This new edition from Diskeeper looks pretty good, I have to be honest I have never been a big fan of Diskeeper, I have always felt O&O Defrag has always had something more to offer. The initial install is very standard apart from the fact you have to install the initial software from the WHS console and then do a second install for the WHS console .. more »

Customers also have the choice of using the hosted Forefront Online Protection for Exchange service, or both offerings together for defense-in-depth. Email is an extremely critical application, of course, and it presents challenges to both businesspeople and IT managers. Employees (and non-employees) needs secure access to messaging and documents .. more »

MVPs James Gordon and Geetesh Bajaj recently released a new book entitled “Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac All-In-One for Dummies. This new title provides a user-friendly guide on how to master: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Entourage on Apple Mac. This book explores ways to: Use the new galleries to find features, formats, wizards, te.. more »

The newly redesigned MSN.com just might be the best home page on the Web — with easy access to Bing search, favorite social networks, more relevant local content, and the latest news and entertainment information from trusted sources... more »

I am starting a new series of short articles today. I often come across great little tips that do not warrant a full-blown article so I have decided to post a quick one each Tuesday morning. You can use the Belarc Advisor to get a detailed list of installed software, licenses and drivers on your PC prior to a clean installation. Belarc Advisor .. more »

More than 3,000 employees participate in annual women’s networking and skill-building event... more »

A friend of mine bought a new laptop that had Vista installed on it. Being the adventures type I installed it on my WHS and backed up the fresh load of Vista and promptly formatted the hard drive and installed Windows 7 RC on it. While that isnt all that exciting and nothing new for users of Windows Home Server. And since my friend digs Windows 7 .. more »

So, T-Mobile UK definitely is getting the HTC HD2 this month, even if they currently have a have a picture of the original Touch HD on the site, along with the wrong specs and the line that it's running Android ('cause we know that's not gonna happen). Plus, they're calling it the Touch HD2. Confused? Well, somebody is. Anyhoo, elsewhere on the T-Mo.. more »

Many times, the metrics that make up your key performance indicators are not simple values from a data source. In PerformancePoint Server 2007 you could create two kinds of KPI metrics: Simple single value metrics from any supported data source or Complex...(read more).. more »

Last week I announced that had been released and to celebrate (!) I was going to give away 3 copies to you lucky (or should that be unlucky) readers :-) Well, the 3 winners are as follows: Congratulations guys, I will be in touch to get your shipping details and they will be in the post in the next few days (depending on anymore postal strikes)! .. more »

Hi. I am working on a research project to understand how people optimize their computer to make it easier to see.  We just kicked off an online survey and are recruiting people who have vision impairments. So, if you have low vision or color blindness, we’d really appreciate your feedback. And if there’s someone you know who does, please pass this .. more »

The Microsoft App-V (Application Virtualization) team published a new whitepaper detailing deploying App-V packages to Terminal Servers. This white paper discusses the benefits, configurations, and considerations when planning a Terminal Services (TS) solution with Microsoft Application Virtualization for TS (App-V for TS). Many customers want to .. more »

The Windows Home Server Blog has a short video interview with Jonas Svensson, Community Program Manager on the WHS team who tells us what his role entails as well as telling us his favorite features in Windows Home Server as well details on his two WHS machines. .. more »

Witness the innovative retellings of the classic movies with all new objectives and brand new levels... more »

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games have released a new trailer, featuring the song Grace by Supergrass, one of the 45 songs included in the game... more »

A couple of weeks ago, many Mac enthusiast sites ran pieces with headlines declaring that Snow Leopard was faster than Windows 7. The source for this news was CNETs Dong Ngo , who ran a battery of tests designed to test gaming performance, media encoding time, battery life, and other attributes. Ngo was fairly even-handed in his reporting. While .. more »

Welcome to the world of Time Intelligence for Microsoft Performance Point Services! Dynamically analyzing your data with respect to time has never been easier. From dissecting historic performance, to calculating Year over Year metrics, to analyzing Year...(read more).. more »

Regular readers will know that I am a big fan (no pun intended) of the Xtreamer media streamer. Take a look at the following articles for a review of the Xtreamer and other things: Well a constant complaint from people about the Xtreamer is the noise that the fan makes. While I didnt think it was that bad, I could also understand why people were .. more »

I have completed my installation of Windows 7 and am looking forward to using the new Windows Media Center. This week I will walk through the process of enabling Internet TV from within Windows Media Center and show a quick mapping of a Windows Home Server folder to enable viewing of my existing movies. I have been waiting for Windows 7 for quite .. more »

fb-share-buttonAdding Facebook Share buttons to your website has always been one of the simplest ways to let users more easily share content with their friends on Facebook and drive traffic to your site. Today, Facebook is launching two interesting upgrades to Facebook Share that should make it more valuable to web publishers: live count widgets .. more »