According to Neowin, the long awaited Service Pack 3 for Windows XP is almost here. Although unconfirmed by Microsoft just yet, the dates would be the following:
April 14, 2008: Support becomes available for the release version of SP3
April 21, 2008: OEMs, Volume License, Connect,...
This is the fourth part of my review of the new features in Windows Server 2008.
Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7)
IIS has been pretty much the same old service for quite some time and now comes a much needed update with Server 2008. IIS7 is a robust solution for web hosting...
This is the third part of my review of the new features in Windows Server 2008.
Network Access Protection (NAP)
Network Access Protection is one of my favorite new features of Server 2008 because I’ve been in a few companies which asked specifically for such a functionality....
This is the second part of my review of the new features in Windows Server 2008.
Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODC)
Branch offices and remote locations are now an important part of Windows Server deployments and required a complete Server installation with previous versions of Windows....
After going to the Heroes Happen {here} event in Montreal, I thought I’d go through all the new features included in Windows Server 2008 to explain what they are and give my thoughts about them. I was pretty impressed with the feature set already, but seeing some of these in...
Yesterday, I went to the Montreal edition of the Heroes Happen {here} launch event by Microsoft. This is the launch tour for Microsoft’s next-generation server platform Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.
I always enjoy going to these launch events...
I know that this was a few days ago, but since I posted an article about selling domains for profit recently, I thought it was still interesting to mention it here. If you were quick enough to get your hands on a good, catchy and relevant domain name a few years ago, you might want...
Just as previously reported, Facebook has begun rolling out their IM client on some selected networks. This was the only available information since the complete roll out schedule has not been made public. it is to be released to limited networks first for load testing and bug-hunting,...
The Guinness World RecordTM for the world’s lightest mobile phone has been awarded to Modu for its tiny and sophisticated mobile phone.
Modu was awarded this prestigious honour after careful consideration by the Guinness World RecordsTM judges, who declared that: “The...
In a recent public appearance, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, announced that the next version of Windows, dubbed Windows 7, might be ready for next year. Windows 7 is the successor for Windows Vista and the original schedule was for about 3 years after the release of Vista. A 2009...
