ActiveWin.com HeadlinesThe Most Activated Windows Resource2500 Windows 7 employees broken up into 25 feature teams- August 19, 2008 When the Engineering Windows 7 blog (E7) launched last week, many were happy that Microsoft had finally opened up an official channel of communication between the Windows 7 team and the public. Still, few expected that anything seriously groundbreaking would be announced on E7 anytime soon, especially considering Steven Sinofsky, head of the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, was at the helm. Sinofsky is known for his "under promise and over deliver" attitude so it's no surprise that...http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44601 It's a Windows Window! Get It- August 19, 2008 The ultimate Microsoft fanboy concept, Fentres 3.1 (or the Windows Window as we're insisting on calling it) is a normal house window decorated with all of the accouterments of the classic Windows 3.1 OS (along with the placeholder background from Windows XP). And yes, pulling down the blinds even brings up the dreaded BSoD.http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44600 New Microsoft Licensing and Support Eases Path to Virtualization- August 19, 2008 New licensing, expanded product support policies and a worldwide series of events from Microsoft Corp. help business customers create more dynamic datacenters and enterprise IT systems with virtualization software. Beginning Sept. 1, 2008, customers will be able to move any of 41 Microsoft server applications between servers within a server farm as often as necessary without paying additional licensing fees, and they can take advantage of expanded specialized technical support.http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44599 Mozilla drags IE into the future with Canvas element plugin- August 19, 2008 IE's shortcomings won't hold back the Internet for much longer, however, because Mozilla plans to drag IE into the next generation of open web technologies without Microsoft's help. One of the first steps towards achieving this goal is a new experimental plugin that adapts Mozilla's implementation of the HTML5 Canvas element so that it can be used in Internet Explorer.http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44598 Microsoft hints at private browsing feature in IE- August 19, 2008 One of the most interesting feature that didnt quite make it into the final release of Firefox 3 is Private Browsing, a.k.a. porn mode. The only other browser with this feature built-in today is Safari (another reason to try it in case you havent), however, Microsoft may also be building a similar feature into Internet Explorer 8 if two trademark filings are any indications.http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44597 Treo Pro Gets a Video, Still Runs Windows Mobile- August 19, 2008 Slashgear's just found a video of the upcoming Treo Pro, a device that physically looks like the Centro, but runs the touchscreen version of Windows Mobile.http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44596 Piecing together Microsofts cloud-computing vision- August 19, 2008 The term cloud computing has become almost meaningless being used synonymously for everything from software-as-a-service (SaaS), to platform-as-a-service (PaaS). But a new white paper, sponsored by Microsoft and written by the always entertaining consultant David Chappell, provides more clues aboutwhat the Softies are planning to unveil at this Octobers Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data...http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44595 Inside the SQL 2008 Ship room- August 19, 2008 Have you ever wondered what the last meeting before a product ships is like I used to think that it was a very NASA like "go or no go" with a bunch of people in a room in front of computers and wearing headsets. The reality is very similar with the cast of characters stuffed into a conference room in front of laptops and a signature sheet on the whiteboard replacing a 'roll call'. Take a look at this unique insiders view of the SQL 2008 Ship Room meeting.http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44594 SyncToy v2.0- August 19, 2008 SyncToy 2.0 for Windows is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers. There are files from all kinds of sources that we want to store and manage. Files are created by our digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, portable media players, camcorders, PDAs, and laptops. Increasingly, computer users are using different folders, drives, and even different...http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44593 Scratch that. Windows Server 2008 R2 still lives- August 19, 2008 What do you do with a blog post that is so messed up that you cant even go in and edit it in order to fix it Thats my dilemma with my post from August 15 about Microsoft skipping over Windows Server 2008 R2 and proceeding direct to Windows 7 Server. After sending me a note that led me to believe that Microsoft had decided to veer from its original plan of an R2 update followed by a full-fledged Server update, a Microsoft spokeswoman called on August 18 to tell me that her note to me was...http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=44592 |