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Microsoft Developer Network’s (MSDN) Licensing

The Microsoft Developer Network, better known as MSDN, now called Visual Studio Subscriptions, is one of Microsoft’s most misunderstood products.  The Visual Studio Subscription (formerly MSDN) is one of the largest community platforms for developers working on Microsoft technologies. What You Get in Your Visual Studio Subscription With an MSDN subscription, you get all the software […]

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Hyper-V Virtualization: Turning Hyper-V On and Off

I recently started using Hyper-V on my Windows 10 workstation to task advantage of using technologies such as Docker that leverages Hyper-V to run its container images.  I also run VMware Player for running virtual machines. The following commands make it a simpler task to toggle Hyper-V on and off again. To Turn Hyper-V off, […]

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I just became a Facebook for Android Beta Tester

Tonight I just signed up to be a Facebook Android Beta Tester. Signup was quick and simple and I am very interested to see what’s new and help report issues found during my time testing. And as always; I’ll share what I find with you all. To sign up simply follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/mobile/android_beta/

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Using netcat to print header info from web browsers

You can identify what information is sent from the browser to the remote web server using a Linux tool called netcat (nc). Netcat is often referred to as a “Swiss-army knife for TCP/IP”. Its list of features includes port scanning, transferring files, and port listening, and it can be used as a backdoor. Simply run netcat […]

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NTttcp Version 5.28 Now Available

NTttcp is used to profile and measure Windows networking performance. This tool was for ‘internal-only’ use for the last five years at Microsoft until now. You can download it here: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/NTttcp-Version-528-Now-f8b12769 Description Optimizations added for 10GigE interfaces Increased platform support: x86, x64 and ARM Simplified usage (e.g. sender and receiver functionality determined with a simple […]