Today was my last "normal" day at Microsoft. (That's with a grain of salt - an exceptional company has few normal days). Tomorrow I just have the exit interview early and then I will be unemployed for a few days. I wonder when I am officially not an employee...

Today the plans for what I am doing before I leave changed, again, but not as drastically as last time. It turns out that I am going to TechEd Japan after all. I will be delivering the "Is That App Really Safe" and "Baking Security Into The Development...

Some of Microsoft's amazing Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) made me a blog on a new site they call msinfluentials.com . I can't thank Susan , Nick , Vlad , Chad , and Wayne enough. You guys are truly special and exemplify all the best things about the...

I have unfortunately been prevented from speaking at TechEd in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan; the final events I was planning to speak at before I leave Microsoft on September 1. I cannot express how terrible I feel about this. The hope was that these...

Last week a new security problem was announced in the Intel Centrino wireless drivers. It appears to affect the 2200BG and 2915ABG wireless hardware. These are extremely common components that are shipped in many laptops. You would do well to check whether...

Blake Handler sent me a link to his blog post about free Windows software a couple of days ago. It is a very cool list that shows a lot of free things published by Microsoft. Check it out at: http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1231...