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I travel a LOT and find myself in 2-3 time zones per week. In Vista, a user could change time zones without elevation but it was nearly impossible to automate the process. Windows 7 includes a command line utility to make time zone change automation a
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Yes, I am still alive! Thanks to a couple of people who recently motivated me to get another post online. I’ve been travelling with my HP Mini 1000 for 2 months now. I can honestly say I have no major issues that would cause me to turn back
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There are many bloggers/journalists actively discussing Windows Live publishing out several new free tools this month. So what? Well these tools will be available through WSUS which many schools already have in place, so deployment is very low-cost. There
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If it was just that easy... Mobile devices in Education is something that we really do feel passionate about across my team at Microsoft. Trying to find the right devices, and the right solutions, to provide value to the educational environment such that
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I've been wanting a shortcut I can stick in IE7 to quickly Digg sites. I'm sure this exists somewhere but I didn't find it right away so I wanted to post what I got to work in case I need to someday come back and find it quickly. javascript:void(location.href='http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url='+location.href)
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I like Virtual Earth, in fact hopefully I get a post out tomorrow morning regarding a fun MapCruncher project I just completed. Just need to retake some screenshots... I see on the VE blog that they have integrated with Instant Search. Neat! Instant Search
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This is a great video if you want to sit back and see what everyone is talking about. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html Looks like it's in the process of being Dugg. Technorati tags: Microsoft Surface
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Every Monday I sit down to figure out what the hype of the week will focus on. I've decided to start blogging about it as time allows. I have no idea where this concept is going or whether I will keep it up... :-) There's a conference going on this week
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My Saturday mornings often mean getting up early to play with the dog, kid, drinking coffee, and sitting down to search for new music. That's why I love subscription music services, it lets me download everything I can get my hands on and then delete
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Exciting news! Microsoft and Facebook have partnered to enrich the development community and tools for Facebook. So what? You're not a developer? No problem, the Facebook box is now live on PopFly! Link to Visual Studio Express: Showcase This builds value
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Wow. This laptop looks about the size of a portfolio notebook, and when I say notebook I mean the pad of paper kind. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/notebook-supermodel/intel-unveils-worlds-thinnest-laptop-almost-skinny-as-a-razr-263359.php Best of all, a
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Have you seen the new VAIOs? WOW. I was at Fry's in Chicago yesterday. Sony is obviously known for their stylistic form factor but this is impressive and actually pretty affordable. You can get in to one of these fully loaded at around 1600 bucks. Not
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I'll give Credit to TechLEARNing.com , which you should visit, before linking directly to the site below. This is a good high level overview for educators to understand what "podcasting" means, how the process works, and what value it offers to education.
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Channel 10 just posted the first of two announcements in regards to the Xbox 360. According to an earlier post the second will come tomorrow. This is an overview of the new Xbox Elite. A key take away for me was that they are planning to release a 120GB
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WOW, that is cool. This blog discusses a possible feature for the next MCE to allow video editing within the 10 foot view. I would use this A LOT. Link to Big Screen Blog: Preview: MCEDev's Media Center Cutter (MCML) for Vista Media Center
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