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Microsoft Banks on Business Upgrades - Washington Post |
 Playfuls.com | Microsoft Banks on Business Upgrades Washington Post, United States - ... Even in a less competitive world, the enormity of the launch would make this a crucial time for Microsoft. Vista has been delayed so long that it has been five ... Exploding heads and running in circles Microsoft's latest upgrade aimed at its business users Microsoft’s Vista and Office 2007: bad news for pirates |
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Windows Live Writer Beta released |
I think it's only appropriate to congratulate the Windows Live Writer team on the release of their Beta by posting this entry using the Windows Live Writer Beta itself.
I've been using their internal release candidates for several weeks, and I have to say, it's the best blog posting tool I've ever used. This was clearly built by folks who know and understand the blogging space intimately -- little surprise, since it's developed by the team that wrote the excellent Onfolio research tool and RSS aggregator that Microsoft acquired earlier this year.
Liveside.net has a great interview with J.J. Allaire, who leads the Writer team.
So, check out their blog to learn all about it at: http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/
- Sean
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Aero Glass on a Windows Vista Virtual Machine |
Currently the only way to get Vista on Vista virtualization running is to either use Virtual Server 2005 with some tweaks, or if you are part of the Virtual PC 2007 beta you can install Virtual PC 2007 (VPC 2K7) on Vista with no tweaks or hacks needed whatsoever. Unfortunately neither of these solutions can virtualize a 64bit operating system, but VMware Server should be Vista compliant soon - so I'm holding me breath until then....
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Microsoft’s Ballmer on Vista |
Arizona Daily Star posted an interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Steve describe Vista as: You get this really great new user interface. You get great new applications that work with that user interface. You put that all together and get a surge and pop of energy by both business buyers as well as consumers.
More [...]
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Microsoft Banks on Business Upgrades - Forbes |
Playfuls.com | Microsoft Banks on Business Upgrades Forbes, NY - ... Even in a less competitive world, the enormity of the launch would make this a crucial time for Microsoft. Vista has been delayed so long that it has been five ... Exploding heads and running in circles Microsoft's latest upgrade aimed at its business users Microsoft’s Vista and Office 2007: bad news for pirates |
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Windows Vista Eliminates Anti Virus Software? |
The claims by Jim Allchin the outgoing co-President of the Platform Products and Services Group at Microsoft will upset Companies like Symantec and Trend Micro who sell Ant Virus solutions.
During the past six weeks SmartHouse has been running Vista without Anti Virus or Spy Doctor type software and over that period we have not had one single security or virus problem. Neither have we encountered any problems with pop ups. The same cannot be said for a Windows XP OS that we have been runnin...
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Script in Feeds |
You might have read the c|net article "Blog feeds may carry security risk" which summarizes the presentation given by Robert Auger and Caleb Sima of SPI Dynamics. The presentation points to potential dangers of malicious script embedded in feeds. This has sparked some discussion in the community.
We think it's good for the RSS community and users that the potential dangers of malicious script in feeds are pointed out and thereby can be addressed by application developers before any attacks materialize.
In IE7 and the Windows RSS Platform we've implemented several mitigations that specifically address potentially malicious scripts in feeds:
Sanitization
When downloading feeds, the RSS Platform passes the feed through a sanitization process which among other things removes script from HTML fields like the description element. Also, text fields, like the title element, are treated as text and not as HTML, so HTML tags are entity encoded. These steps are performed before the feed content is accessible by application including IE7's Feed View. Further, the feed content is persisted in the Feed Store in the sanitized form, so that applications accessing the feed data benefit from the sanitization.Feed View in Restricted zone
The IE7 Feed View displays feeds in the Restricted security zone, no matter where the feed originated, even if for example the feed came from a site in the Trusted Sites zone. By default script is disabled in the Restricted zone. In addition, the Feed View disallows URL Actions including script and active content.We designed and implemented the RSS features using the principles of the Secure Development Lifecycle as embraced by Microsoft. One of the principles is defense in depth. The idea being, even if script somehow were to sneak by the first layer of defense, the impact that the script could have is restricted, if not entirely negated.
Hosting IE in Applications
The second mitigation above can be of interest to application developers who are hosting MSHTML inside their applications. When using MSHTML to render feeds, we recommend that the host application implements a custom security manager, which allows the application to control which URL Actions are permissible. In order to reduce the attack surface of the application it is advisable to limit the permissible URL Actions to the smallest number possible.
I hope this will spark even more discussion about security and RSS which will ultimately benefit users.
- Walter vonKoch
[Update 8/16] Peter Plamondon of SPI Dynamics provided the link to the paper itself in the comments.
[Update 8/17] As noted by Sean Kerner in the comments, the presentation was given by Bob Auger solo. I've correct the intro above. Thanks.
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Windows Vista on Month-End |
Mark the date — November 30. Microsoft has announced they will release the business version of the software at the NASDAQ Stock Market. Aside from Microsoft Windows Vista, Office 2007 shall also be released. The suite include all applications previously found in Office 2007 from spreadsheets, word processing, etc. It also include Exchange Server 2007 [...]
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Bill Gates - Vista Survived Rivals' Attacks and Lives On!!! |
Microsoft's new flagship operating system has survived largely intact, despite concerted efforts by the company's rivals to take apart Vista through charges of antitrust violations, according to Bill Gates. ...
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“Mom, I am on M-TV!” |
MSDN TV that is. At the end of June MSDN TV published my episode on RSS in IE7 and the RSS Platform. It's 15min short and gives an overview including demos of the RSS lightweight reading experience in IE7, the RSS Platform and how publishers can enable feed discovery, emit feeds, and Simple List Extensions (SLE).
Let me know if you are interested in more screen casts and what topics you'd like to hear about.
-Walter vonKoch
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The Sounds of Windows Vista |
When you try the RTM version of Windows Vista, you will notice that something changed between the last release candidate and the final product -- we added new sounds to the 45 places where Windows provides an audio cue to the user, including a new Windows Vista Start-up sound that was developed in collaboration with musician Robert Fripp....
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New Vista License Sounds Better |
This post was updated on 11/05/06 to include the link as gimgol requested in the comments. Please see below.
Microsoft softened their rules on Windows Vista License by changing a particular sentence that fueled uproar from everyone concerned on the operating system. The previous line read: The first user of the software may reassign the license [...]
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Stakes high for new launch - Kansas City Star |
Playfuls.com | Stakes high for new launch Kansas City Star, MO - ... 30. Even in a less competitive world, the magnitude of the launch would make this a crucial time for Microsoft. Vista has been delayed so long that it has been ... Microsoft's Channel Program for Vista Software 'IOU' of Limited ... Exploding heads and running in circles Office 2007 Has Vista-like Anti-piracy Mechanism |
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RSS Platform Beta 3 Changes |
Jane talked about reading feeds with ease in IE7 Beta 3. I want highlight what is new in the Windows RSS Platform in Beta 3.
With the release of Beta 3, the Windows RSS Platform is now API complete. This means that, barring any serious bug that we must fix, applications written against the Beta 3 API will run unmodified against the final RTM release of the platform.
Since the Beta 2 release we've made the following changes to the RSS Platform:
We want to thank the numerous people that provided feedback in blogs, comments, emails and newsgroups posts which resulted in the above changes.
Let me reiterate that we now consider the RSS Platform API complete. We are not planning to change the API. Applications written against the Beta 3 API will run against the final release of the RSS Platform.
Note: We are aware that the MSDN documentation does match the latest API changes. We will update it, but don't have an ETA at this time.
- Walter
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Forrester Reports that Consumers Won't Flock to Microsoft Vista |
Much has been made about the fact that businesses likely won't be in a hurry to upgrade to Windows Vista. But a report by Forrester Research suggests consumers won't stampede to purchase the new OS either....
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Microsoft's Channel Program for Vista Software 'IOU' of Limited ... - Yahoo! News (press release) |
| Microsoft's Channel Program for Vista Software 'IOU' of Limited ... Yahoo! News (press release) - ... Microsoft's Vista system availability to the retail channel is later than expected and won't hit the market until end of January 2007. ... |
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Windows Easy Transfer or PCMover? |
Laplink Software’s PCMover retails for $49.95 while Microsoft’s Windows Easy Transfer is going to be a free add-on when it ships on January 2007.
Both softwares migrate applications, data and configurations settings from Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and IM from one PC (Windows 98 and later) to another computer running MAC loaded with BootCamp. Currently, PCMover [...]
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Symantec On a Positive Note |
The chief executive of Symantec, John Thompson, publicly said he was encouraged about Microsoft’s response about their kernel lockdown. As I previously reported (found here), companies are moving at great lenght to crack down PatchGuard which prohibit developers from accessing the kernel system. The ability to access and modify kernel is said to be a [...]
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Around the Markets: Vista may disappoint chipmakers - International Herald Tribune |
| Around the Markets: Vista may disappoint chipmakers International Herald Tribune, France - SEOUL>en<>res<: The Microsoft Vista operating system may do little for shares of Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor, the largest makers of memory ... |
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Attensa for Outlook 2.0 |
The folks at Attensa make a slick RSS aggregator that integrates with Outlook and provides a River of News-style view with priortization based on what feeds you use the most.
Not too long ago, they released version 2.0 of the Attensa for Outlook product. Along with a ton of other great features, it includes synchronization with the Windows RSS Platform, so when you hit that RSS button in IE, the feed can automatically show up in Attensa -- which is great if you're using Attensa as your primary RSS reader.
This has been one of our guiding principles in IE7 -- you don't have to read your feeds in IE. By using the open APIs of the RSS platform, developers of innovative new RSS readers like Attensa can gain access to the orange button in IE7 that Steve Rubel loves.
Attensa works with Outlook 2000, Outlook XP and 2003 (Outlook 2007 support is in the works). If you're an Outlook user, you should definitely check it out. It's free -- so it's an easy choice if you're looking to try out something new.
- Sean
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Saving and loading feed lists in IE7 using OPML |
One question we get asked occasionally is:
How do I back up my feed list?
Well, it turns out that there is a standard way to save a feed list in a single file for backup or other purposes. It's called OPML, and IE7 supports importing and exporting feed lists via OPML.
Here is the step-by-step process for backing up your feed list to an OPML file in IE7:
The OPML file generated will contain your entire feedlist, including any folders you may have created. Simply repeat the process (selecting Import Feeds) to restore a feed list.
As I noted above, OPML is the standard way to save a feed list, and it's supported by pretty much every aggregator out there. You can use the steps above to save your feed list to use in another aggregator or to import a feed list created by another aggregator.
Since IE7 uses the RSS platform, you can also use this technique to import or export lists of feeds from and to any application that uses the RSS platform.
Oh, and by the way -- IE7 is coming this month.
Sean
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Vista's OS X similarities could encourage switching - analysts - PC Pro |
| Vista's OS X similarities could encourage switching - analysts PC Pro, UK - Microsoft Vista's 'uncanny' resemblance to OS X could backfire on Microsoft by making the switch from PC to Mac comparable to upgrading from Windows XP ... |
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Why the clock's ticking for Check Point - CNET News.com |
| Why the clock's ticking for Check Point CNET News.com, CA - ... As for software, Microsoft's Vista Ultimate and Vista Enterprise editions come with Windows BitLocker full disk encryption at no charge. ... |
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MSR Asia: RSS Reading Habits Survey |
What better way to spend a Friday afternoon (Redmond time, at least), than by filling out a quick 8 question survey on your RSS reading habits, hosted by the MSR Asia Center for Interactive Design?
Even if you don't take the survey, the results will be publicly available on Oct 20th (and there's even a results feed to which you can subscribe to get them when they are available).
Check out the post on the team's blog as well.
- Sean
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Vista? Not necessary. - Techtree.com |
 Techtree.com | Vista? Not necessary. Techtree.com, India - ... out of a network administrator's mouth, while having a conversation with some Microsoft representative, who was persuading him to upgrade to Microsoft Vista. ... Gates on Vista, Linux and more InterVideo Ulead Readies Product Portfolio for Windows Vista |
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How quickly will businesses adopt Vista? |
Microsoft has said that it will have Windows Vista ready for large businesses by the end of this month, but are businesses ready for Vista? That is a key question for Microsoft, now that it has wrapped up its development work on the new operating system and is shifting into sales mode. It will start selling Vista this month to large companies that have volume license contracts, and smaller businesses will be able to get downloads at CompUSA, or wait until the mainstream consumer launch in Jan...
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RSS Platform MiniSDK |
Have you wanted to use the Windows RSS Platform from C++? Unlike managed code or script there is no simple way to create header files with the declaration of the IX.. interfaces which are designed for use from C++. Of course the msfeeds.h header file is included in the Windows SDK. If you are hardcore about Windows development you might already have it installed. However, not everyone wants to install the 1GB+ just to get the msfeeds.h header file.
Fear not, I've recently posted on my blog a MiniSDK which includes the required headers to use the RSS Platform from C++. I hope this will save you some time and effort.
-Walter vonKoch
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Microsoft Vista complies with US antitrust rules - official - Inquirer |
| Microsoft Vista complies with US antitrust rules - official Inquirer, UK - EVEN THOUGH the European Union is mulling over its antitrust problems with Microsoft, US prosecutors have given Vista and Internet Explorer 7 a clean bill of ... Vista given US anitrust go-ahead Vista clears antitrust hurdle InterVideo Ulead unveils support for Windows Vista |
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Microsoft's Vista gets upbeat report from US regulators - MarketWatch |
 Earthtimes.org | Microsoft's Vista gets upbeat report from US regulators MarketWatch - ... In a legal status report file Tuesday, US regulators said Microsoft addressed all outstanding issues regarding Vista's ability to work alongside middleware ... Microsoft Vista complies with US antitrust ruling Microsoft makes deadline on Windows info Microsoft files new antitrust documents with EU |
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NewsGator Desktop Sync in Beta |
Earlier this year at Mix06, Greg Reinacker and I did a talk on the RSS platform, during which he demo'd tool to synchronize the RSS platform state with NewsGator Online.
Yesterday, Nick Harris announced that the sync app, now known by the name of "NewsGator Desktop Sync" has gone into beta, and is available for everyone to download.
From Nick's post:
Desktop Sync is a system tray application that keeps your feeds, folders and read states synchronized between NewsGator Online and the Windows RSS Platform. This means that any application that uses the Windows RSS Platform will be automatically synchronized with your NewsGator Online account!
Check out Nick's post for information on where to download and where to give feedback (you'll need IE7 RC1 or Windows Vista RC1, and a free NewsGator Online account for it to work).
I just want to also use this opportunity to thank Nick, Greg and the others at NewsGator for their great feedback on the RSS platform. It has been great working with them.
- Walter vonKoch
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An unparalleled Windows Vista Demo environment |
If you're a Microsoft Partner then you will be very interested in what we call the Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit (DRT). It's a Windows Vista installation (imaged based - naturally) that comes ready with customer scenarios, sample applications and a feature showcase that allows you to very easily demonstrate all the key features. There's also an easy to follow script so even the non-technical can look like demo jedis in front of their customers....
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Prosecutors: Vista Apparently Complies With Microsoft Antitrust ... - InformationWeek |
| Prosecutors: Vista Apparently Complies With Microsoft Antitrust ... InformationWeek, NY - In a joint status report filed Tuesday with the US District Court, prosecutors said Microsoft's Vista and Internet Explorer plans appear to be compliant with ... |
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IE7 RC1 (for XP) released |
In case you're one of the 12 people who read our blog and don't also read the IE blog, I thought I should mention that the first public Release Candidate of IE7 for Windows XP has been made available today.
Read Dean's post on the IE blog for details on the changes in this release over the one (mostly in setup and toolbar compatibility). Or go to http://www.microsoft.com/ie to install.
On the RSS front, we've fixed a number of bugs, but there's no new functionality since the Beta 3 (the Beta 3 updates to the user experience and the platform). As we've said before, the Windows RSS Platform that ships with IE7 is API-complete -- so developers can build on this release candidate secure in the knowledge that (unless something major is discovered that forces us to change), their apps will work correctly.
From Dean:
Depending on your feedback, we may post another release candidate. We’re still on track to ship the final IE7 release in the 4th calendar quarter.
Enjoy,
Sean
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Microsoft Vista Upgrade Incentives Offer Limited Value to ... - Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter |
| Microsoft Vista Upgrade Incentives Offer Limited Value to ... Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter, CA - PC vendors looking to boost year-end hardware sales with the lure of an 'IOU' upgrade for Microsoft Vista may find some success with consumers but not with ... |
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Windows Vista for Christmas - You can buy Windows Vista on November 30, 2006! |
Ordinary punters will be able to buy the Windows Vista on November 30 rather than waiting until January 30. Suggested stand-alone retail prices for Microsoft's new operating system Windows Vista:
...
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Vista Banks on Security USP - SDA Asia Magazine |
| Vista Banks on Security USP SDA Asia Magazine, Singapore - ... Symantec and McAfee 'should have prepared better' for Microsoft Vista, rival IT security firm Sophos had claimed earlier in the week. ... |
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Windows Live Writer Beta released |
I think it's only appropriate to congratulate the Windows Live Writer team on the release of their Beta by posting this entry using the Windows Live Writer Beta itself.
I've been using their internal release candidates for several weeks, and I have to say, it's the best blog posting tool I've ever used. This was clearly built by folks who know and understand the blogging space intimately -- little surprise, since it's developed by the team that wrote the excellent Onfolio research tool and RSS aggregator that Microsoft acquired earlier this year.
Liveside.net has a great interview with J.J. Allaire, who leads the Writer team.
So, check out their blog to learn all about it at: http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/
- Sean
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Aero Glass on a Windows Vista Virtual Machine |
Currently the only way to get Vista on Vista virtualization running is to either use Virtual Server 2005 with some tweaks, or if you are part of the Virtual PC 2007 beta you can install Virtual PC 2007 (VPC 2K7) on Vista with no tweaks or hacks needed whatsoever. Unfortunately neither of these solutions can virtualize a 64bit operating system, but VMware Server should be Vista compliant soon - so I'm holding me breath until then....
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SafeBoot On-Track With Microsoft Vista Release - Market Wire (press release) |
| SafeBoot On-Track With Microsoft Vista Release Market Wire (press release) - ... today announced that the SafeBoot suite of mobile data security solutions will be compatible and available at the release of Microsoft Vista, scheduled for ... |
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Windows Vista Eliminates Anti Virus Software? |
The claims by Jim Allchin the outgoing co-President of the Platform Products and Services Group at Microsoft will upset Companies like Symantec and Trend Micro who sell Ant Virus solutions.
During the past six weeks SmartHouse has been running Vista without Anti Virus or Spy Doctor type software and over that period we have not had one single security or virus problem. Neither have we encountered any problems with pop ups. The same cannot be said for a Windows XP OS that we have been runnin...
Click here to more
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Script in Feeds |
You might have read the c|net article "Blog feeds may carry security risk" which summarizes the presentation given by Robert Auger and Caleb Sima of SPI Dynamics. The presentation points to potential dangers of malicious script embedded in feeds. This has sparked some discussion in the community.
We think it's good for the RSS community and users that the potential dangers of malicious script in feeds are pointed out and thereby can be addressed by application developers before any attacks materialize.
In IE7 and the Windows RSS Platform we've implemented several mitigations that specifically address potentially malicious scripts in feeds:
Sanitization
When downloading feeds, the RSS Platform passes the feed through a sanitization process which among other things removes script from HTML fields like the description element. Also, text fields, like the title element, are treated as text and not as HTML, so HTML tags are entity encoded. These steps are performed before the feed content is accessible by application including IE7's Feed View. Further, the feed content is persisted in the Feed Store in the sanitized form, so that applications accessing the feed data benefit from the sanitization.Feed View in Restricted zone
The IE7 Feed View displays feeds in the Restricted security zone, no matter where the feed originated, even if for example the feed came from a site in the Trusted Sites zone. By default script is disabled in the Restricted zone. In addition, the Feed View disallows URL Actions including script and active content.We designed and implemented the RSS features using the principles of the Secure Development Lifecycle as embraced by Microsoft. One of the principles is defense in depth. The idea being, even if script somehow were to sneak by the first layer of defense, the impact that the script could have is restricted, if not entirely negated.
Hosting IE in Applications
The second mitigation above can be of interest to application developers who are hosting MSHTML inside their applications. When using MSHTML to render feeds, we recommend that the host application implements a custom security manager, which allows the application to control which URL Actions are permissible. In order to reduce the attack surface of the application it is advisable to limit the permissible URL Actions to the smallest number possible.
I hope this will spark even more discussion about security and RSS which will ultimately benefit users.
- Walter vonKoch
[Update 8/16] Peter Plamondon of SPI Dynamics provided the link to the paper itself in the comments.
[Update 8/17] As noted by Sean Kerner in the comments, the presentation was given by Bob Auger solo. I've correct the intro above. Thanks.
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Microsoft Vista here by December - The Nation Newspaper |
| Microsoft Vista here by December The Nation Newspaper, Barbados - Within a matter of weeks the Microsoft operating system, Windows Vista, will be on the Barbadian market, already installed in new computers and, later, on ... |
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Bill Gates - Vista Survived Rivals' Attacks and Lives On!!! |
Microsoft's new flagship operating system has survived largely intact, despite concerted efforts by the company's rivals to take apart Vista through charges of antitrust violations, according to Bill Gates. ...
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Microsoft's Vista: For better or worse, it's taking over - Palm Beach Post |
| Microsoft's Vista: For better or worse, it's taking over Palm Beach Post, United States - ... Of course you won't hear talk like that at Microsoft's headquarters in suburban Seattle. Banners touting the virtues of Vista wave from streetlights on the ... |
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“Mom, I am on M-TV!” |
MSDN TV that is. At the end of June MSDN TV published my episode on RSS in IE7 and the RSS Platform. It's 15min short and gives an overview including demos of the RSS lightweight reading experience in IE7, the RSS Platform and how publishers can enable feed discovery, emit feeds, and Simple List Extensions (SLE).
Let me know if you are interested in more screen casts and what topics you'd like to hear about.
-Walter vonKoch
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The Sounds of Windows Vista |
When you try the RTM version of Windows Vista, you will notice that something changed between the last release candidate and the final product -- we added new sounds to the 45 places where Windows provides an audio cue to the user, including a new Windows Vista Start-up sound that was developed in collaboration with musician Robert Fripp....
Click here to more
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The business case for Microsoft Windows Vista - SearchWin2000.com |
| The business case for Microsoft Windows Vista SearchWin2000.com, MA - ... For Enterprise SA customers who manage desktops globally, the biggest reason to migrate to Microsoft Vista is because it is language neutral. ... |
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RSS Platform Beta 3 Changes |
Jane talked about reading feeds with ease in IE7 Beta 3. I want highlight what is new in the Windows RSS Platform in Beta 3.
With the release of Beta 3, the Windows RSS Platform is now API complete. This means that, barring any serious bug that we must fix, applications written against the Beta 3 API will run unmodified against the final RTM release of the platform.
Since the Beta 2 release we've made the following changes to the RSS Platform:
We want to thank the numerous people that provided feedback in blogs, comments, emails and newsgroups posts which resulted in the above changes.
Let me reiterate that we now consider the RSS Platform API complete. We are not planning to change the API. Applications written against the Beta 3 API will run against the final release of the RSS Platform.
Note: We are aware that the MSDN documentation does match the latest API changes. We will update it, but don't have an ETA at this time.
- Walter
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Forrester Reports that Consumers Won't Flock to Microsoft Vista |
Much has been made about the fact that businesses likely won't be in a hurry to upgrade to Windows Vista. But a report by Forrester Research suggests consumers won't stampede to purchase the new OS either....
Click here to more
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Microsoft Vista cracked - Inquirer |
| Microsoft Vista cracked Inquirer, UK - DESPITE Microsoft's anti-piracy measures, cracked copies of its Vista operating system are already available on torrent sites, it's claimed. ... |
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Microsoft Vista – Now the Rah-Rah road shows begin. - iTWire |
| Microsoft Vista – Now the Rah-Rah road shows begin. iTWire, Australia - ... On show were Office 2007, Exchange server 2007 and of course Vista. So what were the highlights from Microsoft’s latest glitzy performance? ... |
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Making Sense of the New Windows Vista Logos - What do they all Mean? |
Now that Windows Vista has gone RTM, it might be a good time to take a brief tour of the different Windows Vista logos that you'll be seeing on PCs and hardware. After all, if you're in the market for new hardware or software and want it to be Vista ready, you'll want to pay special attention to these logos....
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Events in VB.NET |
We’ve been getting a few questions on how to use RSS Platform events in VB.NET. The problem faced by most inquiries was the fact that the interface returned by the GetWatcher() method call couldn’t be cast to the FeedFolderWatcher or FeedWatcher type. Instead the returned interface can be cast to IFeedFolderEvents_Event or IFeedEvents_Event interface. As done here:
Imports Microsoft.Feeds.Interop
Module Module1
Dim WithEvents watcher As IFeedFolderEvents_Event
Sub Main()
Dim fm As IFeedsManager = New FeedsManager()
Dim rootFolder As IFeedFolder = fm.RootFolder
watcher = rootFolder.GetWatcher(FEEDS_EVENTS_SCOPE.FES_ALL, FEEDS_EVENTS_MASK.FEM_FOLDEREVENTS)
AddHandler watcher.FeedDownloading, AddressOf watcher_Downloading
End Sub
Sub watcher_Downloading(ByVal path As String)
Console.WriteLine("Downloading {0}", path)
End Sub
Sub watcher_DownloadCompleted(ByVal path As String, ByVal err As FEEDS_DOWNLOAD_ERROR) Handles watcher.FeedDownloadCompleted
Console.WriteLine("Downloaded {0}", path)
End Sub
End Module
The key is the highlighted part.
Note: We are aware that the IFeedFolderEvents_Event and IFeedEvents_Event interfaces do not appear in the Object Browser or in IntelliSense. We are looking into it.
Keep the feedback coming!
-Walter vonKoch