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Vista SP1 RTM Released to TechNet Plus and MSDN Subscribers!

I won't get into this whole SP1 mine field as I think there has been enough back and forth on the blogs.  The interesting blogs I've read have been Mike Nash's Windows Vista blog that has been showered with customer feedback to some of our popular

Sony Ericsson Hooks Up With Windows Mobile 6...That's Hot

Engadget has a great article on a new next-generation device coming out of Sony Ericsson called XPERIA X1.  I have to admit the tile view looks very impressive, not at all like the HTC devices.  Its finally time some of our mobile partners start

Burton Group Responds to ODF Alliance's Critique

This is what I call a healthy and civilized debate unlike much of the garbage and FUD being released by the blogosphere and press. If you aren't aware, Burton Group recently released a document outlining the business implications of ODF vs. OpenXML Although

To Be American is Not A Right, It is A Virtue

I plan to vote Obama after much practical reservation and after having listened to every candidate's speech tonight. Staying up and watching the news 'till 6:20am in London has been a rollercoaster of patriotic emotion and critical analysis. It has been
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Microsoft Goes Yahoo!

Eileen beat me to the punch on this one. I am excited by this announcement because some of my favorite sites on the Internet are Yahoo properties such as Flickr and Upcoming. I also hope that that certain technologies die off like Yahoo messenger. Here

Connectors and Investing in Open Technologies

So I presented at Falkirk to an awesome audience about Search Server 2008 and had some interesting questions.  I've learned in my travels that geography plays a huge part in the sophistication of an audience.  Don't get me wrong, I am not insulting

Using Microsoft HealthVault in the World of Scrubs

Scrubs is quite possibly the greatest TV show, NAY, entertainment program, in the history of the world! But any critical fan of this serious medical drama can appreciate the lengths that doctors and nurses go through to manipulate the system for the greater

Saving Loads of Money With Groove

During the London roadshow, a gentleman came up to me and asked about a solution to allow CAD designers to synchronize jobs across two branch offices. Basically his problem was that the ADSL connection between the offices was too slow to easily transfer

Microsoft = Facebook for the Enterprise

A good friend of mine always used to mock me because I worked for Microsoft. Actually most of my friends did because for the last few years, Microsoft hasn't been on the bleeding-edge of "cool." Of course I never took them seriously because they were

Insider's Opinion of the New Live Meeting

Chris Dalby of Yellow Park just wrote an article that was posted on the Industry Insider's blog breaking down all the big new features in OCS and Live Meeting. It's a brief summary outlining what he likes and dislikes about what Microsoft is doing with

How Green Is Your Business?

I hate hippies. I lived in California for about 6 years and not a day went by when there wasn't some random print, news, or radio story related to the hippies and the environment. Everyday it was, "corporations are evil," "save Mother Earth," and "plants
 
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