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Daily Update for 2011-09-30

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Nokia Windows Phone arriving with micro-SIM, O2 network left out?

September 28th, 2011 | Author:

 

Nokia to use micro-SIM for Windows Phone devices?

Nokia’s first Windows Phone may arrive with a micro-SIM requirement and without the support of the O2 network in the UK, according to reports.

UK network operator Vodafone has started creating generic micro-SIMs without the usual iPhone or iPad branding on the packaging according to UK gadget site Pocket-Lint. Vodafone confirmed the change to the site, which appears to have taken place recently. “”We do regularly refresh Micro and regular SIM collateral to ensure it’s clear and relevant to all customers with compatible devices,” said a Vodafone spokesperson to Pocket-Lint. “Our Micro SIMs would work in any device which requires a Micro SIM to connect to our network. Bar their size, there is no difference between a Micro SIM and regular SIM.”

Pocket-Lint speculates that Samsung’s forthcoming Nexus Prime device and Nokia’s Windows Phone are the likely candidates for devices that contain a micro-SIM slot. No other device on the market, except Apple’s iPhone and iPad, currently supports micro-SIMs. Apple used the new technology as a way to reduce the overall size of their iPhone 4 and iPad devices.

In a separate report. Mobile News claims that Nokia may have dropped O2 as a stockist for its first Windows Phone devices. Sources close to O2 and Nokia have claimed that the Finnish manufacturer has some strict requirements for carriers to stock the upcoming device, including marketing campaigns and store displays. O2 was reportedly reluctant to agree a deal ahead of Apple’s iPhone 5 launch. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop allegedly attended a dinner in the UK on Tuesday September 13 alongside all UK operators apart from O2.

Nokia is expected to unveil its first Windows Phone powered device at itsNokia World 2011 conference in London next month. A number of Microsoft Windows Phone employees will also be speaking at Nokia World to detail the latest improvements with Windows Phone 7.5. Nokia is believed to be preparing its “Sea Ray” device for the first official public unveiling. Nokia Windows Phone devices are expected to hit European shelves in time for the holidays.

 

(Via WinRumors)

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Daily Update for 2011-09-28

September 28th, 2011 | Author:

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Daily Update for 2011-09-27

September 27th, 2011 | Author:

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MindOnTrack: GTD-compliant task manager with integrated mind maps, gtd mind map, todo mind map

September 26th, 2011 | Author:

Windows/Linux: If you’re an avid mind mapper, you might find that keeping the map and your to-do lists on the same page is a little difficult. Mind On Track integrates both into one project management tool.

 

Each time you create a new node, a new to-do list item is created. From there, you can schedule in due dates, create a hierarchy of items reliant on the completion of other tasks, and set plenty of other options. It features the basic toolset of both mind mapping and to-do programs, but integrates them together to help keep track of larger projects.

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Mind On Track is first in the world task manager with builtin mind maps! You can create mind map while brainstorming your problem and convert it into a set of projects and actions >>
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Our goal is to provide maximum productivity of user interface. All actions such as daily and weekly review, should be done with minimal effort >>

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Mind On Track is not just a list of tasks but also great assistant in GTD processes such as collecting your thought to Inbox, weekly review, next actions lists grouped by contexts and so on >>

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MindOnTrack: GTD-compliant task manager with integrated mind maps, gtd mind map, todo mind map

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Signing in to Windows 8 with a Windows Live ID – Building Windows 8 – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

September 26th, 2011 | Author:

 

With Windows 8, we introduce the optional capability to sign in to your PC with a Windows Live ID and, by doing so, gaining the ability to roam a broad range of settings across all of your PCs. In this article by Katie Frigon, the group program manager of the You-Centered Experience team, she describes the feature and its benefits. –Steven

Each Windows user wants to have the ability to set up and use a PC in a way that is unique to them. Doing so, however, can be challenging in today’s multiple user and multiple PC environment. We know that shared PC usage is common and we’ve heard from many of you that switching between multiple accounts can be cumbersome. The difficulties associated with managing multiple accounts often lead to the sharing of a single account on a PC, and a less personal (and potentially less private) experience for each user. We also know that users are utilizing multiple devices more often now, and setting up a new PC can be inconvenient and time consuming. In Windows 8, we have set out to ensure that each PC user has a truly personal experience that seamlessly bridges their online and offline tasks, is simpler to set up and use, and persists across their set of Windows 8 PCs. To do this, we’ve introduced the ability to log in to Windows (optionally) with a Windows Live ID that works across devices, apps, and services, allowing you a uniquely personal experience with Windows.

72% of desktop PCs have 2 or more user accounts; 49% of laptops (including tablets) have 2 or more user accounts
Shared PC usage occurs in 72% of desktops and 49% of laptops

35% - Each user has their own user account and logs on with it each time they use the computer; 9% - some users only use their own accounts and some users share accounts; 2% - Some users have multiple accounts, some have just one account; 15% - there is only 1 account shared by all users plus an administrator account for the system; 25% - there is only 1 account shared by all users; 13% - There is no "logon" account at all on this computer; 1% - don't know.
How user accounts are used on shared computers

45% of US households have 1 PC, 36% have 2 or more PCs.
PCs per household in the United States

Benefits of signing in to Window 8 with Windows Live ID


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Signing in with an ID allows you to:

  • Associate the most commonly used Windows settings with your user account. Saved settings are available when you sign in to your account on any Windows 8 PC. Your PC will be set up just the way you are used to!
  • Easily reacquire your Metro style apps on multiple Windows 8 PCs. The app’s settings and last-used state persist across all your Windows 8 PCs.
  • Save sign-in credentials for the different apps and websites you use and easily get back into them without having to enter credentials every time.
  • Automatically sign in to apps and services that use Windows Live ID for authentication.

Signing in to Windows 8 with a Windows Live ID – Building Windows 8 – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

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Daily Update for 2011-09-26

September 26th, 2011 | Author:

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Daily Update for 2011-09-25

September 25th, 2011 | Author:

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Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25

September 25th, 2011 | Author:

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Daily Update for 2011-09-24

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How To Enable Facebook Timeline Right This Second

September 22nd, 2011 | Author:

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This morning Facebook announced Timeline, a crazy (and kind of creepy) omnibus look at everything that has ever happened in your Facebook lifespan. It’s like a story book of your life — or at least the online, documented parts.

You see, Facebook is enabling Timeline early for open graph developers. You, too, can be an open graph developer — even if you’re just looking to dabble.

A few things to note:
- You probably don’t want to do this unless you’re actually a developer. Expect bugs.
- Only you will see your timeline at first (unless you decide otherwise), but it will automatically go public after a few days. My timeline was automatically hard-set to go public on September 29th.
- It seems that if you login into Facebook on another machine, Timeline gets disabled automatically on all of your machines. With that said, it seems you can get back to your timeline (but ONLY after following the steps below) by navigating to http://www.facebook.com/YOURUSERNAMEHERE?sk=timeline
- You’ll need to have a “verified” account for one of the steps, which means you need a credit card or phone number attached to the account.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Log into Facebook

2. Enable developer mode, if you haven’t already. To do this, type “developer” into the Facebook search box, click the first result (it should be an app made by Facebook with a few hundred thousand users), and add the app.

3. Jump into the developer app (if Facebook doesn’t put you there automatically, it should be in your left-hand tool bar)

4. Create a new app (don’t worry — you wont actually be submitting this for anyone else to see/use). Give your shiny new app any display name and namespace you see fit. Read through and agree to the Platform Privacy agreement. This is the step you need to be verified for.

5. Ensure you’re in your new app’s main settings screen. You should see your app’s name near the top of the page

6. Look for the “Open Graph” header, and click the “Get Started using open graph” link.

Create a test action for your app, like “read” a “book”, or “eat” a “sandwich”

7. This should drop you into an action type configuration page. Change a few of the default settings (I changed the past tense of “read” to “redd” — again, only you can see this unless you try and submit your application to the public directory), and click through all three pages of settings

8. Wait 2-3 minutes

9. Go back to your Facebook homescreen. An invite to try Timeline should be waiting at the top of the page

And you’re done! We’ve seen this work quite a few times now, so it should work without a hitch for just about anyone.

How To Enable Facebook Timeline Right This Second | TechCrunch

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Install Windows 8 in VirtualBox | ITworld

September 22nd, 2011 | Author:

Microsoft is giving away free copies of Windows 8 on its developer site. Here’s how you can install Windows 8 in VirtualBox. VirtualBox is free and open source software that lets you run various computer operating systems.

1. Make sure you download and install VirtualBox on your computer.

2. Download the free Windows 8 developer preview.

3. Click the New button in VirtualBox to begin installing Windows 8. Name your new virtual machine "Windows 8" or whatever you prefer to call it.

4. Under OS Type, be sure you choose Microsoft Windows and then Other Windows for the version.

5. For base memory, choose 2000 MB or more.

6. Follow the rest of the menu prompts until you get to the Virtual Disk Location and Size menu. Make sure that your virtual disk is at least 20GB.

7. Before starting your new virtual machine, click the Settings button and change the video memory to 128 MB.

8. Click the Start button to begin installing Windows 8 into your virtual machine. You’ll need to tell VirtualBox where to find the Windows 8 ISO file you downloaded earlier.

9. Follow the Windows 8 install prompts to finish the installation.

Install Windows 8 in VirtualBox | ITworld

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Daily Update for 2011-09-22

September 22nd, 2011 | Author:

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Daily Update for 2011-09-21

September 21st, 2011 | Author:

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Windows 8 In-Depth, Part 2: The Desktop

September 20th, 2011 | Author:

 

 

While the Metro interface is certainly the biggest new feature in Windows 8, you can still access the desktop with the click of a button—it just works a little differently than previous versions of Windows. Here’s how to use Windows 8′s version of the desktop.

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While Windows 8 boots up into the Metro UI by default, you can get to the traditional desktop just by clicking on the desktop tile. Alternatively, you can hit Win+M on your keyboard and it’ll take you straight there.

Windows 8 treats the desktop just like any other app, so if you’re Win+Tabbing or Alt+Tabbing through applications, your desktop will be one of them. Similarly, if you use the application history feature we talked about in our Metro overview, by dragging your mouse to the left side of the screen, the desktop will be one of the apps available in that history.

The desktop and Metro UI interact via the new Start button. The Start menu is gone in Windows 8 by default; instead, hitting the Start button takes you back to the Metro UI (as does hitting the Windows button on your keyboard). Of course, if you want the old-style Start menu back, there’s a way to do that, but you’ll lose access to the Metro UI entirely (which is fine for some people).

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If you hover your mouse over the bottom left-hand corner of the Start button, you’ll see the new "Charms" menu pop up. From there you can access a Metro-based Settings bar, the Devices bar, the Share bar, and the Search bar. The Settings pane, which you can also access by hitting Win+I, will let you adjust the brightness, volume, language, notifications, and Wi-Fi settings.

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The most important part of the Settings pane, however, is that this is where you shut down from the desktop—you have to hit Win+I to get to the settings bar and hit the shut down button from there. It’s annoying, but the only option if you want to keep Metro around.

To search your computer, you can hit Win+F or access Search from the Charms menu. It’ll open search up in the Metro UI, where you can search for apps, settings, files, and within Metro apps themselves. If you’d rather search for files from the desktop itself, you have to open up Windows Explorer and search from the search bar.

Multiple Monitors

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We’ve briefly mentioned this before, but it’s worth noting how Windows 8 manages dual monitors. By default, when you boot up, it’ll show the Metro UI on one monitor, and the desktop on the other, which is pretty cool. If you want the desktop to show up on both monitors, just hit Win+M as you would on a single monitor. You’ll also see a new button in place of the Start button on the desktop monitor, which lets you swap the two screens with the click of a button—which is awesome if you’re working with Metro and the desktop at the same time and want to flip between them often.

The other cool thing you’ll notice is that Windows 8 now supports showing the taskbar on both monitors. This is enabled by default, but if you want to disable it and show the taskbar only on one monitor, just right click on the taskbar, go to Properties, and uncheck "Show Taskbar on All Displays". And, lastly, Windows 8 now also supports dual monitor wallpapers under Appearance and Personalization in the Control Panel.

The new desktop can take a bit of getting used to, but you really only need to fix a few shortcuts that are probably in your muscle memory from Windows 7. Of course, remember—you can always disable Metro completely if you want to. Either way, the desktop has a few handy new features, and that’s not even including the new version of Windows Explorer—but we’ll talk more about that later.

Windows 8 In-Depth, Part 2: The Desktop Via LifeHacker

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Daily Update for 2011-09-20

September 20th, 2011 | Author:

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Daily Update for 2011-09-19

September 19th, 2011 | Author:

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Daily Update for 2011-09-18

September 18th, 2011 | Author:

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bigBrains.com Free software list has been update for 2011!!

September 17th, 2011 | Author:

One of the most popular pages on the site, and often featured on other sites is, the bigBrains.com Free software page.  It has close to 200 items on it already, and I have a bit more to add.  These are all new links and categories  with additional focus on the cloud.   Please send your feedback to @bigbrains

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I will also be posting the data as an excel workbook also. 

Free Software | bigBrains.com

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All the Keynotes from MS Build 2011

September 17th, 2011 | Author:

BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Learn how to work with the all new touch-centric user experience to create fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the power and flexibility of the core of Windows, used by more than a billion people around the world.

If you missed the keynotes, here are they are.  I will be posting links to the sessions over the next few days.

Keynote #1

Keynote #1

BUILD Day 1 Keynote

8 traits of great Metro style apps

8 traits of great Metro style apps

Platform for Metro style apps

Platform for Metro style apps

Tools for building Metro style apps

Tools for building Metro style apps

Keynote #2

Keynote #2

 

BUILD2011 | Channel 9

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Windows Server 8 – Video from Build

September 17th, 2011 | Author:

This session will introduce the next release of Windows Server, code-named Windows Server “8”. We will talk about the engineering investments we have done in this release along with their benefits. We will also point out opportunities for developers and hardware partners to expand on the new capabilities in the product. This session will include lots of demos illustrating how Windows Server 8 lets our customers and partners move beyond virtualization and embrace a truly cloud optimized OS.

Windows Server 8 | BUILD2011 | Channel 9

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Free eBook: Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime

September 7th, 2011 | Author:

 

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For details on this book, including the Table of Contents, see our previous blog post here.

To download your free PDF eBook, click here. Updates to this eBook, as well as additional eBook formats, will become available in the future, so check this blog for updates.

Introduction (excerpt)

Let’s hear it for freedom. Freedom from your desk. Freedom from those ­boring managers’ meetings. Freedom to work anywhere, with anyone, anytime, on almost any device. Sounds good, right?

Office 365 is Microsoft’s smart and simple answer to cloud computing. Using the various programs in Office 365, you can do all the tasks you’re used to doing in your favorite Office applications—write documents, create presentations, check email, manage your calendar, crunch numbers, and more—and then share what you create in real time on a team site, design and publish a website, and even create and host live online meetings while you’re traveling on the train, sitting in a coffee shop, or dialing in on your phone.

This book shows you how you can use cloud computing—and ­specifically, ­Office 365—to get more done, collaborate more easily, and work more ­flexibly than you ever have before. From the necessary how-tos about ­creating and administering your Office 365 account and working with the various Office 365 programs to sharing files with your team, creating a team site, using Office Web Apps, and holding online meetings, you’ll discover how easy it is to work online and off, accessing and sharing your files whenever you need to. After you learn about each of the core programs, you can try strategies for building successful teams, and get some good ideas on practical ways you can put all this cloud power to work.

Who This Book Is For

Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime is all about cloud solutions for small businesses, focusing on the core software services (Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Office Web Apps, and Microsoft Lync), and demonstrating ways you can create, manage, and lead teams effectively using the communications and collaborative online tools.

Free eBook: Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime – Microsoft Press – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

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