New LIVE Guide Available for Games for Windows - LIVE
Major Nelson has posted that an update to Games for Windows – LIVE will be available next time you login to a LIVE enabled game (of course) - offering you the brand new LIVE Guide. He’s also posted a bunch of shots of the new LIVE Guide here on Flickr.
Unfortunately I’ve packed my Games for Windows – LIVE games away as I’m in the middle of moving. But I’m thinking of picking up the new James Bond game Quantum of Solace (I’m anxious to give the new Live Guide a try myself). Feel free to recommend other Games for Windows – Live titles for me. I already own Halo 2 for Windows Vista and Shadowrun.
Source- Windows Experience Blog
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Microsoft Introduces Updated Windows Live Services
Microsoft Corp. today announced the next generation of Windows Live, an integrated set of online services that make it easier and more fun for consumers to communicate and share with the people they care about most. The new generation of Windows Live includes updated experiences for photo sharing, e-mail, instant messaging, as well as integration with multiple third-party sites. The release also includes Windows Live Essentials, free downloadable software that enhances consumers’ Windows experience by helping them simplify and enjoy digital content scattered across their PC, phone and on Web sites. For more information about windows live go to http://www.windowslive.com.
Consumers today are creating online content and sharing it in many places across the Web. To help make is simple for the more than 460 million Windows Live customers to keep their friends up to date, Microsoft is collaborating with leading companies including Flickr, LinkedIn Corp., Pandora Media Inc., Photobucket Inc., Twitter, WordPress and Yelp Inc. to integrate activities on third-party sites into Windows Live through a new profile and What’s New feed. The new Windows Live also gives consumers the added convenience of having a central place to organize and manage information.
“Think of Windows Live as the single place where people using our e-mail, messaging and photo-sharing services can stay connected,” said Chris Jones, corporate vice president of Windows Live Experience Program Management at Microsoft. “Our customers have friends across the Web. They communicate through many unconnected Web services and want access to it all from a single location — without worrying about how it’s done. Now Windows Live takes care of that, with an integrated personal communication service that works across the Web with optimized experiences on the PC and mobile phone.”
Source- Microsoft Press Release
Microsoft Announces General Availability of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008
As part of Microsoft’s $6.5 billion annual investment in products, support programs and incentives for small and midsize businesses, the company today announced the general availability of Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS 2008) as part of the launch of the Windows Essential Server Solutions (WESS) product line via an online webcast event. These solutions bring the power of Microsoft’s enterprise-class server technologies to small and midsize companies in a way that companies can best consume them.
More information about the worldwide launch activities can be found at the virtual launch website or on the WESS Virtual Pressroom. You can also visit the EBS, SBS and Windows Server team blogs for product-specific news updates.
Source- Microsoft Press Release
Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Emulator Images
The Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Emulator Images package adds emulator images to Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 that let you test applications for Windows Mobile 6.1.4, including Internet Explorer Mobile 6. For general information about writing software for Windows Mobile, please see the Windows Mobile Developer Center.
The emulator images can also be used as standalone without Visual Studio. They can be accessed through the Start Menu shortcuts.
Available locale:
0409 USA English
Internet Explorer Mobile 6
Windows Mobile 6.1.4 includes the new Internet Explorer Mobile 6, a full-featured browser for Windows Mobile devices that brings the same high-quality browsing experience to the user as desktop browsers. Internet Explorer Mobile 6 supports desktop-quality rendering and has the best compliance support of all versions of Internet Explorer on a Windows Mobile device to date. Several new features and improved support allows users to complete tasks quickly and easily.
New emulator image resolutions:
- Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Standard
DPI: 131 - Resolution: 320 x 320 pixels
DPI: 131 - Resolution: 400 x 240 pixels
DPI: 131 - Resolution: 440 x 240 pixels - Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Professional
DPI: 96 - Resolution: 240 x 400 pixels
DPI: 192 - Resolution 480 x 800 pixels
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Trial Software Download
This software is for evaluation and testing purposes.
Evaluating Windows Essential Business Server 2008 software does not require product activation or entering a product key.
If you need more time to evaluate Windows Essential Business Server 2008, the 60 day evaluation period may be reset (or re-armed) three times, extending the original 60 day evaluation period by up to 180 days for a total possible evaluation time of 240 days. After this time, you will need to uninstall the software or upgrade to a fully-licensed version of Windows Essential Business Server 2008.
If you wish to extend the initial evaluation and testing period, please go here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=100902 and follow the instructions.
It’s game time! SBS/EBS 2008 launch today!
Windows Essential Server Solutions – Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 - officially launch today.
It’s game time!
This launch represents a significant opportunity for you to capitalize on as a SBSC in the Canadian marketplace. You need to ramp-up your business on the technical and marketing knowledge and start accelerating your sales funnel for these small and midsize business solutions.
Read these previous posts to understand what you need in order to score big:
- Link roundup for SBS/EBS 2008 launch – All the relevant webcasts, training, and reviews.
- Score big with the SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 launch – SBSC exclusive launch webcast on November 13.
- Microsoft study reveals small business IT sophistication – Perspective on today’s economic environment.
- Why you need an Action Pack this October – MAPS special edition toolkit for SBSCs.
- SBSC exams for SBS and EBS 2008 – New 70-653 and 70-654 technical exams for SBSCs.
You can watch the Dream Big worldwide launch webcast live today at 11:00AM EST.
Source- MSDN Blog
Announcing Internet Explorer Mobile 6
Today at Tech•Ed EMEA we announced the availability of emulators and documentation for Internet Explorer Mobile 6, which is the next generation browser for Windows Mobile. Available on new Windows Mobile devices soon, this browser will provide a high-quality browsing experience on your device that more closely resembles a desktop browsing experience. For all you developers, the Internet Explorer Mobile 6 Emulator is available for download today.
Some of the cool features available with Internet Explorer Mobile 6 are:
- Improved fidelity (support for full fidelity desktop rendering)
- Layout fixes to accommodate a mobile screen (text wrap)
- Enhanced Script and AJAX support (Jscript v5.7 from Internet Explorer
- Improved multimedia experience (Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 for Adobe Flash content)
- Deeper integration with search
- Enhanced cursor navigation model
- Touch and gesture support – pan support
- Multiple zoom levels
- Easy switching between mobile / desktop versions of sites by specifying UA strings.
Source- MSDN Blog
Microsoft Security Bulletin(s) for November 11, 2008
Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletin(s).
Note: www.microsoft.com/technet/security and www.microsoft.com/security are authoritative in all matters concerning Microsoft Security Bulletins! ANY e-mail, web board or newsgroup posting (including this one) should be verified by visiting these sites for official information. Microsoft never sends security or other updates as attachments. These updates must be downloaded from the microsoft.com download center or Windows Update. See the individual bulletins for details.
Because some malicious messages attempt to masquerade as official Microsoft security notices, it is recommended that you physically type the URLs into your web browser and not click on the hyperlinks provided.
Critical (1)
MS08-069 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955218)
Important (1)
MS08-068 - Vulnerability in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957097)
This represents our regularly scheduled monthly bulletin release (second Tuesday of each month). Please note that Microsoft may release bulletins out side of this schedule if we determine the need to do so.
If you have any questions regarding the patch or its implementation after reading the above listed bulletin you should contact Product Support Services in the United States at 1-866-PCSafety (1-866-727-2338). International customers should contact their local subsidiary.
Source- MSMVP’s Blog
