Two-Part Webinar Focusing on Dedicated Microsoft SharePoint 2010

On Wednesday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Rackspace will offer webinars focused on using Sharepoint 2010 in your business. These hour-long sessions are free.

Posted on: June 15, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft 3D display prototype: no glasses required

The idea may not be new, have a camera track your eye movements so the image can be adjusted, but now that the necessary processing power is more reasonably priced, Microsoft is looking at it again.

Posted on: June 15, 2010 9:00 am

New article: Energize your team by setting due-times

Set due-times, rather than due-dates.

Read this OutlookPower article.

Posted on: June 14, 2010 9:00 am

Clock Winding Down on Windows XP SP2

If you’re still running WinXP SP2, support ends July 13. This means Microsoft will no longer offer patches, even if your business has hundreds of desktops running the operating system.

Posted on: June 14, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft App Cuts PC Energy Use

Many office workers leave their PCs on when they go home, which may be great for sending out patches after hours, but uses a lot of electricity. Now researchers at Microsoft have developed a sleep proxy system that keeps the machines active but reduces power consumption.

Posted on: June 14, 2010 9:00 am

Not using desktop Linux? You’re wasting your money

If you use WinXP machines to connect to a mainframe, through emulation software, then the author of this article thinks it would be cheaper, and maybe smarter, for you to replace them with Linux boxes.

Posted on: June 14, 2010 9:00 am

The World’s Most Unusual Outsourcing Destination

The North Koreans have entered the computer outsourcing field. Currently they’re specializing in computer animation, data input, and mobile phone software.

Posted on: June 11, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft Leaves Some Office XP Users Patchless

Microsoft is trying hard to kill XP, both the operating system and the office suite. They’ve now declared it "infeasible" to patch a validation vulnerability in Office XP.

Posted on: June 11, 2010 9:00 am

Windows 7 Early Adopters Say Virtualization Key to Rollouts

Expedia and Continental Airlines were early adopters of Win7. Now they’re offering their experiences to help other companies plan for rolling Windows 7 to their desktops.

Posted on: June 11, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft sneaks Firefox add-on into Patch Tuesday update

They did it once before. So. This time, it was an add-on for Internet Explorer and an extension for Mozilla Firefox that were sent out to unsuspecting users’ machines. All as part of the "patch" process.

Posted on: June 11, 2010 9:00 am