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Windows Azure Interop with Ruby on Rails!

I presented at London Geek Night a few days ago about the contributions that Microsoft made to the open-source community in 2009.  My presentation was titled, “Hell Froze over, Pigs flew, Microsoft Went Open” Hell Froze Over, Pigs Flew, Microsoft

iPhone 3GS, Project Natal, Palm Pre, ZuneHD, Windows 7 ZOOOOM!!!

ZOOOOOM!!!  Technology is great!  It’s like a having a one-night stand every week though it never tends to be as good as your first.  Take Apple for instance with their iPhone 3GS announcement.  Bigger, faster, cheaper is their game. 

Windows Hosted Virtualization Cheaper than Linux

As a Microsoft employee, this picture just makes my heart tingle.  It’s great to know that that we not only have a technically superior virtualization platform but that its also cheaper to manage.  This picture is evidence that hosters actually

Get Ready for Windows “Cloud”

There has been a lot of buzz in the blogosphere around some of Ballmer’s statements while on his ‘good will’ tour of the UK.  Ballmer’s mentioning of Microsoft’s “cloud” services soon to be announced at PDC has put all web companies on alert. 
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Steve Ballmer’s Keynote in London

The Web Pitch has a pretty good overview of Steve Ballmer’s London keynote session. Some of the Q&A questions quite tough. The thing I found most remarkable was the directness of Ballmer’s responses. He didn’t fudge the responses. Watch the video

Ballmer-Gates Tag Team to Show Off Windows 7 TODAY!

If you want the first official glimpse of Windows 7, bookmark this link to Engadget for live coverage! The legendary duo will be showing the next version of Windows at the All Things Digital conference while sipping scotch with the Mossberg. I don't think

Enterprise Document Security with MOICE – Part I

Last year was a big year for Office documents. Office 2007 was launched, Office Open XML became an ECMA standard, and the security group for Office released a major service pack for Office 2003. Last year was also a big year for hackers who found one

I Love The Passion, But Seriously, What An Idiot

This has got to be the most absurd comment about Windows or Linux I've ever read.  Clearly the commenter holds Microsoft in high regard.  I just wish he wasn't so completely retarded misinformed. "You are kidding arent you ? Are you saying

Did You Know: Vista Also Has A 'Run' Command?

While I continue to write part 2 of " Death to the Start Menu ," I wanted to give a few more tips around Vista because with the holiday shopping season, I couldn't tell you how many corrections and demos I had to give around Vista.  I never
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Microsoft's New Year is Gonna Bring a lot of Change

Bink.nu has an extensive list of new software that Microsoft will be unleashing in the marketplace. It is amazing to be part of this company during a time where there has been just a dramatic change in product life-cycles. This is in stark contrast to

Windows Server 2008 RC1, ForeFront and System Center Demo Kit, SQL 2008 November CTP, and Service Pack Blocker Tool

Thursday was a busy day at Microsoft.  RC1 for Longhorn is now out and available for download.  To read up on some analysis about the update, check out James O'Neill's post . Going over to the other side of the "pond," Keith Combs

*CORRECTION* Vista Search Annoyance

I received some emails regarding my article on a Vista Search bug . The article stated that the bug would be fixed in SP1, but it was unclear on what settings would change. The original article read, "As it turns outs, the quick fix was to change the

Vista, Office 2007, BDD, Exchange, Resource Laundry List

Test Windows Vista and 2007 Office system for your organization Download the free Business Desktop Deployment 2007 solution to get all the deployment tools Learn more about Windows Vista, Exchange 2007 or the 2007 Office system Download the Exchange Server
 
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