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Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Optimus - mini review
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Months ago I sold my personal Lenovo ThinkPad T61p and wondered what could possibly replace that beloved machine. There are many options on the market. Lots of people opted for a netbook over the past year or two. No thanks. I prefer...
Super Grandma - priceless !!!
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over 3 years ago
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More priceless pics @ http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/grandmas-superhero-therapy-18 .
I should order this, right? I’m worth FIOS Ultimate
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over 3 years ago
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http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/Bundles/Landing/fiosinternet_ultimate/fiosinternet_ultimate.htm
Wish I Was Sleeping in Seattle
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over 3 years ago
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Today would have been a fun day to be in Bellevue, Washington. Bellevue is where I normally stay when I am in that area for meetings, training, etc. It was a big day for Microsoft. It was the first day Microsoft employees could fan out...
“You Had Me At 3TB”
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
The Hitachi Deskstar™ 7K3000 is Hitachi’s first hard drive to deliver an enormous three terabytes of storage capacity and 7200 RPM performance in a standard 3.5-inch form factor. The 7K3000 is also the first Hitachi hard drive with a 6Gb/s SATA interface...
Ordered: Samsung Focus
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over 3 years ago
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The employee purchase program moratorium is finally over and I ordered the AT&T subsidized Samsung Focus . I tried the HTC HD7 but didn’t have much luck with battery life so I am trying a different make and model. I really hope this one...
Better start making your list, and checking it twice.
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http://www.diavel.ducati.com/jsp/en/index/index.jsp
Lync Server 2010 Protocol Workloads Poster - now available
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
This is only one section of the poster, but if you are trying to learn all about Lync, you’ll probably want this poster. Go get it @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad8ff3fb-014e-4fd7-8003-436d896ab0c6 . There will...
Get the latest on the Waledac Botnet Takedown
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
In this video I interview Richard Boscovich, Senior Attorney and T.J. Campana, Senior Program Manager both from Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit. Richard and T.J. discuss Microsoft’s legal and technical involvement in the Waledac botnet takedown. ...
Driving Four Dell LCD panels with a single Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Optimus laptop and dock
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over 3 years ago
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About three weeks ago a Lenovo coupon came out for 15% off ThinkPad laptops. This combined with our stacked EPP discount put the latest ThinkPad T410s in my target price range. In addition to that discount, you can now order this machine with the Intel...
TechEd Europe 2010 - Day 4
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
There have been so many good sessions throughout the TechEd Europe 2010 conference I didn’t think it could get much better. Wrong. The sessions I attended on the fourth day were very good. Really really technical sessions. The...
You know you are a redneck if…
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over 3 years ago
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this is your home office. See the Toyota PR at http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/2010-sema-show-toyota-tundra-sportsman-177692.aspx?ncid=12077 . Pretty cool truck eh?
Microsoft Community Contributor Award Launches!
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over 3 years ago
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Starting this month, Microsoft will begin the progressive introduction of the Microsoft Community Contributor Award . The Microsoft Community Contributor Award seeks to recognize notable contributors to Microsoft online community forums: TechNet...
TechEd Europe 2010 - Day 3
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
Yesterday I forgot to mention I’ve been meeting people from all over the world. It’s really cool to meet people inside and outside the company you’ve known for decade in the electronic medium, but have never met in person. One such chance...
TechEd Europe 2010 - Day 2
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
Day two was pretty interesting and normally I would have posted something before dinner, but I got hijacked into “extra curricular activities”. We’ll talk about those later. As you can see at right, one of the most popular attractions in the Exhibit...
TechEd Europe 2010 - Day 1
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over 3 years ago
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Early Bird Gets the Worm TechEd Europe 2010 kicked off today in Berlin, Germany. My brain decided the conference needed to start at 4:45am Berlin time Monday and there was no convincing it to go back to sleep. I think that’s like 9:45pm Sunday...
Security Intelligence Report (SIR) v9 Video Series - Part 1 with Tim Rains and Botnets
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
In this interview I sat down with Tim Rains, Group Product Manager from the Trustworthy Computing Group. Tim discusses the Security Intelligence Report and its relevance to the IT Professional. He also describes Botnets – what they are, how computers...
New Technet Homepage Design Launches on 11/15 by guest blogger Mitch Ratcliffe
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over 3 years ago
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Next Monday, November 15 , TechNet will be introducing a new home page. We’ve designed the landing experience to provide IT Pros with more guidance about what news and issues Microsoft has that day. There will be fewer links, as we’re moving past our...
Guess what I have? Yep, the Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Optimus
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
I’ll be blogging some thoughts and test results soon. Impressive machine .
Windows Phone 7 Update - an Interview with Andrew Brown
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
Windows Phone 7 launched in Europe last month and is launching in North America next week. You’ve seen the commercials. You’ve seen the demos. But have you heard much about the update infrastructure we’ve put in place for the devices...
IIS Media Services 4.0 Released to the Web !!!
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over 3 years ago
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Keith Combs
IIS Media Services 4.0 was released yesterday, just in time for Streaming Media West . Coming just one year after the previous major release, IIS Media Services 4.0 allows you to encode once and deliver adaptive streaming content to three screens across...