... and certainly the most mobile. If you haven't seen everything, read this article on how the new Nissan Urge can be used as a steering wheel and pedal controller for the in-trunk Xbox 360 (when in the park position). (Also see the press release...

I read a blog entry on the http://retailstore.blogspot.com/ this weekend titled "Customer Service, Dell, Yahoo, Flames and Blogs" . It details a customer's difficult journey to get support from an on-line company I certainly agree with five of the...

Come June 30, 2006, things start to change in the support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition. You can read more on the support changes for Windows 98 & Win 98 Second Edition, as well as Windows Millennium . In short (and from the site)....

PC World announced their 2006 PC World Innovations Awards yesterday. Happy to see the Xbox 360 there on the list, along with the LifeBook P1510D from Fujitsu, Sling Media Slingbox and the Creative Zen Vision (I love these devices, and the customer support...

Last week I wrote on my personal blog about how I wanted to see more on-demand tv (I try to keep my personal editorials on MySpaces). When it comes to technical content, Microsoft.com offers a great selection in our archive of on-demand webcasts ; a large...

Over the weekend, CNET published their Thursday discussion with Jim Allchin, the co-president of the platform products and services division. Interestingly, they brought along a number of questions submitted by CNET News.com readers. A number of people...

When you need community assistance for a Microsoft product or technology, visit the Microsoft Community Web Site where you will find links to informative webcasts , community sites , technical chats and blogs . Some of the interesting technical chats...

>5M Xbox 360 by June? I noted on the newswire tonite that at CES today, Peter Moore (corp VP for interactive entertainment) said that the Xbox 360 is on track to sell between 4.5 and 5.5 million consoles by the end of the MS fiscal year (June 30)....

This year (once again) Bill Gates will be giving the keynote on Weds at 6.30pm Pacific (more details available on the website ) at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) . I have seen this show grow considerably over the last 10+ years, as I recall...

BTW, given the rainy weekend in Seattle, here's a little light reading from Steven Sinofsky on what is a Program Manager (PM) at Microsoft . I have great respect for him and his work in the IW business group, and I have seen how he and his group make...

Guy Kawasaki updates his blog regularly at http://blog.guykawasaki.com/ . A very good guy with insight on start-ups, VC, customer service and evangelism: when we lived in the Valley, I had the chance to see Guy more than my fair share, esp around the...

I enjoy listening to Sir Richard and find him to be refreshing and insightful. Which is why I was interested to read his thought today Branson's quote today at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the potential global impact of the Avian influenza...

One item of note I saw in the coverage from Macworld last week was the Micromat Techtool Protégé . (I used TechTool on my own Macs.) The Protégé provides a UFD of sorts off of the FireWire port to help customers address technical problems and recovery...

Reviews at work pluslots going on at home has kept me busy this week, keeping me off my blog. So a quick note with a link to CNet's Best of CES 2006 . The very slick and responside Creative Zen Vision:M and the innovative Pioneer Inno satellite radio...

If you haven't seen it, the new Microsoft Product Licensing Advisor (or the "MPLA") is an online tool that helps to select Microsoft products and get an idea of the estimated retail pricing for software. The Worldwide Licensing team at the company...

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