I haven't kept this as up to date as I'd like but the stuff that is here is good to know. I'm going to modify it so other people can add sections to it and it can be a living document, but until then this is all you get.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul Responding to critics who claimed that the new browser ballot screen that it delivered to Windows XP, Vista, and 7 users in the EU was flawed, Microsoft last week quietly changed the code to be truly random.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul Almost two months after promising to ship its iPad tablet device in the United States in March, Apple did what Apple so often does: It slipped on a ship-date promise. Now, the iPad will start shipping in April instead, and customers who had hoped to preorder the device have to wait until March 12.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including massive PC sales growth for 2010, Microsoft's big bet on the cloud, a Microsoft-branded phone, Windows Phone developer dribbles, a non-surprising Apple iPad delay, and more...
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul In a speech yesterday at the London School of Economics, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner says he sees a gradual recovery in business spending this year. But that won't dampen the prospects for the company's blockbuster new OS. According to Turner, Microsoft expects to sell over 300 million copies of Windows 7 this year alone.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul It doesn't sound like that dramatic of a proposal: At the RSA Conference 2010 this week in San Francisco, Microsoft corporate vice president Scott Charney followed up on comments he made at last year's show and vaguely proposed standards for more secure and private access to the Internet.
SQL Server Magazine Delaney, Kalen Kalen addresses the consequences that come with people referencing pirated electronic copies of SQL Server books rather than purchasing the books.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul Apple this week launched a proxy attack on Google's Android smart phone OS, by accusing handset maker HTC of violating 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone. HTC makes a number of popular smart phones, including the popular Nexus One, which is based on Google Android.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it will offer an Office 2010 Technology Guarantee Program by the end of March. Under terms of the program, users who purchase various Office 2007 versions will receive a free copy of the equivalent version of Office 2010.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul Just two months after revealing that it had sold over 60 million copies of its new Windows 7 operating system in its first quarter of availability, Microsoft this week announced that it has now sold over 90 million copies. Windows 7 continues to be the fast selling OS release in PC history.
Windows IT Pro Thurrott, Paul The European Union said that over 100 million European PC users would be given the choice to switch web browsers in the coming months, a statistic it believes proves the validity of its years-long antitrust suit against Microsoft. This announcement comes in the wake of Microsoft's enabling of a so-called browser ballot screen in EU-based versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7.
Windows IT Pro Tony Redmond Learn how to use EMC or EMS in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to perform online mailbox moves, as well as the background on how moves are processed, what you need to do to schedule a move, and how to get data about moves.
Windows IT Pro William Lefkovics TechHit,the company that created TwInbox, has now released a utility to incorporate Facebook into Outlook called FBLook. This little app is released without fee. It requires Office Outlook 2003 SP3 or Outlook 2007.
SQL Server Magazine Brian Moran Mark Souza, Microsoft’s Partner Director of the Business Platform Division Customer Experience Team, talks about the 3 SQL Server 2008 R2 features that he thinks are most important.
SQL Server Magazine Megan Keller Quest Software's Kevin Kline, Brent Ozar, and Ari Weil lead this free day-long Dynamic Management Views training event on Wednesday, March 3rd.
With this VBScript script, you can quickly check, set, or remove the description for a remote or local computer. You can even use it to check or clear the descriptions for multiple computers.
Trying to find the reason for CPU spikes can be frustrating and time-consuming. Here are some of the tools and techniques you can use to troubleshoot performance problems in the System process.
Time to upgrade your Wordpress sites. A vulnerability in versions prior to 2.8.4 could let the bad guys reset passwords. And there's a nasty worm infiltrating sites based on an older vulnerability in the code.
Since Twitter is so hugely popular it makes sense that someone would create a tool to help protect users from malicious URLs within the posts at the site.
