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Kinect for Xbox 360 Drawing Advertisers; New Commercials Revealed

Well it may not be getting the attention of hard core gamers yet but there are advertisers coming forward to partner with Microsoft for the launch of the Kinect for Xbox 360 in November and have their brand in the mix as the new hands free controller is released.

As Microsoft Press . . .

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Show More Sites on IE9 About:Tabs Default Page

I previously wrote up about how to use the Frequently Used Website Tabs as your default homepage in IE9 and now thanks to a MSDN post from Eric Law here is how you can expand the default number of rows that are displayed and in turn list more sites on that page.

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Read More: Show More Sites on IE9 About:Tabs Default Page

Moving from Windows Live Spaces to WordPress

Wow – some amazing news today from Microsoft and WordPress.  It had been rumored that Windows Live Spaces was on its way out as Microsoft’s public blogging platform but I am not sure many were prepared for this announcement.

Windows Live Spaces will close down and all the Spaces blogs will be . . .

Read More: Moving from Windows Live Spaces to WordPress

@WinObs Tweeted Links on 27 September 2010

HyperDock Brings Windows 7 Thumbnails to Mac OS X Dock – http://clkon.us/aK5J8u # Why is Facebook so Blue in Color? – http://clkon.us/daqVmd # Blog Post: Apple iTunes 10.0.1 Update Fixes Home Server Streaming Issue – http://clkon.us/doN9FA # Top tech firms to stop anti-poaching deals – http://clkon.us/cxIKcy # The Richard Hay Daily is . . .

Read More: @WinObs Tweeted Links on 27 September 2010

Breaking News: Out of Band Security Update Scheduled for 28 September 2010

Microsoft has released an advance notification bulletin for September 2010 to announce an out of cycle (not on the normal Patch Tuesday) security update that is detailed in KB Article 2416728.

This was the ASP.net vulnerability that was made public this past month and a work around was originally provided.

A security . . .

Read More: Breaking News: Out of Band Security Update Scheduled for 28 September 2010

Featured Windows 7 Personalization Gallery Weekly Item Summary 27 Sep 2010

Our wrap up from last week is one day late so you get one extra item in this weeks summary of the stuff we have featured over the past week from the Windows 7 Personalization Gallery:

View “Sea Side Windows Desktop Backgrounds” View “WeatherBug Sidebar Gadget” View “Zune Chinese Zodiac Windows 7 . . .

Read More: Featured Windows 7 Personalization Gallery Weekly Item Summary 27 Sep 2010