Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Path Lands Another Ex-Facebooker To Run Ops

It's something that Dave Morin isn't too quick to talk about, but it's impossible to ignore: his new startup, Path, is becoming quite the gathering ground for ex-Facebook employees. Of course, Morin's reluctance to establish the connection probably has to do with the fact that he used to be the head of Platform there, and still has close ties to the company. But the small startup just hired its fourth ex-Facebooker today. And the latest is a pretty big one, considering he had been at Facebook over four years. Matthew Welty will be Path's new Head of Operations, Morin tells us. Welty had been an operations engineer at Facebook for the past four-plus years. For some perspective on how long he had been there, when he joined in April 2007, Facebook had 20 million active users. Today, they're about to hit 700 million active users.

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AppLocker Technical Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

The AppLocker Technical Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 provides technical guidance about understanding how AppLocker works and how to effectively plan and deploy AppLocker policies.

AppLocker in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise helps administrators control which applications are allowed to run in their organizations. These documents provide technical guidance about understanding how AppLocker works and how to effectively plan and deploy AppLocker policies.

 

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Samsung tries to gain access to unannounced next-gen Apple devices

Samsung's latest maneuver in what appears will be a long, drawn-out legal battle with Apple over mobile device copying is a bold one. The company filed a "reciprocal expedited discovery request" asking to see samples of Apple's expected, though unannounced, next-generation iPhone and iPad hardware.

The motion was filed shortly after Apple was granted an expedited discovery request which sought to gain access to upcoming Samsung hardware that is believed to infringe on Apple's design patents and trade dress. Apple had already claimed Samsung's Galaxy S smartphones and Galaxy Tab crossed the line between inspiration and rip-off, and Apple sought access to announced new products to determine if Apple should add them to its lawsuit against Samsung or potentially file an injunction barring their release.

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Tune in to our press conference tomorrow

We?re hosting a little press conference on Tuesday, May 24th in New York City to talk about the future of Windows Phone. Some of you might have heard. If you?re eager to watch the event live?it starts at 10 a.m. Eastern?you?ll find a link in the Windows Phone Newsroom. See you tomorrow!

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Sony Vaio S and F series notebooks revamped and revived

Notebook ranges announced in the US
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At last, some news emerging out of Sony HQ that doesn't involve a security breach, or an apology from a director.

Nope, this news is all good as Sony has announced the arrival of the new S and F Series Vaio notebooks over in the land of the free (and the home of the brave).

The 13.3-inch (1600x900) S series models are now skinnier, more productive thanks to a huuuuuuge 16 hour battery life (with all the right settings applied and by using the optional $150 sheet battery), and come packing second generation Intel Core i7 processors.

You've also got the choice of a dual channel solid state drive and hybrid graphics (AMD Radeon HD 6630 1GB on select models), Blu-ray / DVD optical drives, and they all boast Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0.

The F series Vaio models maybe more up your street if you're looking for a multimedia machine though.

They pack a 16.4-inch display with Full HD (1920x1080) displays and cinematic sound with S-Force front surround 3D technology and high-quality playback taken care of by the inclusion of Dolby Home Theater.

Like the S series, these are Sandy Bridge i7 machines, and are backed up by Nvidia GeForce GT 540M (1GB) or 520M (512MB) GPUs.

There's up to 750GB of HDD space for your high-def content and quick transfers to your external drives using USB 3.0.

The Sony Vaio F series is available (in silver, matte black or a premium white) to pre-order now in the States starting at $1,100. The S series starts at $999 and can also be pre-ordered now.

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Sony Vaio S and F series notebooks revamped and revived originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 25 May 2011 16:33:24 +0100

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BBC could serve up a 3D Wimbledon final

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The BBC could technically show the last three days of Wimbledon in 3D on it’s HD channel, Sony has told Pocket-lint.

Sony, who has been given the job of filming the world famous tennis championship in 3D for 2011, has let slip that the Beeb could be about to use the stereoscopic format for the women’s and men’s finals this year.

“It’s technically possible for the BBC to do a 3D broadcast over their HD channel,” Malcom Robinson, Sony’s Live Production boss told Pocket-lint.

Sky, who already broadcasts in 3D in the UK, currently uses the same technique, pushing two image signals (left and right) over a HD channel that a 3D TV then turns into a 3D image for your glasses to decode.

Wondering what the BBC had to said about it all, we gave them a ring.

Sadly, the BBC couldn’t comment on Robinson’s remarks. However, it did admit that the corporation is working with Sony, and that it would let us know what plans it has for Wimbledon in the very near future, presumably before the tournament starts.

That’s possibly good news for tennis fans. As far we can tell - by, admittedly, reading between the lines somewhat - it’s not an outright “no”.

The BBC has yet to engage publically in 3D, turning down Sony and Sky’s offers of a 3D World Cup and other events like the Royal Wedding. However, that didn’t stop Robinson telling us that Sony is working with the BBC “a lot”, suggesting that the beeb is in the process of changing its mind over the new technology.

Exciting times.

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BBC could serve up a 3D Wimbledon final originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Fri, 27 May 2011 17:39:00 +0100

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Bing Now Helps You Make Decisions With Your Facebook Friends

Decisions just got easier with the addition of new social features to Bing, the decision engine from Microsoft Corp. By bringing together the power of search and Facebook, people can now receive personalized search results based on the opinions of their friends simply by signing in to Facebook. New features, available today, make it easy to see what people?s Facebook friends like across the Web, incorporate the collective IQ of the Web into their decision-making and conduct conversational searches.

Looking for recommendations in your destination city? Consult easily with friends who live near your travel destination.

Looking for recommendations in your destination city? Consult easily with friends who live near your travel destination.

Decisions now can be made not just with facts, but with the opinions of trusted friends and with the collective wisdom of the Web, resulting in smarter, faster decisions. Also available today is the new Bing Bar, which includes the first universal Like button, making it easy for people to like any page on the Web.

?The best decisions are not just fueled by facts, they require the opinions and emotions of your friends,? said Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president, Bing. ?Search is now more than a fact finder ? we?re marrying fact-based search results with your friends? street smarts to combine the best data on the Web with the opinions of the people you trust the most and the collective IQ of the Web.?

According to a recent survey conducted by Bing and Impulse Research, 90 percent of people surveyed seek advice from family and friends before making decisions. This ?friend effect? is apparent in a majority of decisions and often outweighs other facts because people feel more confident, smarter and safer with guidance from their trusted circle. Today?s search engines don?t solve for this phenomenon, and 80 percent of people surveyed said they will delay making a decision until they can get a friend?s stamp of approval. This decision delay, or the period of time it takes to hunt down a friend for advice, can last anywhere from minutes to days, whether a person is waiting for a call back, text, email or tweet.

Bing aims to help people make decisions by surfacing the stories, content and sites friends have "liked" right in the search results.

Bing aims to help people make decisions by surfacing the stories, content and sites friends have "liked" right in the search results.

The decision delay can be shortened by combining the technology of Bing with Facebook, to incorporate the friend effect into search. Bing now uses the interests shown by friends on Facebook to deliver a personalized search experience. With more than 30 billion pieces of content shared each month on Facebook alone, there is power in the collective know-how of the Web, and Bing is the first search engine to harness this information in a useful way.

How the Features Work

Microsoft data shows that nearly half of people surveyed say seeing their friends? likes within search results could help them make better decisions, and who better than a group of trusted friends to guide everyday decision-making? The new features of Bing make this possible:

?Liked results, answers and sites. Cut right to the good stuff, by seeing what stories, content and sites friends have liked right in the search results. Planning a trip to Napa Valley, for example, can be overwhelming with hundreds of wineries to choose from ? luckily, the likes of friends can narrow the choices on which vineyards are must-sees.

?Personalized results. Bing personalizes the search experience by surfacing content friends have liked from deep within search results to the top of the page. Because most people don?t go beyond page one of the results, they might be missing the best information.

But it?s not just friends who can help out. There?s also value in the larger brain trust of the Web. Bing now brings the collective IQ of people to decision-making online when friends may not have the right expertise or a person may not know exactly what they?re looking for:

?Popular sites. See collective like results related to trending topics, articles and Facebook fan pages to find the most popular content. When searching a recipe site, for example, see what articles on the site people have liked to help find the perfect recipe for dinner.

?Social messages. Searchers also can benefit from knowing what major brands and companies are sharing on Facebook. For example, when planning a vacation and searching for a rental car, Bing will show recent Facebook posts alerting people to a new deal at the top of the results.

Many decisions require a discussion with friends. By combining Facebook?s communication tools with Bing, search can become conversational ? taking decision-making on Bing from a passive experience to an active dialogue. The vision of Bing is to combine the power of discovery with the empowerment of conversation:

?Expanded Facebook profile search. Sometimes people need a friend right away, and Bing now lets them hit the fast-forward button to the right Facebook friends. Now when people search for a specific person, Bing provides a more in-depth bio snapshot, such as location, education and employment details, to help them find the person they?re looking for more quickly.

?Friends who live here. Traveling to a new city and looking for recommendations on where to eat or stay? Easily find and consult friends who live or have lived near a destination.

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Flight Deals. Perhaps the best conversation is one that helps save money. Flight Deals will automatically send people airfare deals via Facebook for cities they have liked, enabling them to find out about the latest deals.

?Shared shopping lists. For shopping purchases, easily build, share and discuss shopping lists with friends, getting them to weigh in on purchases ? before buying.

More detailed information about the new features is available on the Bing blog at

http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2011/05/16/news-announcement-may-17.aspx.

The Bing Bar is available for download at http://toolbar.discoverbing.com/toolbar/en-us.html.


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Demo of Windows 8 at D9 conference

Microsoft?s Windows chief, Steven Sinofsky, is due to appear at the upcoming D9 conference.

The software giant confirmed Sinofsky?s appearance on Monday. Sinofsky will appear at All Things Digital D9 conference. A source, familiar with Microsoft?s plans, has informed WinRumors that Microsoft is planning to demo its Windows 8 Tablet UI at D9. Microsoft has a habit of introducing new technologies at the Wall Street Journal?s D: All Things Digital Conference, which will run from May 31 to June 2 this year. Bill Gates introduced Microsoft?s Surface computer in 2007 and the company demonstrated Windows 7 multitouch in 2008. Microsoft will show a ?technology preview? of its Windows 8 Tablet experience at the conference next week.

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Windows Phone Marketplace on the Web for Mango

Yesterday at events all around the world, Microsoft unveiled the key features of the next version of Windows Phone, code named Mango. The demonstrations focused on Mango?s ability to make it easier to connect and share with friends and family, take the Web beyond the browser and what we think is a smarter approach to apps. Matt Bencke blogged about the new beta developer tools for Mango and announced that we?d be adding a Web-based Windows Phone Marketplace with Mango. As promised, I?m providing some more detail. Also, if you?re interested in taking a closer look at some of the new Mango features from a developer perspective, check out the new Channel 9 videos we?re posting today featuring Andrew Clinick discussing the application platform, Ian Todd on communications and Jared Brown talking Search.

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The Web version of Marketplace will launch with the new OS later this year and give customers another vehicle for discovering your great apps and games. And as a Windows Phone developer, you get all of the added visibility with no extra work.  Just as on the phone, customers will be able to browse the full catalog, view screenshots, read application details and reviews and choose from all of the supported languages for that app. This offers customers another way to more thoroughly and confidently browse your apps from the comfort of their PC?s web browser. With the Web version of Marketplace, we will also have more placement areas in which to provide featured apps with extra visibility and merchandising possibilities.

In addition to easy shopping, Web Marketplace will also enable customers (and you) to promote your apps among friends, family, partners and social networks. Customers will be able to share their favorite apps by embedding a link in emails or articles or make a recommendation through Facebook or Twitter.

wp_marketplace_detailspage_003Buying and installing apps from the Web Marketplace is fast and easy, just like the phone experience. Purchases are charged against the credit card already linked to the customer?s existing Windows Live ID. If they prefer, the customer can also opt to assign a new credit card.  The apps will be automatically downloaded over-the-air to the customer?s Windows Phone, or can be optionally installed later. Web Marketplace will also be able to maintain a customer?s download history to make it easier to reinstall apps (when changing phones, for example). Finally with Parental Controls, parents can determine which apps their kids access based on ratings or keep them from downloading paid apps.

As you can see, we continue to invest in Windows Phone Marketplace to make it more accessible and engaging. We remain equally committed to ensuring a great developer experience based on fair and transparent policies, as well as steadily improving the shopping experience for customers. With the new Web version of Marketplace, we can provide your app with extra visibility, more merchandising possibilities, new end user features that promote app sales and a simplified application purchase experience. By creating more opportunities for customers to get to your great apps, and maybe even discover something they didn?t expect to find, we hope to help you make more money and inspire you to continue creating great apps for Windows Phone. To that end, if you haven?t already, be sure to check out the new beta tools.

Thank you,

Todd Brix
Senior Director, Windows Phone Marketplace

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Microsoft Web Application Configuration Analyzer v2.0

Web Application Configuration Analyzer (WACA) analyzes server configuration for security best practices related to General Windows, IIS , ASP.NET and SQL Server settings.

Web Application Configuration Analyzer (WACA) is a tool that scans a server against a set of best practices recommended for pre-production and production servers. It can be used by developers to ensure that their codebase works within a secure / hardened environment (although many of the checks are not as applicable for developers). The list of best practices is derived from the Microsoft Information Security & Risk Management Deployment Review Standards used internally at Microsoft to harden production and pre-production environments for line of business applications. The Deployment Review standards themselves were derived from content released by Microsoft Patterns & Practices, in particular: Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures available at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994921.aspx. It uses an agent-less scan that requires the user to have admin privileges on the target server, as well as any SQL Server instances running on that machine.
This release of WACA we included some new features. They include:

  • Suppressions ? you can now suppress any rule you feel is not appropriate for your scan.
  • Saving of suppression files ? once you set up a suppression list you want to use you can save it off for future uses.
  • You can change the suppressions and regenerate the report without needing to re-run the scan.
  • Reporting ? Updated the reporting section to include suppression information so you know what passed, failed, was not applicable and what was suppressed.
  • Multiple reports ? you can view multiple scans of the same machine or view a single machine?s scan and compare it to other machines.
  • Export to the Microsoft RED format.
  • Scan multiple systems and SQL instances in one bulk scan.
  • Additional rules ? we?ve added in additional SQL rules.
  • And of course bug fixes that were missed in the last release.
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