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Photosynth is cool

robcost — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:33:25 GMT

How cool is Photosynth!?!?! We come out with some cool technologies sometimes, and this is definitely one of them.

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Hyper-V Release Candidate

robcost — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:43:05 GMT

The Windows Virtualization Product Team have announce the Release Candidate of Hyper-V. Check out there post here...

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2008/03/19/hyper-v-release-candidate-is-here.aspx

From the article updated features include...

· Improved usability:

Partial localization support for Japanese and German.

Hyper-V Release Candidate is partially localized in Japanese & German. This means that when Hyper-V is enabled on Windows Server 2008 Japanese or German many of its text strings will appear properly translated. In other cases, text strings may still appear in English. Hyper-V will be fully localized in numerous languages at Hyper-V RTM...

Ability to enable Hyper-V RC on international locales.

The Hyper-V Release Candidate can now be enabled on international locales. (As opposed to previous versions which could only be enabled on an EN-US locale).

However, Hyper-V Release Candidate is only partially localized for Japanese and German. Thus, if you enable Hyper-V Release Candidate on any other language (such as Spanish, French, or Italian) it will appear in English. Hyper-V will be fully localized in numerous languages at Hyper-V RTM...

· Additional Guest OS support:

Hyper-V RC now includes support for Windows Server 2003 (x86) SMP

Hyper-V RC now includes support and integration components for Windows Vista SP1 (x86) and Windows XP SP3 (x86)

· Improved performance:

Hyper-V RC includes performance fixes for scalability and throughput for workloads

Hyper-V VMs using pass-through disks will see a substantial performance improvement over previous versions

Installing Hyper-V VMs via network (RIS/PXE/WDS) is greatly improved over previous versions

...and lots more...

Technorati Tags: Hyper-V,Windows Virtualization,Windows Server 2008

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Is Your Mobile Phone Another Vital Organ?

robcost — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:20:18 GMT

Well, turns out mine is. I'm in Sydney this week for the Unified Communications Voice Ignite workshop (and going to KL next week), and I forgot to pack two very critical pieces of hardware. Firstly, my Western Digital 250Gb external drive. Usually, that little thing goes everywhere with me. Secondly, but what turns out to be most critical of all, is my charger for my Samsung Blackjack mobile phone.

I did bring my spare battery, but that didn't last long at all, so I've been going since about 12 noon yesterday without a mobile phone. As it turns out, I use that little puppy a lot more than I thought. It's got my email, contacts, calendar, notes and a bunch of other stuff that a standard Windows Mobile phone has these days. It's only when your forced to go without it that you realise how much you've come to need it, and I need it bad.

So I've been roaming the streets of Sydney the last two nights trying to find a store with a charger, but to no avail, so for one more night and day I will be phone-less. Seriously, I feel like I'm running with one piston down without my phone.

So finally, to end this rather pointless entry, I'd like to send out some thank you's:

To Samsung, for making a great, neigh, absolutely awesome phone, with a completely useless non-standard USB connection. I have my USB cable with me, but turns out it's only good for syncing, not charging. Great.
To all the phone stores in the Sydney CBD, for not stocking any chargers for the Blackjacks. Apparently they aren't that popular.
To my wife, for running to the post office today to post me my forgotten items, thanks darling.

Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 RTM!!!

robcost — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:58:06 GMT

Today we announced that Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 have RTM'd (Released To Manufacturing). Cool hey?

You can get the round up from the respective teams blogs here...

Server 08 - http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/02/04/windows-server-2008-rtm.aspx

Vista SP1 - http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/02/04/announcing-the-rtm-of-windows-vista-sp1.aspx

I'm really excited about the Windows Server 2008 release, especially with Hyper-V now not far from release too. NAP, TS Gateway, Server Core, this is a very big release!!!

For all the Windows Server 2008 goodness, check out the product site here...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx

Technorati Tags: Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1, NAP, Server Core

My Desk Got 0wnd

robcost — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:12:16 GMT

See what happens when you leave a roll of promo tape in the office...

Even my poor Tanjay and Catalina got wrapped up!!!

Thanks Si!!!

X-Wing Update - it broke

robcost — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:28:27 GMT

Well they launched the Real Life X-Wing yesterday. Check out the video for yourself, the story is to sad to tell...

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/boom/x+wing-rocket-launches-disintegrates-mid+air-307945.php

Real Life X-Wing

robcost — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:27:06 GMT

So this is a little off-topic for a techo's blog, or some might think this is a very appropriate place for it. This is so cool, a bunch of nerds have built a real Star Wars X-Wing, which they are actually going to fly!!! It's powered by four solid-fuel rocket engines complete with radio-controlled moving wings!!! How cool is they hey?!

Check out the full story here...

http://www.polecataerospace.com/X-Wing.htm