For Web users and advertisers, this deal will accelerate the pace and breadth of innovation by combining both companies’ complementary strengths and search platforms into a market competitor with the scale to fuel sustained development in search and search advertising. Users will find what they care about faster and with more personal relevance. Microsoft’s competitive search platforms will lead to more value for advertisers, better results for web publishers, and increased innovation and efficiency across the Internet.

Under this agreement, Yahoo! will focus on its core business of providing consumers with great experiences with the world’s favorite online destinations and Web products.

Choice. Value. Innovation. – Press Room

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• Democratizing Application Lifecycle Management
  Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) crosses many roles within an organization and traditionally not every one of the roles has been an equal player in the process. Visual Studio Team System 2010 continues to build the platform for functional equality and shared commitment across an organization’s ALM process.
• Enabling emerging trends
  Every year the industry develops new technologies and new trends. With Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0, Microsoft delivers tooling and framework support for the latest innovations in application architecture, development and deployment.
• Inspiring developer delight
  Ever since the first release of Visual Studio, Microsoft has set the bar for developer productivity and flexibility. Visual Studio 2010 continues to deliver on the core developer experience by significantly improving upon it for roles involved with the software development process. .NET Framework 4.0 contains numerous improvements that make it easier to develop powerful and compelling applications.
• Riding the next generation platform wave
  Microsoft continues to invest in the market leading operating system, productivity application and server platforms to deliver increased customer value in these offerings. With Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 customers will have the tooling support and the platform support needed to create amazing solutions around these technologies.

Download now! Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 (CTP)

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This guide summarizes the key developer advances in each of the following three areas:

Solid Foundation
Great user experiences start with a solid foundation. Windows 7 delivers a solid development platform and innovative tools that give you more options, increased application compatibility, better performance, and sophisticated document support. This results in a simple, more reliable environment for your applications and a familiar, intuitive one for your users.

We’ve kept the user interface consistent, predictable and easy to use, while adding multi-touch support, scrolling, and other intuitive interaction features that take advantage of the latest PC and mobile device capabilities. With Windows 7, developers have the power to build the right user experiences for their applications.

Richer Application Experiences
Windows 7 enables developers to build applications today that will run on the PCs of tomorrow. Service-enabled software and devices, such as mobile phones, portable media players, and digital cameras, demand constant connectivity and advanced applications. Windows 7 delivers a platform for both, making it easy for developers to take advantage of the functionality and features of next generation hardware, while ensuring that users are always on, and always connected.

The Best of Windows and the Web
With Windows 7, it’s easy to get connected and stay connected. Windows networking offers developers options for better caching and sharing of data to improve network performance. Network diagnostics in Windows 7 give developers relevant information for monitoring network issues. Internet Explorer™ 8 is the essential platform for building fast, rich Web experiences. Whether the goal is to connect devices, connect to a network, or connect to the Internet, Windows 7 provides an enhanced platform.

Download the guide from MSDN Code Gallery.

Download the Windows 7 Beta now.

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ISBN: 9780735624009

• Chapter 6: Tools for LINQ to SQL
• Chapter 16: LINQ and ASP.NET

Introducing Microsoft® Silverlight^TM 2, Second Edition
by Laurence Moroney

ISBN: 9780735625280

• Chapter 1: Introducing Silverlight 2
• Chapter 2: Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2

Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5
by Dino Esposito

ISBN: 9780735625273

• Chapter 3: Anatomy of an ASP.NET Page
• Chapter 18: HTTP Handlers and Modules

And check out the following sites:

• Developer Tools
• Windows Server and Client

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Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

• One box for everything
• New Tab page
• Application shortcuts
• Dynamic tabs
• Crash control
• Incognito mode
• Safe browsing
• Instant bookmarks
• Importing settings
• Simpler downloads

Download Chrome (BETA) – the new browser from Google

The story behind Google Chrome: Watch the video

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• Microsoft Architecture Journal Issue 16 – Call For Papers
  The next issue of the Architecture Journal will be focused on identity architecture. If you have opinions that you would like to share with the architect community on identity management, here is your chance! Follow these instructions to send an abstract before April 21st 2008 and you could see your thoughts and ideas shared with over 60,000 readers, translated in 5 languages, and distributed at multiple conferences around the world!

  

  April 8, 2008

• Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration for Mobile Applications
  A few mobile testing tools allow recording user interactions via a graphical representation of the client device but do not provide granular control over the tests. Other tools either demand scripting on a mobile device or expect tests to be executed, manually, on the device. As a result, mobile application testing is inefficient and complex, hindering productivity.

  

  January 1, 2008

• Windows Server virtualisation – solution scenarios
  The powerful new Windows Server Virtualization infrastructure will be a core feature in Windows Server codename “Longhorn”. This session covers the right scenarios for server virtualization, how to identify virtualization opportunities, and the longer term strategy and roadmap for Microsoft’s virtualization technologies. In this session, we will also focus on the four main solution areas for Windows Server Virtualization and provide best practices on how to evaluate the requirements for a specific virtualization solution and some key tips and tricks for effective deployment of Windows Server Virtualization.

  4/10/2008

• Windows Server 2008 Deployment Overview
  Windows Server 2008 deployment will leverage many of the core concepts and tools provided in Business Desktop Deployment 2007 and extend those to Windows Server 2008. The new accelerator will offer comprehensive role-based guidance for all phases of deployment, aligned to IT Service Management best practices. It will also take advantage of new deployment features in System Center Configuration Manager 2007. This session introduces you to the differences between Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2000 deployment, and what is in store from the Solution Accelerators Team for automating Windows Server 2008 deployment.

  4/10/2008 

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We would like to remind you of the following event: Window Server 2008 grand launch .

Please review the information below.

Event Code: 1032366346
Event Name: Window Server 2008 grand launch
Start Date: 04/03/2008
Start Time: 09:00 (GMT+07:00) Hanoi, Jakarta
End Date: 04/03/2008
End Time: 21:00 (GMT+07:00) Hanoi, Jakarta

Location:
Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Center
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto
Jakarta Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 10270
Indonesia

Language(s): English.
Product(s): SQL Server, Visual Studio 2008 Professional, Visual Studio 2008 Standard and Windows Server 2008.
Audience(s): Business Professional, Government, IT Professionals, Partner and Student.
Related Industry: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing,Construction,Education,Financial Services,Government,Health,Hosting,Manufacturing,Media & Entertainment,Nonprofit,Other Services,Other-Unsegmented,Professional Services,Retail,Telecommunications,Transportation and Logistics,Utilities,Wholesale & Distribution.

Event Overview
The launch of windows server 2008

Registration Options Event ID:
1032366346

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• “How Do I?” with ASP.NET AJAX
• “How Do I?” with ASP.NET
• SQL Server 2005 Express for Beginners
• Videos for ASP.NET 2.0 Beginners
• Videos on Visual Studio Team System
• “First Look” Videos
• Videos on Visual Studio 2005 Add-ins
• Videos on Migrating to ASP.NET

Note:
Those videos designed for all ASP.NET developers, from the novice to all the professional.

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By Nicholas Carlson

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Yahoo Mail users may be able to expect fewer fraudulent e-mails purporting to be from eBay and PayPal. That is, if things go according to plans announced today by the three companies.

Yahoo, eBay and eBay subsidiary PayPal said they would use DomainKeys’ e-mail authentication technology to block phishing messages from malicious domains. Yahoo said the technology upgrade would be rolled out globally over the several weeks to all Yahoo Mail users, enabling the e-mail provider to verify the domain from which an e-mail claims to be sent.

“Yahoo! Mail is now blocking unauthenticated messages purporting to be from eBay and PayPal based on the DomainKeys signatures, and we are able to do so because eBay and PayPal are now confident that they are signing 100 percent of their legitimate outbound mail,” Mark Risher, Yahoo! Mail group product manager, told InternetNews.com.

“We think this will move the needle in terms of consumer protection and that eBay and PayPal customers worldwide using Yahoo! Mail will now have a safer e-mail experience because of it,” he added. “They will begin receiving fewer fake e-mails claiming to be sent by eBay and PayPal, increasing their trust in the messages they do receive.”

If the plan to weed out fake e-mails works, it may spell some relief for users long suffering from the threat of phishing. As long ago as January 2006, research firm Netcraft identified eBay and PayPal as top phishing targets, representing 62 percent of all phishing attacks in 2005.

Nevertheless, the effort may seem to have been slow in coming. The DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) authentication standard that Yahoo, eBay and PayPal today agreed to adopt evidently had been ready for use for more than a year. In August 2006, the Mutual Internet Practices Association (MIPA), which developed the DKIM technical specifications, announced it had completed most of its work.

At the time, MIPA officials told InternetNews.com that the spec was stable and “just about done.”

However, it wasn’t until May that the specification — which Yahoo representatives helped draft along with AOL, Cisco, Microsoft and others — reached the final stages of being accepted by the IETF, the organization responsible for hammering out many of the Internet’s standards.

Despite the elapsed time, today’s news still could benefit Yahoo as it competes with rivals like Google, which did not participate in today’s announcement. Google could not be reached for comment.

“Yahoo! Mail is the first Web mail service to block these types of malicious messages for eBay and PayPal through the use of DomainKeys e-mail authentication technology,” Risher said. “We also hope this news will help to build momentum for continued industry adoption.” Yahoo last dealt with phishing in June when security researcher Aditya K Sood posted a security advisory on a public mailing list warning that, “a severe redirection and phishing vulnerability [has] been found in Yahoo Network.”

Sood said at the time that the vulnerability could have allowed some URLs on Yahoo’s pages to be manipulated to redirect traffic for malicious purposes. Yahoo acknowledged the issue and quickly moved to close down the threat.

InternetNews.com Senior Editor Sean Michael Kerner contributed to this article.

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If you are writing a manageability application designed to run on the latest Intel® vPro™ processor technology, then the newly released Intel® AMT Software Developer Kit (SDK) and Intel® AMT Developer Tool Kit (DTK) are for you.

The Intel AMT SDK is a set of customizable, software building blocks (APIs and sample code) that help rapidly develop Intel AMT console applications that run on either Microsoft Windows* or Linux*.

The Intel AMT DTK is a set of tools to help designers, developers and testers understand the benefits of Intel AMT and assist in the development and testing of Intel AMT applications.

As always, we are excited to hear what our community thinks of our tools…And, this time, we are giving away some prizes to hear your thoughts!

Tell us what you think of Intel AMT SDK and/ or the Intel AMT DTK . All you need to do is to submit a 50 – 100 word description detailing your feedback. Your entry will feature on the Community Voices pages and will be voted for by community users like you. The winning entries will also be shared with the Intel AMT product development teams and experts.

Five participants with maximum votes after 5 weeks on 24th October, 2007, will each receive one (1) $50 USD American Express or Visa gift card. In addition, on 24th October, 2007, our panel of judges will select the 5 entries, each of which will receive one (1) $100 USD American Express or Visa gift card. This is your opportunity to voice your thoughts or vote for feedback given by community users like you. And…win prizes in return!

Check out the Manageability Developer Community to know more about Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT).

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Online marketing now offers so many cost-effective options that it’s hard to know where to focus. Plus, recent studies estimate that a staggering 6 million documents are posted to the Web every day.

You can’t simply launch a site and sit back. You must take action to get noticed.

So here’s a cheat sheet: five smart, affordable ways to bolster your online profile and attract customers to your Web site.

1. Make it easier to find your site. All the buzz about search-engine marketing is because most people head for a major search engine when researching or purchasing goods and services. Since searchers rarely click below the first few listings, getting your company or product ranked high on results pages can help generate traffic.

   Much of search-engine marketing is complex and time-consuming. But there are three fast ways to improve the odds of prominent placement.

   • The right keywords. Top rankings come from having content on your site that matches the keywords or (better yet) specific phrases customers use to search for what you sell. The closer or more relevant the match, the higher the engines will rank you.

     You can identify those keywords or phrases by brainstorming with customers, friends and associates to learn the search words they use. You also want to find out keywords your competitors use. Check keywords every month or so to refine the process.

   • Affiliate links. Search engines like to “see” lots of links from your site and to your site, because that translates into a well-trafficked site, which leads to higher rankings. To find effective links, search for the phrases or keywords associated with the product or service you offer. In your search results, skip competitors, and choose marketers that support what you do. For instance, a kitchenware company might link to a table linens shop. Then send an e-mail or call to ask about exchanging links.
   • Vertical search engines. Besides the broad horizontal engines, harness the targeted power of engines specific to your industry. You can find these by a search or by checking with professional groups. Also, see the Microsoft Live Search Macros to customize what you need.

     An inexpensive way to boost your search-engine marketing is to sign up for a search-engine advertising service such as Microsoft Office Live adManager or Website Pros. See details here. Also, check out the adManager demo.

2. Reward customer error. Countless numbers of potential customers input a wrong address or misspell the name of the company when searching. Make sure they end up on your site anyway.

   First, buy all the domain names you can. If your primary domain is Widget.com, also register Widget.biz, Widget.net, and Widget.org. That way, you not only attract misguided searchers, but you discourage competitors from registering a version of your name and siphoning your customers.

   In addition, register common misspellings. So if someone types Wigdet.com, your site will still come up.

3. Offer e-learning. The technology to create online courses or solo webcasts is now relatively inexpensive. By investing in producing online courses, you can reach out to remote and large groups of prospects on an ongoing basis.

   One California tax accountant discovered she could create and deliver an online professional training course for less than $50 a month for an unlimited audience. Eventually, her course became so lucrative that she sold her tax practice and focused on conducting online courses.

   You need to keep your skills and knowledge up-to-speed to make this work. Also think about courses that will fuel interest and sales. A lawyer, for instance, might offer an e-course on drafting a will.

   Easy-to-use online software, such as Microsoft Office Live Meeting, can get you started.

4. Use offline ads to trigger a search. Offline and online marketing is increasingly blurred. You see a roadside billboard, a trade journal ad, a URL on a coffee mug and, bam! Next thing you know, you’ve pulled up the browser.

   A recent analysis by the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association found that consumers “take cues from traditional advertising to determine when and where to search.” That includes magazine and newspaper ads, store and direct-mail coupons and feature articles (send out those press releases to media contacts!).

5. Get friendly with Web 2.0. The rise of online social networking has been fast and furious. Such real-time and peer-to-peer outlets, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace, and the ballooning blogosphere directly reach thousands of customers for mere pennies. You can use these outlets to start online conversations, post editorials or product data, and to announce news or products that build your reputation and expertise.

   You can also launch your own blog to attract customers to return. Remember that blogs demand time and effort to stay timely. To start a blog, check the tips offered by the National Federation of Independent Business trade group (www.nfib.org).

Most of all: Think content, content, content. Good descriptions of your services and compelling calls to action on your Web pages will make customers care and return.

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The Active Directory® directory service is an integral component of network infrastructures that are based on the Microsoft® Windows Server™ Server 2003, Standard Edition; Windows Server™ 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server™ 2003, Datacenter Edition, and Windows® 2000 Server, Windows® 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows® 2000 Datacenter Server operating systems.

Successful management of Active Directory environments requires distribution of administrative responsibilities among multiple administrators according to organizational, operational, legal, and administrative requirements. Having the necessary background information, requirements, practices, and recommendations can help you delegate administration to more securely and efficiently manage Active Directory services and data.

Chapter 1: Delegation of Administration Overview

This chapter provides an overview of Active Directory management categories and stakeholders and a roadmap for successfully managing delegation of administration in Active Directory. It is targeted at all stakeholders involved in Active Directory management.

Chapter 2: How Delegation Works in Active Directory

This chapter takes an in-depth look at how delegation of administration actually works in Active Directory and presents all the technical aspects involved in delegation of Administration. It contains a wealth of information that will be useful for all stakeholders involved in Active Directory management.

Chapter 3: Delegating Service Management

This chapter presents an end-to-end perspective of Active Directory service management, and provides guidance on how to create, implement, and maintain a secure and efficient administrative delegation model for service management. It is targeted at Service Owners and Service Administrators.

Chapter 4: Delegating Data Management

This chapter presents an end-to-end perspective of Active Directory data management, and provides guidance on how to create, implement, and maintain a secure and efficient administrative delegation model for data management. Though it is targeted at Data Owners and Data Administrators, Service Owners and Service Administrators will also benefit from the information in this chapter.

Case Study: A Delegation Scenario

The case study walks through the creation, implementation, and maintenance of an administrative delegation model for a fictitious Active Directory environment based on the recommendations presented in Chapters 3 and 4. While it is primarily targeted at Service and Data administrators, service and data owners will also benefit from the case-study.

Best Practices for Delegating Active Directory Administration: Appendices

The appendices contain step-by-step procedures to help you administer and maintain Active Directory.

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Walkthrough: Creating a Simple Web Application

In this walkthrough, you create a simple Web application, to which you can make arbitrary changes, to use as the basis for the rest of the walkthroughs.

Walkthrough: Recording and Running a Web Test

In this walkthrough, you create a Web test from a browser recording, and verify that it works correctly. You will also view request properties and specify a proxy server.

Walkthrough: Adding Validation and Extraction Rules to a Web Test

In this walkthrough, you will add validation and extraction rules to a Web test and verify that they work correctly.

Walkthrough: Adding Data Binding to a Web Test

In this walkthrough, you add data binding to a Web test and verify that it works correctly. You also create a Microsoft Access database data source to bind to.

Walkthrough: Adding Data Binding to a Web Test (CSV File)

In this walkthrough, you add data binding to a Web test and verify that it works correctly. You also create a simple CSV text file data source to bind to.

Walkthrough: Adding Data Binding to a Web Test (XML File)

In this walkthrough, you add data binding to a Web test and verify that it works correctly. You also create a simple XML text file data source to bind to.

Walkthrough: Creating a Coded Web Test

In this walkthrough you convert a recorded Web test into a coded Web test. After you convert the Web test to a coded Web test, you add new code to the Web test, and verify that it works correctly.

Walkthrough: Creating a Web Test that Requires a Login and Logout

In this walkthrough you create a Web application that requires the user to login and logout, and you create a Web test that tests the application. In this walkthrough you also create new Web tests by extracting requests from existing tests, and by composing existing Web test components.

Related Sections

• http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182537(VS.90).aspx
• http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182536(VS.90).aspx
• http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb385835(VS.90).aspx

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• Software that displays pop-up advertising on your computer, collects and relays your personal information, or changes the configuration of your computer, without appropriately obtaining your consent first, is called spyware.
• Many kinds of unwanted software, including spyware, are designed to be difficult to remove. If you try to uninstall this software like any other program, you might find that the program reappears as soon as you restart your computer.
• Windows Defender is designed to protect you against spyware. It features a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it’s detected and minimizes interruptions.

  If you use Windows XP, you can download Windows Defender for free. Windows Defender comes with Windows Vista. If you use Windows Vista, do not download Windows Defender. For more information, see Windows Vista: Windows Defender.

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Result
The application starts very slowly. Digitally signed Windows services may time out during startup, with the Service Control Manager returning error “Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.”

Cause
This occurs because the application needs to download the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) for authentication purposes, and a lack of network connectivity causes the download to fail by timing out. A firewall can potentially block the download and when Windows first starts up, the network connection is not initialized yet.

Resolution

1. One way is to cache the certificates locally, but it will expire within 15 days.
2. Another method is to minimize the default network timeout setting. To change the default timeout please follow the “More Information” section in the following Microsoft Knowledgebase article:

   841632 You receive the “403.13 client certificate revoked” error message after you install the MS04-11 security update http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841632

3. For a Windows service, you can increase the default timeout setting to allow the service to start by following these steps:
   1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

   2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing.
   3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER.
   4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears.
   5. In the Value data text box, enter the desired timeout value in milliseconds and click OK. For example, if the new service timeout should be 60 seconds (60000 milliseconds), then enter 60000.
   6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change.

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Skills development is very important for all technology solution providers to remain competitive. Given the dynamic change in the technology market, IT professionals look for reference material, training, and support resources to help them get-up-to-speed quickly and learn best practices for managing their server and desktop systems.

You should also check out Getting Smarter on Windows Server Tools (pdf), which contains a treasure trove of links to resources helpful to IT managers. It has links on scripting and management, server and workstation deployments, using Windows Server for different roles, and how to protect data.

This document is a roadmap that provides a quick snapshot of books and online resources to help you to broaden your skills-base and make best use of Windows tools and technologies. Whether you are a Microsoft® Windows Server™ operating system administrator, a Linux/UNIX administrator or work in a multi-platform environment, you can use this as a road map to help you find the help you need.

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Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is a Microsoft service that enables organizations to take advantage of user single sign-on (SSO) technologies to authenticate a user to multiple, related Web applications over the life of a single online session. ADFS accomplishes this by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights, or “claims,” across security and enterprise boundaries.

ADFS includes the following features:

• Web SSO.
• WS interoperability.
• Passive and smart client support.
• Extensible architecture.

This guide walks you through setup of a claims-aware application and a Windows NT token-based application (either Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services or Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Portal Server 2003) on an ADFS-enabled Web server.

Get ADFS Step-by-Step Guide.

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