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New Changes to Zune Music Pass in the US
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On October 3rd, in the US, we will be introducing a new, lower priced version of Zune Music Pass at $9.99 per month. The plan will provide unlimited, on-demand access to more than 14 million songs and tens of thousands of music videos. Unlike the current...
Have a great idea for Windows Phone? Here’s the stack
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over 2 years ago
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Welcome to the Windows Phone Feature Suggestion Box ! Please vote for a feature suggestion or submit your own! We've created this site as a tool to help Microsoft understand how customers use Windows Phone and we welcome your feedback. Please note that...
Amazon starts selling a new Kindle - smaller and lighter
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
See http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051QVESA for full product information and a great comparison chart to the other available Kindles. Although the price you see thrown around is $79, keep in mind this the ad supported device. If you don...
Windows 8 Secured Boot Architecture explained
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
The Windows engineering team has published several articles about the new boot possibilities for Windows 8. Here’s an excerpt from the most recent post on the subject: There have been some comments about how Microsoft implemented secure boot and...
20 Years of Inventing the Future
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over 2 years ago
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In the 20 years since it was founded, Microsoft Research has grown from a small group of researchers to approximately 1,000 computer scientists at research labs on four continents. During this growth, the mission of Microsoft Research has remained persistent...
Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update enters Delivering Phase
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
This morning, at roughly 10 a.m. Pacific time, we began rolling out the Mango update to phones around the world. I’m sure you’re as excited as we are: Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) is our largest and most feature-packed software refresh to date. I do...
WOOT - 64GB waterproof USB stick for $49.99
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over 2 years ago
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http://www.woot.com
Fire Relief Concert tickets on sale at noon on 9/23
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Willie Nelson, the Dixie Chicks, Lyle Lovett, and Asleep at the Wheel will perform at Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas at the Austin's Frank Erwin Center Oct. 17 along with special guests Eric Johnson, Steve Miller, Joe Satriani, Shawn Colvin...
Microsoft Certified live conference event - free Virtualization session
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
This free 3 hour session presents a current look at Virtualization – An update on the technology, overview of certifications, and a discussion of the career opportunities available. Presented by two experts in the field: Symon Perriman and Rick Claus...
Poseidon's Cable Haven
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http://www.submarinecablemap.com/ Hope we are protecting this.
It’s almost midnight. Time for Gears of War 3
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Gears of War 3 goes in sale in two hours. Hope you got some sleep.
Windows 8 App Compat Cookbook - now available for download
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over 2 years ago
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This document builds on the concepts embodied in the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Cookbook (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb757005.aspx) and the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Application Quality Cookbook ...
Didn’t attend //BUILD? No problem, hit PLAY
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Learn how to work with the all new touch-centric user experience to create fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the...
Windows 8 – The Developer Preview
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over 2 years ago
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“You probably want to try out the preview release—and you can. Starting at 8PM today, Seattle time, you can download all of the code that attendees at BUILD received. This includes 32 or 64 bit x86 builds, with or without development tools. The releases...
Second Place?
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over 2 years ago
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Here's second place from the Ferrari World Design Contest 2011. See the metamorphosis at http://cardesigncommunity.com/articles/exclusive/projects/1625.html . See the Ferrari contest site for information on the other projects and winners.
The Adventures of BATCHMan and Boy Blunder Cmdlet
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over 2 years ago
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The one superhero to whom all others pale in comparison is faster than that so-called Flash guy with his efficiency of code and able to leap past unbelievable expectations of clients (more than SomewhatSuper Guy). He has the endurance of an all-night...
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 RC - now available for download
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over 2 years ago
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System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 delivers industry leading fabric management, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments. VMM offers key new features that include hypervisor creation and management...
Lync for Mac 2011 Released to Manufacturing
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over 2 years ago
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See the blog post at http://blog.officeformac.com/lync-for-mac-2011-released-to-manufacturing for more information. See http://www.microsoft.com/mac/enterprise/lync for the product marketing site.
Put People first with Windows Phone 7.5
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over 2 years ago
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Snazzy new video and hip beat. Let's tweet.
Hyper-V is coming to Windows 8
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over 2 years ago
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“Whether you are a software developer, an IT administrator, or simply an enthusiast, many of you need to run multiple operating systems, usually on many different machines. Not all of us have access to a full suite of labs to house all these machines...
"Beyond 9/11" by TIME - Powerful
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over 2 years ago
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http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1139563254001_0,00.html
Deployment ailments? The Deployment Doctor cures them on Talk TechNet at 9am PST tomorrow
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Talk TechNet is all about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In this show we’ll have guest Rhonda Layfield . Rhonda is a Microsoft MVP and SME on deployment technologies. She is an author, consultant and trainer. ...
Office 365 News Windows Phone 7 app released
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Fabio Correa developed and has just released a new Windows Phone 7 application that pulls in Office 365 information from a variety of sources. You’ll see entries from the Office 365 blog, other technical blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc. The...
Acer announces the Aspire S Ultrabook™ Series
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over 2 years ago
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Keith Combs
Today at IFA in Berlin Acer finally announced the Aspire S Series of Ultrabooks ™. See the press release at http://www.acer-group.com/public/News/2011/20110902-1.htm . For more hardware porn, head on over to the picture gallery at the Acer...
Lenovo counters with IdeaPad Ultrabooks™
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If you thought Lenovo would be sitting on the sidelines while Toshiba, Acer, ASUS, Samsung and other OEMs go after the ultralight notebook space, think again. Today Lenovo announced the IdeaPad U300 , U300s , and U400 . Pretty cool new consumer...
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