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    8 reasons why Windows 8 may not be ready for the desktop

    Microsoft recently released the beta version of Windows 8, and there’s been much early praise, particularly for how well it’s designed to run on tablets and smartphones. But how does this early version work as a traditional desktop/notebook OS? Because an obvious question is why Microsoft elected to position Windows […]

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    IE’s browser share recovers, Chrome down for third straight month

    T Sign of a Microsoft turnaround, or just a calculation change by metrics company? Computerworld – Internet Explorer posted another major gain in share last month, the second in the first quarter of the year, perhaps signaling a turnaround in Microsoft’s fortunes, a Web metrics company said Sunday. Meanwhile, every […]

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    Why Windows 8 touch sorta stinks in the Consumer Preview edition

    Existing hardware wasn’t built to rigorous Microsoft standards for the new operating system. If you’ve been less than impressed with the performance of the touch interface for Windows 8 Consumer Preview it may be because the hardware running it wasn’t designed for the new operating system, Microsoft says. The eight […]

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    Is there a ‘best’ way to set up your private cloud storage?

    There’s an energetic debate over storage architectures going on Given that cloud computing is still emerging, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that opinions vary widely on the best way to architect the storage. In fact, it seems likely that there is no such panacea — different types of private […]

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    70-659 Q&A / Study Guide / Testing Engine

    Best Microsoft MCTS Certification, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com QUESTION 1 You work as a Network Administrator at Certkingdom.com. The network consists of a single Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2 and all client computers Windows 7 Professional. The company network consists […]

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    Microsoft’s ads, humor boost consumer opinion of IE

    But tech fans still think less of the browser than does the general public Computerworld – Microsoft’s recent campaigns touting Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), including a tongue-in-cheek promotion it unveiled last week, have moved IE’s quality perception needle for U.S. adults, according to a brand quality measurement company. “When we […]

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    70-595 Q&A / Study Guide / Testing Engine

    Best Microsoft MCTS Certification, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com QUESTION 1 You are employed as a developer at Certkingdom.com. Certkingdom.com makes use of BizTalk Server 2010 in their environment. You have designed a BizTalk Server 2010 messaging solution for processing XML messages. You then configured the solution to makes use […]

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    Chrome browser updated again. Not that there’s anything wrong with that

    Google’s Chrome browser was updated yesterday to version 17.0.963.78 on Windows, Macs and Linux. This latest update is to Chrome only, it does not include an updated copy of Flash, which remains at version 11.1.102.63 on Windows and Linux and 11.1.102.64 on OS X. Best Microsoft MCTS Certification, Microsoft MCITP […]

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    HP to combine its PC and printer divisions, report says

    HP will make its Printing and Imaging Group a part of its Personal Systems Group, sources told the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday Hewlett-Packard Co. is to combine its PC and printer divisions into a single business unit, a move that will see Vyomesh “VJ” Joshi, the longtime head of […]

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    First look at Firefox 11 browser

    No earth-shaking changes, but Mozilla’s minor Firefox upgrades could add up Firefox 11 packs multiple new features The latest incarnation of Mozilla’s Firefox browser introduces a host of evolutionary upgrades, though it’s relatively light on truly groundbreaking improvements. Nevertheless, there are some key features in Firefox 11 that could help […]