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As security bulletins go, this March so far, Microsoft has only released a one security bulletin for Windows. But, a Security Release ISO Image was made available for download on March 9, 2010. The ISO image patch is made available to IT Admins who need to get the security patch without resorting to use the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or through some other automated solution that will present the patch for delivery and installation. This ISO release image contains multiple language versions of MS10-016. This is a security update that MicroSoft has offered to Windows users through Windows Update on March 9, 2010. It is designed to contain a hole in Windows Movie Maker program.

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Microsoft announced today that Office 2010, the latest version of its flagship productivity suite, would go on sale to business customers on May 12. While an exact release date for the general public has not been announced, Microsoft has said that it intends to release the product in June. Windows 7 was also released to businesses a few months before it was released to the general public in an effort to spur corporate adoption of the new software.

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Yahoo on Thursday started a slow roll-out of its integration with Facebook Connect by allowing users to import e-mail addresses from the social networking site. “In addition to importing your contacts from sites like Gmail and Windows Live Hotmail, starting this week you can now easily add your Facebook friends’ email addresses to your Yahoo contacts list,” Yahoo wrote in a blog post . Yahoo announced in December that it would link up to Facebook Connect in 2010, a move that will eventually let members check their Facebook statuses from the Yahoo Mail inbox, and access Facebook features across other Yahoo properties, like News, Answers, and Sports.

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We have informed you about Microsoft’s plans to release the Windows Vista Ultimate games that have not made it into the Windows 7 release in the past. Microsoft has kept their promise and added one of the games to Games for Windows Live where it can be downloaded for free. Tinker is a puzzle game for the entire family that comes with 60 levels in total.

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Microsoft is making it gaming products available to the public in a new venue.  Called “Games on Demand” Microsoft is making this service available to all users Windows 7 and other older Windows products. With this venue gamers will be able to download the full version of games. Some of the current titles that are available include: Fallout 3, Batman: Arkham Asylum, DiRT 2, Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Viva Piñata, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Quantum of Solace PC, Battlestations Pacific, Dawn of War II, and Halo 2 (PC). Users will be able to purchase and download games from the Games for Windows  website. Users need to download the client from the website, and then use it for their gaming views.

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In a further attempt to woo Windows 7 Ttesters , Microsoft is running a photo competition for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta testers where five lucky winners will win ‘Windows 7 Swag’ .  To enter, Microsoft Connect users need to send in a photo of themselves in their testing environment, be at the most insane desktop in the world, or in an interesting location: A potential Winner…. If you weren’t a Windows 7 tester then you can console yourself by entering our $9000 Christmas Giveaway!! Windows 7 Photo Contest Dear xxxxx, As we get settled with our new team and in our new building we’d like to take the opportunity and ask for your help in introducing YOU to the new team! We have lots of empty wall space surrounding our offices and we’d like to devote a large chunk to honoring our awesome Windows 7 beta participants! We have already hung a series of computer generated push pin maps (courtesy of MapPoint) of participant locations and would like to supplement this with large collages of photos. If you are interested in submitting a photo for us to use, please ensure you follow the guidelines listed below. Photo Requirements – Your submission must comply with the following criteria in order to be accepted and qualify for the drawing: Your photo must be submitted in JPEG format You must use the following naming convention: EX: John Smith (scrappydog90).jpg You must email the picture to [removed] by COB on January 15, 2010

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Customizing Options in Word 2010 (Beta) In this post we’ll look at a new and excellent feature available in all applications within Office 2010 (Beta). I’ll explain the process using Word 2010 as an example, but before I do, let’s consider a little history. Right from the early days of Word, the Menu Bar and the accompanying toolbars, Standard and Formatting were widely used as they contained common commands. With the introduction of Word 2007, these useful features were dispensed with and, in their place, Microsoft added the ubiquitous Ribbon Bar

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Beginning today, users will be able to sign into Google Friend Connect using their Twitter account login. Signing in via Twitter will also link information from the microblogging service, making it possible to invite friends, tweet membership and more. Announced in May of last year, Friend Connect offers an easy way to let Webmasters add social features to their Websites.

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Two things have bugged me with Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7: I don’t like the way the Windows Live Messenger icon stays permanently in the Windows 7 Taskbar I don’t get sound notifications when I get a new message I have a solution to the first problem, but if anyone has a fix for the 2nd then please let me know. To move the Windows Live Messenger icon from the windows 7 notification area: right-click on your windows live messenger icon shortcut and click ‘Properties’ Go to the Compatibility tab and choose to run it in ‘Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)’ mode Your Live Messenger icon will now be back in its usual place in your system tray.  If you can’t see it then you might need to customise your notification area settings to ’show icon and notifications’ for Windows Live Messenger. I’m not sure if this tweak will work for other programs, but it’s a worth a try.

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Over the years WindowsBlinds has been a popular tool for creating custom windows themes.  With WindowBlinds users can very quickly create their own skins or download ready mad ones. The latest version, WindowsBlinds 7 , which has just been released now includes native support for Windows 7 as well as several other new features including 64-bit support. New in WindowBlinds 7: Native support for Windows 7 Native Aero skinning for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users Native 64-bit support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users Auto-conversion of Windows XP era skins to Windows Vista or Windows 7 Ability to apply textures to skins A new, easy to use configuration program Native Clear-Type support for better font handling New Skin format called UIS0 for skinning Aero (takes hours instead of days to create a new skin). New WindowBlinds 7 skins included such as Submline, Aero Metals, Corporate, Aero Woods, Aero Clay, Sabertooth along with new WindowBlinds 7 skins being released soon after to the public such as Altitude

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