Well after a few issues in finding out where it was after I ordered it which were subsequently (and rapidly!!) resolved...its time. It arrived yesterday! Yay! I was curious to see if the hype really was all it was cracked up to be on this unit - initial...

I got handed one of these TyTN II devices a few days ago to show at the Unified Communications tour currently going around the country. Its not my usual cup of tea as I've previously preferred SmartPhone style devices but recently really loved using my...

Some time ago when I was in the US I got a couple of Zunes. These were the original Zune devices now called the Zune 30. Like a few people since the firmware flash update I also have had problems with both my Zune 30’s choosing not to charge after...

From the same Microsoft Consulting Services team that brought you the Active Directory Component Jigsaw and the Windows Server 2008 Component Poster comes the Exchange Server 2007 Component Poster . Download it now! Its creation has been sponsored...

Its funny how you get a whole bunch of similar questions at the same time. A couple of weeks ago Ian from a city council in Melbourne was asking me how he could verify whether an application was developed according to Microsoft guidelines so that he could...

So last night I was pretty scathing of the hybrid drive performance on my new Lenovo T61p . Today's a different story. Just as an experiment I tried running on battery and did my normal day to day activities. I simply pulled the power on it, left in it...

Wow - I'm impressed. Many of you saw my previous post lamenting on Lenovo's lack of contactibility . Well as it turned out the day I posted the blog entry I even had customers I know emailing me asking if I still needed a contact, I had internal people...

I was reading on TechWorld today about a piece of proof of concept code written to monitor VoIP calls and how its somehow a new threat. Ho hum.... Others are commenting on the hype around this too. See Toyz.org : Good commentary here too on consumer VoIP...

Recently Jeff has been showing off his Lenovo T61p . He was having stacks of problems with his Toshiba A7 which was out of warranty and breaking down so he needed a new one. Its a nice unit actually - scores really well in Vista's performance and...

Jeff and I have finished the TechNet Update for October on Network Policy Server and Windows Server Update Services 3.0. The resources I used in the session along with links to webcasts I've done are available below. The slide decks require PowerPoint...

Greg Howard from Avanade Australia has been doing some work with Windows Server 2008 RC0 recently. He’s been doing some proof of concept projects for some of Australia’s biggest businesses on the use of Windows Server virtualization. In newly released...