Sep

18

Windows 8 – Virtualization Solutions

September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Windows 8 VM compatibility Functional: • Hyper-V in Windows 8 Developer Preview • Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 • VMware Workstation 8.0 for Windows • VirtualBox 4.1.2 for Windows Non-functional: • Microsoft Virtual PC (all versions) • Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions) • Windows 7 XP Mode • VMWare Workstation 7.x or older

Sep

16

Anonymous is planning a DoS attack this weekend

September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment

? Pac IT Pros members: The FBI is sending out a notice that the group Anonymous is planning a DoS attack this weekend. Read on….. Doug ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To SF Bay InfraGard members: Please review the FBI Intelligence Bulletins describing planned activity [...]

Sep

16

Download Windows 8, SharePoint workshop, MCT Summit

September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Windows 8 (dev preview) is ready for download and preview as is the keynote from //Build/.  (Doesn’t the keynote speaker Steven Sinofsky look like Steve Jobs?)  Microsoft is saying any computer (32, 64, or ARM) as well as any apps which runs on Windows 7 will (or is supposed) work better on Windows 8.  Are you ready Metro style applications? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en -us/windows/home TechDays – SharePoint [...]

Sep

6

Apple’s iCloud runs on Microsoft Azure

September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Apple has selected Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s AWS to jointly host its iCloud service, The Reg has learned. We understand that Apple has barred Microsoft and Amazon from discussing what would otherwise be a high-profile deal, especially for Microsoft’s fledgling Azure cloud service. But Reg sources close to Microsoft this week confirmed rumours circulating in [...]

Sep

6

NASA uses Android phones, SF Meeting, tactics used by Apple to recover lost iPhone

September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Check this out this article NASA sending Android Phones Into Space to Work With Robots? http://www.ibtimes.com/artic les/207346/20110901/nasa-sen ds-android-into-space-to-wor k-with-robots.htm There’s a video about half way down the page. SF Members – We have a meeting tomorrow night. RSVP if you haven’t yet at http://www.pacitpros.org I’ve go two short presentations for you [...]

Sep

6

RDP worm you should know about + First Date

September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Internet security reachers recently noticed a spike in RDP or TCP port 3389 traffic.  Turns out there’s a worm out there that’s successfully using a dictionary attack against Windows servers/computers with RDP enabled.  Once infected it loads bot software and attempts to find other weakly protected RDP enabled computers.  This is [...]

Sep

3

News from BUILD

September 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Fellow MVP, and long distance Pac IT Pros member Thomas Lee from the UK is writing a series of articles for us on Microsoft’s BUILD conference.  His post can be found on the Pac IT News site. http://www.pacitnews.org/   (Build is the new name for what was formerly called Microsoft Professional Developers Conference or PDC [...]