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Disable “Windows is checking for a solution…” message after a program crashesIntroduced in Windows Vista, the infamous “Windows is checking for a solution…” message...
New Super Mario Bros. Wii trailer shows off more gameplayI was one of those lured by the Wii’s innovative gameplay proposition when the console was launched....
An editorial on LCD panel quality and what to look for on your next purchaseThis editorial is an open response to AnandTech’s Desperately Seeking Quality LCDs article published...
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feature: Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9Microsoft today released the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview to the public....
Windows Phone 7 Series in the Enterprise: not all good newsMicrosoft has been quite explicit on the matter: Windows Phone 7 Series is being...
Microsoft avoids being lost in translation with new frameworkThe Microsoft Translator team has given up and concluded that "no matter how many machines you...
Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Series dev tools at MIX10The big theme at Microsoft's MIX10 developer conference today was developing for...
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feature: Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9Microsoft today released the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview to the public. The release is meant to demonstrate the capabilities of Internet Explorer 9 to Web developers while at the same time providing feedback to the IE9 team. Microsoft says it is committed to updating the Platform Preview to keep a more effective rhythm for discussion, and it will be updated every eight weeks or so. Microsoft will share feedback with standards-setting bodies in addition to using... [Read more of this review]
Windows Phone 7 Series in the Enterprise: not all good newsMicrosoft has been quite explicit on the matter: Windows Phone 7 Series is being designed first and foremost for the consumer market. The result is the emphasis on a strong, consistent, effective user interface, possibly at the expense of functionality; Microsoft wants to have this thing out in time for the "holiday season" this year, so there's a limited window for further development, at least for the initial release. That said, the phone does have features aimed at the enterprise... [Read more of this review]
Microsoft avoids being lost in translation with new frameworkThe Microsoft Translator team has given up and concluded that "no matter how many machines you throw at translation, it is still impossible to get the correct, error-free, contextually accurate translation every time." Microsoft's solution to this problem is the Collaborative Translations Framework, which supposedly combines the scale and speed of automatic machine translation with the accuracy and context awareness of human translation. At MIX 2010, Microsoft Translator API version 2 was... [Read more of this review]
Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Series dev tools at MIX10The big theme at Microsoft's MIX10 developer conference today was developing for Windows Phone 7 Series, and key to this was the new Silverlight 4. For the first time, Microsoft showed off third-party applications for the forthcoming phone platform, and talked about how third-party applications integrate with the platform. Silverlight is becoming increasingly widely available for the browser, with Microsoft claiming 60 percent of all Internet devices now support it (up from 45... [Read more of this review]
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