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SkyDrive Receives A Major Update

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Omar Shahine, the Group Program Manager for SkyDrive.com, has posted details of an update for SkyDrive.com that will be live at anytime.

These updates really show the willingness of the SkyDrive team to make the service work the way users expect it to perform and they have done that by listening to . . .

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Fever Pitched Episode 1: This Weeks Hottest Stories for 23 November 2011

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Last month when Google Reader removed the ability to share items from my RSS feeds I went on a search to replace it so I could continue to share links of interest with everyone on Twitter.  My search ultimately ended with me finding Fever, a self hosted . . .

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5 FREE Ways to Share Really Large Files Online

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Picture a pilot attempting to land a 747 jumbo jet on an aircraft carrier. That’s a pretty good analogy when it comes to trying to send really large files online. But let’s face it. With the advent of ever evolving technologies the internet has become less about communicating and more about sharing . . .

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Windows Live SkyDrive Integration in Windows 8

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Part of today’s keynote about Windows 8 at the Microsoft Build Conference showed off the high level of integration between Windows Live and Windows 8.  From synching (or roaming) user settings between machines to easy access to your files in the Windows Live cloud the integration is seamless in windows 8 – . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 22

Welcome to our 22nd Episode of the Observed Tech PODCAST! After letting you listen in on the crowd at Space View Park in Titusville, Florida during the final shuttle launch in the history of Human Space Flight for NASA we get down to business talking planet based technology. Items we discuss include 60% of Adobe users which use vulnerable versions of the software; Microsoft banning common passwords and introducing a new hacking alert system; Using a Microsoft FixIt to address power consumption problems on your laptop; the final 1,000 days of Windows XP; Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins; Versace’s censoring of comments on their Facebook page; websites to check if your credit card is stolen (not); Harley Davidson Museum and technology; Dropbox and Skydrive Terms of Service; Spam dropped by 82% in the past year; Office XP and Windows Vista SP1 retired. We then wrap up with a review of what we have been discussing on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 20

In this episode, our 20th, we talk about how much happens on the Internet in just 60 seconds; Google’s new Online Reputation Manager; Important Legal Issues for Bloggers; Q&A for the June 2011 Microsoft Security Updates; Fake Tech Support and Phone Scams; Online Safety Tips for Twitter, Facebook and YouTube; Microsoft Security Essentials is most used antivirus worldwide; Tumblr Turns Off RSS Feeds; EA Says No Move Controllers For FIFA; New Windows Live SkyDrive Update; Windows Home Server 2011 Learning Bites; Windows Phone 7 Add-In For Windows Home Server 2011; Evernote on Windows Phone 7; NBC Nightly News Joins Windows Phone 7 Marketplace; and Smartphone Data Usage Is Increasing. We wrap up with a review of recent stories on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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