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Halo 3 ODST Gamestop Tour Underway
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This looks like a fun promotion and the tour is coming within five miles of my house later this week. See http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/h3o/default.aspx for more information or a list of the dates and cities .
The Fall Cell Phone Parade Begins
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over 4 years ago
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It’s an interesting time of year. New cell phones are launching. T-Mobile launced the HTC Touch Pro 2 a week or two ago and now Sprint has announced their model will be available for order on September 8th. Here are a couple of snips...
Apple OS X Snow Leopard – the first 24 hours
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over 4 years ago
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On my way to meet the wife for dinner last night, I stopped by the local Apple retail store in Southlake, Texas to pick up a copy of OS X “ Snow Leopard ”. The packaging and even the website for the OS proudly claims this version of OS X is “ The...
Captcha Arrives for TechNet Blogs – feedback welcome here
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As you can see from my blog and all of the other blogs on the technet.com and msdn.com areas, comments now require using the captcha codes. This is of course to fight off the spam bots and other nefarious creatures of the web. So what do you...
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 – RTM and download
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 R2 RTM is now available for public evaluation download. VMM 2008 R2 RTM is the latest upgrade to VMM 2008, Microsoft’s comprehensive management solution for the virtualized datacenter which enables consolidation...
How do you pick your next laptop or technology?
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over 4 years ago
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Criteria. Each of us weigh our wants and needs differently. Wants are different than needs. Matt wanted a slim light weight machine. Who doesn’t? The more advanced a computer user, the quicker you can reach a decision. ...
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 RC - now available
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the release candidate of MDT 2010. This release contains numerous bug fixes since MDT 2010 Beta 2. MDT 2010 RC has been tested and will work with Windows 7 RTM and Windows Server 2008...
Exchange Server 2010 RC – now available for download
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate helps IT Professionals achieve new levels of reliability with greater flexibility, enhanced user experiences, and increased protection for business communications. Flexible and reliable - Exchange Server...
Brush your teeth and shave – LifeCam Cinema HD on the way?
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over 4 years ago
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I have not seen an official announcement so I have no idea if it’s real or a mock-up. But if it’s real, I want it. Especially if it works with Camtasia, Expression Encoder 3 and Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition 9 and above. My screencasts will never...
Vote for my SXSW Panel – Screencasting Lessons Learned !!!
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
I submitted a panel proposal to this years South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference. The title is, “ Screencasting Lessons Learned ” and I’ll try to do the subject justice with the knowledge I’ve accumulated over the past four or five years...
SouthCentral invite errata on the Q1 Azure events
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
I noticed this morning that some SouthCentral district marketing folks had some old and therefore erroneous information in some event invites. The events I am referring to are at http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2009/08/05/technet-events-presents...
Who’s up for some nine ball? Bring cash. Lots of it.
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
WARNING: I grew up on pool tables. Not quite like this one, but I’ve been know to sink a few balls. Want more information on the Predator pictured above? Head on over to http://hurricanebilliards.com . My kind of place.
Get some Tru Blood for those late nights
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over 4 years ago
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HBO’s hit show is freaking weird. But if you can beat em, join em. Here’s a case of Tru Blood for your next watching “party”.
Windows Server 2008 R2 now available on TechNet Plus Downloads
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over 4 years ago
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The Windows Server 2008 R2 .ISO images are now on the TechNet Plus subscribers download area . The English DVD is also on the Top Downloads area so you can use the high speed multi threaded AKAMAI download client. Enjoy.
Outlook for Mac Announced
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over 4 years ago
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Well, it looks like my MacBook Pro is going to have some fresh new software to run pretty soon, courtesy of the Mac Business Unit here at Microsoft. Pre-orders start later this week on August 18th. There are some pretty interesting developments...
Remote Server Admin Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 – now available for download
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server...
T-Mobile Launches the HTC Touch Pro 2
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over 4 years ago
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The HTC Touch Pro 2 has been a pretty heavily anticipated device. T-Mobile is selling them now on their website at http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?cell-phone=HTC-Touch-Pro-2 . The fine folks at engadget.com give you a...
Get your Windows 7 RC kit keys fast – 8/20 is the deadline
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
For those of you that have received a Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) kit at a loadfest event, or have downloaded the bit from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx , be sure to request an activation key. After 8/20/2009...
technetevents.com has been updated !!!
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
As you’ll recall over the years we’ve used the http://technetevents.com area to list the content descriptions and links to events happening in your area of the USA. We just updated the events listing there. But I want to draw your attention...
Windows 7 RTM is now available for TechNet subscribers !!!
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over 4 years ago
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TechNet Events Presents: Real World Azure with Microsoft IT
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over 4 years ago
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TechNet & MSDN Events Present: Real World Azure with Microsoft IT Come spend a day with us to explore Windows Azure, Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud based applications from a real world point of view! During this event...
Netflix Culture – should this be your Culture?
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over 4 years ago
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Windows Virtual PC and Win XP Mode RC - now available
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over 4 years ago
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Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode Release Candidate. RC is an important milestone in our path to final delivery of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode. Please make sure to read the Release...
How important is marketing?
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over 4 years ago
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Keith Combs
I wonder if the Palm Pre electrical engineers and software developers ever see comments like the one in the article at http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/palms-ad-agency-loves-that-youre-creeped-out-by-new-tv-spots/ where Gary Koepke is quoted as saying...
Windows Native VHD Boot Deployment Scenarios
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over 4 years ago
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I trade email with a lot of people inside and outside the company. Unfortunately I am not Sir Richard Branson so I don’t have an airline and unlimited funds to travel the globe and meet the folks I converse with. With that in mind I use the...
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