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  • 0 to 62 in under 2.8 seconds, 186 in 16.5

    Posted 1 month ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Hold on to your butts. http://cars.mclaren.com/p1.html

  • Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro - now available for order

    Posted 1 month ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Tis the season to spend money and if you are considering a notebook or slate, you should consider the popular Lenovo Yoga.  Lenovo just released the Yoga 2 Pro with the latest generation Intel Haswell processors.  This form factor device works...

  • Apple announces Retina iPad Mini

    Posted 1 month ago
    by Keith Combs}
    With my eyes, I have really come to enjoy a great display on my desk, notebook, phone, or slate form factor device.  I am anxious for my Surface 2 delivery today to see the new screen on it.  Apple has also improved the iPad Mini and announced...

  • Apple announces new iPad Air

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Looks like a nice slate. More Info at http://www.apple.com/ipad-air/ .

  • NOKIA Lumia 1520 Announced

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Nokia took the wraps off some new devices today on the other side of the world.  See the press release for details on their new slate form factor computer and smartphones.  I don’t normally dig huge screen smartphones, but the list of features...

  • RSAT for Windows 8.1 now available for download

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8.1 includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and command-line tools for managing roles and features that run on Windows Server...

  • Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server - Technical documentation update

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    This download package contains Word and PDF versions of the technical documentation for Windows Azure Pack. The following guides are available: Deploy Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server, updated 10/17/13 Plan, Deploy, and Configure Windows Azure Pack...

  • Take the Tour - Windows 8.1 Features

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Check out the 411 on Windows 8.1 at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/features .

  • 72 Pounds - GONE

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    There was a pretty significant uproar this week over Maria Kang’s photo. She’s a thirty something mom of three and is obviously in great shape. Judge for yourself but read her story first , before you decide if the pic was appropriate or not...

  • The Cloud OS Vision Wave Gets Delivered

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    I am proud to be part of the team providing information on the innovation Microsoft is delivering to support our Cloud OS vision .  Today some of the best products in the industry are “generally available” meaning you can download them and start...

  • The Future of Texas

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Interesting article at http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2154995,00.html .  We aren’t perfect, but we’re trying.

  • My Favorite Time of Year Begins

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    It is the holiday season. Cool weather, leather jackets, the sound of the leaves shaking to old man winter.  Then there is the fall parade of cameras, gadgets and computers vying for your hard earned dollars. Today the parade begins.  Windows...

  • Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 - training videos now available

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    The Office for Mac 2011 training downloads include Portable Document Format (.pdf) and PowerPoint (.pptx) versions of all Office 2011 tutorials and videos. I pulled down the Outlook zip file and took a look at a couple of the videos.  These are tastefully...

  • New Windows Server R2 Component Posters - now available

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    For you visual creatures, we have some new posters that will help you understand some of the new Windows Server 2012 R2 components, the architecture under the covers, and some key Hyper-V mini posters.  Highly recommended for your reference library...

  • The Black Cat - Just in time for Halloween

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Black Carbon fiber. Only $3,000,000.00 USD.  I got this .

  • NIKE+ FUELBAND SE Ordered - lets try this again

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    For those of you that have followed my adventures, you know I’ve been tracking activities and sleep with the various sports bands on the market.  I am currently wearing the Jawbone UP which does the best job of the previous generation.  I like...

  • ZZ Top Anyone?

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    Anyone headed to Oklahoma Saturday night? I haven’t seen tres hombres in a while. Could be fun…

  • Pushing the Boundaries - SQL Server 2014 CTP2

    Posted 2 months ago
    by Keith Combs}
    We are pushing the boundaries of our data platform with breakthrough performance, cloud capabilities and the pace of delivery to our customers. Last year at PASS Summit, we announced our In-Memory OLTP project “Hekaton” and since then released SQL Server...
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