Registration is now open for the Windows Server 2008 / SQL Server 2008 / Visual Studio 2008 Joint Launch Event. The kickoff event is in LA on February 27, 2008. The LA event starts the worldwide launch tour. For those that cannot make it to an in-person event, there is also a Virtual Event — [...]
Update: Microsoft denies that the dual-boot Linux/Windows XO system is on the agenda for the XO laptop, a.k.a. the OLPC. See this update on Mary Jo Foley’s blog - http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1096&tag=nl.e622
According to Computer World, OLPC and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot XO PC that can boot either the Fedora Linux OS or a XO verison of Windows XP. [...]
Microsoft has free resources and training available for developers. The site www.devreadiness.org has a lot of compatability and development guidance which focuses around Windows Vista and now Windows Server 2008. It also has information on certifying your Windows applicaitons under the Windows Logo Program. There are also free weekly MTC labs available for IVS’s in Redmond, WA and other labs available at [...]
Microsoft has published a new installation package of iFilters (allows the indexing of the contents of different files types) for its line of search products. The search products supported are:
Office SharePoint Server 2007
Search Server 2008
Windows SharePoint Services v3.0
SharePoint Portal Servicer 2003
Exchange Server 2007
SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008
Windows Desktop Search 3.1, Windows Search 4
The iFilters register the [...]
