 11/20/08,
Windows Volume Activation 2.0 Zone is Live on Windows Client TechCenter!
Get all your questions answered on Volume Activation 2.0! Refer to fresh collateral (webcasts, prescriptive guides, FAQs, resources) on an integrated one stop site devoted to Windows activation.
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11/20/08,
NEW Planning for Windows Vista Snack
Successfully upgrading a desktop operating system across an organization takes careful planning. To simplify the process of migrating desktops to Windows Vista, Microsoft provides a three-step desktop migration process. This Snack takes you through a step-by-step guide for assessing an organization’s existing hardware and software and creating a detailed plan for deploying Windows Vista. It also describes download tools offered free by Microsoft; these tools can help you automate the hardware and software assessment of the IT infrastructure and the deployment of Windows Vista.
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11/20/08,
Check Out What’s Scanning Over 3 Million Computers Each Week
Download the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to improve your security management process and use it to detect common security misconfigurations and missing security updates on your computer systems.
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 11/20/08,
DVDs, Hollywood’s Profit Source, Are Sagging
Total DVD sales are down by about 4 percent for the year, contributing to a creeping dread in the movie capital that buyer interest is plummeting as the global economic crisis worsens.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/business/21dvd.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/business/21dvd.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/20/08,
Dell’s Cost-Cutting Increases Profit but Revenue Falls
Dell’s third quarter results showed just how challenging a restructuring can be in the middle of a severe economic slowdown.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/technology/companies/21dell.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/technology/companies/21dell.html" border="0"//a/span
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 11/20/08,
Games “come of age on the iPhone 3G”
“Watch out, Nintendo. This game is just getting started,” warns Dean Takahashi (venturebeat.com). “Thanks to the multi-touch display, great sound, good graphics, and the accelerometer-based tilt feature,” iPhone 3G offers serious competition as a prime gaming device. To wit: Apple has “had more than 200 million downloads from its App Store since the store debuted in July.”
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11/20/08,
New iPod touch earns “a rare perfect score”
Sitting “in a class by itself,” the new iPod touch receives a perfect 5 stars from Cliff Edwards (businessweek.com). “Apple has managed to make the touch look better, work better, and deliver more features,” Edwards points out. “No longer simply a high-end iPod, it has become the foundation of what’s sure to be an increasingly important handheld computing platform for Apple.”
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11/20/08,
eHarmony Agrees to Provide Same-Sex Matches
The online dating service will launch a new Web site which caters to same-sex singles as part of a discrimination settlement.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-eHarmony-Gays.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-eHarmony-Gays.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/20/08,
Arguments in Case Involving Net and Suicide
Prosecutors began to present their side against a woman who they accuse of creating a phony account on MySpace to taunt a 13-year-old girl, in a highly unusual use of computer-fraud statutes.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20myspace.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20myspace.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/20/08,
Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing
Hanging out online helps teenagers develop “technological skills and literacy,” a researcher on a new study said.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20internet.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20internet.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/20/08,
Web Sites Wage Holiday Price Wars
As deserted malls and department stores struggle to court consumers with steep discounts, an even more ferocious price war is being waged online.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/technology/internet/20slashing.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/technology/internet/20slashing.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/20/08,
PC Magazine, a Flagship for Ziff Davis, Will Cease Printing a Paper Version
It is the latest of several magazine publishers to drop a print edition, as advertising plummets and the cost of printing a paper version rises.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/business/media/20mag.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/business/media/20mag.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/20/08,
France Dominates Europe’s Digital Library
A new digital library, called Europeana, intends to showcase Europe’s history, literature, arts and science.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/business/worldbusiness/20digital.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/business/worldbusiness/20digital.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/20/08,
Yahoo Bid Is Over, Microsoft Says
Steven A. Ballmer’s stance may force Yahoo’s next chief executive to find another way to revive the company’s profit.br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/technology/companies/20yahoo.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/technology/companies/20yahoo.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/19/08,
Now Comes the Hard Part as Yahoo Wrestles With a Question of Direction
Does Yahoo want to remain independent or should it sell some or all of itself to another Internet player?br/br/span class="advertisement" a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/technology/companies/19yahoo.html"img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2au=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/technology/companies/19yahoo.html" border="0"//a/span
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11/19/08,
App Store Pick of the Week: Google Mobile
Available only on iPhone, Google Mobile features Voice Search. Simply speak your query and let Google do what it does best. The free application also offers My Location searches (finding businesses based on your current location), performs contact and history searches, and includes a new Apps tab for rearranging Google Apps. Give it a try. It works, and it’s fun.
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11/18/08,
Striking it rich with iPhone
When Trism hit the App Store, life changed for 29-year-old Steve Demeter, relates Brandon Griggs (cnn.com). In just two months, Trism netted the former ATM software designer a cool $250,000, encouraging him to found his own iPhone game development company, Trismology. “It’s done phenomenal business,” says Demeter of the game. And he already has five more titles in development.
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11/17/08,
Install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 - Try It Out Today!
Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta by following these steps or visiting one of our worldwide sites.
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11/17/08,
How Microsoft Technologies and Windows Vista Improve Supporting and Maintaining the Desktop
In this webcast, we explore how to take advantage of the advanced capabilities in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008, and the Microsoft System Center application suit to reduce disruption, minimize help desk calls, and ensure maximum uptime for desktop users. We also discuss how the remote-assistance capability in Windows Vista enables you to troubleshoot remotely, making problem resolution much more efficient.
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11/17/08,
IT Manager Webcast: Introduction to Platform Solution Blueprints (Level 200)
The Platform Solution Blueprints series serves as the foundation for the other webcasts and podcasts. If you are taking a "best-of-breed" approach to your IT strategy, don't miss the information presented in this introduction.
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11/17/08,
Quick Tip of the Week: Help Pointers
Need help with an application? In Mac OS X Leopard, you’ll find Help in the menu bar of every application. Help points the way to tutorials, user guides, keyboard shortcuts, and other valuable resources. Specific to the application you’re using, Help offers Numbers help when you’re running Numbers and Pages help when you’re using Pages. Learn more about Help in the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
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11/17/08,
iMac delivers MRI analysis in less than 10 minutes
By comparing the hippocampus of a patient suffering from episodic memory to that of a healthy person of the same age, Professor James Brewer can determine whether the patient is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. Trouble is, to manually assemble the 256 hippocampi MRI images, it can take an entire week. Or he can run NeuroQuant on his iMac and get a statistical report in about 8.5 minutes.
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11/14/08,
Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk): Musical Macs
An ensemble of student computer scientists and musicians, the Stanford Laptop Orchestra uses 20 MacBook computers to compose and perform new music. “We tilt the notebook and use its built-in accelerometer to expressively control sound. We use the trackpad as a kind of violin bow,” explains Ge Wang, SLOrk’s founder. ”You can make some wild, diverse music with the MacBook.”
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11/13/08,
Tell Us What You Think About Cloud Computing!
Do you have something to say about Cloud Computing? Click here, tell us more, and make your opinion count.
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11/13/08,
TechNet Webcast: Resources for Deploying Windows Vista in Your Organization
See how to automate the deployment of the Windows Vista operating system for small, medium, and large-scale deployment scenarios, and look at applications that help IT professionals assess existing resources before deploying Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), such as Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator and Microsoft System Center Essentials.
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11/13/08,
Gain IT Skills at TechNet Events
Don't miss these free sessions in your local area delivering the hottest new technologies and real-world solutions you need to save the day - every day.
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11/12/08,
App Store Pick of the Week: Nine Inch Nails Revenge
Tapulous has brought a new rhythm section to its highly popular Tap Tap Revenge. The first special edition of the music game — Nine Inch Nails Revenge ($4.99)— lets you tap and shake to the beats of 13 Nine Inch Nails tracks. Play solo or against a friend in head-to-head two-player mode.
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11/12/08,
iPhone and iPod touch vying with game leaders
iPhone and iPod touch have become “serious competitors to Nintendo’s DS handheld and Sony’s PlayStation Portable,” report Nick Wingfield and Christopher Lawton (online.wsj.com). And for good reason. Says one gamer who “sold his PSP and may get rid of his DS soon”: “‘I can listen to my iPod and play games at the same time, and when I’m done I can just put it in my pocket.’”
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11/11/08,
Get organized for the holidays
By downloading the Bento 2 Holiday Pack. In addition to a free, 30-day trial of Bento 2, the Holiday Pack comes with pre-designed templates you can use to organize contacts and keep track of the cards you send and the gifts and donations you make.
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11/10/08,
The NEW Business Value of Windows Vista Snack
This Snack highlights the enhanced features of Windows Vista, including improved support for mobile users, which can help organizations improve their IT infrastructure and reduce the cost of ownership. This Snack also describes various performance-enhancement features that can help businesses improve productivity and reduce administration and support costs.
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