There’s an interesting experiment in community just started over at TechNet/MSDN called the Community Machine Translation Pilot . The first member of the community is the machine translation (MT) service (thanks Microsoft research!). The MT service (not HAL 9000, I just like the image as a referent to a non_human team member)  takes an article, for example Hyper-V: Using Live Migration with Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2008 R2 , runs MT on the text, and then displays it side-by-side

IO XKCD 1K words…cause his pictures say it all… BTW, among the ultra-coolness of XKCD: Re-use policy: http://xkcd.com/license.html   Searchable! Try searching on organic fuel

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Pisałem w poniedziałek, że ruszyła pierwsza runda Imagine Cup w kategorii IT Challenge i namawiałem do wzięcia w niej udziału. I jakże przyjemnie było dostać wczoraj maila od Basi Sokólskiej (która odpowiedzialna jest w tym roku za finały krajowe Imagine Cup) z informacją o wynikach. Wyniki są już dostępne , a to co możemy z nich się dowiedzieć to m.in. to, że na pierwszym miejscu jest Polak – ktoś o nicku “burzaq”. Ale to nie wszystko, bo pierwszą dziesiątkę również opanowali Polacy – jest ich/nas

Eine der häufigsten Fragen, die ich zu SharePoint 2010 aus ITPro Sicht bekomme ist: Wird FILESTREAM in SQL Server 2008 unterstützt, damit die BLOBs (Dokumente, Bilder, Videos) meine Datenbank nicht so groß machen? Die Antwort ist: Ja. Allerdings wird aus SharePoint Sicht nicht Filestream direkt unterstützt, sondern das SQL Server Feature “Remote BLOB Storage” (RBS). RBS ist ein allgemeines Verfahren, wie SQL Server BLOBs außerhalb der Datenbank speichern kann, z.B. in Archivsystemen von Drittherstellern.

Update 11_20_09: Not everyone will need to reinstall the Guest OS, if you are confident the OS in your VM is supported (probably most of you) , skip to install integration services .  Also, because we have more than 1 releases version of Hyper-V now, it is possible for the integration services on the VM to be out of sync with the Hyper-V version. This article on TechNet discusses the various combinations and outlines what the support story is for each. OP: Some customers seem to be having trouble

We’ve published a new video on import/export in Hyper-V R2 on MSN Showcase (which has changed it’s URL and redirect, so, kinda hard to find if you go to the old URL video.msn.com). There’s much more detail in the blog posts series Soumya wrote:   Hyper-V R2 Import/Export – Part 1 – The Case for New Import/Export Functionality This is the first blog entry of a multi-part series of blogs that addresses Import/Export in Windows Server 2008 R2. This blog talks about the scenarios enabled by the

My team is investigating the use of video as a content type for IT Pros. We are compiling best practices and tips/tricks for creating this kind of content, but we need your feedback. Thoughts/comments? DO Have some lighting. It should be good enough to distinguish what’s important (for example, a person’s face if they are talking), but no more. Help the viewer understand whether or not the content is for them. Start with an intro, some text around the video, or both, that helps the user decide if

Aaron Czechowski’s blog: ConfigMgr Software Updates on an Isolated Network Jeff Gilbert’s blog: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/archive/2008/10/19/synchronizing-non-internet-connected-software-update-points.aspx http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/archive/2008/10/28/getting-required-updates-on-non-internet-connected-sups-part-1.aspx http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jgilbert/archive/2008/10/29/getting-required-updates-on-non-internet-connected-sups-part-2.aspx

Like I said in Magnificent Desolation , I would not want the job of selecting the Bing homepage image each day, because it the decision is fraught . Whoever you are, keep up the good work!   Here’s how to set the Bing image as your desktop wallpaper .