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On December the 12 th (Friday) we are going to have a Windows FireStarter event at the Microsoft Conference Center. If you are a Developer or an IT Pro you’d definitely not want to miss this event. Just like all other FireStarter Events, we will...
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Reading SlashDot this morning and ran across this great article . Researchers are developing new interfaces or modifying existing ones to allow the blind and those with missing limbs to be able to take part in the Guitar Hero phenomenon. In the IEEE article...
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There has been some discussion recently on some DL's here at Microsoft about sites that re-post blog posts without permission. I will call it what it is which is the theft of copyrighted materials for the purpose of monetary gain. I don't like...
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I still can't believe how easy and dare I say.... fun ....converting my physical machines to VM's with SCVMM2008 ! I did hit my first roadblock today while converting a test machine that has some SSL features enabled though. Specifically the FTP...
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“It is? It’s announced? What’s the name?” “Windows 7” “Yeah.. the product that was codename ‘Windows 7’. What’s the official name?” “Windows 7” “Um.. The official name of what was know as ‘Windows 7’ is..” “Windows 7”! Yep. ...
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...you still have to check this out . I could care less about the game they are showing, it is the marketing behind it. Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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Setup - My daughters live in Texas with their mother. They have a Wii. I am visiting my daughters. Tonight, my youngest daughter, Samantha (9), asked me to play a video game with her. She fires up Guitar Hero 3 (awesome!) on her Wii. I watched her put...
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This article is an interesting read . I really appreciate that these guys don't hide under rocks and are accessible. I would really enjoy seeing them speak at a conference. Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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Yesterday, Steve Ballmer made mention of a project/product called "Windows Cloud" , while speaking over in London. I have already seen a few emails from readers come in asking me what I know about it which is absolutely nothing. There have been...
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I have spent the better part of today building out a temporary Hyper-V server. It is sort of a proof of concept of the super server that I would like to build and the same on that I asked for suggestions on a couple days ago. I took my second quad-core...
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....well....this would be a good reason to anyway. Was perusing the news today and ran across this article over on SlashDot - Japan to get 1gbps Home Fiber Connections . Reading the article, it also notes that this is a synchronous connection so that...
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This afternoon I started typing up a post with links to a bunch of interesting tech stuff. Then I ran across this post by Scoble and realized he had already done all the heavy lifting. I scrapped my post and will share a few other tidbits.... WaMu sold...
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I went to Windows Update tonight to patch up a new Vista VM I recently installed and got the shock of my life....NEW Vista Ultimate Extras! It's been a long time since we had any Extras come out. I haven't had a chance to play with any of them...
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We announced the Zune 3.0 software update today and you can get the software over at Zune.net . I have my 2nd generation Zune with me and just started the download. Check it out! Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More....
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The latest in the Adventures of Bill and Jerry ..... Cheers!...( read more ) Share this post: Read More...
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There have been a few news articles on the Large Hadron Collider lately. Plenty of news on TV as well. But my favorite tidbit of information on the LHC comes in the form of the LHC Rap video. if you have kids and you want to try to get them into particle...
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I learned about this a couple weeks ago – and now it’s live. And in my opinion, it’s super cool, and WAY OVERDUE. http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/ I personally LOVE THIS. But what do you think? Share this post: Read More...
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Whenever I present a live TechNet Event , I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber . Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm...
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How would you like some free file storage space up on the Internet? That's what the new Windows Live service called " Windows Live SkyDrive " is all about. SkyDrive has been in beta for several months, and just the other day it was announced that it is...
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If you've been keeping up with the goings-on around the looming launch of Windows Server 2008 , SQL Server 2008 , and Visual Studio 2008 , you've more than likely heard the theme: Heros happen {here} . And naturally there has been a lot of creative effort...
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Our TechNet folks have put together a promotion, and a fun game to go along with it. Those of us who spent too many hours playing cheesy pixilated adventure games ** about 15-20 years ago will appreciate the awesome reproduction in the form...
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Whenever I present a live TechNet Event , I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber . Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm a little shocked...
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(Are we selling our products at the local State Fair now?) Apparently that's what Microsoft and SanDisk are planning on doing. I love it! Check out this article: SanDisk, Microsoft in USB flash drive, memory deal Imagine this... you don't need your own...
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And by "cool", I mean "laughing-so-hard-I-can't-breathe FUNNY"... (DISCLAIMER: This is a spoof ! Some people at Microsoft DO have a sense of humor!) Video: Microsoft's oPhone Share this post: Read More...
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