Eduardo's Blog

Windows Phone 7's Tip for multi-language speakers!

Eduardo Navarro — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:30:48 GMT

Auto-correct/Keyboard independent of Language! If you are like me and many bilingual folks, the overall experience is best when using English for menus, options, etc. But it is a major "fail" when the auto-correct feature, works in the menu language...(read more)

Microsoft Kinect: From the box to the living room

Eduardo Navarro — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:00:00 GMT

(I won't bother readers with boring details about the box and its contents. Check out IGN, Gamespot or Engadget for that.) Where's the beef? Let's cut through the chase, the device is awesome and works very well. I do have a big living room, so...(read more)

CASE: Using nCipher and OpenSSL (on Windows)

Eduardo Navarro — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:19:00 GMT

Using the NCipher with OpenSSL on Windows So I installed a Net HSM and a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. I wanted to achieve two goals: (1) Using the a Net HSM (aka enrolling) (2) Use the HSM to support OpenSSL/MSCAPI at the same time Update...(read more)

Microsoft Kinect: First Encounter

Eduardo Navarro — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:45:00 GMT

I recently was allowed to play with the Kinect sensor at a technical conference. I will go over a quick summary of comments: The Good I was able to play it without any instructions, and so was my wife, who is the most non-gamer person...(read more)

Case: Mounting Mac DMG's and the misterious post-exec diskimage-helper

Eduardo Navarro — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:03:00 GMT

So I recently had to do mounting and unmounting of DMG files from the command line using perl. The steps I used were: (a) Convert image to UDRW (so I could modify the image contents) (b) Mount the image (c) Modify contents (d) Unmount the image (e...(read more)

Windows 7 is out, with hidden tricks :-O !

Eduardo Navarro — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:56:00 GMT

So this is not new, but thought I would give an update. Its really nice to say the least. A nice little trick though (this was published on the news as well) Make a new folder with the following name: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}...(read more)

Windows 7 Beta is OUT!

Eduardo Navarro — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:06:00 GMT

Yes it is out. After using Windows 7 M3 alpha I have to say it looks much nicer. Features that have caught my attention: You can mount VHD's (virtual hard disks) as drives. You can boot from VHD's! New taskbar (good and bad, some like it some...(read more)

Understanding Vista's UAC (User Access Control)

Eduardo Navarro — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:20:00 GMT

It was one of the features I definitely "hated" at first, but after some insight by fellow Microsoft employees I have understood and actually applauded the UAC. It is common for Windows users for things to just work, just double-click. Unless something...(read more)

SIP's (Subject Interface Package) and Authenticode

Eduardo Navarro — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:07:00 GMT

This is my first post so I'll make it short and sweet. What are SIPs? They are basically implementations of Subject Interface Packages , which allow the CryptAPI to interact with specific parts of the files in order to put, get, calculate and verify...(read more)