Microsoft will be launching its Visual Studio 2012 this September at a virtual event – exactly on September 12, 2012 at 9:30 am PDT. Learn about the new features and experience how it integrates best practices that accelerate development and deployment. The keynote speakers of the virtual launch event are S. Somasegar and Jason Zander - Corporate VPs, and Brian... Read More
The beta version of Microsoft's Attack Surface Analyzer is now replaced with version 1. Microsoft's SDL team releases version 1.0 of the tool as a continuation of its effort to provide tools that hardened the stability and security of Windows environments. The tool helps software developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IT Professionals understand changes in Windows systems' attack surface... Read More
The new Dell Big Data Retention solution is designed for organizations that leverage big data analytics to derive business value from their data. The solution integrates with existing analytics platforms as a frontend big data repository for large datasets or a backend archive. It can also serve as a standalone repository or as an analytics platform with Hadoop. According to... Read More
The Office Mobile application suite includes Microsoft Office Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint® Mobile for Windows Mobile 6.5 powered devices, helping users manage and review documents. Microsoft Office Mobile includes support for rich reviewing and minor editing capabilities as well as support for rights-managed documents. Download the files appropriate for you from here - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29981... Read More
NirSoft web site provides a collection of small and useful freeware utilities for Windows, all developed by Nir Sofer. Nir is an experienced developer with extensive knowledge in C++, .NET Framework, Windows API, and codes all applications in his free time. Most of the utilities were developed in C++, and do not require any installation. You can run all tools... Read More
Download Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8 Release Preview, and start some hands-on training how to best deploy a future roll-out of Windows 8 to end users' workstations. The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit is a collection of tools that you can use to customize, assess, and deploy Windows operating systems to new computers. Windows Deployment is... Read More
Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate (RC) supports the new Windows 8 and Azure platforms with new tools that make HTML 5 and CSS 3 development more productive and higher quality end results. The development tool includes Windows Azure project templates and a whole slew of features for Windows 8 Metro and desktop applications. Download the Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate... Read More
How many times you get a support call that a resource is performing very low and after you perform your tests, you find out that this resource is out of disk space!!! As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure and automating a prevention mechanism can help you avoid such mishaps. For instance, Netwrix has a freeware product that... Read More
Both Refresh Points and System Recovery features in Windows 8 can be used to remove malicious and corrupted files. W. Kenneth Johnson has published some notes from his research about Windows 8 forensics and where you can find a good explanation about various artifacts related to these two features. Read more here - http://randomthoughtsofforensics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/windows-8-refresh-excerpt.html... Read More
Organizations that provide online support services to their customers, and have so far relied on the traditional helpdesk systems need to go back to the drawing board and redesign their customer support process to include social media functionality. Customers spend long hours on social media and having the ability to interact with your support reps using twitter or Facebook will... Read More