Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Windows Mobile 6.5 vs. the iPhone; Vista is another Windows Me

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This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more.

Top pick of the week

Windows Mobile 6.5 - is it as cool as the iPhone?
Convering on Microsoft blogger Mitchell Ashley writes, "Windows Mobile 6.5 has been unleashed in Barcelona sporting a new touch screen interface akin to the iPhone. (Actually the interface looks more similar to LG touch phones.) 6.5 is a sportier, sexier user experience. Included is a new web browser that displays like a web browser should, HTML enabled e-mails, scrolling screens that have the iPhone 'bounce,' gestures for screen swipes and scrolling, and new services like Windows Mobile Marketplace and My Phone. ...WM 6.5 is more than a point release, it really is a significant upgrade."

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More top picks from the week:

Windows Vista, the Windows Me of our generation

Microsoft puts $250K bounty on Conficker's head

Windows 7 in 2009, free versions, how MS will pressure XP enterprises holdouts

Windows Remote Management: use the command line remotely

Moonlight 1.0 available to bring Silverlight to Linux

Podcast: Converging on Microsoft: The company just bought your last computer

From our bloggers:

Ron Barrett: A Better Windows World
With Acronis Snap Deploy 3, disk imaging in a snap
With the eventual arrival of Windows 7, let's talk about a tool that helps with deployment. I have used just about every imaging software package out there and the one that appeals to me most is Acronis Snap Deploy.

Tyson Kopczynski: Hidden Microsoft
The end of PKI: would I trust you because others did?
For some time now, I have been toying with the idea of doing away of PKI.  **gasp** ... After all, who decided to trust the CAs in my Trusted Root CA list anyhow?

Glenn Weadock: On Windows Server 2008
A hardware steal of the year
I don’t normally spend much time on hardware in this blog, but I gotta tell you about the new Dell Ultrasharp 2209WA LCD monitor. When a hardware company gets something this right, it should be rewarded.

Brian Egler: SQL Server Strategies
SQL Server 2008 - Happy half-birthday...
SQL Server 2008 is now six months old. How do I know? My evaluation copy just timed out. Services are stopped, SSMS doesn’t work. But I've got a plan to restore it.

Randy Muller: All About Microsoft Certifications
Is the MCSE really dead?
The demise of the MCSE is greatly exaggerated. You can still earn your MCSE on Windows Server 2003, since there will be Windows Server 2003 systems running for several years.

Kerrie Meyler: Managing Microsoft
Software Assurance contracts and the R2 philosophy
"Release 2" is a vehicle Microsoft uses between major software releases. ... One rationale for R2 software is to give those organizations purchasing Software Assurance return on their investment.

Susan Hanley: Essential SharePoint
Friends don't let friends use PowerPoint
This week, as I sat bored to tears as the speaker before me read her slides, I thought about several articles that discussed great presentations without PowerPoint.

Hot discussions among Microsoft Subnet readers

Is scripting programming or just systems administration?

SQL Server 2008 on a micro laptop? Get a Passport!

Will Windows 7 upgrade strategy keep XP users away…NO!

Layoffs - An interesting twist - want to move to India?

Cool tool for screen layout mockups

Giveaways and goodies

Deadline is February 28 for these goodies up for grabs:
1) One Microsoft training course from Global Knowledge worth up to $2,995.
2) Fifteen copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators by J. Peter Bruzzese and published December 22, 2008, by Sams.
See the Microsoft Subnet home page for details on all giveaways.

Check out Microsoft Subnet’s library for more free chapters and special discounts on best-selling books.

Check out the giveaways for books and free Cisco training from our sister site, Cisco Subnet.

Visit the Microsoft Subnet page for daily news, bloggers, opinions, hot topics.


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02/17/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Microsoft announces $250,000 Conflicker worm bounty
  2. Evolution of PCs, Macs, Internet, routing, cell phones, Microsoft Windows
  3. Palm pulls the plug on Palm OS, bets the future on Pre's webOS
  4. Largest coordinated ATM rip-off ever nets $9+ million
  5. Iridium calls may suffer outages from satellite crash
  6. Microsoft renames, expands free online services for higher-ed
  7. New amplifier paves way for 10Gbps wireless Web
  8. NSA identifies top 25 programming errors
  9. Rumor mill: Cisco to buy VMware?
  10. Did Borat help Cisco?


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