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July 2009 - Posts

Monday, July 20, 2009 4:06 PM

Write code, save the world

Since I consider myself an environmentalist and a technologist, then I simply must share this: Will Code for Green . It is a contest to encourage people to use the Bing API to build interesting applications that help people deal with the worsening global
Posted by bgroth | 0 Comments
Friday, July 17, 2009 3:30 PM

Microsoft gets its edge back

A fun and interesting article that I just had to pass on from ZDNet: Microsoft gets its edge back It covers Microsoft versus Apple, Microsoft versus Google, Windows Server versus Linux and Hyper-V versus VMWare.
Posted by bgroth | 0 Comments
Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:07 PM

Engineering Windows 7 for a Global Market

Since I just posted about the ability to create Arabic character with an English keyboard , I would be remiss to not point out what is going on with Windows 7. Windows 7 has been engineered to work around the world . It will support 36 languages plus
Posted by bgroth | 0 Comments
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:09 AM

Need to type in Arabic?

For Arabic speakers who are sitting at a PC with a Roman-based keyboard (such as English), your life will now be easier. Microsoft Maren is a Windows extension that comes to the rescue, allowing you to type Arabic in Roman characters (Romanized Arabic,
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