Archive for April, 2006

This two page Google Cheat Sheet lists all Google services and tools as well as background information. The Cheat Sheet offers a great reference to grasp of basic to advance Google query building concepts and ideas.

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Microsoft’s Windows Media Center restricts you to using WMV and ASF formats when playing videos on your Xbox 360. The Xbox Media Center people have released a free download that lets you play DivX and Xvid on your Xbox 360.

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After nine years of being an award-winning Web authoring tool, FrontPage will be discontinued in late 2006. [...]brand-new application building and Web authoring tools using the latest technologies, Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Designer 2007, Microsoft® Expression� Web Designer.

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Gene Webb’s Blog : A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition (Courtesy of Rob Caron): “Those who have Team Suite (or one of the role-based Team Editions) with MSDN Premium subscription will soon be able to download Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition. This edition of Team Foundation Server only differs from Team Foundation Server Standard Edition in one fundamental way – you can only have five users accessing it. To support larger teams, you need to purchase a license for Standard Edition (full retail price: US$2799). “

Download or Order Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition for Free: “The full software for 32-bit and 64-bit versions is available as a free download. Register to pre-order a CD (available May 2006) or to download the full software.”

Virtual Labs Home: Microsoft Virtual Labs Express: “Try out a Microsoft Virtual Lab Express
Virtual Lab Express is the fastest and easiest way to test drive Microsoft products and the Virtual Lab environment. These are 20-minute hands-on overviews of some of your favorite Microsoft products and developer tools. Try them out online now – no need to download full trial versions or dedicate test machines.”