At CES 2009 in Las Vegas, Steve Ballmer just announced the general availability of beta versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2! Windows 7 I've been using Windows 7 on my main work desktop and laptop for a while now; the experience has...

The Windows Mobile Team Blog has featured a couple of posts lately about the range of Web browsers available for WM phones. First, back in November, Josh Partlow wrote about Internet Explorer Mobile 6 , in a post that generated quite a bit of comment...

So, I finally got around to burning an ISO of Hyper-V Server and installing it on my new dev box. So far, I'm extremely impressed: -- It installs *really* quickly... including reboots and first-time login, it took me under ten minutes! -- It's a...

I've been using Windows Server 2008 w/ Hyper-V for months now to host internal development systems; virtualization is letting me experiment with both test and production Windows Vista SP1 and XP SP3 images for doc writers, as well as with providing safe...

Come join us for an MSDN Live Chat about Windows Embedded CE and Windows Mobile! The chat is part of a monthly series. The next installment starts tomorrow (September 30, 2008) at 9am Pacific. To join us, or for more information about MSDN Chats, see...

I'm not easily sold on conferences. When I worked at Indiana University, our bosses offered us as much travel/training budget as they could, in an attempt to make up for the lousy wages -- so, needless to say, I've been to a number of them, mainly as...

I've got a post up on the CE Base Blog about documentation for those looking to port Board Support Packages (BSPs) from previous versions of Windows Embedded CE to CE 6.x.

I don't write content for the ADFS team anymore; there are a few resources, however, that you can go to for more information. -- My friend Nick Pierson is responsible for both the TechNet content on ADFS for IT Professionals , as well as the ADFS Documentation...

My name is Jim Causey. I've been working in technology for nearly fifteen years; I've done everything from tech support (both front line and third-tier) through systems administration to writing software in C, C++, Pascal, Java, and C#, in both private...