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What if? New Windows Phone Ad sneaks out
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You Had Me at Dual-Channel 10Gbps per port - Thunderbolt
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Thunderbolt technology is a new, high-speed, dual-protocol I/O technology designed for performance, simplicity, and flexibility. This high-speed data transfer technology features the following: Dual-channel 10 Gbps per port Bi-directional Dual-protocol...
Converting a ThinkPad T410s Optimus from Physical -> Native Boot from VHD
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over 2 years ago
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Like a lot of other folks, I’ll be attending the MVP Summit. I contemplated which laptop to take. I have a number of options but unfortunately the machine I want to take is my personal ThinkPad T410s. It’s slightly over three pounds...
Sprint Announces HTC Arrive Windows Phone 7 device - Available 3/20/2011
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Details at http://www.sprint.com/arrive
Ben Rudolph and Ryan Asdourian show off some cool notebooks
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Ben the PC Guy and cohort Ryan Asdourian get more toys than I do. Yea, I’m jealous and bitter. Just kidding. Recently, they shot some video in the lobby of Building 37 near my favorite internal Starbucks location. In the video Ben and...
Office Deployment - get some answers at Talk TechNet on 2/23/2011 at 9am PST
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over 2 years ago
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Talk TechNet is all about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In this show we’ll have guest Jeremy Chapman. Jeremy is a Microsoft Senior Product Manager and popular speaker at the various IT Professional conferences like...
Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) SP1 - now available for download
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The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and deployment of Windows® operating systems. By using Windows AIK, you can automate Windows installations, capture Windows images...
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 - Service Pack 1 Docs Now Available
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Microsoft® continuously collects feedback on Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating systems from its customers and partners. This feedback results in enhancements that help improve compatibility, reliability, performance, and user experience...
Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to the Lenovo ThinkPad T410
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
A friend of mine was having some issues with his R2 install. He was trying to get the Ethernet and wireless drivers to work on the Lenovo ThinkPad T410 . The T410 and W510 are pretty similar so I dropped a test hard drive into my T410 and...
Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 on a ThinkPad W510
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Next week is the general availability date for Windows Server 2008 SP1. It just so happens the 2/22 GA date is also National Margarita Day here in the US. I figured I’d better get this written and posted ahead of time. Just in case someone wants...
How about a pet Nano Hummingbird robot?
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You really must see this thing fly. Amazing! See it at http://www.avinc.com/nano .
More birds of prey - McLaren MP4-12C
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Configure yours at http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/uk/p11/Configurator/default.aspx#/configurator .
Let’s face it, we’re spoiled rotten
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
How about some comic relief and perspective? Soo true.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 breaks cover
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Pretty impressive feature set. I definitely want to see this one up close. See Sammy’s info site at http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/ .
Windows Security Survival Guide goes live on the TechNet WIKI
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Many companies invest a good amount of money trying to protect their resources by adding more software, additional layers of protection and also by enhancing policies and procedures to enforce security. However, many companies do not realize yet that...
Windows Command-line Reference - now available for download
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over 2 years ago
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The Windows command-line tools are used to perform various tasks related to Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. You can use the command reference to familiarize yourself with new and enhanced...
Office Web Apps - Guide for IT Pros - now available for download
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Office Web Apps gives users a browser-based viewing and editing experience by providing a representation of an Office document in the browser. When a user clicks on a document stored in a SharePoint document library, the document opens directly in the...
Internet Explorer 9 RC Product Guide - now available for download
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
With Windows® Internet Explorer® 9, your websites look and perform as if they were native to Microsoft® Windows. Today’s websites and browsers only use ten percent of what your PC offers, but with Internet Explorer 9 you can tap into the power of your...
The Cost of Civic Duty
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over 2 years ago
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A few weeks ago I received a jury summons. You know the drill. As a citizen, you are expected be be part of the judicial system and appear when summoned for jury pools. In this case, I was summoned for Municipal Court. I thought that was a...
Windows Phone KINECT Demo Debut
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
If you put a keyboard on my phone, use something like this
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Anyone remotely interested in gaming will appreciate the work Sony is doing in their XPERIA Play device. I was all gung ho when Sony first came out with the XPERIA but that wore off in a few seconds after I actually got to hold and feel their first...
Internet Explorer 9 hits RC milestone! Download now available
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Head on over to the IE homepage or directly to the download area . I certainly like the changes and features that have been improved since the Beta. Much better experience for me.
Detroit Muscle is Back
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
The all new Camaro ZL1 with 550 horse's. See http://www.chevrolet.com/camaro-zl1/ . Available “early 2012” so even if you make Santa’s Nice list this year, you won’t have one in time for the next Dallas ice storm. I wonder what this baby is going...
Talk TechNet show at 9am PST today on Deployment!
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over 2 years ago
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Registration at https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032476754&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US . Dial-in number = (800) 229-0449 pin 5877
Back in Black
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Porsche Boxster S Black Edition . Great for Texas winters and summer nights. Slightly less than a Superbowl ticket.
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