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Steve Ballmer Says Take On Google and Apple. Forget Yahoo

Microsoft's chief Steve Ballmer today sent a mail to all the employees outlining his strategy on how to rebuild the reputation that Microsoft has lost in the past couple of years. He shared his thoughts on Windows Vista, Enterprise Software, fight against Google & Apple and learning to mark a footprint in the search business …

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Microsoft Launches Referrals When Google Referrals Are Retiring

Here is a good news for bloggers who are worried about Google retiring their Referrals program next month. Microsoft has announced a Referral program that allows bloggers and other web publishers to earn money by promoting two of the Microsoft's products – Windows Live OneCare & Windows Live Toolbar.  Publishers will earn 1$ for Windows …

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How To Fix – “Windows Live Writer requires the installation of the .NET Framework” Error

In an unavoidable circumstance, I had to rebuild Windows Vista OS today.  After rebuilding the OS I noticed the recent Technology Preview of Windows Live Writer is no more part of my Start Menu Programs list. I searched for installation folder of Live Writer CTP under program files, but no luck. Seems to be it …

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Automate Your Desktop Wallpaper Switching With Latest Flickr Photos

It’s probably the most important image on your computer, so do it justice… Here is the very tiny and powerful tool to take your simple desktop wallpaper to the next level! According to Hitwise, Photo sharing site Flickr is now the 2nd largest photo site behind Photobucket. No surprise then that it’s an excellent resource …

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How To Perform Client Side Action After Completion Of AJAX Postback Operation[ASP.NET 2.0]

While developing an ASP.NET 2.0 web application that uses <asp:UpdatePanel> control, we were required to perform a client side action (using JavaScript) after completion of Ajaxed post back. We achieved it by attaching an event handler method to the event _endRequest of PageRequestManager object. After completion of every post back ASP.NET automatically notifies all the …

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Quickly Launch Windows Control Panel Applets Like Add/Remove Programs, Date & Time, Display Properties

Power users like keyboard shortcuts and commands to quickly access many things in Windows. They save lot of mouse clicks and time. In this post let us see how to quickly launch Control Panel Applets using Run Command window. Just like any executable program, Control Panel applets  can be launched from Run Command window. Each …

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Microsoft Becomes Die Hard Fan of Yahoo – Says “We Will Buy If Your Board Is Changed”

The never ending Microsoft-Yahoo saga continues with new twists every day. Today Microsoft expressed their interest to purchase Yahoo if the current board members are overturned and a new board is elected after the share holders meeting. A Microsoft press release says ….after the shareholder election Microsoft would be interested in discussing with a new …

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Keyboard Shortcut For Missing “Up Icon” In Vista Explorer

In Windows XP we can easily navigate to a parent directory by clicking on the Up Icon of Windows Explorer. But this option is removed in Vista’s Windows Explorer. Not sure about the reasons why Microsoft decided to remove the Up icon but it has resulted in one among the many inconveniences Vista presented to …

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