Ramblings from another nerd on the grid
Volume 9 of the Microsoft® Security Intelligence Report provides an in-depth perspective on malicious and potentially unwanted software, software exploits, security breaches and software vulnerabilities (both in Microsoft software and in third-party software). Microsoft developed these perspectives based on detailed analysis over the past several years, with a focus on the first half of 2010.
I spent some time in Seattle recently talking to some of the authors and contributors. We filmed those discussions and will be releasing the videos over the next few weeks and months. Stay tuned for those!
Get the SIR v9 reports @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=b5f9eddc-70dc-4b11-996b-1bc6987c44b9.
NEW YORK — Nov. 7, 2011 — Consumers today can experience new Windows Phone 7.5, formerly code-named “Mango,” with a selection of sleek and stylish smartphones from HTC Corp. and Samsung, starting at just $49.99. Now available at AT&T, the, Samsung Focus™ S and Samsung Focus Flash are the newest additions to the Windows Phone portfolio, joining the HTC Radar 4G, available at T-Mobile USA Inc.
Microsoft designed Windows Phone around one simple concept: People belong at the center of the phone experience. To demonstrate this approach, Microsoft put real people inside a giant six-story phone in New York City’s Herald Square to bring to life the phone’s key features and experiences. A life-size “Plants vs. Zombies” battle highlighted the phone’s rich Xbox LIVE gaming experience, while Far East Movement brought the Music + Video Hub to life with a live lunchtime concert for hundreds of fans in. The theme of the day — connecting people — was underscored when a New York man proposed to his girlfriend from inside the Me Tile of the giant phone.
See todays full press release at http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/nov11/11-07MSMangoGAPR.mspx. Get more information, pictures and videos at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windowsphone/. And don’t forget the product area at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone.
I know many of you are avoiding tomorrow because it’s USA Federal Income Tax deadline day. But you should not be avoiding learning about Windows Client Security or getting your questions answered on that topic.
You’re in for a treat. Elias Mereb is our guest and he’s a sharp MVP I had the pleasure of meeting a few weeks ago in Seattle at the MVP Summit. Because he’s a Windows Client expert on IT Pro topics, he can handle a wide variety of questions but we thought security would be good for discussion.
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Here’s an excerpt from a blog post on the Microsoft on the Issues blog I thought would be prudent to bring to your attention.
Posted by Dave Heiner Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Standards & Antitrust Group, Microsoft Earlier today, Microsoft filed a formal competition law complaint with the European Commission (EC) against Motorola Mobility and Google. We have taken this step because Motorola is attempting to block sales of Windows PCs, our Xbox game console and other products. Their offense? These products enable people to view videos on the Web and to connect wirelessly to the Internet using industry standards.
Posted by Dave Heiner Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Standards & Antitrust Group, Microsoft
Earlier today, Microsoft filed a formal competition law complaint with the European Commission (EC) against Motorola Mobility and Google. We have taken this step because Motorola is attempting to block sales of Windows PCs, our Xbox game console and other products. Their offense? These products enable people to view videos on the Web and to connect wirelessly to the Internet using industry standards.
See the entire blog post at the Microsoft on the Issues blog post.
This poster illustrates and explains the new world of identity and authentication in Office 2013 and Office 365. Two scenarios illustrate how identities are provisioned and how those identities are authenticated completely in the Microsoft cloud or in a hybrid (on-premises and Microsoft cloud) topology.
Go get the poster @ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38193
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Check out the flow chart at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/skydrive/attachments-suck. This is a cute SkyDrive campaign. Very creative. Is this you? Let’s send a 1GB attachment and see what happens. Evil grin.
Hopefully win number four will happen this afternoon against the Yankees.
My friends at the Trustworthy Computing group have been producing a number of videos with industry experts in various Cloud topics.
Tim Rains interviews Kellie Ann Chainier in this installment on the subject of Security Controls. Click the pic above to head over to the video on the Showcase video servers. Here’s an excerpt from Tim I stole from the series:
“The industry is working on ways to make it easier to compare the security practices used to manage cloud services. One example of this is the Cloud Security Alliance Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR). In this installment of the Trustworthy Computing Cloud Fundamentals Video Series, I discuss the potential benefits of STAR and how Microsoft is leveraging it to provide visibility into the security controls that our customers are looking for, and to help our customers compare the security of some of our cloud services with other vendors’ cloud services. I’m joined by Kellie Ann Chainier, a Cloud Business Manager from Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Sector team.”
See the full blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/b/trustworthycomputing/archive/2012/02/08/cloud-fundamentals-video-series-evaluating-different-cloud-service-offerings-by-comparing-security-controls.aspx. You’ll also notice at the bottom of this post there are links to some of the other videos and blogs posts that are part of the series. Enjoy.
At the Nokia World keynote early this morning, Nokia announced it’s plans to connect a billion new people in emerging markets. In addition to the global vision, Nokia also announced availability of some new Windows Phone devices (pictured above). The keynote replay is currently on the homepage for Nokia World 2011 so go listen when you have a spare 90 minutes. The first 35 minutes is about the emerging market plan.
I like the look of the Lumia 800. I can’t wait to see it up close and personal. I’ll have to wait a few more months for the US launch, but it’ll give me time to read some of the reviews of the European devices. If you happen to be in the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany or the Netherlands, you can pre-order the device right now. See the price checker.
Go get it @ http://nokia-windows-phone.t-mobile.com/
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In order to do a blog real justice, I am a firm believer you really should want to have a conversation with the internet community, and put some serious energy into it. It’s been a privilege to be a Microsoft spokesperson for many years and I hope I earned your respect.
But it had to take a back seat. My wife Nacheska and I discovered in late 2011 she had a stage four Gliosarcoma brain tumor. Needless to say this was terrible news. Survivability for this type of cancer is practically nil. There are rare exceptions, but really really rare.
Nacheska passed away on March 29, 2013. She is no longer suffering. The quality of her life the past year and half was pretty good. As good as it could be under the circumstances.
Over forty years of professional dancing helped her in many ways. She had some miraculous recoveries from the various surgeries and episodes. She spent quite a lot of quality time with everyone in our family and I am extremely thankful for all of the support from them, our friends, customers, the medical community and the first responders here in Southlake, Texas.
I will write more about Nacheska. I shot some excellent video of her last fall. It was a beautiful time of year, and it was really good to see her healthy, happy and in her element, dancing!
My family and I are healing. It’s going to take some time but we are all getting back in the saddle again. I still have some pretty big tasks to settle various aspects of her estate, but I promise some high quality blogging soon.
On the bright side, I’ve changed some habits and as a result have dropped forty pounds. Fruit and vegetables are good for you! Who knew?
Anyway, I thought I should at least tell you where the hell I’ve been and why. As I said on twitter, I’m back.
Yesterday Antoine Leblond, Vice President of Windows Web Services, posted a blog post with some information on the coming Windows Store. Here’s a brief excerpt from the beginning:
This is the first post in our new Windows Store blog, which will be dedicated to informing developers both on the progress of the Store as a service, and the platform and economic opportunity the Store represents. In September, we announced the Windows Store as part of Windows 8 and the distribution point for Metro style apps. And today, at our Store Preview event in San Francisco, we described the app policies and business terms for the Store, both of which are now published to our Dev Center.We also announced our First Apps contest for developers, and confirmed that we’re also inviting a select set of developers to submit Metro style apps for inclusion in the Beta version of the Store.
This is the first post in our new Windows Store blog, which will be dedicated to informing developers both on the progress of the Store as a service, and the platform and economic opportunity the Store represents.
In September, we announced the Windows Store as part of Windows 8 and the distribution point for Metro style apps. And today, at our Store Preview event in San Francisco, we described the app policies and business terms for the Store, both of which are now published to our Dev Center.We also announced our First Apps contest for developers, and confirmed that we’re also inviting a select set of developers to submit Metro style apps for inclusion in the Beta version of the Store.
See the rest of the blog post and information at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx. Enjoy!
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/2012/05/stop-the-tarbosaurus-auction/
[Update for 5/20/2012] “The Honorable Carlos Cortez, a Dallas, Texas district court judge, granted a “Temporary Restraining Order” (TRO), after an application by Houston attorney Robert Painter, legal counsel for His Excellency Elbegdorj Tsakhia, President of Mongolia.” See the rest of the press release at the bottom of the Wired article. I wonder how Indiana Jones would feel about this.
It’s weird how you discover stuff. I was watching twitter while doing a restore for my wife’s laptop and this cool dog avatar scrolled by in the #idol stream of tweets. I followed that to Ann Ranlett’s link to her website. I like her work so I thought you might be interested. See http://www.annran.com/pages/dogs.htm.
I used to have a German Shepard so the portrait of Max caught my eye. I need to take some pics of Elvis and get her to do him.
NEW YORK — Jan. 29, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. today announced worldwide availability of Office 365 Home Premium, a reinvention of the company’s flagship Office product line for consumers. Office 365 Home Premium is a cloud service designed for busy households and people juggling ever-increasing work and family responsibilities. The new offering includes the latest and most complete set of Office applications; works across up to five devices, including Windows tablets, PCs and Macs; and comes with extra SkyDrive storage and Skype calling — all for US$99.99 for an annual subscription, the equivalent of US$8.34 per month.
See the rest of the press release and details at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/jan13/01-29O365PR.aspx.
Learn firsthand how Microsoft management solutions can empower you in your cloud computing journey and help you manage a wide range of different devices in your organization. Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of the Management and Security Division at Microsoft, returns to keynote both days at this year’s Microsoft Management Summit.
While keynotes begin at 8:30am PST, it is recommended that you log in at 8:15am PST.
Day One Keynote
Microsoft Private Cloud. Built for the Future. Ready Now. Tuesday, April 17, 8:30-9:45AM Cloud computing and the delivery of true IT as a Service is one of the most profound industry shifts in decades. Join Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Management and Security Division, as he shares Microsoft’s vision for cloud computing and shows how System Center 2012, as part of the Microsoft private cloud, will enable you to deliver the promise of cloud computing in your organization today.
Day Two Keynote
A World of Connected Devices Wednesday, April 18, 8:30-9:45AM Clouds and cloud-connected devices are changing the world of work and our daily interactions. Tech-savvy and always-connected, people want faster, more intuitive technology, uninterrupted services, and the freedom to work anywhere, anytime, on a variety of devices. Join Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of the Management and Security Division at Microsoft to learn how System Center 2012 and Windows Intune can help IT embrace this new reality today, and in the future, by making the right intelligent infrastructure investments.
Shelby America is making a limited run of the Shelby 1000 with 1200 horsepower. Seems like they should call it the Shelby 1200 if you ask me but what the heck. I don’t see any information in product area at http://shelbyamerican.com/shelby1000.asp or the press release at http://shelbyamerican.com/news.asp but I am sure their marketing folks will figure out this web thing soon.
In the meantime, head on over to http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/22/2013-shelby-1000-unleashes-its-1-200-horsepower-ahead-of-ny-show/ for the early press release and photos. Photo above courtesy of the fine folks at autoblog.com.
I wonder what jamming the pedal on 1200 horses feels like. Hold on to yer butts.
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. In 2004, I came close. I didn’t like the current Z so I bought the Infiniti G Coupe. It wasn’t the same. It wasn’t a Z. So when I ran across the picture above, it rekindled the Z fire. I want one again. Grin.
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 little odd. I didn’t even know we had jury’s for Municipal Court. Apparently we do.
So this morning I show up bright and early. Myself and 30 others wait patiently for the clock to strike 7:58am so the officer can have us go through the metal detector. The detector is turned up on super sensitive mode so everything comes out of the pockets. Watch, jewelry, shoes, belt, you name it.
Next, we head to the jury waiting room. They have some nice coffee and ice water for everyone. There’s just one problem. After about 15-20 minutes, we get kicked out of the room because someone forgot to reserve it and it’s double booked. I’m not sure how that happens. We’re asked to go ahead and go upstairs to the court room.
We fill up the seats in the court room and hang out there for a while. In comes this nice lady who proceeds to tell all about herself, the city, our city bond rating, how great the court system is, and why it’s important. I agree with her. I enjoy the rights and freedoms we hold dear. She also emphasizes that this court has a rule that the parties must reach a plea 10 days before the court date, or the trial must happen.
After we go through all of the instructions, she reads off our juror numbers. I’m number 12. It means I have a pretty good chance of being a juror for this trial. No big deal. I’ve been a juror before and this isn’t going to be bad anyway. This is a Muni court. This isn’t going to be a criminal rape or murder case. Thankfully.
We are asked to take a break, use the restrooms, etc. The courthouse we’re in has WIFI access so I spend the next 30 minutes checking the news and piddling around. Then comes the call for the potential jurors to huddle up.
We are informed the defendant decided to pay the fine and plead guilty. We are told thank you for doing our duty and that we are dismissed. We are not required to serve as jurors for another 2 years because although we weren’t used today, we are now exempt.
One of the citizens asked what the charge was that we were supposed to hear. The lady answered, “Running a stop sign.” Really? Seriously? Really!
I am all for a jury of your peers and the right to have a trial and your day in court, but really. This ticket was extremely costly and I’m not talking about the fine from the city. I actually wonder what the true cost is.
Justice is an interesting thing.
Are you a fan of heavy metal? Where are you on the evolutionary scale of metal? I’m slightly disappointed this site doesn’t give some credit to Jimi and a few of the rockers right before the timeline starts, but it’s still an interesting site. Credit: Pete Brown for sending me the link. Rock on!
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 power and flexibility of the core of Windows, used by more than a billion people around the world.
Hear how the UI was designed to work seamlessly with a diversity of devices and form factors. Go behind the scenes and learn all about the new app model that allows you to create powerful new apps. All while retaining the ability to use your existing apps. Web-connected and web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript have access to the power of the PC. Touch-optimized browsing, with the full power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10 transforms your experiences with the web. BUILD is the first place to dive deep into the future of Windows.
Head on over to http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011 for the replays of the keynotes and sessions.
This add-in enables you to embed a Creative Commons license into a document that you create using Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Excel. With a Creative Commons license, authors can express their intentions regarding how their works may be used by others. The add-in downloads the Creative Commons license you designate from the Creative Commons Web site and inserts it directly into your creative work.
To learn more about Creative Commons, please visit its web site, http://www.creativecommons.org.
To learn more about the choices among the Creative Commons licenses, see http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses.
Microsoft Office productivity applications are the most widely used personal productivity applications in the world, and Microsoft’s goal is to enhance the user’s experience with those applications. Empowering Microsoft Office users to express their intentions through Creative Commons licenses is another way Microsoft enables users around the world to exercise their creative freedom while being clear about the rights granted to users of a creative work. In the past, it has not always been easy or obvious to understand the intentions of some authors or artists regarding distribution or use of their intellectual creations.
Go get it @ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13303
There is a pretty fascinating site now available for your viewing and studies. Want to look back into the late 1600’s? Now you can. Here’s an excerpt from the description of the collection:
“There are at least three reasons why these papers are important, even though they do not always speak directly to the canonical Newton. First, the manuscripts help illuminate Newton’s science. Newton’s piety served as one of his inspirations to study nature and what we today call science. But Newton’s theological papers also tell us much about his inductive methods and his views on the unity of God’s Creation. Second, the manuscripts illuminate the person of Newton. The figure once viewed almost uniformly as an icon of cold rationality, now appears as an alchemist, a biblical scholar and a religious devotee who pored over the symbols of the Books of Daniel and Revelation for decades in an attempt to decode the meaning of the future foreordained by God. Newton can now be studied as an alchemist and a theologian in his own right. Third, the unpublished papers illuminate Newton’s age. Newton’s collection of transcribed and originally-composed alchemical manuscripts was perhaps the largest in Europe in his lifetime and would merit study on this basis alone. And a corpus of three million words on theology, church history, Jewish ritual and prophetic exegesis from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries would be significant, even if their author were not the one many credit with founding modern science.”
“There are at least three reasons why these papers are important, even though they do not always speak directly to the canonical Newton. First, the manuscripts help illuminate Newton’s science. Newton’s piety served as one of his inspirations to study nature and what we today call science. But Newton’s theological papers also tell us much about his inductive methods and his views on the unity of God’s Creation.
Second, the manuscripts illuminate the person of Newton. The figure once viewed almost uniformly as an icon of cold rationality, now appears as an alchemist, a biblical scholar and a religious devotee who pored over the symbols of the Books of Daniel and Revelation for decades in an attempt to decode the meaning of the future foreordained by God. Newton can now be studied as an alchemist and a theologian in his own right.
Third, the unpublished papers illuminate Newton’s age. Newton’s collection of transcribed and originally-composed alchemical manuscripts was perhaps the largest in Europe in his lifetime and would merit study on this basis alone. And a corpus of three million words on theology, church history, Jewish ritual and prophetic exegesis from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries would be significant, even if their author were not the one many credit with founding modern science.”
See the entire description of the collection at http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/mss/newton/collection_eng.html. Head on over the site entrance at http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/mss/newton/index.html.
I’m not sure I’d want to be in this fight for the finish. See http://consumerist.com/2011/04/worst-company-in-america-final-death-match-bank-of-america-vs-bp.html.
The 2011 Scripting Games begin on April 4, 2011, and run through April 15, 2011. The Scripting Games are the premier learning event of the year for IT pros and others who want to master Windows PowerShell. For each of 10 events, registered contestants have seven days to script a solution to a scenario-driven problem and post their code to an MVP-maintained script repository. A panel of internationally recognized judges scores each submitted script. And daily leaderboards and prize drawings help keep interest high throughout the two-week international, online event.
Last year, people from more than 200 countries visited the Script Center during the Games. Interest is so high because the scripts are written for real-world scenarios and problems, and they are of immediate value to participants and spectators alike.
Preparations for the 2011 Scripting Games are well underway, with step-by-step tutorials, videos, a learning guide, and other related resources being created on a daily basis. We encourage you to go to the 2011 Scripting Games all-in-one page, which is the portal for the Games themselves. The 2010 Scripting Games all-in-one page is still available, as are the events from the 2009 Scripting Games.
http://www.lamborghini.com/en/models/special-and-limited-editions/aventador-lp720-4-50-anniversario/overview/
The cat is finally out of the bag and official. The NOKIA Lumia 900 is coming to the USA on Easter Sunday. Here’s a paragraph from the AT&T blog.
“Nokia Lumia 900 won the Best of CES award for smartphones and is more than just a killer phone at a killer pricepoint. Priced at $99.99, consider Lumia 900 as Nokia’s triumphant return to the U.S. smartphone market. And it looks great, sexy even. Where one could argue most phones today all look the same, this one has its own style. Its camera rivals stand-alone digital cameras on the market today and the 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack Display gives rich, bright images both indoors and out. We’re working together with Nokia to make this phone a success and I know you’ll like it as much as we, and others, do too. Consumers who can’t wait to get their hands on this new smartphone can pre-order it in cyan or black beginning March 30 by visiting http://www.att.com/lumia or any AT&T company-owned retail store. Qualified business customers who receive wireless service discounts can pre-order the Lumia 900 online, beginning the afternoon of March 30, at http://www.att.com/nokialumia900.To learn more visit http://www.att.com/lumia.”
See the full article at http://blogs.att.net/consumerblog/story/a7782077. You can also check out the article on the Windows Phone Team Blog but I’ll warn you, the site is having issues at the moment. Maybe it’s the crush of people trying to get information. Grin.
NOKIA updated their USA site. Ready to order? Good. You can in 48 hours or so. Happy Easter!!!
Talk TechNet is all about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In this show we’ll have guest Amy Babinchak. Amy is a Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) MVP five years running. Amy is President of Harbor Computer Services and an international speaker on SMB security. Call in and join us for what promises to be a lively 60 minute session. Get some burning questions answered.
Register now @ https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032476334&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US if you are going to use a PC and LiveMeeting.
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I heard about this storm dropping 2-4’ of hail, but dismissed it until I started checking the Tornado forecast for the weekend. I stumbled across this photo taken Wednesday by the National Weather Service in Amarillo, Texas. Yikes!!! I hope I never see that kind of hail.
Internet Explorer 10 is available worldwide in 95 languages for download today. We will begin auto updating Windows 7 customers to IE10 in the weeks ahead, starting today with customers running the IE10 Release Preview. With this final release, IE10 brings the same leading standards support, with improved performance, security, privacy, reliability that consumers enjoy on Windows 8, to Windows 7 customers. MORE
Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows 8 RT were announced today. Here’s an excerpt from the Windows Team blog:
“Today I would like to share information with you on the editions that will be available for "Windows 8" when it is released to market. We have talked about Windows 8 as Windows reimagined, from the chipset to the user experience. This also applies to the editions available – we have worked to make it easier for customers to know what edition will work best for them when they purchase a new Windows 8 PC or upgrade their existing PC. Windows 8 has the flexibility you need - whether you’re on an x86/64 or a WOA PC. You can use a touch screen or a keyboard and mouse – and switch anytime. It’s beautiful, fast, and fluid design is perfect for a wide range of hardware. And you’ll love browsing through the Windows Store and downloading all the apps you want. And those apps can work together too so you can share photos, maps, contacts, links and whatever else you want faster and easier. All editions of Windows 8 offer a no-compromise experience.”
“Today I would like to share information with you on the editions that will be available for "Windows 8" when it is released to market. We have talked about Windows 8 as Windows reimagined, from the chipset to the user experience. This also applies to the editions available – we have worked to make it easier for customers to know what edition will work best for them when they purchase a new Windows 8 PC or upgrade their existing PC.
Windows 8 has the flexibility you need - whether you’re on an x86/64 or a WOA PC. You can use a touch screen or a keyboard and mouse – and switch anytime. It’s beautiful, fast, and fluid design is perfect for a wide range of hardware. And you’ll love browsing through the Windows Store and downloading all the apps you want. And those apps can work together too so you can share photos, maps, contacts, links and whatever else you want faster and easier. All editions of Windows 8 offer a no-compromise experience.”
See the full announcement at http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx. Be sure and take a look at the feature chart comparison in the bottom of that blog post.
“I have a 250GB hard drive. When I look at the properties of the drive, it tells me that I have 75GB free and that 175GB are in use. However, when I add all my files together, I only see 150GB in use. That is a difference of 25GB. Where did my space go?”
Ever have a similar question in your mind? Sure you do. Robert explains many of the mysteries in the blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2013/03/01/where-did-my-space-go.aspx. Nicely done Robert.
Since many other operating system vendors are also adopting this MIT-developed authentication protocol, Kerberos Version 5 will increasingly become a centerpiece of enterprise-level interoperability. Kerberos provides secure user authentication with an industry standard that permits interoperability. The Active Directory domain controller maintains user account and log-in information to support the Kerberos service.
Want to learn more? Be sure to bookmark the Kerberos Survival Guide on the TechNet WIKI at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4209.kerberos-survival-guide.aspx.
The Windows product development team has posted some information about Windows 8 and execution on the Arm® processor. Here’s the first paragraph from that post:
One of the notable aspects of Microsoft Windows has been the flexibility the architecture has shown through shifts in technology and expansion of customer usage over time. What started out as an operating system for one person working solo with productivity software is now the foundation of a wide array of hardware and software technologies, a spectrum of connected Windows products, and an incredibly flexible approach to computing. With Windows 8, we have reimagined Windows from the chipset to the experience—and bringing this reimagined Windows to the ARM® processor architecture is a significant part of this innovation. Expanding the view of the PC to cover a much wider range of form factors and designs than some think of today is an important part of these efforts. Windows on ARM enables creativity in PC design that, in combination with newly architected features of the Windows OS, will bring to customers new, no-compromise PCs.
See the full post at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/09/building-windows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx.
A couple of days ago HTC announced a sweet looking smartphone they call the HTC One. This looks like a nice handset but I am anxious to see if they’ll take the form factor and create a Windows phone. With a Quad core and 64GB of memory, I should be able to run some hyper-v virtual machines, right? Grin.
See http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-one/ for all of the information and specs on the phone.