Clark Development Corporation (CDC) proudly announces the launch of RACE TO THE FUTURE - The 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon.
This major sporting event has been in the planning stage for several
months and CDC is proud to say that all the hard work is now coming to
fruition. To attract participants from all over the world, CDC is
providing a track route that meets international standards and is
offering world-class prizes totaling to 1.8 million pesos.
International marathon runners from Singapore. Malaysia, China, and
Korea will also be joining the event.
International Marathons have gained great
popularity all over the world, involving runners from all walks of
life. It is high time the Philippines gets involved in the
international marathon circuit, a Clark Development official reveals.
Also, this is now the chance for every Filipino to win great prizes and
international recognition.
Determined to comply with international standards and regulations, CDC has been conferred the sanction of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) and the endorsement of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). Recently, CDC held a contract signing with ActivAsia, Inc.,
a frontrunner in corporate events and product activation. The contract
signing officially launches the event and is headed by Mr. Liberato P.
Laus, the President and CEO of CDC. With the involvement of Locators
at the Clark International Freeport, the event is expected to be a
resounding success.
The marathon is set on January 13, 2008, Sunday.
It is expected to draw in spectators from all over the country. For
more information, everyone is invited to log on and register online at http://www.clarkmarathon.com.
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Microsoft has selected testers to help with scenarios on a Service Pack 1 update for Microsoft Update. The beta is only expected to last until the end of January. Microsoft released the Update service last year after extensive testing that brought together Windows and Office Updates on one page. End users have the option to use Windows Update or the new Microsoft Update service.
No new features will be added to the service, the purpose of the beta is to test fixes that have been made since the release last July.
Besides some bug fixes, it will contain new features for branch office deployments including: - caching of BITS traffic - HTTP compression - HTTP QoS - Setting of DIFSERV options
In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver with SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition).
The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver is JDBC 3.0 compliant and runs on the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.4 and higher. It has been tested against all major application servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sun.
Note: In order to download the SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver, you must agree to the End-User License Agreement (EULA). When you click the Download button on this page, the EULA will appear. Read the EULA and click the Accept link to download the package. Please print a copy of the EULA for your records.
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Linux; Solaris; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2
Java Development Kit: 1.4 or later
SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2000
Grab a copy of the EULA for the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver
Microsoft released a free tool for SQL Server database administrators who want to connect desktop applications written in J2EE/Java to information stored in the two latest versions of the SQL Server database.
Using the SQL Server 2005 Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Driver 1.0, IT managers or database administrators can link Java and J2EE applications on SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.
The JDBC driver is a piece of Java code that complements the Java applications on a client. It speaks the language of SQL Server to get that data off of the server, said Shelby Goerlitz, a program manager at Microsoft.
This initial release of the driver focuses on providing core functions, which have improved over the course of two beta trials beginning in June 2005. Some of those improved functions include better performance, transaction support, support for new SQL Server 2005 data types and support for JDBC 3.0. It also has support for HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.
Over time, Microsoft has made a commitment to improve performance and connectivity with JBoss, the open source application server, as well as other platforms. Microsoft is planning more enhancements to the driver as the JDBC specification evolves, said Herain Oberoi, a product manager at Microsoft.
Microsoft had a previous driver for SQL Server 2000, but the level of commitment to the driver and the company's investment was limited, Oberoi said. "In environments where there are heterogeneous applications, customers have asked for better connectivity with mission critical applications. So we decided to invest more."
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor analyzes instances of SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 in preparation for upgrading to SQL Server 2005. Upgrade Advisor identifies feature and configuration changes that might affect your upgrade, and it provides links to documentation that describes each identified issue and how to resolve it.
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2
The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. This is the same version of the .NET Framework that is included with
SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
SQL Server 2000 Decision Support Objects (DSO) if you are analyzing Analysis Services. You can install DSO from SQL Server 2000 Setup.
SQL Server 2000 client components if you are analyzing Data Transformation Services. You can install the client components from SQL Server 2000 Setup.
Pentium III-compatible processor or higher, with a processor speed of at least 500 MHz. 15 MB of available hard disk space.
Additional Information
Upgrade Advisor does not change any configuration settings or data.
Upgrade Advisor can analyze remote instances of SQL Server, except for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. To analyze Reporting Services, Upgrade Advisor must be installed on the report server.
Upgrade Advisor provides the UpgradeAdvisorWizardCmd command-prompt utility to help you more easily scan multiple instances of SQL Server. See the Upgrade Advisor documentation for additional information.
Uninstalling Upgrade Advisor requires the .NET Framework 2.0. Uninstall Upgrade Advisor before uninstalling the .NET Framework 2.0
The IIS Diagnostics Toolkit is a combined release of popular tools used by today's IIS users. These tools include tools aimed at resolving problems related to Secure Socket Layer (SSL) issues, permission or security problems, gathering data for your SMTP server included with IIS, as well as the famous Log Parser utility used to sift through hundreds or thousands of log files very quickly.
The toolkit consolidates all the tools into a convienant download and is supplemented by updates every 90-days to ensure that users have the most current diagnostics tools at their fingertips.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Server; Windows NT; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP 64-bit; Windows XP Professional Edition
Internet Information Server 4.0 Internet Information Services 5.0 Internet Information Services 5.1 Internet Information Services 6.0
"Monad" Shell is a new interactive command-line and task-based scripting technology in Windows that enables administrators to more efficiently and securely automate and control system management tasks on both desktops and servers.
Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
This is exactly why I said that Paint.NET is like Microsoft Paint on steroids.
It started development at Washington State University as an undergraduate senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing. The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for setup and shell-integration related functionality.
Paint.NET v 2.5 is the latest stable version while Paint.NET v 2.6 Beta 1 is the latest beta version. Paint.NET is free for everyone to use.
Note: You need to have .NET Framework installed to run Paint.NET
Yup! You got that right. Microsoft's scheduled patch release for February will fall on a Tuesday which also happens to be Valentines Day February 14, 2006.
This is definitely a welcome move from Microsoft. They have done this before wherein anybody can just go to their website fill out a form and a CD containing patches & updates for a certain time will be shipped to you. IMHO they should continue to do this on a monthly basis. Every patch Tuesday perhaps? They could probably add the option somewhere saying "Download ISO Image of all patches for this month". What I would want to see is to have a more customizeable feature like... "Select Language" > "Select Release Date" > "Select Operating Systems" > "Select Microsoft Products" > "Download as Image or Download one by one". Now, wouldn't that be neat?
I know some of you will say "Why not use WSUS (Windows Software Update Services) instead. WSUS is a good solution only if you have a server running WSUS ;-). Since there are still some organizations that are still on a workgroup/peer-to-peer setup WSUS is not for everyone.
This development will benefit those who have several systems without servers and those that are not directly connected to the internet. One can just grab the image burn it on a CD then probably pass the CD around ;-)
This ISO-9660 CD image file contains all security and critical updates for Windows released on Windows Update on January 5th and January 10th, 2006. This does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This CD image is intended for corporate administrators who manage large multinational organizations, who need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update, and who do not use an automated solution such as WSUS. Use this image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time. Caution: Be sure to check the individual security bulletins at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security prior to deployment of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date.
This CD image contains the following updates:
KB912919 (MS06-001) - Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (912919)
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit x86) - 18 languages Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 2 languages Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems - 4 languages Windows XP - 24 languages Windows XP x64 Edition - 2 languages Windows 2000 - 25 languages
KB908519 (MS06-002) - Vulnerability in Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow Remote Code Execution (908519)
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit x86) - 18 languages Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 2 languages Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems - 4 languages Windows XP - 24 languages Windows XP x64 Edition - 2 languages Windows 2000 - 25 languages
My MSN Spaces bog has become inactive for quite some time now. I'd probably blame it on my laziness or for the lack of topics to blog about. I usually post at my hosted Blog Box thus I didn't bother posting here or at my other blogsites as well.
Here comes along year 2006 with a lot of new opportunities. With it sends me in a "so little time so much to do" state.
I'd say I have a pretty good start this year. I've been invited to conduct a workshop on Internet Forensics for endusers. I've also got acquainted with new friends from the Microsoft Philippines Community.
I just joined the PHISSUG (Philippine SQL Server Users Group) and the PHIWUG (Philippine Windows Users Group). The activties we will be doing from both groups the next couple of months will surely be a blast. So stay stuck and watch out for those events.
With that mentioned, I've decided to dedicate this blog to all my Microsoft related posts. Perhaps more posts on SQL Server and Windows + Windows Security.
SQL Server 2005 June CTP. Microsoft released the first public CTP for SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server 2005 June CTP is feature complete, and Microsoft encourages you to download this version as a great start your evaluation of the product.
SQL Server 2005 benchmarks. Microsoft also announced the first TPC benchmark results for SQL Server 2005 with HP, NEC Corp. and Bull. These companies are leading the way in demonstrating the performance that SQL Server 2005 will provide. Although the tests were conducted using early builds of SQL Server 2005, the results are indicative of the scalability and cost effectiveness you can expect to experience with SQL Server 2005. In three TPC-H benchmarks, SQL Server 2005 had up to 162 percent higher performance than SQL Server 2000 and 38 percent higher performance than Oracle's best result on a 16-processor Intel® Itanium® 2 server at a cost that is 20 percent less per query. In addition, HP also posted a TPC-C result on SQL Server 2005 that is the highest TPC-C result ever for Windows, beating the one million transaction-per-minute mark. The result had 7 percent better performance and cost 37 percent less per transaction than Oracle's best result on a 64-processor Intel® Itanium® 2 server. The benchmark information is available at http://www.tpc.org/.
Ever wanted to test Microsoft's newest software in a sandbox environment? Wouldn't it be great to be able to test new servers immediately, without formatting hard drives or dedicating one or more computers to the project? Now you can, with the TechNet Virtual Lab.
This uses RDP to connect to the servers. Very cool stuff!
Check it out @
http://microsoft.demoservers.com/TechNet/login.aspx
This is one of those tools no one should be living without:
The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
What's new in Version 8.60:
Multi-row tabs on process properties dialog
Image signing verification on process image properties dialog
Mini-CPU usage graph on toolbar
Command-line option for specifying Process Explorer priority
Manual refresh (F5) forces recheck of job and .NET process status
Single-clicking on tray icon minimizes and restores main window
Did I mention that you can get all those features for free?
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