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  • Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate - now available

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Click the pic above or head on over to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/2012-default.aspx for more information.

  • Let the downloading begin - Windows 8 Release Preview Announced

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    REDMOND, Wash. — May 31, 2012 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Windows 8 Release Preview, the next milestone of the highly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Available for download today in 14 languages at http://preview...

  • 300 Mbps soon to be available on Verizon FIOS

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    NEW YORK – May 30, 2012 –  Responding to consumer demand for ultra-high-speed home broadband service, Verizon next month will more than double the speeds of several of its FiOS Internet tiers - and introduce two new tiers with even faster speeds...

  • Photosynth Available for Windows Phone 7.5

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Photosynth for Windows Phone is the panorama app that makes it easy and fun to capture and share interactive panoramas of the places, people, and events that are important to you. Using the latest in computer vision techniques, Photosynth is the acknowledged...

  • Infrastructure and Planning Guide mother load

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft infrastructure technologies, with each guide...

  • Fond memories - one day I’ll have one

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    A friend of mine in high school had one.  There was a Datsun place behind the establishment I worked at in college.  I’ve always wanted one.  I told myself back in the poor days of college I would buy a new Z someday when I can afford it...

  • Mini VGA? Really?

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Could someone please explain to me why mini VGA is a port on two of the latest Ultrabook style machines?  The second generation Samsung Series 9 machine, and the latest ASUS Zenbook (not yet shipping) both have mini HDMI and mini VGA.  I get...

  • The Windows 8 User Experience Gets Explained

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Yesterday the Windows development team posted a lengthy blog post on the history of the Windows UI, and the thinking behind the decisions they are making for Windows 8.  Here’s an excerpt from that article: “At the D: All Things Digital conference...

  • I totally want this for my home office

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    For Sale !!! [ UPDATE for 5/19/2012] Apparently this specimen and auction is of dubious origin.  Maybe I don’t want it for my home office after all.  See the article on this possible illegally obtained critter at http://www.wired.com/wiredscience...

  • Aluminum is out, Carbon is in

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Lenovo is currently having their partner conference in Las Vegas and decided to use this evening for some announcements.  One of the machines I evaluated last year was the ThinkPad X1.  The new Ivy Bridge chipset based X1 includes a new thinner...

  • HP Launches New Ultrabooks

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Someone apparently didn’t get all of the embargo information quite right today because I noticed several false starts on the HP announcements for some notebook models.  Oh well, nobody is perfect.  Pictured at right is the coming HP Folio Ultrabook...

  • Windows 8 and Windows Media Center - details from the product development group

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    I have been a Windows Media Center fan for nearly a decade now so I was certainly interested to see what the product group had in store for Windows 8.  Yesterday afternoon they disclosed the plan in more detail.  Here’s an excerpt from the beginning...

  • Microsoft Private Cloud Summit - registration open and seats still available

    Posted over 1 year ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Join us at the Microsoft Private Cloud Summit with the “Best of Microsoft Management Summit”! Learn about how the new System Center 2012 can help you manage nearly everything in your infrastructure – from the desktop, to devices, to...
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