http://www.digwin.com/user/techgeek/voted/new digWin: Community news sharing for Microsoft Techies. en http://www.digwin.com/surface-to-help-shoppers-navigate-at-att-stores Microsoft won genuine "wows" from technology enthusiasts when it unveiled a touch-controlled computer embedded in a sleek coffee table 10... http://www.digwin.com/google-docs-aims-at-microsoft-office-live mikesd81 writes "Channel News reports that Google took an important step forward Monday in its rivalry with Microsoft Office Live, reporting that Google Docs will allow users to edit word processing documents offline. Google said users of its Google Docs word processing application can use Google Gears to save and then edit documents without being http://www.digwin.com/office-2007-winning-converts-survey-says-0 Microsoft's Office 2007 is seeing strong adoption by corporate users that will only pick up steam over the next 12 months, according to a Forrester Research survey released Tuesday. http://www.digwin.com/advancing-aids-vaccine-research-through-open-approaches This article describes how the Machine Learning and Applied Statistics group (part of Microsoft Research) released the source code for a set of four software tools developed to advance AIDS research. http://www.digwin.com/ray-tracing-to-debut-in-directx-11 crazyeyes writes "This is breaking news. Microsoft has not only decided to support ray tracing in DirectX 11, but they will also be basing it on Intel's x86 ray-tracing technology and get this ... it will be out by the end of the year! In this article, we will examine what ray tracing is all about and why it would be superior to the current http://www.digwin.com/httpreplay-is-a-socktrc-plugin-allowing-to-analyze-and-replay-http-traffic HTTPREPLAY is a SOCKTRC plugin allowing to analyze and replay HTTP traffic http://www.digwin.com/murdochs-hacker-speaks-out This article from a Swiss newspaper recounts the appearance of Christopher Tarnovsky at the European Black Hat conference (link is to a Google translation of the French original). Next month Tarnovsky will testify in a lawsuit brought by a maker of satellite TV encryption systems (Kudeslki) against an Israeli company (NDS), for whom Tarnovsky http://www.digwin.com/could-china-throw-a-wrench-in-microsofts-yahoo-deal If Yahoo agrees to Microsoft’s buyout offer, the deal would still have to be pass muster with antitrust regulators here in the U.S, in Europe, and in China. As John Markoff points out in the NYT, a new Chinese law that will go into effect in August gives the Chinese government regulatory oversight over [...] http://www.digwin.com/openofficeorg-24-released ahziem writes "The multiplatform, multilingual office suite OpenOffice.org has announced the release of version 2.4. New features include 5 PDF export enhancements, text to columns in Calc, rectangular selection in Writer, bug fixes, performance improvements, improvements supporting the growing library of extensions such as 3D OpenGL transitions in http://www.digwin.com/south-park-to-be-available-online-free-and-legal garnetlion writes "South Park is coming online, free and legal. My brief research has not indicated if it will use DRM, require some silly Windows-only software or be otherwise substandard. According to a Wired blog article, 'Parker and Stone said they were inspired to start the site when they got 'really sick of having to download our own show http://www.digwin.com/expression-blend-sp1 Microsoft® Expression Blend™ is the professional design tool used to create engaging Web-connected experiences for Windows. http://www.digwin.com/standalone-update-package-for-windows-xp-service-pack-3 Standalone Update Package for Windows® XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate http://www.digwin.com/december-update-bans-xboxen I haven’t seen much mention of this but it seems that the December update officially bans hardware modded XBoxes, resulting in sad clowns up and down the Eastern Seaboard. This involves the... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu http://www.digwin.com/openoffice-online-goes-beta Stony Stevenson sends word of the beta availability of a software-as-a-service version of OpenOffice 2.3, brought to us by Mandriva Linux creator Gael Duval. According to Ars, this package "easily offers the most features of any online office suite," though it "lacks the collaborative or document-sharing features of competitors like Google Docs or http://www.digwin.com/bypass-zune-3-play-rule-for-shared-music One of the early complaints about the WiFi sharing ability on the Zune was the rule that limits playback to 3 days or 3 plays on shared tracks. The Zune team eliminated the 3 day rule but left the 3... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu http://www.digwin.com/a-costeffective-software-and-services-solution-boosts-funds-automation-presented-by-weathcraft A Cost-Effective Software and Services Solution Boosts Funds Automation (Presented by WeathCraft) http://www.digwin.com/taming-the-virtual-beast-part-ii In this second of three test pieces focusing on virtual machine management, Network World Lab Alliance member Tom Henderson reviews three commercial products and one open source project that all take a different route to controlling a piece of the overall problem of managing large scale virtual machine deployments. http://www.digwin.com/web-browser-in-windows-is-at-center-of-complaint Less than three months after Microsoft lost a landmark antitrust case in Europe, a Norwegian software company filed a new complaint Thursday, challenging the software giant’s bundling of its Web browser with its Windows operating system. http://www.digwin.com/office-2008-hits-rtm   Here’s the latest official word – Office 2008 for Mac has Released to Manufacturing (RTM)! We’re very pleased to announce that the product team has signed off, and our final build has left... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu http://www.digwin.com/sc-configuration-manager-2007-icps International Client Packs (ICPs) contain international-language clients to use with System Center Configuration Manager (SC Config Mgr) 2007. ICP downloads contain only the Config Mgr client files, not the English-language SC Config Mgr 2007, which is required. http://www.digwin.com/dxva-for-h264avc-decoding Defines extensions to DirectX® Video Acceleration (DXVA) to support decoding of H.264/AVC video. http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-launches-online-student-avatar-playgrounds-at-theultimatestealcom Starting today, as part of Microsoft Corp.’s promotion the Ultimate Steal, university students from around the world will be able to create and customize their own digital alter egos, or avatars, in... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu http://www.digwin.com/fcs-datasheet Deployment for Microsoft Forefront Client Security easily deploys an advanced, centralized solution to help protect your enterprise. http://www.digwin.com/soa-datasheet The Microsoft Services Assessment and Roadmap for Service Oriented Architecture is to be able to create effective business processes that unite separate systems. http://www.digwin.com/miis-health-check-datasheet The MIIS Health Check reviews existing deployments to provide you with best practice guidelines to provide a more flexible, secure, and dependable solution identity management. http://www.digwin.com/imm-datasheet Interactive Media Manager is A rich, collaborative, media management solution for pre-production, post-production, and production environments. http://www.digwin.com/opera-tells-eu-that-microsofts-ie-hurts-the-web-0 kastababy writes "In yet another instance of up-and-coming browser developers fighting back against the Microsoft behemoth, the makers of Opera have filed a complaint with the European Union against Microsoft. In their complaint, they allege that IE's 77% market share abuses its dominant position by tying IE to Windows and its refusal to accept Web http://www.digwin.com/dutch-government-adopts-open-source-software-initiative christian.einfeldt writes "The Dutch government has set a target date of April 2008 for its agencies to start preferentially using open standards-based software. Organizations in the government will still be able to use proprietary software and formats ... but will have to justify it. A Microsoft Netherlands spokesman claims that Microsoft's Office http://www.digwin.com/microsoft-early-with-public-virtualization-beta Microsoft Thursday released the first public beta of its virtualization technology, shipping the bits ahead of its previously planned date in early 2008. http://www.digwin.com/webbrowser-rival-goes-after-microsoft-in-europe Web-browser developer Opera Software asked European regulators Thursday to force Microsoft to give users a choice of Internet software with...