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• Pity OS X doesn’t like 8GB of memory in my MacBook Pro

  I received a flurry of questions via email when I posted information the other day that I had 8GB of memory in my Apple MacBook Pro .  At the time of my post, I had only intended to boot the OS and see that it appeared to work correctly, recognize... Posted Jul 09 2008, 09:06 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Hardware, Virtual PC, Windows Vista, Networking, Apple, Virtualization, Virtual Server, Laptop Stuff, Linux, OS X, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps, Hyper-V

• Testing My Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM

  Anyone out there have an Apple MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM?  No?  Don’t tell me you are going to let a Microsoft Windows evangelist totally beat you to the finish line on this one!!! All kidding aside, I decided to pull the two Kingston 4GB... Posted Jul 05 2008, 05:40 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Hardware, Windows Vista, Apple, Laptop Stuff, Linux, OS X, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps

• Q1 2008 - Client OS Vulnerability Scorecard

  This paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for client operating systems for the first 3 month, January through March, of 2008. Vulnerabilities and fixes for the following products are discussed: Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP SP2... Posted May 14 2008, 06:04 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Windows, Microsoft, Apple, Studies, Mac OS X, Windows vs Linux, Open Source, Linux, Red Hat, UAC, Ubuntu, Windows XP SP2, Vulnerabilities, Vulns, NVD

• Vista vulnerabilities - a comparison.

  Perhaps it's a bit strong to say "if complete and utter chaos was lightning, Jeff Jones would be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards' " (as a favourite quote has it) but you must... Posted Jan 24 2008, 05:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Microsoft, Apple, Linux, Security and Malware, Linux / Open Source, Vulnerabilities

• Windows Server Compare

  I see that Keith has some pretty sweet webcasts coming up for all those of you that live in a heterogeneous world. This is all part of the Windows Server Compare series of screencasts and webcasts that are coming out. TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare... Posted Jan 16 2008, 06:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, Apple, Linux

• http://edge.technet.com launches !!!

  As you can see at http://edge.technet.com , we are launching a new online portal for IT Pros. Expect to see lots of content in the form of podcasts, screencasts and videos. I have some interesting stuff coming. My EDGE id is KingCobra. Head on over and... Posted Nov 10 2007, 12:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Security, Office, Active Directory, Video, Search, Virtual PC, Windows Vista, Webcasts, Exchange Server, TechNet, Windows Server, Media Center 2005, Group Policy, Mobility, Storage, World Wide Web, Networking, SQL Server, Windows Group Policy, Windows Mobile, Fun Stuff, Deployment, Management, Apple, Virtualization, Powershell, Virtual Server, Windows Media Services, Linux, Screencasts, IIS7, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps

• This Week, June 11, 2007 - WWDC and It's a boy

  Posting on Tuesday, "Sounds like a case of the Mondays?" Maybe. The big IT event this week is the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. The Steve Jobs keynote presentation took place yesterday and focused on Leopard and an announcement that Apple is... Posted Jun 12 2007, 12:40 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Apple, Virtual Server, Linux, This Week

• Running Mac OS X on Virtual PC 2007

  As we have just announced over 1 MILLION downloads of Virtual PC 2007 (since its release on February 19, 2007), I have been cleared to post about a hidden feature in VPC 2007. As it is still in a Technical Beta phase, the option to enable support for... Posted Apr 01 2007, 02:46 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Virtual PC, Apple, Virtualization, Virtual Server, Linux, wsv

• IBM Discovers the IT "Ark" with Open Desktop Platform

  I read this article and thought to myself, "Cool!" Then reality set in. I've been waiting for Apple to enter the enterprise space for a while, though, knowing full well that there are a plethora of manageabilty issues related to deploying and securing... Posted Feb 12 2007, 01:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, Apple, Platform, Open Source, Linux, IBM, OS, Enterprise, Cool, IT, Indiana Jones, OS X