October 2009 Entries

Windows 7 Top Pre-Order of all Time for Amazon

 

Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order product of all time in the UK, says Amazon. Read More . . .

PMBOK Templates

 

I am working on some PMBOK templates for Software Projects, if anyone was interested to help on this out, contact me.

SharePoint Conference 2009 Keynote

 

All the information from video, to PowerPoint files are shared here.

SharePoint Conference 09 Highlights

 

Next Generation of BDC: Business Connectivity Services (BCS)

 

BCS is just great, add your data source in SharePoint, edit/delete/add/query them in SharePoint! Find our more here.

SharePoint 2010 Documents & Posters

 

SharePoint 2010: Developer & User Friendly

 

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 just launched and as I was watching the keynote live, I noticed something:

SharePoint 2010 is both developer & user friendly!

GREAT Product!

24 Years of Windows Package Design

 

What Makes SharePoint More than a Content Management System

 

Chrome OS First Leaks

 

Identify Different Clients

 

Google CEO: Worst of Recession is Over

 

In a call with analysts, CEO Eric Schmidt said that the worst of the recession is behind us and that the company feels “confident about investing heavily in our future.” The first investment will be in people. Yes, Google is stepping up its hiring across the company but particularly in engineering and sales, executives said during the call.

Read More . . .

Network Issue in Virtualization

 

I’ve recently started using Hyper-V 2008 as our platform of servers, but facing too many issues with networking. Finally found an article to solve too much network traffic issue on it:

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B888750&x=13&y=12

It applies to most scenarios.

Create VHD from Physical Machine

 

Microsoft Dynamics in Gitex 2009

 

For the people who asked me recently on participation of Microsoft in Gitex 2009, not only they are going to preview Windows 7 in Gitex 2009, Microsoft Dynamics and their partners will be presenting their solutions (Agenda).

No Yahoo! Information to Iran Government

 

Yesterday one of the reporters of ZDNet claimed that a Yahoo! representative had a meeting with Iran government within Iran and they have agreed on handing the users’ information to government…

The meeting has been declined officially by Yahoo! here and here.

Larry Dignan more about the case from ZDNet.

Minimizing Complexity In User Interfaces

 

Clean. Easy to use. User-friendly. Intuitive. This mantra is proclaimed by many but often gets lost in translation. The culprit: complexity. How one deals with complexity can make or break an application. A complex interface can disorient the user in a mild case and completely alienate them in an extreme case. But if you take measures first to reduce actual complexity and then to minimize perceived complexity, the user will be rewarded with a gratifying experience. Read More . . .

Free Remote Help Solutions

 

I just gave TeamViewer a try, but CrossLoop looks promising too.

Re-engineering of IP Addresses in Iran!

 

Cool, you ever heard of a concept like that? First, we are going to have our own NATIONAL INTERNET in Iran… What’s more, the current addressing of local IP Addresses need to be re-engineered… Read all about it in an interview with Mr. Abdolmajid Riazi

40+ Portable Apps for Web Designers

 

Books for Freelancers

 

Starting out as a freelancer? Having a reference manual on your bookshelf will make the process much easier. There are great resources — both books and ebooks — that will provide you with all the information you need to start freelancing in one place. From what you need to get started through how you can continue to grow your business, these books will provide any freelancer with a wealth of information. Read More . . .

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