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Windows 7 – Acer Aspire 9500 Wireless Drivers
So it would be silly to blog about the fact that Windows 7 is out there in beta now, and from everyone’s opinion its a solid build… very very solid build. I am running this on my production machine at work on a Lenovo T61p and on my Acer Aspire 9500. Read More...
Posted 11 January 09 08:13 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Live Mesh Advertising Campaign
Video: Live Mesh Promo Clip Just came across this cool promo clip for Live Mesh, which really hits an emotional edge, sharing memories anywhere and on anything. Some of the things I thought were cool: * Photos being synchronized with the digital photo Read More...
Posted 28 October 08 05:37 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Jeff Jones Security Blog : Download: H1 2008 Desktop OS Vendor Report - Vulnerabilities and Days-of-Risk
Jeff Jones has released his six monthly report on desktop OS security vulnerabilities and Days-Of-Risk. One highlight was the pie chart on security vulnerabilities in the different OSes.   This certainly is in contrast to what a lot people are saying Read More...
Posted 27 October 08 10:21 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Windows Media Center Sandbox - Screencast: Creating A Simple Media Center Application
Just wanted to point you all to two great screencasts on how you can develop applications on Windows Media Center. Personally I love Windows Media Center, it is the center of my entire home entertainment experience, it is networked and streamed all around Read More...
Posted 09 August 08 01:58 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Moonlight (Silverlight on Linux) – Interview with Miguel de Icaza
Code to Live: Dancing in the Moonlight with Miguel de Icaza The interview is a bit old, but has just been published. Miguel de Icaza talks about Moonlight and how it came about. Thanks to Josh Holmes for posting it. Read More...
Posted 02 July 08 01:03 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V now available for download!!
Hi All,   Exciting stuff on the wires, the update to Windows Server 2008 with the RTM code for Hyper-V is now available. This is what Dennis and I were talking about in our last video . I hope to find some time to do another video showing how to Read More...
Posted 26 June 08 11:13 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Why Virtualize?
Episode 2 of our ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY, on Hyper-V. This video is more of a discussion about what Dennis is doing in the Microsoft Singapore Innovation Center to take advantage of Hyper-V being released as a part of Windows Server 2008. No demo content here, Read More...
Posted 24 June 08 03:20 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Want to go to Macau on Microsoft's expense?
A colleague made me aware of this competition that they have launched around "Software + Services". All you need to do is to record yourself and friends delivering the "Software + Services" story based on the article located here as Read More...
Posted 20 June 08 02:00 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Server Core "Theoretically" reduces the number of Security Bulletins
Just after publishing our video on Server Core, I visited Jeff Jones Security Blog , and found this post http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2008/06/12/download-server-core-potential-security-benefit.aspx on how having a server OS being installed Read More...
Posted 17 June 08 03:34 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY - Episode 1
Welcome to the first edition of ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY (Ask not what you can do for your server but what your server can do for you). Yes Ill admit its a terrible title, but the intent behind these videos is to quickly show you what can be achieved with Windows Read More...
Posted 17 June 08 03:06 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Making Security Better for the IT Pro
I literally just stepped out of keynoting the latest Technet Security Event for Microsoft Singapore. The question I posed to the attendees at the event, "What things can Microsoft be doing better for IT Professionals in Singapore with regards to Read More...
Posted 05 June 08 03:29 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Windows Server Hyper-V RC1
Got to say I am very excited about the eminent release of Hyper-V to Windows Server 2008. I have been running Windows Server 2008 on the machine for a while and it continues to impress. Hyper-V is one of those technologies is really going to help customers Read More...
Posted 02 June 08 09:29 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Ruby on Rails, Silverlight and IronRuby
Was just chatting to my colleague John Lam, the drive for IronRuby in Microsoft about his recent participation in RailsConf 2008 . At the event there were two cool things that they showed. 1. Silverlight plugin for Ruby on Rails, bringing the richness Read More...
Posted 02 June 08 12:15 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Up and running on Windows Server 2008
Well I just recently rebuilt my Power Laptop (Dell XPS 1710) on to Windows Server 2008. Why, you may ask? BECAUSE I CAN!!! Not really, I wanted to try and give the Hyper-V components a whirl and try out some of those features. However one problem I did Read More...
Posted 29 May 08 02:27 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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Learning to Love UAC...
I know a lot of people get annoyed by the UAC feature in Windows Vista, but here is a reason to inspire new love for this protective prompt. " Love or hate its nagging prompts, Vista 's Account Control feature (UAC) has a security feature that marks Read More...
Posted 27 May 08 10:45 from The Platform and the Hardman | 0 Comments   
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