As expected , Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Azure platform (Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and AppFabric) in 21 countries. Starting today, Microsoft customers and partners in those regions will be able to launch their Azure production applications and services with the support of the full Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Gadgets in Windows 7 can do more than show the weather or news. Many gadgets are useful as system monitoring tools that keep track of Windows 7 resources like CPU,memory, hard drive and network usage. Here are 14 chameleon gadgets.

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Service Pack 1 has been released. The accompanying SP1 Guide document details the installation process and what’s new. Read More: Microsoft Download Center

Part of Windows 7 success was undoubtedly related to the extensive pre-release program that Microsoft had in operation prior to the official release of the RTM on the 22nd October 2009. The Windows 7 Beta 1 was released back in January of 2009 and began shutting down every 2 hours from the 2nd of July . The Windows 7 RC 1 was then released in May of 2009 and there was an unlimited number of licenses available to the public so they could download and try out Windows 7 for themselves

SMART, which stands for Service Management And Real easy Tweaking utility, has nothing to do with the S.M.A.R.T. technology in modern hard drives despite the naming similarities. The program is a windows services optimizer based on BlackVipers service optimization tips for the Windows 7 operating system.

This is a reminder post for all the Windows 7 users still using the Release Candidate (build 7100) that was released to the public in May 2009 . Bi-hourly shutdowns of this build will begin on March 1, 2010, or four weeks from today. This means that the user will be told to install a released version of Windows and their PC will shut down automatically every two hours

Have you ever experienced a situation where a program or service was working on one computer but not on the other? Troubleshooting a PC problem like this can be very time consuming as there are lots of variables to consider. ENVy can aid the computer user in finding differences between two computer systems, or a single system at different times

Check out this pack of 14 gadgets for Windows 7 & Vista, with the aero glass effect. The download pack consists of: – Calendar : re-sizable desktop calendar – Clock : analogue desktop clock -… For more visit The Windows Club.

About two weeks ago, a startup based in Alexandria, Minnesota by the name of Striquent quietly launched a new website that combines results from major search engines. “The idea for qrobe.it was born out of a discussion on if the search experience can be improved upon or as the saying goes ‘one can’t improve what is already perfect,’” Nisha Boban, QA Analyst at Striquent, told Ars.

We are pleased to release The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts eBook. Windows 7 includes a lot of new keyboard shortcuts that are unknown to a new user.