy of Windows Vista. Just visit your nearest branch of PC World, pick up a copy off the shelf and walk out without paying for it! At this point, you are either considering doing something illegal (in which...
There is a lot of "me too" journalism going around at the moment where the reporter will show off all the nice features of Windows Vista then, at the last minute, will say something like "oh, but its not worth upgrading for now ". It somehow reminds me...
This cute little demo of Windows Powershell provides a spoken weather forecast. I found this thread on the PowerShell team blog . You simply enter your US zip code or Weather.com city code (eg. UKXX0943) and the script trundles off to Yahoo weather, retrieves...
A couple of things that I've found out in the various new product releases that you might find useful... In Internet Explorer 7, where's the menu bar gone? Some of the menu items are on the Page and Tools button, but not everything. At first, not having...
(sentiment mine). With Windows Powershell finally released, I hope I never have to use VBScript ever again. If you haven't tried Windows PowerShell yet, you have a treat in store for you. Download Windows PowerShell now and say goodbye to those tedious...
Video evidence of the inevitable result of downloading hacked software....
Hot news - Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is available for download (news broken by Wayne Small on his SBS-FAQ site a few hours ago) and also by Susan Bradley . TiGra Networks has an intranet site up and running and I'm extremely pleased with how well...
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