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H&R Block Switches to Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers, Improves Scalability and Performance: H&R Block, Inc. is a diversified financial services company, offering a broad range of products and services. H&R Block wanted to maximize the performance and scalability of its online tax preparation solution. By switching to the Microsoft platform, H&R Block, Inc. was able to develop a flexible and scalable solution.; Tags: Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server, H&R Block Inc., Performance, Scalability, Enterprise Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Performance Management, .Net, Financial Planning, Middleware, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
Online Solution Built With Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers Boosts Campaign Results and Cuts Costs: When RedRiver Systems, LLC built a brand new online donation processing system for a group of United Ways to automate their workplace campaigns, donations went up and administration costs went down - more than 70,000 donors raised $20 million in the first year, and one business saved $100,000 in workplace...; Tags: Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server, Workplace, Enterprise Server, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware; Case studies

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What could Open Office do with a business model?: You can say Microsoft has found a way to crush open source. Or you can say open source has been shown a business model it can use to crack the mass market and gain a sustainable revenue base. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Business Model, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, Software As A Service (SaaS), Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-05
MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Microsoft Stealth Update and Windows XP repair don't mix: Microsoft did more than send a stealth update to XP users - it sent a buggy stealth update.This gallery relates to this story. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, screenshots, microsoft, windows, xp, repair, stealth; Image galleries 2008-07-04

The architecture of a flexible .NET file processing system -- Part 4: The first three parts of this series concentrated on the overall architecture of the .NET file processing system and how the messages get created and routed. In this installment, Zach Smith explains the role of the task specific processes and describes how to set up the system so that it...; Tags: Zach Smith, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Download resources 2008-07-04
MS Word Merge Combine or Join Multiple MS Word Doc (exe): If you want to know how to merge multiple microsoft word documents together, then this software is for you. With this software, you can Easily select a number of ms word documents to combine together. You can also change the order of how the merged documents should be combined. Optionally...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., File Splitter, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Tools & Techniques, Office Suites, Software, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-04
MS Word Split, Divide and Save Pages into Separate (exe): If you want to know how to split apart multiple pages from one, several, or multple microsoft word documents (i.e., MS WORD 2000, 2007, etc), then this software is for you. With this software, you can easily select a number of ms word files to extract pages from, by selecting...; Tags: Page, Microsoft Corp., File Splitter, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Tools & Techniques, Office Suites, Software, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-04
FolderMatch (exe): FolderMatch compares and synchronizes any two folder trees or two files. Winner at the 2002,2003 and 2004 Shareware Industry Awards, it's a MUST-HAVE tool for keeping files and folders in sync as well as powerful insurance against loss of valuable data. Who can benefit from FolderMatch?Everyone who maintains multiple copies...; Tags: File, Salty Brine Software, FolderMatch, Productivity, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Insurance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Aspose.Recognition for .NET (zip): With Aspose.Recognition you can add intelligent PDF to word processing documents conversion to your 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications. Aspose.Recognition reads a PDF file, recognizes editable document structures and allows saving the resulting document as Microsoft Word DOC, Office Open XML OOXML, OpenDocument ODT, Rich Text Format RTF, Wordprocessing ML...; Tags: Adobe PDF, Office Open XML, Aspose, Aspose.Recognition, Xhtml, OpenDocument Format (ODF), .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Excel Remove and Delete Blank Rows, Blank Columns (exe): If you want to know how to remove and delete blank cells and/or blank columns/rows from microsoft excel, then this software is for you. Simply select a block of MS Excel cells that you wish to change. Decide further what should be be changed (block of cells, worksheets). Click on...; Tags: Cell, File Splitter, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
MS Word Find and Replace Text in Multiple MS Word (exe): If you want to know how to find and replace text in multiple microsoft word documents, then this software is for you. Easily select a number of ms word documents to search for text in. Specify the text you want to replace for 'find' occurances. Click a button, then automatically...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Text, File Splitter, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Stolen: Google employees' personal data: Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external...; Tags: Google Inc., Social Security, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Sales, Finance, ZDNet Australia, Privacy & data protection; News items 2008-07-03
Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?: Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...; Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users): EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube and its usersViacom's Data DragnetIt seems to me that their is no justification for allowing this data dragnet.Whether dynamic or static, IP addresses can be traced back to many of the original users through data from Internet service providers. The Whitter article cited...; Tags: Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., IP address; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?: The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG. Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer. AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer. This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...; Tags: Webmaster, Traffic, Malware, Register, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Scanners, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update: Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...; Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE: On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IEAm I correct that uninstalling Safari mitigates the problem?I realize it isn't a fix but am I correct in believing that for the time being, removing Safari effectively closes off the only known attack vector that can utilize this vulnerability?...; Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, patch management, flaw, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE: Next Tuesday, Microsoft plans to ship four security updates for multiple flaws affecting Windows, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server but the absence of fixes for publicly known Internet Explorer issues is causing raised eyebrows among security professionals. According to the company's advance notice for July's...; Tags: Patch Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel: Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travelNot for Vista Home Premium!Why not tell people that this does NOT WORK encryption radio button grayed out in Vista Home Premium - only suckers who paid for M$ for the Ultimate or business/enterprise editions!RE: Getaway day: How to secure your...; Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), laptop computer, holiday travel, TrueCrypt, Getaway day, Getaway; Discussion threads 2008-07-03