From the monthly archives:

March 2012

How to control access to apps on your kid’s Windows Phone

March 31, 2012

So you just got your kid a Windows Phone. Awesome! Did you know there are a few basic parental controls that give you some say over things like what apps and games your child can download? In this brief post, I’ll introduce you to the Windows Phone-related control settings and show you how to set [...]

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Faster and fancier graphics

March 31, 2012

Today’s web brings beautiful, rich experiences right into your browser. With Chrome’s most recent Stable channel release, we’ve sped up graphics and drawing performance for users on capable hardware, and enabled fancier 3D content for other users on older computers. Give Chrome a spin to see just how good the modern web can look. And [...]

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Crossing the 50 billion km mark & giving Google Maps for Android a fresh look

March 31, 2012

(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog) Every day, millions of people turn to Google Maps for Android for free, voice-guided GPS navigation to guide them to their destination. So far, Navigation on Google Maps for Android has provided 50 billion kilometers of turn-by-turn directions, the equivalent of 130,000 trips to the moon, 334 trips to [...]

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The Wrap: Lumia 900 preorders begin, a Reader’s Choice award win, and new high-calorie handsets

March 31, 2012

The Wrap is a digest of useful, interesting, and unapologetically random stuff you might have missed from the world of Windows Phone this week. Have a great weekend—and don’t forget to share your own favorite news of the week in comments. AT&T now taking Nokia Lumia 900 preorders Want to ensure you get your hands [...]

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Install PowerShell Web Access on non-English machines

March 30, 2012

We can check our emails, go on Facebook, and get news feeds on our favorite topics from anywhere and everywhere. Then why not manage our machines from everywhere as well! Windows Server 8 Beta brings you the new feature, Windows PowerShell Web Access, which provides a Windows PowerShell console in your web browser. What! If [...]

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First Person: Lenora Owens, 6th grader

March 30, 2012

Lenora Owens—a bright 12-year-old with sassy blue streaks in her brown hair— was a kid on the go, zipping from dance class to horseback riding lessons to her church youth group. There was just one element of her life that wasn’t so speedy. “I had a really stupid flip phone,” she sighs. “Every time I [...]

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KB: Unable to protect SQL DB from System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

March 30, 2012

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one tells you how to fix and issue were you get error 3055 trying to create a protection group for a SQL database in DPM 2007 or DPM 2010: ===== Symptoms While trying to create a protection group for a SQL database in System Center [...]

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SQL Server 2012 Launch Events in UK

March 30, 2012

We are very excited that the official UK SQL Server 2012 Technical Launch Event is happening next week in London, UK on March 29 – 31, 2012. SQLBits X is the second largest dedicated SQL Server & BI conference in the world, run by UK MVPs and community leaders, drawing highly technical audience from across [...]

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Everything you wanted to know about SR-IOV in Hyper-V Part 2

March 30, 2012

In part 1, I discussed why Microsoft has been investing in SR-IOV for device I/O from virtual machines. The key points were to reduce latency, increase throughput, lower compute overhead, and for future scalability. Part two takes a look at SR-IOV from a hardware perspective. For those who didn’t take up my offer of the [...]

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Microsoft & HP’s Extreme IT Makeover Helps Cincinnati Housing Partners Serve Their Community More Effectively

March 29, 2012

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of David Fabritius, Product Marketing Manager] We had a great time working together with HP and Total Care Computer Consulting to help Cincinnati Housing Partners, our latest Extreme IT Makeover recipient. A joint program between Microsoft and HP, Extreme IT Makeover was created to help small, not-for-profit businesses improve [...]

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