Sites Saturday, 4 June 2011-Windows 8 previews-Xbox LIVE and Kinect news-Xbox LIVE Diamond-Month in Space (photos)-Isle of Man TT

Today’s sites:

• Battle for Beauty Online Game: www.battleforbeauty.ca
• BUILD – I’ll be there and if you’re a web developer you should be too: www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/
• Free Stuff From Microsoft #5 – Kodu: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• Future of Windows Live Messenger – “Chatter” unified communication service on Windows 8?: www.liveside.net
• How to play Microsoft Garden Pond: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Isle of Man TT: www.iomtt.com
• Marvel at the ‘Midnight Sun’ eclipse: photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
• Mathematical Doodling: vihart.com/doodling/
• Microsoft to launch Office 365 on June 28: www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/
• Month in space – May 2011: www.msnbc.msn.com
• New Disney Tron : Legacy Digital Book Site Comes Alive With HTML5 in Internet Explorer 9: www.microsoft.com/presspass/
• Tour of the new Music + Video Hub on the Windows Phone: windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/
• Tron : Legacy: disneydigitalbooks.go.com/tron/
• Windows 8 Preview – An Analysis of the Computex Announcements: www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/
• Xbox & Kinect News – The Future of Gaming and Entertainment: www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/xbox/
• Xbox LIVE Diamond subscription TV service to debut at E3: www.winrumors.com
• Xbox LIVE Diamond with IPTV service for Xbox 360 to debut at E3: www.liveside.net

---

Windows Live Tags: Windows 8, Xbox LIVE, Kinect, Xbox LIVE Diamond, Month in Space, Isle of Man TT, Live Messenger, Windows Phone Mango, Microsoft Garden Pond, BUILD

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webDotWiz’s list of sites talking about Windows 8: www.webdotwiz.com/software-win7.htm

webDotWiz is on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Friday, 25 March 2011-Japan earthquake-Changing colour, transparency in pictures with Office-WP7 update status-Xbox LIVE info-Malls on Bing Maps

Today’s sites:

• 3-D Models Created by a Cell Phone: www.technologyreview.com/computing/
• Bing dynamic themepack is up and running again: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Bing Japan’s condolence image of the day : www.istartedsomething.com
• Bing Maps venue maps now feature nine largest US malls, 148 total: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/
• Building Reputation with Microsoft Security Essentials: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• Change the color or transparency, or recolor a picture: office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/
• “Copy and paste” update status for Windows Phone 7: windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/
• Facebook and Windows – Stay Social, anytime: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Flock Together – Free PC Angry Birds: www.rockpapershotgun.com
• Level 1 Microsoft Security Advisory 2524375 Released: blogs.technet.com/b/jeffa36/
• Some Thoughts on the Federated Social Networks: www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/
• Throwing Stars – a new HTML5 game: adamkinney.com/blog/
• Twitter on Bing/News; Bing on Facebook-not so much: www.liveside.net
• Welcoming the Microsoft Office Web Apps: blogs.msdn.com/b/jim_glass/
• Xbox LIVE Activity for week of March 14: majornelson.com
• Xbox LIVE Code Give Away FAQ: majornelson.com

---

Windows Live Tags: Japan earthquake, Bing, Bing Maps, Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Office, Office tips, Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Security Essentials, Federated Social Networks

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webDotWiz’s latest column – Internet Explorer 9, a first look – www.webdotwiz.com/column-240311.html

webDotWiz is on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Monday, 21 March 2011-Getting started with IE9-Radiation dose chart-Fake Defragmenter-Adobe Flash Player vulnerability-Pluto probe now past Uranus

Today’s sites:

• 3D Panorama of Empire State Building New York: jbmurchtravel.wordpress.com
• 3D Panorama of Golden Gate Bridge taken from Vista Point: jbmurchtravel.wordpress.com
• America’s debt – Get the facts in PowerPivot for Excel 2010: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/
• Cycling Collection: cyclecollection.wordpress.com
• Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You – Death of the phone call?: www.nytimes.com
• Fix for – Paint.NET Text/Font crashes after installing Windows Update KB2505438: blog.getpaint.net
• Getting started with Internet Explorer 9: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• How to defang the Fake Defragmenter: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• How to use STAMP – The Subtitling Text Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/
• Internet Explorer 9 Feature Focus: www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-7/
• Ironbark Leadlight: poppyironbark.wordpress.com
• Microsoft Research reveals guts of Kinect technology: www.istartedsomething.com
• Microsoft took down Rustock: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Murchison floods September 9-10, 2010 (Video and panorama): jbmurchtravel.wordpress.com
• NASA’s Pluto probe goes beyond Uranus’ orbit: www.msnbc.msn.com
• New add-ins boost accessibility for Office 2010 – Stamp and Daisy: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Phuket February 2011: cheniechene.wordpress.com
• Radiation dose chart: xkcd.com/radiation/
• Real vs Fake – Kinect Data Visualization Tool: kinecthacks.net
• Security, privacy, and user accounts in Windows: windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/help/security-privacy-user-accounts
• Technical Analysis on the CVE-2011-0609 Adobe Flash Player Vulnerability: blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/
• Why use a standard user account instead of an administrator account?: windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/
• Windows 7 Help & How-to: windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/help
• Xbox LIVE Demo – Zumba Fitness: majornelson.com

---

Windows Live Tags: Internet Explorer 9, Security, Flash Player, Kinect technology, Xbox LIVE, Zumba fitness, Paint.NET, Cycling Collection, Phuket, Cheniechene, Fake Defragmenter, NASA, Ironbark Leadlight

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webDotWiz is on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Tuesday, 15 March 2011-Japan earthquake latest news-Photos before/after-Other news (IE9 released-Pi day)

Today’s sites (with some from Monday):

• Celebrate pi with pie: blogs.office.com/b/office-education/
• Era of Gamification: blogs.cynergysystems.com
• Four billion hours worth of Xbox LIVE gaming achieved: www.neowin.net/news/
• How COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) Fails Parents, Educators, Youth: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
• IE9 Release Globally Available for Consumers and Businesses: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• Inside IE9 – How Microsoft rewrote its browser from scratch: www.geekwire.com/2011/geeks-guide-to-ie9
• Internet Explorer 9 Download: www.beautyoftheweb.com
• Introducing Project Emporia Powered Matchbox Technology – News is Now Yours: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• Japan earthquake and other world events on Project Emporia: www.projectemporia.com/#/worldevents
• Japan Earthquake Live on ABC News Online: www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/
• Japan earthquake – Photos before / after Part 2: www.abc.net.au/news/
• Students celebrate Pi Day with 5,000 digits of Pi: blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/
• Web Standards Sherpa – Best practices for the web: webstandardssherpa.com
• Writing… or just practicing? Spring Forward, Twice: blogs.msdn.com/b/alexhomer/
• Xbox LIVE Marketplace – Full House Poker: marketplace.xbox.com

---

Windows Live Tags: Japan earthquake, Photos before/after, Internet Explorer 9, Pi day, Xbox LIVE

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webDotWiz Online interesting sites for March 2011 www.webdotwiz.com/latest-links-mar2011.html

webDotWiz on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Wednesday, 2 March 2011-Bing’s natural language searches-IE9’s ActiveX filtering-Innovative use of Kinect-OneNote rewind-Live Mesh news-Windows MultiPoint Server-Xbox LIVE gamertags

Today’s sites:

• ActiveX Filtering for Consumers: blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
• Bing Feature Update – Searching for a good deal? New natural language capabilities in Bing Shopping understand prices: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• Case of the Malicious Autostart: blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/
• {Dev:unplugged} contest: www.beautyoftheweb.com/#/unplugged
• Fake Facebook email: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Flickr for Windows Phone 7 and Windows 7: now available: www.liveside.net
• How Kinect and its offspring are shaping the future of Microsoft: www.techflash.com/seattle/
• IE9 for Mobile – coming soon to Windows Phone 7?: www.liveside.net
• Kinect’s Exciting Future as a Musical Instrument: thenextweb.com/microsoft/
• Leaving patterns & practices: blogs.msdn.com/b/jmeier/
• OneNote Rewind – Stuff you may have missed in February: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/
• Rotate text boxes in Word – the workaround: blogs.office.com/b/office_casual/
• Watson Still Can’t Think: opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
• Windows Intune Coming Soon to a PC Near You: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/business/
• Windows Intune Homepage: www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsintune/pc-management.aspx
• Windows Live Mesh reaches 5 million connected devices: windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/
• Windows Live Mesh – your 2.3 million gigabyte hard drive: www.liveside.net
• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Evaluation (Download): www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• Xbox LIVE Gamertags go zombie and rise from the dead: majornelson.com

---

Windows Live Tags: Bing, Internet Explorer 9, Kinect, OneNote, Flickr, Word, Live Mesh 2011, Windows Intune, Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, Xbox

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webdotWiz’s list of interesting sites for February www.webdotwiz.com/latest-links-feb2011.html

webDotWiz on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Tuesday, 28 December 2010-Best games of 2010-Photo printing tips-Big Picture’s global Christmas-Top science videos-Saturn’s storm

Today’s sites:

• 20 Best Games of 2010: www.wired.com/gamelife/
• Christmas across the globe (from Big Picture): www.boston.com/bigpicture/
• Cosmic nebulas dazzle in new space telescope photos: www.msnbc.msn.com
• Exploring the new OpenType features in Office 2010: blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/
• Huge storm spotted on Saturn: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Microsoft News of Note in 2010 (Editor’s picks): www.microsoft.com/Presspass/
• Microsoft Security Essentials – version 2 – new features: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Personalize a calendar for New Year in Publisher: blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-publisher/
• Portable Xbox LIVE Profile – The Pros and Cons: www.winsupersite.com/article/xbox-360/
• Publish your slide show from PowerPoint as a video to YouTube: office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/
• Tips for printing digital photos at home: www.microsoft.com/athome/photos/
• Top science videos around the Web: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• Xbox LIVE Marketplace Codes FAQ: majornelson.com

---

Windows Live Tags: Games, Photography, Printing tips, Big Picture, Science, Saturn, OpenType in Office, Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Security Essentials

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webDotwiz on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Wednesday, 22 December 2010-Bing destination pages-Kinect for the deaf-Lunar eclipse photos-Xbox LIVE countdown-How to fly a Harrier jet

Today’s (and some from Tuesday) sites:

• Bing feature update – Destination Pages: www.liveside.net
• Bing Feature Update – Get to know any city more quickly with new destination pages: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• Boost Your Mouse Pointing Accuracy in Windows: www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/
• Bulk image importer Powertoy for OneNote 2010: blogs.msdn.com/b/johnguin/
• Free for all – Comma Delimited files, Excel Transpose, Programmer Calculator with a Hex thrown in: blogs.msdn.com/b/devschool/
• Happy holidays from Saturn’s moons: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
• How to Fly the Harrier Jump Jet (Using declassified flight manual): www.wired.com/dangerroom/
• Janet Jackson, Rihanna and Blur to make their Dance Central Debut: xboxkinectfans.net
• Kinect for the deaf and learning sign language (translated): jeuxvideo.fluctuat.net/blog/
• Microsoft Security Essentials – version 2: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• New Microsoft Security Essentials offers CPU usage limits: www.edbott.com/weblog/
• Official Microsoft Blog’s Top Posts of 2010: blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/
• Oprah’s — I mean Crabby’s — favorite things – Word 2010: blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/
• Smithsonian Celebrates COBOL’s 50th Anniversary: www.theatlantic.com/technology/
• Spamhaus under DDOS for publishing Wikileaks mirror site is hosted in spammy IP range: blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/
• Stunning lunar eclipse photos reveal blood-red moon: www.msnbc.msn.com
• Using co-authoring features in Office 2010, Office Web Apps, and Office for Mac 2011: blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/
• Time to step away from the computer?: blogs.technet.com/b/next/
• Xbox LIVE Countdown to New Year’s Eve kicks off: majornelson.com
• Year in Space 2010 (Slideshow): www.msnbc.msn.com
• Year in space – Sunrise, sunset: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

Season’s greetings to one and all

---

Windows Live Tags: Bing, Bing Destination Pages, Kinect, Xbox LIVE, Lunar eclipse, Harrier jet, Dance Central, Year in space, OneNote

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webDotWiz’s list of sites for December www.webdotwiz.com/latest-links-dec2010.html

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Saturday, 11 December 2010-Kinect Dance Central tops sales-HTC 7 Mozart battery life extended-WOW Cataclysm-Keyboard shortcuts

Today’s sites:

• Battery life now optimised on HTC 7 Mozart: blogs.msdn.com/b/windows7au/
• Curse.com + WOW Cataclysm = Windows gaming bliss: www.bizspark.com/Blogs/david_drach/
• Dance Central tops Kinect’s November software sales in US: www.joystiq.com
• Does learning have to stop when the last bell rings?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
• How to change your name on Facebook: blogs.msdn.com/b/mthree/
• It’s Not Your Grandpa’s Planetarium Anymore – WWT + Digital Projectors: www.technewsworld.com
• Keyboard Shortcuts – The Ribbon, Microsoft Word and IE: advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/
• Microsoft Bliink – a web design competition for high school students: blogs.msdn.com/b/gautam/
• Microsoft Introduces Montage, a Magazine-Like, Topic-Based Web App: mashable.com/2010/12/11/microsoft-montage/
• Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (OSC) Provider for Facebook – Review: blogs.msdn.com/b/deva/
• Microsoft Research’s Diff-IE lets you play “spot the difference” with websites: www.istartedsomething.com
• Naughty or nice? Facebook app tells you based on your postings: technolog.msnbc.msn.com
• New WP7 Games Educational Content on App Hub: Phase 3 – blogs.msdn.com/b/xna/
• Optimal tic-tac-toe (XKCD): blogs.msdn.com/b/matthew_van_eerde/
• Personal Development Books List: blogs.msdn.com/b/jmeier/
• With Kinect, Xbox outsells Wii, PS3 for sixth-straight month: blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/
• Year in Review – news photos: www.abc.net.au/news/photos/

---

Windows Live Tags: Xbox LIVE, Kinect, Windows Phone, WOW Cataclysm, Keyboard shortcuts, Microsoft Montage, WWT, Facebook, Outlook Social Connector

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

Latest webDotWiz Online column – Access your docs, photos and videos from anywhere at anytime – www.webdotwiz.com/column-091210.html

webDotWiz on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Thursday, 9 December 2010-Microsoft Montage-Project Emporia-Windows 7 for dummies cheat sheet-Xbox LIVE Montage-Windows Live Montage-Bejeweled 3-Email sabbatical

Today’s sites:

• # – Symbol of the year: www.nationalpost.com/opinion/
• Bejeweled 3: games.msn.com
• Danah Boyd – Background to an email sabbatical: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
• Deep Dive into “HTML5”: blogs.msdn.com/b/giorgio/
• DeepZoom of Printed Circuit Board: www.avrashow.net/PCB2010/
• DeepZoom Tips and Techniques – Showing Printed Circuit Boards: avrashow.blogspot.com
• Four Key Concepts of Computer Programming: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
• How Microsoft Product Activation works: blogs.msdn.com/b/deva/
• How to fix a corrupted user profile in Windows 7 or Windows Vista: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
• Microsoft UK Innovative Education Forum 2010 – Resources and feedback: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• Microsoft’s Project Emporia – mining the web so you don’t have to: blogs.technet.com/b/next/
• Montage – Create your own: montage.cloudapp.net/montage/WhatsMontage
• Multiple-Mouse presentations: office.microsoft.com
• Pearl Harbour Photosynths: photosynth.net
• Resources from CSED Week: www.csedweek.org/resources
• Windows 7 For Dummies Cheat Sheet: www.dummies.com/how-to/
• Windows Live Montage: montage.cloudapp.net
• Xbox LIVE Montage: montagepages.fuselabs.com/public/XboxsLarryHryb/XboxLIVE/

---

Windows Live Tags: Microsoft Montage, Project Emporia, Bejeweled, DeepZoom, Photosynth, Windows 7, Danah Boyd, Computer programming

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

Latest column – Access your docs, photos and videos from anywhere at anytime – www.webdotwiz.com/column-091210.html

webDotWiz on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.

Sites Friday, 3 December 2010-Silverlight 5 announced-Get into shape at MSN Fitbie-Tutorial on Windows Phone for all-Xbox LIVE Marketplace news-AVG update for Windows 7 64-bit

Today’s sites:

• Announcing Silverlight 5: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• AVG Free Update Bricks 64-Bit Windows 7 PCs: www.pcworld.com
• Bing Feature Update – Bing shopping introduces a better way to browse: www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/search/
• Coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace: majornelson.com
• Fitbie: fitbie.msn.com
• Get into shape with MSN/fitbie : www.liveside.net
• Microsoft UK Innovative Teachers Forum 2010: blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/
• New HiDef Education and Avatar Samples for XNA Game Studio 4.0: blogs.msdn.com/b/xna/
• Silverlight 5 Plans Revealed: timheuer.com/blog/
• Weird Hole-Punch Cloud: blogs.msdn.com/b/dohollan/
• What features should be added to Windows Live Writer?: livewriterblog.wordpress.com
• Windows Phone From Scratch, good tutorial for all: blogs.msdn.com/b/devschool/
• With Kinect Controller, Hackers Take Liberties: www.nytimes.com

---

Windows Live Tags: Bing Shopping, Silverlight 5, MSN Fitbie, Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, AVG, Kinect

Follow webDotWiz on Twitter @webdotwiz

webDotWiz Online www.webdotwiz.com

webDotWiz on Facebook www.facebook.com/webdotwiz

Posted using Windows Live Writer 2011.