http://www.winbeta.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:46:05 -0700 http://www.winbeta.org/images/WinBeta/images/logo4.gif http://www.winbeta.org Betas News and Reviews http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20660 yesterday’s blog post, but we also wanted to share a peek behind the scenes into some of the engineering challenges we faced in design and infrastructure...

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Download (docx): Microsoft IT Starts Migration of Microsoft.com to Windows Azure Platform]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20658 MSRC: Today we're releasing our Advance Notification Service (ANS) for the September Security Bulletins, which are scheduled for release Tuesday, September 14, 2010. This is a service we provide to help enterprises plan and prepare for the upcoming security bulletin release.

This month we will be releasing 9 bulletins addressing 13 vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft Office. Four of those bulletins carry a Critical rating, with the rest rated Important...

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View Full Article: Microsoft Security Response Center]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20657 Microsoft watchers are poring over a series of Twitter posts from former Silverlight Product Manager Scott Barnes, now a user experience specialist at Australian development consultants Readify.

According to Barnes, just back from a week of briefings at Microsoft, there is intense internal debate about the future of HTML 5, newly implemented in the forthcoming Internet Explorer 9, and the Silverlight plug-in. He tweeted...

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Download: Own Your Space: Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online
View Full Article: Lifehacker]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20655 The public download is available here

Microsoft is signing up testers, as of September 9, who want to kick the tires of the company's next-generation CRM software, service and app store.

The betas won’t be available until later this month — next week some time in the case of Dynamics CRM 2011, and before the end of the month, in the case of the Dynamics Marketplace, Microsoft officials said. The sign-up site for the CRM 2011 beta is http:///www.crm2011beta.com...

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Join us as we present you the first virtualized performance per watt comparison of real OEM server products...

View Full Article: AnandTech]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20652 recent post on the Windows Phone Developer Blog that announced a September 16, 2010 release date for the Windows Phone Developer Tools.  XNA Game Studio users have noted that CTP and beta versions of WPDT have included pre-release builds of XNA Game Studio 4.0, and they have asked whether that implies that XNA Game Studio 4.0 is shipping then as well.  Today, Kathleen posted more details about the answer to this question on the XNA team blog, and I wanted to summarize it here as well and provide a bit more detail about the scenarios that will be supported when XNA Game Studio 4.0 is released...

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View Full Article: The Register]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20650 Parallels is expected to announce as early as Thursday the sixth major upgrade to its Windows virtualization software for Mac OS X, delivering a significant performance boost over its predecessor, as well as 80 other new features.

The new Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac has been shown on average to run 40 percent faster than last year's edition, according to people familiar with the matter. Those same people said that the upgrade -- expected to retail for the same $79.99 price as its predecessor -- will also feature Windows boot times that are roughly two times faster than version 3.1 of its primary competitor: VMWare Fusion...

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Try it now: Google Instant
View Full Article: About Google Instant]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20647 Maximum PC: Do you consider yourself a power user? It's a tough question. After all, where do you draw the line? Hardware hacking? Command-line skills? Unix?

As we sat down to answer this question, the possibilities seemed endless, making our task feel more daunting. Windows registry hacks? Networking know-how? Upgrades? We even asked you, our readers, to contribute your suggestions. We received a bunch of great ones, but this only further broadened our pool of ideas...

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View Full Article: Ars Technica]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20644 The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) today announced the results of a survey conducted to determine global trends and perspectives on the future of risk management and compliance.

Survey respondents included 1,662 global PRMIA members, 84 percent of whom are from financial institutions and 16 percent from nonfinancial institutions...

View Full Article: Microsoft PressPass]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20643 Cloud hosting provider Rackspace rolled out on September 8 a new toolkit for customers who want to develop and deploy to its Cloud Servers for Windows service.

The new tookit, known as the Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010, was developed by Microsoft Gold partner Neudesic. Rackspace is touting the toolkit as reducing deployment and provisioning time for its hosted Windows servers, as well as providing users of those Windows servers with a single cloud-management portal...

View Full Article: Mary Jo Foley's Blog]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20642 Mozilla, makers of the Firefox web browser, is looking to promote browser gaming in a big way by convincing developers to harness the power of HTML5 and other open web technologies.

Earlier today, Mozilla Labs launched a new division: Mozilla Labs Gaming. It’s an initiative “committed to providing the game developer community with the platform and tools they need to make innovative games on the Open Web,” according to the Mozilla Labs Gaming homepage. The project is focused on encouraging developers to harness open web technologies such as open video and audio standards, geolocation, multitouch, and faster javascript engines...

View Full Article: Mashable]]> http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?shownews=20641 Dell said on Tuesday that it plans later this month to stop selling PCs downgraded to Windows XP, ahead of next month's deadline to stop nearly all shipments of PCs running the older operating system.

Microsoft ended sales of Windows XP some time ago, but has continued to allow PC makers to sell Windows 7 machines that are "factory downgraded" to the older operating system. However, even that option is set to end October 22 for Dell and other PC makers...

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