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Sunday, August 30, 2009 2:00 AM

Apple OS X Snow Leopard – the first 24 hours

On my way to meet the wife for dinner last night, I stopped by the local Apple retail store in Southlake, Texas to pick up a copy of OS X “ Snow Leopard ”.  The packaging and even the website for the OS proudly claims this version of OS X is “ The
Posted by Keith Combs | 28 Comments
Monday, August 17, 2009 12:20 PM

Vote for my SXSW Panel – Screencasting Lessons Learned !!!

I submitted a panel proposal to this years South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference.  The title is, “ Screencasting Lessons Learned ” and I’ll try to do the subject justice with the knowledge I’ve accumulated over the past four or five years.
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:08 PM

Outlook for Mac Announced

Well, it looks like my MacBook Pro is going to have some fresh new software to run pretty soon, courtesy of the Mac Business Unit here at Microsoft.  Pre-orders start later this week on August 18th. There are some pretty interesting developments
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Monday, July 06, 2009 12:12 AM

Revisiting using a Zune with a MacBook Pro

One of the first things I did when I got my Mac back in late 2007 was to see if the USB connection capabilities worked in Fusion.  But that was about eighteen months ago and nearly the entire world has “rev’d” since then. So let the updates begin… 
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:35 AM

Windows Server 2008 Interop with Linux and OS X

We’re a little over halfway done with the Interop Road Show I helped create. Last week Matt Hester did a simulcast of the live event from Chicago. Although he did a great job, I wanted to capture the demos with Camtasia v6.0.2 and provide some high quality
Posted by Keith Combs | 4 Comments
Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:02 PM

Interop Road Show – webcast playback and downloads now available

Last week I took off for vacation.  It was one of those marathon honey due vacations and I am happy to say I accomplished most of what I set out to do.  The house is painted.  The trees and bushes are trimmed.  The pool is in top shape
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Saturday, May 02, 2009 10:38 AM

Interop Road Show Webcast - live this week on 5/6/2009

On Wednesday May 6th, we’ll be broadcasting the Interop Road Show .  Actually it’s going to be a bit of a simulcast.  Matt Hester will be in Downers Grove, IL doing a live delivery of the sessions, and we’ll pick up the audio and demonstrations
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:04 PM

Install Open Source Software (OSS) on Windows the easy way

Some of you have attended the Interop Road Show events we are currently delivering across the USA.  At those events you have seen us install Apache, MySQL, PHP, Drupal and Wordpress on Windows Server 2008.  Astute observation will reveal some
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:43 PM

It was only a matter of time… the Apple platform becomes a target

Unfortunately it appears all of those Macs that have been procured are going to need to pay more attention to security matters, really soon. The days of not having to worry about a virus, worm or any other security matter are coming to a close. Heck,
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Monday, April 13, 2009 3:46 PM

Imitation is the best form of flattery

I was heading over to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11 forum area at novell.com when I stumbled across a contest link.  I clicked the link and it took me to the webpage at http://howdoyoulinux.com .  Right off the bat I said to myself
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Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:46 PM

Interop Road Show – Texas events this week

Don’t forget we just started the Microsoft Interop Road Show and there are events in Dallas and Houston this week. The event in Dallas is actually at our office in Las Colinas, Texas (also known as Irving). Confused? Don’t be. See all of the information
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Monday, March 16, 2009 8:00 AM

Interop Road Show – registration now open

Is your IT Infrastructure fully dedicated to just one technology solution? Chances are you work in a heterogeneous environment that includes a variety of technologies from Microsoft®, Linux, MySQL and Apple. Integration becomes vital in order for your
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Friday, March 13, 2009 12:43 AM

Interop Road Show coming soon

You might have noticed I’ve been a little MIA in the past couple of weeks.  Well, it’s been busy in my world as we are putting the finishing touches on the content demos, slide decks, etc. for the Interop Road Show we start in a few weeks. 
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Monday, March 02, 2009 8:00 AM

Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest – creative types apply here

Time to have some fun! Once again Matt Hester and Keith Combs would like to invite you to demonstrate your mad skillz in the form of a screencast. This little contest at first brush sounds like it’s going to be pretty easy, but I have a feeling there
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:00 AM

What is the best developer laptop on the planet, and why?

I’ve been discussing various aspects of the developer world with Andrew Kass lately and as you know I am not short on opinion. So I thought I would ask you a couple of questions. I know a lot of you are either developers, used to be developers, or know
Posted by Keith Combs | 18 Comments
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