Okay I saw this post on my buddies Keith’s blog and I thought that is a great post, so I “borrowed” it. Enjoy the roundtable! Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of subject matter experts for a live discussion of what's in store for IT pros with Windows...

MIX09 is coming!  If you Register with code MIX09offer by Feb. 13 you will Save $400! When you register by February 13, you’ll receive $400 off the conference price – that’s a full conference pass for only $995.   Sure, not quite as sweet...

Today I am pleased to announce the availability of IE 8 RC 1 Download RC 1 Here Here are a few of the new or improved features in RC1 from the IE team Blog here: Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available Platform Complete . The technical community...

I saw this quick little article on how the President got to keep his blackberry for personal use.  He will still have to use the NSA-approved device for government related information (pictured on the right).  What I thought was interesting...

First, I want to thank my Family for allowing me to train, and run this run.  Without their love and support there is no way I could have completed and enjoyed this challenge.  I also want to thank all the folks that followed these posts on...

CIO magazine had an interesting article, in which they listed: The 9 Hottest IT Skills for 2009 They listed the 9 skills as: Programming/Application Development Help Desk/Technical Support Project Management Networking (No not Facebook) Business Intelligence...

Just learned you can get this free book on Virtualization here: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions

As you are all well aware one of the hottest topics in the IT world is virtualization.  So what's the big deal?  Why virtualize my workloads?  How do I learn more about what the options are for virtualization?  These and other questions...

As I have posted in the past we have a great program called Momentum that will help you with piloting Microsoft Technologies. (My previous post: Looking to gain Momentum for a Pilot of Microsoft Technologies? ) Well I am going to ask the same questions...

Okay so you just got through the holidays with some great new gifts and goodies.  Hopefully you got you wanted and you gave even better than you got.  so now that is over did you ask yourself either of these question: Why did I buy that? Why...

TechNet, MSDN and Techbeta customers can download it now. Consumers who want to test-drive the beta will be able to download it beginning Jan. 9 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows7 . Here is the full press release: Microsoft’s Ballmer Announces Availability...

I read this great article by Paul Thurrott today: Windows 7 Beta Compatibility   He talks about some of the good and interesting things with his testing Windows 7 hardware and software compatibility.  He talks about the multiple platforms he...

We are still offering a cool 15% discount on TechNet Subscriptions.  There are more details on my original post here: Are you a TechNet Subscriber? Use TMSAM09 and I can save you 15%   As my buddy Keith hinted at in his post yesterday, there...

Finally after several weeks of training, race week is here! I am a jumble of emotions, but mostly extremely excited to see what the Saturday and Sunday will be like. From a weather perspective the days look like they will be great running days: ...