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April 2007 - Posts

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:21 PM

What is TagSpace? Announcing the Beta of Microsoft Forums and Microsoft Blogs

The Microsoft Community team in corp have released betas of TagSpace, Microsoft Forums and Microsoft Blogs. The ethos is for us to provide plumbing to make it easier for communities to link up and share information. Browsing to the " Help Build Microsoft
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Monday, April 16, 2007 4:40 PM

How to stop your software from being reported as malicious by Windows Defender and OneCare

Thanks to Dahna for sharing the URL to dispute false positives for malicious software reports in Windows Defender and OneCare.
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Friday, April 13, 2007 10:35 AM

How to use your mobile phone as a modem for Windows Vista

Jason's posted a detailed article explaining exactly how to use Internet Connection Sharing from your Windows Mobile 5 or 6 phone - following his advice will enable you to surf the web from your laptop using your mobile phone as either a 3G or GPRS modem.
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:52 PM

Where can I find out what's coming in the next generation of Windows Server codenamed Longhorn Server? Here's a free lecture

As James explained in his post titled Longhorn Server 101 there's a senior member of the Longhorn server team who's presenting a technical overview of the key features of our next generation Windows Server product. If you're either a TechNet Plus subscriber
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:26 AM

When will the work of Information Security Specialists be done?

<Gaze into crystal ball> As long as there's something worth stealing there will be those attempting to circumvent whatever protection is in place. How much protection is required and what are the most appropriate controls is often a difficult call.
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Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:31 PM

Which business critical "off the shelf" software won't work on Windows Vista?

Please share by hitting the "Comment" button (or email me with the subject "These Apps don't work on Vista") which applications are critical to your business and yet don't work on Windows Vista. By compiling a list of applications and vendors then I can
Posted by Steve Lamb | 9 Comments
Thursday, April 05, 2007 1:55 PM

What do you think of Windows Vista? If you haven't deployed yet what's holding you back?

Windows Vista has been out in the market for several months now and the dust has had time to settle. I'd love to hear what you think of it. Have you deployed some production systems yet? Have you purchased a new PC @ home? Which areas of Windows Vista
Posted by Steve Lamb | 19 Comments
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:59 PM

How to support freedom of choice for open standards

As James eloquently described in his post titled " Sign-up for freedom of choice " we're looking for your support for OpenXML to be adopted as an ISO standard. It's an open XML based standard used to describe Office documents. As is often the case there's
Posted by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
Monday, April 02, 2007 10:42 PM

The Playstation 3 is a Monster - a VERY hungry one!

Apparently the Sony Playstation 3 consumes up to 380 watts of power according to a review in the current T3 technology magazine. I can't help wondering how big the power supply unit is as the XBox 360's one is huge - it's rated @ 1/2 the power consumption
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