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IronPython, the Next-Gen Glue for the .NET Platform
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over 5 years ago
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Although, I was unable to attend MIX '07 this year, one of the most exciting announcements at the event was Silverlight , a next-generation media delivery format for the internet. Couple with this announcement is something that I was amazed by. Microsoft...
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Student Game Designers to Show Off Their Skillz
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over 5 years ago
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It has been a while since I've posted, and I promise I'll post explaining why I've been on hiatus. But when my buddy Sam Stokes, Academic Evangelist at Microsoft told me about this event, I had to spread the word. Come out, its FREE as in beer ! Students...
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And There Was Much Rejoicing: XBox 360 to Support H.264 and MP4
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over 5 years ago
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This XBox 360 update just gets better and better. Overshadowed by the fact that IM and communications will be unified on the 360 platform, less noise has been generated by what is, in my opinion, a much more significant feature. Yes folks, your prayers...
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Xbox 360 Update to Expand Features with Windows Live
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over 5 years ago
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I can't wait for this update! Now I can chat with Mom while playing Gears of War! Now I just want this IPTV update so I can trash the POS Motorola box that AT&T gives out. Expanding the Largest Social Network on Television Xbox 360 owners...
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DirectX Daddy Alex St. John: The Most Amazing Interview Ever!
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over 5 years ago
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Shacknews has, what can only be described as, the most inspirational interview on the internet as it applies to life at Microsoft or at least how it used to be . Joining the company 8 months ago, I've had my fair share of crap happen to me, none of which...
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Xbox 360 Welcomes PS3 - It Was Brought..ed
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over 5 years ago
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So I was reading Engadget and ran across this article about how the European Xbox marketing team stuck it to Sony like the East Compton Clovers did to the Toros *sigh* Eliza Dushku . Apparently Microsoft warmly welcomed Sony AND their customers with neat...
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5 Things About Me You All Probably Don't Know
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over 5 years ago
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So apparently my best friend since joining Microsoft, Anand Iyer , feels the need to involve me in his childish online ice breakers. Apparently he is currently involved in an inescapable game of blog tag. To better understand this phenomenon to the masses...
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And There Was Much Rejoicing: Visual Studio Works in Vista!
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over 5 years ago
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During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were made to vastly improve overall quality, security, and reliability basically things that annoy you from previous versions of Windows. While we have made tremendous investments in Windows...
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Daylight Savings Time Information for the Frustrated IT Professional
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over 5 years ago
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I'm sure there are more than a handful of you that are swamped with some DST issues. If you want to find the latest updated information, refer to these two links: http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2007/03/02/get-your-daylight-savings-time...
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Microsoft IT Showcase: How We Deployed Vista
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over 5 years ago
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Hi everyone! I want to invite all of you out there to join Microsoft for a live webcast on March 27th, 2007 to learn how Microsoft deployed Vista within the company. It will give all attendees a great 300-level view of the process as well as an inside...
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Microsoft IT Whitepaper on Virtualization
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over 5 years ago
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I'm sure many of you have seen this, and though I linked to it in response to one of my TechNet emails, I thought it should warrant a separate post. The whitepaper is an interesting read on how MSIT has done planning and deployment of virtual servers...
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TechNet Emails: Zooming Utility, Exchange 32-bit, TechNet Laptop Specs
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over 5 years ago
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So I received a lot of emails congratulating me on a well received presentation, but of course after reading the comment sheets I saw a good many of you were put off by the sound quality. Rest assured future events will address this issue. I'll be answering...
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I'm Famous Now...in Ontario...
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over 5 years ago
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So even though my first solo event didn't run flawless 2 demos crashed , I met some amazing people and interacted with the local tech community. I even got some press attention ! Unconfirmed, I was on the front page of the business section of the Inland...
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And There Was Much Rejoicing: Office Migration Planning Manager
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over 5 years ago
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For people who wanted to convert all their MS Office documents to the ECMA OpenXML file format * soon to be ISO ratified* in a batch process, this download will speed up your organization's migration. IT'S FREE!! like beer! Don't worry, it wont modify...
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Vista, Office 2007, BDD, Exchange, Infrastructure Protection Oh My!
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over 5 years ago
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Test Windows Vista and 2007 Office system for your organization http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx Download the free Business Desktop Deployment 2007 solution to get all the deployment tools http://microsoft.com/desktopdeployment...
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Next Week is Gonna Be Fun!
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over 5 years ago
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I am finally going to be presenting solo at a Microsoft Across America event! Next week, I'll be presenting in front 400 people in Riverside and 500 people at the San Diego Convention Center! If that wasn't enough, the following week, 1000 people in Anaheim...
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Apple iPhone Ad Leaks, Only $399 and First-born
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over 5 years ago
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Okay, so I fudged the truth like Rob Weir does about Open XML a little, but we are still talking a huge sum of money for the buyer. Considering most people are not currently on any sort of data plan, Daddy won't be too happy that precious is going to...
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Google Study on Harddrive Failure Released
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over 5 years ago
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Google Labs is known for periodically releasing internal statistics and research to the general public. Just released a few days ago is a study showing the rate of failure for Google's harddisk infrastructure in their insanely huge data centers. Surprisingly...
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Halo 3 vs. Real Life - Bungie's Up But Not by Much
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over 5 years ago
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I was thinking, there are a lot of things that make life worth living, but then I think that if I could play "God" and do it all over again hehe Populous , I would code in a few improvements and maybe hire a Bungie programmer or two. Let's break it down...
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What if Apple Made the Wii?
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over 5 years ago
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While I was testing out MSN's Soapbox Beta , a YouTube competitor, I found that someone had uploaded a video that would make every Wii Borat lover out there exclaim, "very nice!" Unlike Apple however, this ad didn't have resort to misinformation to make...
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IBM Discovers the IT "Ark" with Open Desktop Platform
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over 5 years ago
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I read this article and thought to myself, "Cool!" Then reality set in. I've been waiting for Apple to enter the enterprise space for a while, though, knowing full well that there are a plethora of manageabilty issues related to deploying and securing...
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OpenXML, ODF, and Drinking the Kool-Aid at Microsoft
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over 5 years ago
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So I've finally embraced this blogging thing. I told myself that after Techready4, which is a MSFT conference for the field, I would blog about all the non-confidential stuff I learned about. So far the topics I've gone to have been nothing short of amazing...
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Technology Evangelism, GNOTE, and Microsoft
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over 6 years ago
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As my first blog posting ever, I felt it appropriate to credit the "inauguration," if you will to my first post-graduation employer, Microsoft. It funny working for "The Man" as many of my friends call it because there hasn't been a company to this date...
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Live Writer Testing
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over 6 years ago
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I just downloaded live writer beta and it looks pretty cool so far!
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