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Friday, November 20, 2009 12:00 AM

Got 2010? Go get it !!!

Head on over to http://www.microsoft.com/2010/ and check out the 2010 wave and downloads.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:09 AM

Compose a Haiku and Win!

Clear your mind. Think about the magnificent Windows Server 2008 R2 and compose a Haiku . Ready to get started? Head on over to http://www.r2haiku.com/ for a chance to win.  Official rules at http://www.r2haiku.com/Home/Rules .
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:36 PM

Azure Services Training Kit – now available for download

The Azure Services Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including: Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:29 PM

BitLocker to Go Reader – now available for download

BitLocker protection on removable drives is known as BitLocker To Go. When a BitLocker-protected removable drive is unlocked on a computer running Windows 7, the drive is automatically recognized and the user is either prompted for credentials to unlock
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 9:18 PM

My new adventure starts tomorrow

The Dallas Cowboys should certainly be thinking that after nearly getting skunked by the Green Bay Packers, but this isn’t about them, it’s about me. Monday, November 16 I start a new job.  I am not leaving Microsoft.  I still dig working here. 
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:11 PM

Empowering Women’s Brilliance event on Tuesday 11/17

Join Directions Training, Macy's and the Microsoft's DPE team as we launch Empowering Women’s Brilliance.   This local initiative was designed to help promote and celebrate women in technology by helping them accelerate the success of their early
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Friday, November 13, 2009 1:29 AM

Note to future parents: Plan your automobile purchases carefully

I’m sure all of you have teenagers that are practically perfect. Straight A’s and they have never been in any trouble. Even if that were true, we are all faced with one issue that is exceedingly hard to forecast. The automobile inventory and lifespan.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:28 PM

Good Karma

See the new hybrid at http://karma.fiskerautomotive.com/ .
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Monday, November 09, 2009 11:34 AM

Exchange Server 2010 is now available to TechNet subscribers

For those of you that have TechNet Plus subscriptions, you’ll notice that Exchange Server 2010 is now in the subscriber download area.  If you haven’t looked at some of the new capabilities, here’s an overview of some of the top features. Reduced
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Saturday, November 07, 2009 12:19 AM

Windows 7 Digital Cable Advisor and CableCard Copy Freely released !!!

Microsoft announced at CEDIA that customers will now be able to add digital cable tuners with a CableCARD™ to any Windows® 7-based PC with Windows® Media Center. The Digital Cable Advisor tool is being provided by Microsoft to analyze consumer PCs to
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Friday, November 06, 2009 12:48 PM

Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch – slides now available

All of the slides from the launch events are now posted and available for viewing.  If you create a slideshare account, you can also download the PowerPoint file.  Here are the relevant locations for the materials: Windows 7 - http://www.slideshare.net/keithcombs
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Monday, November 02, 2009 4:44 PM

RDP 7 for Windows XP and Windows Vista - now available for download

Now that we have released Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing, we wanted to share our plans to make the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7.0 client available to Windows XP and Windows Vista. RDC 7 will ensure that when connecting to
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Monday, November 02, 2009 9:03 AM

Sprint launches 4G mobile network in Dallas and other markets

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2009-- The wireless future just arrived in Dallas-Ft. Worth. Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the launch of Sprint 4G mobile broadband throughout the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. As a result, streaming video, fast file downloads
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