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You Can Play Cut The Rope For Free But Only If You Choose To Do It on IE (Chrome Too!)

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Yes – that title rhymes – on purpose.

Yesterday Microsoft released a version of Cut The Rope to highlight the capabilities of Internet Explorer.

To do this, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team partnered with ZeptoLab (the creators of the game) and the specialists at Pixel Lab to bring Cut the Rope to life . . .

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WindowsObserver: 2011 Year in Review

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As the year comes to an end we hope your 2012 will be a prosperous one.

This past year was one of transition for me as I moved from the ranks of active duty in the Navy and joined the retired list after more than 29 years.  I am enjoying the . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 24

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Welcome to our 24th Episode of the Observed Tech PODCAST! This is our first episode in the new weekly schedule of shows. In this episode we discuss Amazon’s new Kindles, Facebook and your privacy (again), the upcoming NASATweetup for Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity’s launch, upcoming Zune Pass changes, Xbox 360’s new Metro inspired dashboard update, Google’s first foray into the retail arena, IE9 usage increases and IE6 usage decreases, new beta service Strawberryj.am to show you the popular links on Twitter, the Mount Everest Webcam, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango rollout, the Windows Phone 7.5 Update trick, Windows Phone 7.5 apps and wrap up with a WindowsObserver.com Week in Review. . . .

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IE9 Pinned Sites Info and Video

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Just wanted to share a terrific series of posts by Jennifer Marsman who is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist.

These posts take you through the process of setting up your website so it can be pinned to the Windows 7 Taskbar by site visitors using IE9.  It is an in-depth and terrific series . . .

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Delta Airlines Pins Their Site With Internet Explorer 9

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Seems like a lot of sites are taking advantage of an IE9 and Windows 7 Taskbar feature to create regular interaction between their customers and their websites.

It makes sense as well.  As reported by CNET back in February, pinning a website can result in a traffic boost:

Microsoft now says that . . .

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Microsoft SmartScreen Helps Prevent Phishing Attempts

Whoever invents the means to validate beyond a doubt when emails are from genuine companies will have the technology of the century on their hands.

Why do we need to validate who emails come from?  Well the biggest reason is phishing and other scams to get your personal info.  There is a . . .

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