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Microsoft

The del.icio.us team has announced an early beta release of the del.icio.us bookmarks extension for Internet Explorer.

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Microsoft launches a free tool that allows amateur star-gazers to explore the universe / spave from their computers.

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Microsoft makes its accessibility model freely available to help improve access to technology for people with disabilities. Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality. For example, when [...]

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From the ZoneAlarm web site:
The security experts behind ZoneAlarm urge you to always patch your operating systems and browsers whenever an update is available. More importantly, take extra precautions to protect your PC for those times when a patch may not be available. That’s why we are offering you ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware for FREE today (Nov [...]

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Yup, February. 27, 2008 date announced for Server 2008
Just announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Windows Server 2008 will be launched jointly with Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 on Feb. 27, 2008, in Los Angeles. As the most important enterprise launch in company history, this will kick off a “launch wave” of [...]

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Yup, Microsoft founder Bill gates is no longer richest man. Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as world’s richest man.
From the article:
Mr Gates has headed the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest for more than a decade. But, like Mr Buffett, he is rapidly becoming as well known for giving his money away [...]

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The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a set of rules used by communications devices such as a computer, router or network adapter to allow the device to request and obtain an IP address from a server which has a list of addresses available for assignment. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a member [...]

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A friend of mine emailed me a question:
What steps should be taken when upgrading an operating system from Windows 98 to Windows XP?
The first and most important step is backup your data to Pen drive, DVD or external hard disk. You should backup
a] Your emails and settings
b] Your Browser bookmarks and settings
c] Your documents and [...]

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The name “Ogg” refers to the file format which can multiplex a number of separate independent free and open source codecs for audio, video and text (such as subtitles). Files ending in the .ogg extension may be of any Ogg media filetype. The term “ogg” is often used to refer to audio file format Ogg [...]

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