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Xbox Live Service Update Due 11 August 2009

After a few weeks of giving some Xbox Gamers an early peek at this update – the entire Xbox Live Community will have access to it in about 72 hours.  The update is scheduled to arrive on 11 August and will prompt you to install it at some point that . . .

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Microsoft Clubhouse Choice Awards Results Announced

Today @MarcusatMSFT, our Clubhouse Community Manager, announced via Twitter the results of the First Annual Microsoft Clubhouse Choice Awards.

You might recall that I mentioned this in my posting Microsoft Clubhouse Choice Awards Nomination about three weeks ago.  In that I mentioned that I had been recognized with a . . .

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Microsoft Virtual PC RC and Windows XP Mode

On Tuesday Microsoft released the RC of virtual pc for windows 7. The changes from the beta to the release candidate were listed on Ben Armstrong’s virtual pc guy’s blog as follows:

Granular drive sharing In the settings on the virtual machine, you can select specific host computer drives to share with . . .

Read More: Microsoft Virtual PC RC and Windows XP Mode

Windows Mobile tied for 2nd Place

IDC Research has released the stats for Smartphone 2nd quarter sales. All the hype & commercials on television could lead one to believe that a certain phone from Apple garnered the number one spot. However Research In Motions (RIM) Blackberry Curve will be the defender of that title. It seems that . . .

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2009 Released

The MS Security Response Center has sent out their advance notice for the upcoming Patch Tuesday security fixes.  The patches are due to be released on 11 August 2009.

5 with a Critical Severity rating (all deal with Remote Code Execution).  They affect: Bulletin 1 – Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual . . .

Read More: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2009 Released

Windows 7 Upgrade Chart from Microsoft

Thanks to Walt Mossberg from the Mossblog for this one – Deciphering Windows 7 Upgrades- The Official Chart.

I will just let the chart speak for itself – not sure I could add anything at all to it.

Related Posts Upgrading to the Windows 7 Release . . .

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