The big announcement from TechEd 2010 Europe was that Microsoft had partnered with a group of hardware partners representing more than 80% of the hardware market in order to democratize private Clouds. While in Berlin earlier this week I had the opportunity to get insight into the partnership between HP and Microsoft over Hyper-V Cloud which resulted in offerings such as the HP CloudStart for … [Read more...]
Microsoft not amused by open source Kinect drivers
DIY hardware company Adafruit Industries recently offered a $3,000 bounty to encourage the development of open source drivers for Microsoft's Kinect motion control camera. Developer Hector Martin claimed the prize this week and has published his source code under the terms of the GPL in a public git repository. Martin's implementation includes code for initializing the camera, capturing live … [Read more...]
Windows 8 Could Feature Cloud Backup via Windows Azure
The next major iteration of Windows could feature an entirely different level of backup leveraging Cloud computing. At least this is hinted into a job post from Microsoft which discusses a possible connection between Windows 8 or Windows vNext, and Windows Azure. Although the details for what could end up being Windows Azure-based Windows 8 storage come from Microsoft, fact is that the … [Read more...]
Microsoft Posts Record Revenues in Quarter
On Thursday, Microsoft announced operating income of $7 billion on record revenue of $16.2 billion for the quarter ending September 30. The results were dramatically better than expectations and up significantly from the same time period a year ago. Indeed, the company experienced double-digit sales and income growth. Net income jumped a whopping 51 percent. Microsoft also reported that all its … [Read more...]
Tips to clean up your computer
Its necessary to clean up your Windows PC for running it properly. This term clean up can be broadened to Software side and Hardware Side. Software side It is needed to clean the Junk files, temporary files, invalid registry keys (those are generated from improperly uninstalled softwares) and yes security side should be included too. Its advisable to use Disk Cleanup utility that comes naively … [Read more...]
Windows 7 Resource Kit
Your definitive resource for deployment and operations”straight from the experts. In-depth and comprehensive, this official RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to administer Windows 7 in the enterprise. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best”Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows 7 Team”along with hundreds of scripts and … [Read more...]
Windows Media Audio
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs. The original WMA codec, known simply as WMA, was conceived as a competitor to the popular MP3 and RealAudio codecs. … [Read more...]
Tips on using touchpad
Apart from older features those are also applicable for previous Windows versions; some extra feature for the touch pad exists in Windows 7. However, in this tutorial, all the features, which can be used for more personalization and for ease of use, are being discussed. Majority of the touchpads are manufactured ALPS Electric Company Ltd. ALPS is the OEM supplier of major market leaders in Laptop … [Read more...]