On the heels of the price hike for Xbox LIVE gold members comes some positive news. Among some some of the new features coming soon to Xbox LIVE is the addition of Hulu Plus in 2011. I remember hearing word that Microsoft was in talks with Hulu and many speculated that a Hulu announcement was going to come at the unveiling show of the Kinect at E3.

In addition to releasing the most security bulletins ever on this month’s Patch Tuesday , Microsoft has released a number of non-security updates, the majority of which are for the latest versions of its client and server operating systems. All the patches are available on Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center and most will require a restart. With the exception of the last patch, they’re all for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

Share Application virtualization solutions like Cameyo offer the tools to run applications in a virtual environment. What this basically means that it is possible to create application packages that can be executed and used normally on destination systems without installation.

Gonna be doing a string of reviews regarding Windows 7 and today, I’ll be starting with the taskbar, otherwise known as the “Superbar” in Windows 7.

If cost is any indication about how and when to move to a new technology, saving 3 to 4 million dollars over the next few years would be incentive enough. So CH2M HILL, a Fortune 500 company and a leader in engineering, management, procurement, construction, and operations, switched to Microsoft virtualization and management software with Hyper-V away from VMware Inc. According to Microsoft, between 2005 and 2007, the company used VMware ESX to virtualize 350 servers in its datacenter and 100 servers in regional offices

Microsoft today rolled out Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), which lets users get push notifications on phones and other mobile devices, as part of the Wave 4 release of Windows Live Hotmail. Some users reported EAS working for them two months ago , but only now has Microsoft made it official: e-mail, calendar, and contacts can be pushed automatically to your phone from Hotmail. To enable EAS, use the following settings: Field Setting Server/URL m.hotmail.com Username Full e-mail address (such as: p_emil@hotmail.com) Domain Leave this blank SSL Enable this Certificate Accept the SSL certificate when prompted Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks All can be enabled Many phones already support ActiveSync for connecting to an Exchange server, but the feature will be particularly useful on phones that support dual ActiveSync accounts, including devices running Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS.

This is not Windows news, but since it will probably affect many of our readers who use Microsoft products, including myself, I figured it was worth reporting: According to Major Nelson’s blog, Microsoft is increasing the price for the Xbox LIVE gold plan’s subscription service, starting November 1st.

It was just a few weeks ago that the Government of India, citing Security reasons, had  asked RIM (Research In Motion) to provide complete access to the Blackberry services  to monitor the services …

Downloading Windows 7 can save time and money. Here’s the best way to do it.

While the Windows 7 search function is vastly improved, Everything is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by file name instantly for Windows.