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This had confused me before so I am sure if you are just into Virtualization world you might be confused on what’s the difference between these two types of virtualization. Rodney Buike had a great post up on IT Pro Connection that explains pretty well what they are.

Basically, Desktop Virtualization is the act of running a virtual machine on a desktop PC while the Desktop Virtualization is having the virtual machines running on a server in the datacenter.

So if you have a running virtual machine on your desktop using Virtual PC, VMware Workstation, Sun…

It’s not a rumor. It’s from Matt Cutts on his interview with WebPreNews at PubCon.

there is strong lobbying in Google to introduce a new ranking factor into the algorithm. The new ranking factor has to do with how fast a site or page loads. Matt described this as one of his ‘what to expect in 2010′ bullet points in his presentation yesterday evening in Las Vegas.

Would that be a big thing? I believe so. Not only does it make those webmasters try hard to crack their code to make their site faster,…

• Google announces big price cuts on paid extra storage [via download squad]
  here is the point: At any rate, Chrome OS in on the way and that likely means we’ll finally get our hands on the elusive GDrive as well. Here’s hoping it does, anyway.
• HP to acquire 3Com in $2.7 billion deal [via engadget]
  just another big merge. bye-bye 3Com.
• Microsoft investigating zero-day Windows 7 hole [via neowin]
  Microsoft confirmed that it’s looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and 2008 R2 that could be used to remotely crash PCs.
• Google Chrome

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The awesome How-To Geek had a very good post on lifehacker the other day, which I think worths a post space here spreading the word, loudly.

What he basically claimed in the post was

When it comes to keeping your Windows PC secure, all of the scare tactics and overblown virus stories out there make it hard to feel safe online. The fact of the matter is that you don’t need to pay for Windows security.

And he backs up with 6 reasons.

1. Microsoft Security Essentials is a GREAT anti-virus application

MSE is a…

• CIO: I would never talk to my CEO about the cloud [via itworldcanada]
  ”There’s no way I would talk to our CEO about the cloud. For one thing, it’s a bad metaphor. It’s hard to get your hands around, it’s unstable as a weather element…I think it’s a term that should just go away.”
• Bell, Telus launch HSPA wireless service [via itworldcanada]
  that means, pretty obviously, iPhone is coming to Telus and Bell. Rogers is no longer an exclusive iPhone provider in Canada. Good news to the consumers.
• Microsoft COFEE available to individuals too

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• Week in Microsoft: Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Live 4.0 rumors [via ars technica]
  what happened this week in Microsoft, here are a list of them, Windows 7, Windows Live Wave 4, Microsoft Office Accounting, Patch Tuesday, Job Cuts, and Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite.
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant book [via Microsoft Press]
  the book is designed to be a concise and compulsively usable resource for Exchange Server 2010 administrators. This is the readable resource guide that you’ll want on your desk at all times. The book covers everything you need to perform

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• Neowin’s top 5 Windows 7 Features [via Neowin]
  no surprise here, they are Libraries, Aero Peek, Jumplists, Superbar, and Aero Snap, listed in descend order.
• What if you never backed up your exchange server again? [via TheEmailADMIN]
  introduced an new killer High Availability feature in Exchange Server 2010, called the Database Availability Group (DAG).
• 7 perfect legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap [via ZDNet by Ed Bott]
• 7 VPN services to anonymize your P2P/Torrent Traffic [via How To Hide Your IP]
  a good list of services for those who often use VPN for their P2P downloading.

Quote shared by CopyBlogger, about the relationship between any content creator and the people they hope to connect with:

When talented people write badly it’s generally for one of two reasons:

Either they’re blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove or they’re driven by an emotion they must express.

When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason:

They’re moved by a desire to touch the audience.

~Robert McKee

Good touch.

According to Twitter Blog:

We’ve just activated a feature called retweet on a very small percentage of accounts in order to see how it works in the wild. Retweet is a button that makes forwarding a particularly interesting tweet to all your followers very easy.

Yes, finally Twitter decided to roll out this long-waited feature, a feature that should have been around since day 1. I am just fortunate that one of my twitter account @windows7hacker was selected as one of these beta tester, so I was able to see what this feature looks like and…

Will be posting more short posts like this later on to collect some of the good stuff I read online.

• Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234% [via Window 7 Team Blog]
• Announcing the launch of Remote Desktop Services Script Center to ease management [via Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Team blog]

• Top 10 reasons to use Windows Home Server in your SOHO [via Windows Home Server Blog]
• William Stanek: Windows 7: Inside Track, Part 5 “Migrations with Windows Easy Transfer” [via Microsoft Press]