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This is really cool ! “Ever wondered what it would be like to walk through your digital photos in 3D, or wanted to see the perspectives of a hundred other visitors to the same location ? See Photosynth in action !

Via -http://labs.live.com/photosynth/videodemo.html

Microsoft plans to have a fix for the recently disclosed Windows Domain Name System service flaw available by its May 8 patch day at the latest.
“This is a developing situation and we are constantly evaluating the situation and the status of our development and testing of updates,” Christopher Budd, a Microsoft Security Response Center [...]

Microsoft used the backdrop of Bill Gates’ trip to China to announce a new program that would help to provide technology to the estimated five billion worldwide who have little or no access to it.
The plan is quite expansive, including initiatives that would focus on education, innovations, and jobs and economic growth. It hopes [...]

Today’s college students rely on e-mail more than ever: to share notes with one another, to communicate with their professors, to stay in touch with friends and family while they’re away at school. Students need a way to be able to store and maintain increasing amounts of e-mail, and richer, easier methods by which to [...]

Microsoft announced on “The Green Button” forum on April 17 that it has begun accepting applications from individuals interested in beta testing the next version of Windows Media Center.
The next out-of-band version of Media Center is code-named “Fiji.”
Via a posting to the Green Button, Jessica Zahn, a program manager on the Media Center team, notified [...]

Microsoft has issued a hotfix after receiving more than 100 complaints concerning a bug in Windows Vista that makes it difficult to copy files from one disc or PC to another.
The bug affects a function in Vista that calculates the time remaining to complete a file copy.
One user on the Microsoft Technet forum said,…
“When moving [...]

The head of Adobe Systems has questioned Microsoft’s commitment to keeping its new Silverlight platform compatible with other operating systems besides Windows.
Silverlight, which is seen as Microsoft’s challenger to Adobe’s Flash format, was unveiled Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas.
“Microsoft, historically, has never demonstrated a commitment to maintaining a [...]