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and the iPhone issues keep coming ...
28 August 08 01:41 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

On the back of poor 3G connectivity and speed issues comes a security hole big enough to drive a freight train through.  Gizmodo ran a story http://gizmodo.com/5042332/huge-iphone-security-flaw-puts-all-private-information-at-risk which details the Read More...

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Making an informed Decision – Vista Reality Check
31 July 08 03:48 AM | adhall | 0 Comments   

You don’t like Vista.  In fact, you less than dislike it, you think its rubbish, the worst OS Microsoft has ever released.  It’s slow, it’s boggy, nothing works, there’s no drivers and none of your applications will run on it. But you have never Read More...

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Virtual Machine Density
12 July 08 05:35 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

I saw an RSS feed drift through my Outlook the other day, I read the brief synopsis and thought that it would make an interesting Blog.  Then I lost it and forgot about it.  Now it just came back from whence it went. Virtual machine density Read More...

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Work to Live or Live to Work. Which one are you?
12 July 08 05:19 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

We work in an industry where overwork is the norm, and one in which working long hours is often expected.  People who work in the Technology industry often have a reputation for being well paid, but what industry outsiders often don’t see or understand Read More...

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But my car's computer system never slows down
02 June 08 05:45 PM | adhall | 2 Comments   

I got asked yesterday by a friend why his Vista machine needed to be restarted, patched and maintained, whereas the computer navigation system in his car always 'just worked' and never needed any of the same care. This is an often asked question so I Read More...

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Explaining what you do at Work
29 May 08 12:57 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

So, exactly how does one explain to your family what you actually do at Microsoft all day? To my parents, what I do for a living is as close to a black art as they can imagine. Trying to explain to a pair of people who have never worked in a corporate Read More...

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The Danger of (mis)Information
12 May 08 07:52 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

The other day I came across a document that was given to one of my clients by a company who has a competitive product to one of ours. I'm not going to name anyone, but it did highlight some interesting things to me. The document was clearly biased towards Read More...

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Running away with Technology
24 April 08 10:48 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

I work for Microsoft, and we have a great Virtual Earth product. But I have not seen too many sites that leverage this technology. The competitor to this, Google Earth seems to be a lot more prolific. I go see an Osteo every couple of weeks to have my Read More...

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Extreme Makeover - Windows Edition
21 April 08 05:04 PM | adhall | 0 Comments   

I was reading this article today and just had to make a quick comment. I agree, Microsoft needs to stop building in backward compatibility for just about every application that's ever run on Windows in every previous version. This is an exaggeration, Read More...

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