Archive for August 26th, 2010

Facebook to kill IE6 support for Chat on IE9 beta day

Facebook has announced that it will soon end Internet Explorer 6 support for Facebook Chat. The kill date is September 15— the same day Microsoft plans to release the first IE9 beta. Today’s announcement comes just a week after Microsoft launched a beta version of Windows Live Messenger that integrates with Facebook Chat

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Comprehensive Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta Prelude

Windows 7 Service Pack (SP1) Beta is identified by Hardware Abstraction Layer 6.1.7601.16562. As of August 26, 2010, no one has a RTM version, despite claims being made otherwise on YouTube. This video takes a look at what information we have about Windows 7 Service Pack 1, and how it is a service and maintenance release; not a feature release

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Google launches Realtime Search

Today Google announced significant enhancements to Google Search, giving real-time information its own home and more powerful tools to help you find what you need. On the new homepage you’ll find..

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End of Sale of Windows XP Home for Netbooks – But hey, get an XP license here for free!

104 months! Windows XP, launched in August 2001, would complete over 9 years on sale on October 22, 2010 – the official end-of-sale for Windows XP Home for netbooks. What this means is that October…

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Loaded: Make phone calls from Gmail

You can now stream Netflix on your iPhone or iPod, Craigslist is being asked to stop their adult services section, and you can make voice calls in Gmail.

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Why does my Windows Explorer not run as administrator?

In Windows 7 & Vista, the User Account Control is enabled by default, to run in Admin approval mode.  Windows Explorer or explorer.exe is also set to run in the standard user context. Even if you… For more visit The Windows Club.

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Microsoft Outlook 2010 Ribbon Menu Interactive Guide Released

After releasing Office 2010 Ribbon Menu Interactive Guides for Word, OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Visio, Project & InfoPath, Microsoft has now released an Interactive menu to ribbon… For more visit The Windows Club.

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Grab these 5 cool Windows 7 themes from Microsoft

Microsoft has released 5 new themepacks for Windows 7 are are now available for download at the Windows 7 Personalisation Gallery. You  might to check each one out! She’s in the band. Rock out with…

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Exchange 2010 SP1 arrives with increased focus on the cloud

The Microsoft Exchange team has announced that Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 is available for download now . This comes after a short public beta period; announced in April , and released in June . Among other things, the Service Pack adds new replication features to improve robustness, a new mailbox online repair mechanism for when things do go wrong, the ability to import historic e-mail directly from a PST into a mailbox, better load balancing, improved mailbox searching, IRM support in OWA when using Safari, the reintroduction of themes in OWA, and a raft of other improvements

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How to get your new blog or website indexed by search engines

Just started a new blog or a website? The Website Indexer is just what you need! Website Indexer  promises to submit your link to 100 different authority sites that are well ranked and liked by…

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