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Monday, September 28, 2009 6:41 AM
Finally some live Event Questions and Answers
Alright what happens when you are on the road for so long you forget how to blog. Well one of the things, I truly am sorry, is you lose all the fun pieces of paper with questions from live events on them. I was able to track down most of the
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Friday, September 18, 2009 8:42 AM
Zune HD launched on Thursday!
Here’s a quick look at some of the highlights the Zune HD launch on Thursday! Zune HD is the latest player in the Zune device family, available in 16GB and 32GB capacities and is the first touch screen Zune with HD functionality and powerful technology
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:17 PM
New Hardware and Windows 7 Deployment and Testing with IT Pro Momentum
Many of you may be just like the following IT Pro. You have not bought hardware in quite some time and still run Windows XP. So what happens when you start to purchase new hardware with Windows 7. This project provides some insights to those
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:53 AM
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 4.0: Now Released!
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 is Now Released! Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and
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Friday, May 29, 2009 8:42 AM
Learn About Surface 5 part video series now showing!
My good friend and teammate Jennifer Marsman just posted a great 5 part series on Surface. As you know from my Interview with Rick Barazza at SXSW , I think the device is awesome as well. Enjoy the series below: Surface Development Part 1:
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Friday, March 27, 2009 8:49 AM
Interview: Surface Computing and New Opportunities
This was another fun interview with Rick Barazza from cynergy systems. As you may recall from last year I was able to spend some time with Rick, as we showed of his “Minorty Report” style software using a Wii remote. Take a look here to see
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:04 PM
Interview: Taking a look at the Microsoft Interactive Canvas
As I was walking around the floor at SXSW, I came across a very cool Technology called the Microsoft Interactive Canvas. Renee from the Microsoft Expression group gave me a quick tour. You can also find some other information and videos on
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:51 AM
Interview: Talking 3D Surface Applications with Phenomblue
Everyone has asked me how did I get into SXSW? My answer is that I had to work for it, mainly staffing the booth. However, most of the times it does not feel like work at SXSW. Especially when you are working the Silverlight and
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Monday, March 23, 2009 8:53 AM
Interview: The WORLDS FASTEST SERVER!
Can your server do 121mph? Well the server from the folks at hostmysite.com can! Wendy and I were walking around the floor of SXSW, we saw a drag race motorcycle on the floor. Upon some investigation, we found the bike was actually
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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
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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, December 17, 2008 2:14 PM
MVP Contest Update and Results
As you may recall I announced a contest Keith and I were having for MVP’s and creating a screencast that shows PHP integration with IIS. Unfortunately we did not receive any entries. That's right, 0, nada, zilch and for you developers entries
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Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:40 AM
Cool New Download HealthVault for Windows Beta
I was checking some new downloads and I caught this beta for a program called HealthVault which seems to be a one stop shop for your health needs, I am going to take a look at this week and see how it all works but wanted to share it with you. HealthVault
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Friday, December 12, 2008 8:56 AM
Holiday Gift Giving Guide --- A Digital Wonderland for your DVDs
Does anyone have a spare 10k that they want to lend me? Well if you do then I can buy the Kaleidescape System . This is a fantastic gadget that will allow me to digitize my 300 + DVD collection (Including the complete seasons of Buffy and
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Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:19 PM
Holiday Gift Giving --- Stay out of the dog house!
Tomorrow I will share a gift that will hopefully keep your loved ones out of your dog house, click on the picture to see what I mean:
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