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Introducing Outlook.com
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There was a lot of news today. I went to login into my Hotmail account this morning at 11am CST and was fascinated to find a whole new look and feel. Sure enough, about two minutes later I see the press release and blog post about outlook...
Magnus
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over 1 year ago
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The New Porsche Boxster S Arrives
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over 1 year ago
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http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/boxster/boxster-s/
Free System Center and Windows Server Training at the MVA
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
Time is money. We’ve all heard that saying. Getting trained is hard and many people don’t have the time to take off from work and go to a training class. Some of those classes can be quite costly at well. How would you like to get some free...
“The World’s Most Advanced Desktop Operating System”
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over 1 year ago
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I am not sure how Apple determined Mountain Lion is “the world’s most advanced desktop operating system”. Anyone know? Nice looking Puma. Here kitty kitty.
//BUILD Announced
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over 1 year ago
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Register on 8/8 at http://www.buildwindows.com/ . Cool date.
Exchange Server 2013 Preview - now available for download
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over 1 year ago
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 enables you to maintain control, increase user productivity, and keep your organization safe. You can move to the cloud on your terms with flexible migration options. Your users can do more on any device, helping them manage...
Micron and Crucial Start Selling mSATA SSD
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
For those of you that need a 256GB mSATA drive, you can add Crucial to the list of suppliers. Micron announced production in a press release back in April and they are finally shipping. In fact, I bought one directly from Crucial at http:...
SALE: Microsoft Store Clearance on Samsung Series 9
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
Earlier this year Samsung launched the second generation Series 9 notebook. It’s a beautiful machine. Today I noticed the Microsoft Store has the 13.3” Sandy Bridge model discounted $500 down to $799. See http://www.microsoftstore.com...
Yea, baby!!! Mark your calendar for October 26, 2012
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over 1 year ago
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The Windows 8 general availability date is October 26, 2012.
New Office Customer Preview - available for download
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over 1 year ago
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“SAN FRANCISCO — July 16, 2012 — Today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the customer preview of the new Microsoft Office, available at office.com/preview . The next release features an intuitive design that works beautifully with touch, stylus...
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Trailer
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
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See if you can spot Anna Popplewell. At least I think that’s her.
Warning: Upgrading your Samsung Series 9 notebook SSD could void your warranty
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over 1 year ago
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I was doing a little weekend reading and stumbled across a thread about the Samsung Series 9 notebook computer. In that thread, one of the forum posters had contacted Samsung about a drive upgrade for their Samsung Series 9 notebook. Apparently...
The Office blog network expands
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
The Office team has a blog network at http://blogs.office.com . As you might expect, they post information on the various products in the Office family of products. Today they added a couple of new blogs. The Office Next blog and the...
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit - now available for download
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) is an agentless, automated, multi-product planning and assessment tool for quicker and easier desktop, server and cloud migrations. MAP provides detailed readiness assessment reports and executive proposals...
Essentials 2012 Beta - now available for download
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over 1 year ago
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This beta is a significant engineering milestone for Microsoft. We’d obviously like to get as much feedback on the product as possible and you can see and give feedback on the beta through the Windows Server Essentials 2012 Beta forum. We are working...
Lenovo ThinkPad W530 - mini review
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over 1 year ago
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Last week I received a Lenovo ThinkPad W530 evaluation unit. I am always thankful for the opportunity to get an early look at a machine that will likely be used by quite a few people inside and outside my company. I was especially interested...
Introducing Windows Server 2012 - free ebook now available
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over 1 year ago
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In case you missed it last week, the Microsoft Press folks announced a new ebook download. Introducing Windows Server 2012 is now available for free. If you want paper, you can still get that for a nominal fee. Whenever you are ready, head...
Nearly 12 hours on battery with the Lenovo ThinkPad W530
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over 1 year ago
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Yesterday during our family gathering for the 4th of July pool party I pulled the plug out of the Lenovo ThinkPad W530 . It was 6pm and I figured it would die before bedtime. Much to my shock and amazement, it was no where near done when I...
Windows Server 2012 Editions Announced
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
I know many of you have been testing the Windows Server 2012 product. Today we released some information about the editions that we plan to deliver along with some pricing. Be sure to head on over to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud...
McLaren 12C Spider now available for Lotto winners
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
If you recently won a lottery and are looking for trinkets to spend your money on, be sure to head on down to your local McLaren dealer for a test drive of the new 12C Spider .
Lenovo ThinkPad W530 Optimus - Quad Multimon
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over 1 year ago
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I received a Lenovo ThinkPad W530 evaluation unit this morning. The very first thing I wanted to test was the multiple monitor (multimon) capabilities of the Ivy Bridge chipset and the Optimus implementation on this notebook. As you can see...
Who ordered a Nexus 7?
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over 1 year ago
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Keith Combs
Anyone order a Nexus 7 ? I think I need to try this and see what our friends are up to. Jelly Bean eh.