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WorkMarket: Get More Work! - 5/22/2012 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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WorkMarket Presentation Get more work! How to use Work Market to increase your client base and make more money. Sign up for 30 minute webinar. Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:00 PM EST Click on the link below to attend! https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register... View More...

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VMworld 2011 - VMware Horizon: Building the Platform for the Post-PC Era Vmware promo outlining their suite of virtualization computer products or tools.	VMworld 2011 - VMware Horizon: Building the Platform for the Post-PC Era
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Windows Server 8 Sneak Preview!!

"Windows Server 8" Sneak Preview Lhildebrandt 18 Jul 2011 11:00 AM Comments 0 by STB Blogger If you’re in IT you are likely pulled between an almost infinite need for more computing power to deliver business solutions and the ever increasing demands for greater agility, higher efficiency and lower costs. Fortunately,

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Enhancing Windows 8 for multiple monitors
5/21/2012 10:00:00 AM Building Windows 8 Blog
This post goes into the details around the multi-monitor experience for Windows 8. From the very first public release and demonstrations of Windows 8 we have shown improvements over Windows 7 for multi-monitor scenarios and have shown how we support... View More...

Creating the Windows 8 user experience
5/18/2012 2:30:00 PM Building Windows 8 Blog
This blog often focuses on the bits and features and less on the “philosophy” or “context” of the product. Given the level of brand new innovations in Windows 8, however, we think it is worth putting Windows 8 in the context in which we approached t... View More...

Delivering reliable and trustworthy Metro style apps
5/17/2012 10:30:00 AM Building Windows 8 Blog
As we developed the app model for Windows 8 and the new Metro style apps, a key architectural requirement has been to deliver apps to customers that can be used with confidence--confidence that apps will be well-behaved with respect to resources, th... View More...

Keeping your family safer with Windows 8
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One of the intrinsic capabilities of Windows 8 is the ability to use multiple accounts on any PC. This makes it much easier for parents to use tools that can help protect their children from content on the Internet as they see fit. It is also a grea... View More...

Redesigning chkdsk and the new NTFS health model
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We’ve written about tons of improvements in the OS kernel, networking, and file system. While for most client PCs, the tried and true chkdsk utility is one we rarely use anymore except in very rare circumstances, we are using Window 8 as an opportun... View More...

FAQ - DVD playback and Windows Media Center in Windows 8
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We thought we would follow up the previous post with an FAQ which is based on the comments and discussions, so Bernardo put this together so things are in one place. Some of these might be introductory for some but since the comments covered a lot o... View More...

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