Venkatarangan Tnc

Success Story and Lessons Learned Inside the NBC Olympics Player

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:02:40 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "This session was done very well...Some top-level highlights were: 1. 34 top level events sorted by icons 2. At the peak, 17 live separate events were happening 3.2000 hours of live content and 2200 Highlight content that was created The result was staggering: 1.3 Billion Pageviews..."

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Project Velocity Promises a Distributed Cache System

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:12:47 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "You can read more on the CTP2 that got released today from the Velocity blog post...With what we were shown today of Velocity, especially its high availability, monitoring tools, ease of use and scalability are pretty impressive. I just hope this time they ship this..."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Developer Tools and Languages

Silverlight 2 Mobile Project is Alive and Closer to Release

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:54:31 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "After showing preview of Silverlight for Mobile two years back, Microsoft has been absolutely silent. Since there was no news for a long time I presumed they have killed this project...Notes on the session: The Mobile version of Silverlight will be Silverlight 2.0 with .NET Managed code support and not the SL v1 with JavaScript..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Project Velocity Promises a Distributed Cache System: PDC Session Notes

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:37:09 GMT

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

PDC 10 Point Keynote Recap

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:30:09 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...For the last few years, the scope of enterprise applications are increasing. IT departments have to manage more of outside users (their customers) than their internal users...For the first time I saw Microsoft keynote speakers (Ray Ozzie and Amitabh Srivatsa) in a developer conference not wearing T-Shirts but are in formal attire with a blazer..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Firefox Geode and W3C Geolocation Trumps IP Based Deduction

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:42:09 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Though Location-aware applications are present in Mobile Phones using Cell-Tower Triangulation or GPS, this is the first major effort to do something similar on the PCs...What I was curious is how they deduct location information using Wi-Fi...they are building huge database of Wi-Fi access points and correlating them with Latitude/Longitude information...for developers it is just a Javascript call like the one shown..."

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Top 10 Disruptive Technologies

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:50:10 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "According to a recent release from market research firm Gartner where it listed the Top 10 disruptive technologies it believes will reshape between 2008-2012:...If you ask me for one technology that is under-hyped from this list but most important it will be..."Contextual Computing"...all the other 9 technologies listed above have to evolve..."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Developer Tools and Languages

Top 10 Disruptive Technologies

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:19:47 GMT

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Vista Tip to Find People in Your Active Directory

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:57:48 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "In Windows Vista there is no stand-alone program or shortcut (searching for People yields nothing useful) to do this. The answer I found out is to run the Network Applet...then click on the Search Active Directory button in the top tool bar...This brings up the applet Find Users, Contacts and Groups..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Tool of the Day: Cross Browser Vector Graphics

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:31:17 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "If you have tried to do a decent chart or graph or any line drawings in HTML/CSS you would have felt extremely frustrated, more so you want it to be cross-browser compatible...I came across Raphaël - a small JavaScript library... that allows you to create and manipulate vector graphics in your web pages. It's simple to use...Check it out."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Web and User Experience

Tool of the Day: Cross Browser Vector Graphics

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:22:43 GMT

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

How to Find People in Vista Active Directory

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:04:58 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "In Windows Vista there is no stand-alone program or shortcut (searching for People yields nothing useful) to do this. The answer I found out is to run the Network Applet...But is there a way to get this applet as a shortcut on your desktop?. Yes, there are two ways to do that:"

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Windows Client

How to Find People in Vista Active Directory

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:01:41 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "In Windows Vista there is no stand-alone program or shortcut (searching for People yields nothing useful) to do this. The answer I found out is to run the Network Applet...But is there a way to get this applet as a shortcut on your desktop?. Yes, there are two ways to do that:"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

Entry to Virtualization is Easy Now That the Virtual Box is Free

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:55:21 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...In servers virtualization is used to consolidate servers and applications into fewer servers and also used for running legacy OS and applications...Today the entry barrier is greatly removed for Virtualization software with many of them available free (as in free beer), following is a partial list of them."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Cool Tool Shows Disk Space Usage

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:56:46 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Even if you have a hard disk with hundreds of GBs, you will run out of space soon. At that time you want to see what is taking most of the space...Apart from bars, it displays a beautiful squarisish picture of the usage based on file types. Check it out..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Search Engines are a big deal with Silverlight and Flash

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:33:44 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...a very important step that Adobe...has announced. Flash is currently the entrenched player in the RIA space having more than 95% of market share. This has resulted in enormous amount of content being out there in the Web in Flash file formats..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

Tip for Vista backup error - did not complete successfully

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:54:56 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...Now my love is back for the Vista Backup tool. I just wish Microsoft wrote the backup utility a little bit more tolerant or instructive error messages for handling these occasions."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

Now this is useful: TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:52:51 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "I have come across Developers and System Engineers who have trouble with networking time and again. The principle reason I have observed is a lack of thorough understanding of the underlying TCP/IP layer....a free book on "TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows". It is available both for online viewing and downloadable...it will be a worthy reference."

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Web and User Experience

Now this is useful: TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:51:09 GMT

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Suggested Reading

Free Handy Web Browsing Testing Tool

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:01:19 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "I ended up writing this handy tool that copies to clipboard diagnostic informations from IPConfig, Tracert, Ping & WebGet commands. This information can be used for further investigation or email to support. I also added features to FlushDNS, Renew IP & Turn Auto Tuning (Vista and Windows Server 2008) OFF/ON."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

VB Snags Role on CSI

Wed, 21 May 2008 16:02:15 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...watching this video clip of a recent CSI episode that carried a dialog "create a GUI Interface in Visual Basic to track the IP address". I love "Visual Basic" and it was good to hear it getting prime time media attention..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Problem Solved XBOX 360 AC Adapter

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:17:16 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "AC Adapter was 110V and surprisingly unlike your laptop/mobile chargers this doesn't support multiple voltages. So to connect the XBOX in India I needed a new AC Adapter that works in 220V....Finally before giving up...I found a new XBOX 360 220V AC Adapter for Rs.1600..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Fix for Windows Live Suite Installer Failing in x64

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:07:58 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "I use extensively Windows Live Writer for writing my blog posts and Live Messenger for IM. Now they come as a single install package ...When you try to install it on 64-bit Windows the installer fails....how to get the individual MSI files and install the programs from..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System
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Installing WS 2008 on a Laptop

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:55:03 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "I was running Vista Business in my Sony Vaio Laptop for almost a year and I wanted a change...Going back to Windows XP was unimaginable and felt old. I needed something new... I got interested in trying Windows Server 2008"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server

Read and Recommended High Tech and Vision

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:18:58 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...must read for anyone in High Tech Industry....One of the common business management myths the book dispels is that you need a clear laid out Vision and Business Plan to run a successful business."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Suggested Reading

Why I love the new Messenger Control

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:10:12 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "... I love the new messenger control....The only thing I need to do is to be signed in to my regular Live Messenger...other than the Microsoft style of plethora of different sites you need to go before you understand it. To include this control...there are three steps"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

IT Job Market in India & Industry trends

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:55:33 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....Tough days - Definitely Yes. There are several indicators for this trend. First is the obvious US Slowdown (and a short recession), second is the Indian Rupee to Dollar appreciation, Third is the increasing cost of raw materials and the lower margins - gone are the days of hefty profit margins in IT industry. All these have started to show their impact - news are trickling in of delayed joining dates for campus hires..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

2 Key Arguments around OOXML

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:16:39 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...I heard the most convincing reason on why OOXML should be accepted by ISO and surprisingly it was not from Microsoft camp - it was from the Editor of the competing standard ODF 1.2....Key arguments to note are on Spreadsheet formulas support and support for legacy MS documents...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Standards for an Interconnected World

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:52:28 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...Just like how Technology standards and Protocols are vital for the Interconnected world of Internet to work together, it is equally important in globalized world today to have a common way to report financial's of companies around the world. Without such a standard it brings in huge disparity in disclosure"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Sneaking Software into your PC

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:52:23 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Safari is a neat, standards compliant web browser and I feel its arrival for Windows is definitely an important step....with Web becoming ever more intervened with our lifes, innovation in the browser space is super critical.... I think IE 8.0 will be a technically advanced browser with dominant market share, but still we cannot leave the fate of web to just two companies - Microsoft & Mozilla. Recently..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Mix 08 Keynotes in Hyperspeed

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:46:10 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....an interesting video of MIX08 Keynotes in Hyperspeed, which is a timelape video to see the whole process from bare ballroom through setup, rehearsals, keynotes, and then final teardown after the show."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Mix 08 Day 3 - Lift off with Expression & Zumobi

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:35:08 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Zumobi is a new free mobile widget application that's from a company spawned from Microsoft Research. The Zumobi application was basically organizing content in a easy to find, attractive format mostly in 4 x 4 grids. They use XML & JS for building widgets....The SDK and Emulator is free for download...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Mix 08 Day 3 - Future of Advertising

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:05:03 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....talk on the future of advertising. It started with how much potential there is to optimize and automate the advt buy/sell process in the industry for not only online, but for TV, Print, etc. It talked about how the future systems will be open, interconnected and automated. It touched upon the future disposable surfaces for video, OLED...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

WideOpen Web: 5 Homeruns inside Silverlight Media

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:05:11 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....Silverlight Media is first class citizen. In Silverlight 1, you needed to use Javascript in browser as the programming model, now in Silverlight 2 there is managed code as an additional programming model. Silverlight 2 supports WMV 10 Pro Audio Codec...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Cliff Notes on Internet Explorer 8.0 at Mix

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:28:10 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....Beta1 is all about developer and web authors features, getting the platform ready. A later beta will have user experience improvements...Predictable Experience for Users: Domain Name is Highlighted in Address bar.... Improved Manage Add-Ons Experience....Improved ActiveX: Per User ActiveX Install without admin, Per Site ActiveX Controls, DEP/NX code execution prevention....."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System

Mix 08 - Keynote Recap

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:14:59 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "There has been lot of releases in the last one year and then Yahoo!... There is a wide range of product + services that will come from Incubation to release including IE 8.0. Microsoft might seem to be doing random releases, so I will give a background on how they are tied together"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Experience converting to full Digital

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:19:37 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....The firewall configuration was pathetic in Norton 360 so I switched it off and turned to Vista's default firewall. I installed and easily got SQUEEZEBox music sharing working. Zune Network Sharing was a big hurdle to cross, what ever I tried the videos and photos were not visible from XBOX. After several hours of trying I figured out the way to make it work...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

Discussion on Firewalls and Vista

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:49:51 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes ".....In the end, I will recommend Vista Out-of-box firewall plus either K7 Antivirus or Norton Antivirus 2008/NAV 360 AV Module alone."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

Who says Elephants can't Dance

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:29:11 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "I just finished listening to this Audio book.....I wanted to be more of hands-on in technology and I was reluctant to take up management responsibilities that were being thrown my way everyday as CEO of a company. This book....definitely stirred up my interest in management, growing and winning."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Suggested Reading

Workaround Copying Text from Windows Smartphone

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:22:28 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....I found a way, I have a PCMCIA Internet Data Card in my laptop from Tata Indicom. I sent the SMS to that number, then opened the data card software which showed all the SMS (as seen in the right hand side image) in a textbox, I copied it from there. Isn't this a neat solution?"

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InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Mobile

Flying Fingers

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:59:37 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....I am particular about ergonomics and I prefer keyboards that have a natural curve for hand comfort with a good play of the keyboard buttons as I type pretty fast....So when I saw the new "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000".... now it seems to be working perfectly well. The software also gives you additional tabs with customization features in the control panel applets."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

A Challenge for Silverlight

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:23:32 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Though Microsoft Silverlight is a cool technology, it pales in front of Adobe Flash (98% of browsers have it) in terms of availability. It is not an unique MS problem, it is a problem for any new offering when there is an incumbent who has a majority market share. To change this...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

How to use Hyper-V

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:23:28 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "I wanted to understand the differences between the two virtualization products and how to use Hyper-V. In my search, I came up with the following list of references and understandings...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server
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Type fast and want a comfortable keyboard?

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:53:34 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "I found the keyboard to be unresponsive most of the times. I was using the native drivers that came with Vista x64 and didn't install the CD that came with the desktop set....I downloaded and installed the OEM drivers and software from Microsoft site and now it seems to be working perfectly well....software also gives you additional tabs with customization features"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

How to get Vista update on a domain

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:48:20 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...I am one of the few in the office to use Windows Vista, so these updates are approved at the last and I have to wait....my IT Engineer gave me a tip. It was to login locally to the machine, using a local machine user name and then use Windows Update. I used it and"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

TV Tuner & Vista x64 OS

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:16:52 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....I tried to install it in my Windows Vista x64 Enterprise OS machine with 8GB RAM. I got the beta driver for Vista x64....the card got installed but there was no Media Application to play the TV signal...If you are planning a TV Tuner card for Vista x64, before you buy it please visit the Microsoft HCL site to ensure you buy a hardware that is certified for x64."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

Dell Vostro 1400 with Vista x64

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:20:38 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....The laptop scores good on Vista Benchmarks and performs well with multiple VPCs and Vista Aero interface. Dell shipped the laptop (strangely) with Vista 32Bit OS, so it showed only 3.5GB of RAM. This week I decided to upgrade the machine to Vista x64, so I got it formatted and installed Vista Ultimate x64....Dell doesn't provide drivers for Windows x64 OS for any of the devices in their Vostro series Laptop..... support site for the LAN card and now everything is working fine."

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Tip on unlocking files

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:49:52 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....some application unknown to you is holding the file lock. This freeware....helps you in those scenarios. What looked impressive for me is the GUI listing of all applications having locks over files in a folder."

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Reverse Brain drain

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:26:49 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Now the scene is completely the reverse where you are seeing many of those professionals returning back to India. ....about 60,000 Indian IT professionals who have moved back to India in last few years....mid to senior roles don't want to leave their family behind and want to go to USA - they are getting salaries in India itself that are attractive and comparable."

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Microsoft Sync Framework - keeping data synched

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:00:52 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "The Sync Framework is claimed to support P2P sync of any type of file including contacts, music, videos, images and settings....has built-in support for synchronizing relational databases, NTFS/FAT file systems, Simple Sharing Extensions for RSS/ATOM, devices and web services. I welcome having a standard framework for"

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Prepaid Microsoft Office 2007 testing the waters

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:29:09 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Microsoft India has announced MS Office 2007 in Prepaid model - which for me essentially resembles a rental/subscription mode....May be MS didn't want to use either subscription or rental words, they probably want to embrace, extend and change the game. Whatever said this is certainly a welcome move"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System

Media-Mobile Portal Solution

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:40:22 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Recently we launched....as a branding site for our offerings with Silverlight, Sharepoint, VPF (Vishwak Portal Framework) and MCDS (Mobile Content Delivery System). We are showcasing this for the first time in upcoming Digital Hollywood (Fall) event being held at Hollywood from 29th Oct to 1st Nov 2007...."

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Finding Games in Vista

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:19:11 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....Vista installations (Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Vista Business x86) ....games are not installed by default in these editions....The good news is that you can go Programs and Features applet in Control Panel, and install the games."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista

Using Outlook 2007 Command Switches

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:10:22 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "If you are like me who has multiple mail profiles configured in Outlook 2007, you will be tired of selecting the profile everytime.... using command-line switches (parameters) for Outlook.exe you can create a shortcut for each profile that you want to run. For example:"

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Exchange
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Server Software - precooked & ready to eat

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:28:06 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "...time consuming to install and configure like MOSS 2007 & VS 2005 Team System. With these images, all you have to do is download them and run the VHD files with Virtual PC or Virtual Server....I guess all server software will come in this fashion, even for production environments. Whether it is Windows or Linux, Server software are becoming more and more complex to configure and secure...."

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TechEdBloggers.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Server
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2007 : Tracks : Windows Server Infrastructure
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Windows Server Infrastructure

Good Results with Vista Disk Cleanup Utility

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:16:35 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Windows has been having a Disk Cleanup utility from Windows 95/98 days, but I haven't considered it of any use till today. .... gave the Disk Cleanup utility a try and it did result in cleaning up...."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Vista
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2007 : Tracks : Windows Client
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Windows Client

Cellphone System tapped with Rogue Software

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:28:51 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "From a software best practice angle, what was interesting was this could have been identified much earlier.... In this case, the backend OS in the switch had legal wiretapping capabilities enabled and working, but the front-end to manage it was not purchased by customer. Clear case of not reducing the attack surface area by removing unwanted piece of software in live environments."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Mobile

Office 2007 Viewers

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:16:09 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "Many times you might have got stuck not being able to open a Word/Excel/PowerPoint file because MS Office is not available in that machine....These viewers can be downloaded from Microsoft.com website and allows you to open, view and print the documents without requiring you to have full blown (paid) MS Office in the machine. The viewers now support the new Office 2007 formats as well "

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2007 : Tracks : Office System
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Office and SharePoint

W3C and Forgeproofing and FOAF

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:55:58 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....while browsing my profiles page in W3C site I came across two interesting items....W3C has added few interesting filters to prevent EMail Forgery. The way it works is by examining whether mail claiming to be sent from an email address matches a pattern that you have specified"

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A look at Font Embedding in Windows Forms

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:46:47 GMT

Venkatarangan Tnc writes "....how you can embed fonts in a Windows Forms Application and have it run in any target machine where that font is not available & doesn't get installed permanently. Please note that I am talking about Windows Client Applications here and not a Web Application where you can use WEFT....or sIFR....to embed fonts."

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TechEdBloggers.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2007 : Tracks : Developer Tools and Technologies
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd2008 : Tracks : Developer Tools and Languages