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Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:36 PM

Windows 7: To the Beta and Beyond – Springboard Virtual Roundtable

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®
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:09 PM

Want to MIX it up at MIX09 - Save $400 if you register by Feb. 13

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
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Monday, January 26, 2009 5:04 PM

Download Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) Release Candidate (RC) 1

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
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Friday, January 23, 2009 8:24 AM

Interesting Article on President Obama’s BlackBerry

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
Posted by Matt-MS | 1 Comments
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:13 AM

Goofy Challenge Results and Recap!

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
Posted by Matt-MS | 12 Comments
Monday, January 19, 2009 12:19 PM

Are your IT Pro Skills hot?

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
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Friday, January 16, 2009 8:12 AM

Free MS Press E-Book: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions

Just learned you can get this free book on Virtualization here: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:33 AM

Virtualization Webcast Series Starts Today!

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
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Friday, January 09, 2009 9:39 AM

Want Some Help on Piloting Microsoft Technologies like Windows 7?

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
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Friday, January 09, 2009 9:17 AM

Book of The Month January 2009: Buyology

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
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:31 PM

Windows 7 Public Beta Available for Download

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
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:56 AM

Interesting article on Windows 7 Beta Compatibility

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
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:24 AM

TechNet Subscriber Discount still being offered with TMSAM09

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
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Monday, January 05, 2009 1:28 PM

Goofy Training --- RACE WEEK!!

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: Sat ,
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