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Microsoft to Rally the technologies?
Created: 05/15/2007
Video description: At the WinHEC 2007 conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft managers Glenn Ward and Jim Barber show off features in the Vista operating system that use Windows Rally technology, designed to simplify the setup of network-connected devices such as digital cameras and wireless routers.

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