BBC NEWS | UK | Rare bumblebee coming back to UK

BBC NEWS | UK | Rare bumblebee coming back to UK

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TechNet Plus Blog : Update :Win 7 RC release on TechNet Plus

We are experiencing very high demand for the Windows 7 Release Candidate and have taken steps to improve the download experience. As capacity increases, subscribers should now be able to more easily download the software from the subscription portal. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience Thank YouTechNet Plus Subscriptions team

TechNet Plus Blog : Update :Win 7 RC release on TechNet Plus

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft promises 'search 2.0'

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft promises 'search 2.0'

Microsoft is re-launching its search engine, promising to make search simpler, and aiming to overhaul Yahoo.

Re-named and re-branded Bing.com, the search engine will go live first in the US and launch in beta elsewhere.

Google has more than 64% of the search market in the US, followed by Yahoo at 20% and Microsoft at 8.2%.

Bing offers to make search more relevant by understanding the intention of searches, and grouping more related information to the original query.

For example, searches for a product will also bring links to reviews, accessories, and online shops, as well as information about the item.

Searches for flight information will pull schedules and times from websites, as well as linking to hotels and weather.

Microsoft wants to reduce the amount of clicking a user has to do to find specific and related information.

Paul Stoddart, Microsoft UK search lead, "Forty percent of search queries go unanswered. There is something missing here and a big consumer need."

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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US launches cyber security plan

US President Barack Obama has announced plans for securing American computer networks against cyber attacks.

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US launches cyber security plan

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Did you know

Everyone seems to know that DB roles should not be virtual in SharePoint, but did you know the Index role should also be consider for hardware?  True.

SQL Server has no problems going virtual, and in fact Microsoft has told me 2008 can push 90% performance with Hyper-V.  The issues is that SQL makes a lot of IO transactions in SharePoint.  Its these IO transactions which virtualisation supports poorly and causes reduced performance in a virtual farm.  But 2010 is the target date, I have heard we will have a full virtual farm at all levels in 2010 release.

Lets only hope.

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The future of place

A synth of a place

View this aerial image on Multimap.com
Get directions on Multimap.com

And a multi-Map

Both technologies show that Google is not the only player in this field, and Google has nothign like a Synth yet.

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Unless Bartz is a poker queen, there's no imminent MSFT-Yahoo deal | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz kept the D7 tweeting crowd entertained, but made it seem there is no imminent search deal/sale/partnership with Microsoft in the wings.

Unless Bartz is a poker queen, there's no imminent MSFT-Yahoo deal | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

My personal opinion: Yahoo can't make its web offerings in to a long term business because it lacks business complexity, Microsoft has struggled to make its business complexity in to an online offering.  Its a marriage made in heaven and Yahoo will come to regret it.  Google is the winner here.

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Hot news and a Synth

Above is a synth made from Istanbul

And the news concerns some talk, pretty strong talk, that SharePoint 2010 (no longer MOSS) will finally support full virtualisation!!!!! Virtualisation of MOSS has generally been done with the DB in hardware. You as recommended to also virtualise the Index Role but because it goes on in the background smaller implementation won't feel it if you do not.

This is not because of SQL or VMWare, it is because of SharePoint (after years of asking I got this answer finally). SharePoint farms don't work particularly well with virtual DB and Index.

Windows Live SkyDrive team blog - Windows Live

14 April
SkyDrive adds new features!
We’re releasing a few updates to SkyDrive today! Here’s what’s new:
 Arrange your photos

Now you can arrange the photos in your albums in the order you want them to appear by clicking Sort by, and selecting Arrange photos.

Windows Live SkyDrive team blog - Windows Live

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Oppps on SP 2

CRITICAL: Before installing SP2 for MOSS 2007 read this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/01/23/microsoft-business-intelligence-strategy-update-and-sharepoint.aspx

SP2, at the time of writing, will place a 180 trail usage limit on any installation of SharePoint it uses. Microsoft is working on a hotfix right now. Of course be sure they will test and/or distribute this hotfix in such a way as to not let people turn 180 trials in to working software.

BBC NEWS | UK | Pornographic videos flood YouTube

BBC NEWS | UK | Pornographic videos flood YouTube

Video-sharing website YouTube has removed hundreds of pornographic videos which were uploaded in what is believed to be a planned attack.

The material was uploaded under names of famous teenage celebrities such as Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers.

Many started with footage of children's videos before groups of adults performing graphic sex acts appeared on screen.

YouTube owner Google said it was aware and addressing the problem.

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