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Quick Reminder – Windows 7 RC expiration looms
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
Effective February 15, 2010 , the expiration notification process begins: Windows 7 RC users receive an expiration notification in the task bar one time per day. Windows 7 RC users are presented with the Notification Wizard one time every four...
Time is running out to win this HP Envy 15! Act now!
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
We run fun contests from time to time. Some are harder than others. The entrance barrier for this one is pretty easy. Submit an entry about your Windows 7 experiences and thoughts to the community. The community votes and the best...
New TechNet Subscription 28% discount with promo code TNITE06
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over 3 years ago
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Microsoft software - licensed for evaluation purposes. Evaluate full-version commercial products without time limits or feature limits, including Microsoft operating systems, servers, and Office System software. With full-version software, you can make...
IIS 6.0 FastCGI v1.5 released – download now available
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
The FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and 5.1 enables popular application frameworks that support FastCGI protocol to be hosted on the IIS web server in a high-performance and reliable way. FastCGI provides a high-performance alternative to the Common...
Chevy Camaro – old lessons not learned
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over 3 years ago
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The past couple of trips I managed to get the rental keys to a new Camaro. The first time in Houston was just for a day trip so I only blasted back on forth on the toll way to the event location. Since it was a day trip, I didn’t really get...
DFW IT Professionals Meeting Agenda and Speaker for 2/4 Announced
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
Meeting Topic: SharePoint 2010 Overview for IT pros & Information Workers Topic Description: SharePoint 2010 represents a significant change in features and capabilities from previous versions of SharePoint. In this presentation, Jeff will go through...
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge – first impressions
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over 3 years ago
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I received a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge Friday afternoon so it’s been a little over twenty four hours since I pulled it out of the wrapping. I like to write about first impressions pretty quickly so I can focus on other matters later. Model and Specs...
Making the Next Technology Leap in HDTV
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
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You wouldn’t think you could actually make a technology leap in high definition television at home. I mean after all high definition televisions are all displaying the same thing, right? Wrong. I did it this past weekend and the results...
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge – hide this from the family
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
Sometime today I should have a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge in my hands to evaluate for a few weeks. I can hear it already. My honey is going to take one look at it and say, “Let me try that”. Then I’ll never get it back. Look for first impressions this weekend...
Honda CR-Z Revealed
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
Looks interesting from the front. Not sure about the side or rear. See http://cr-z.honda.com/introducing-the-cr-z-sport-hybrid-coupe/ .
Lenovo ThinkPad W510 – now available for order
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over 3 years ago
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Have some money to spend on the latest wares from Lenovo? Here are the specifications for the new Lenovo ThinkPad W510. Well, at least the one I would order if I could afford it. Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Extreme i7-920XM, 16GB PC3-10600 1333MHz...
Changes in Functionality - Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
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Windows Server® 2008 R2 adds new features and extends technologies introduced in Windows Server® 2008 to help increase the reliability and flexibility of server infrastructures. This document describes some of the new capabilities and management enhancements...
HSPD-12 Logical Access Authentication and Active Directory Domains
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over 3 years ago
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This document explains the interdependencies between Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) related to USA Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) smart card logon. Topics concerning the Federal PKI...
Here’s the Arc Keyboard to go with your Arc Mouse
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over 3 years ago
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See http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=120 .
Kingston smacks their SSD drive with a baseball bat
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
It’s Official - The Hot HTC HD2 is coming to T-Mobile
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over 3 years ago
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LAS VEGAS – January 6, 2010 – T-Mobile USA, Inc. and HTC today announced the HTC HD2 is expected to be available for the first time in the US exclusively from T-Mobile USA this spring. With its industry leading, high-resolution, 4.3-inch capacitive...
Ceton Announces new Multi-stream CableCard Quad Tuner
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over 3 years ago
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The Ceton Digital Cable Quad-Tuner Card is the world's first multi-tuner PC card for watching digital cable TV on the PC, including support for premium cable channels. It enables Media Center PCs to play or record up to four live channels of HDTV at once...
Remote Control envy – Sling this into your den
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over 3 years ago
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http://slingmedia.com/get/io_1262730041675.html
Invitation for Comment: TechNet Forum Direction
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over 3 years ago
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One of the not so little “projects” that landed in my lap on 12/10/2009 is TechNet forums. Specifically, all of the forums that are used worldwide by IT Pros. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/categories/ is the start of the...