eWeek reports today that Toshiba released their new HD DVD players in Japan. That makes Toshiba the first CE manufacturer to release a next-generation DVD player. Toshiba said its new HD DVD machines, which will compete with rival Sony Corp.'s Blu...

Today eWeek reported that "Web developers [will get] an extra 60 days to continue making preparations' for the IE update that changes the way the browser handles ActiveX controls. From eWeek: Michael Wallent, general manager of the Microsoft Windows...

Now, nobody likes it when they find their network port has been shut down by IT, so this weekend's cartoon by Jerry Holbert of the Boston Herald is quite funny.

There's been a great deal of discussion over the past week following the VON conference about Qwest "net neutrality," where consumers would have unfettered access to broadband internet services that don't block traffic. Sure, you may pay for a tiered...

I saw in the news today that Isuppli (a market research firm) estimates that global subscribers to digital video recording (DVR) services will rise dramtically between now and 2010. They projected the number of global subscribers to DVR services will...

From the news this week... Dell Inc. said on Wednesday it agreed to buy gaming-computer maker Alienware Corp., part of a push into the lucrative computer gaming market that could help the No. 1 PC maker boost profit. Terms of the transaction...

What's so bad about having unprotected wireless? Apparently a majority of people are doing it. In my week-long effort looking at protecting your computer, I wanted to end with something that has gained in popularity along with increasing in risk: wireless...

Check out this morning's BusinessWeek article on increased Xbox 360 shipments... "Microsoft Corp. is boosting its weekly shipments of Xbox 360s after a supply shortage hampered the widely anticipated game console's launch in late November, the company...

As noted on the IE Blog today and across the web, the Internet Explorer Beta 2 Preview for Windows XP SP2 is available today. There are a number of new features - I've already made use of the phishing filter. In addition to RSS support and tabs, I've...

All this talk of security and viruses, and what happens at home? We get stereo stomach flu (with both our kids down today with a virus). So, while I take a brief break as they're both asleep and I try to catch up on mail, here's a quick note to...

Once again, here's today's installment on some of the different ways Microsoft is working on improving your experience with your computer, with blog bits spent on OneCare , Windows Defender , spam , Windows Live Safety Center , and last on phishing ....

No sooner do I post about the ills of phishing this morning that I return home to find a lure in my personal email (my bold note below)... Dear <name of large NY bank> & Co. user, We recently have determined that different computers have...

Driving across campus this evening I heard a story on NPR, Fun with DNA ... Imagine a yellow smiley face. Now imagine 50 billion smiley faces floating in a single drop of water. That's what scientists have made using a new technique for building...

OK, a poor title, I admit. Don't filet me. As noted, this week I am posting on some of the different ways Microsoft is working on improving your experience with your computer, with bits dedicated so far to OneCare , Windows Defender , spam and yesterday...

CNET reports today that just in time for your children's summer vacations, Windows Live parental controls is due this summer... As reported earlier , Windows Live Family Safety Settings software is designed to help keep Web content that parents...

This past weekend, I started looking at some of the different ways Microsoft is working on improving your experience with your computer. I featured initial looks at OneCare , Windows Defender , and yesterday on the affects of spam . For my next trick...

On10.net is now live... should be an interesting site. The site is from the team who brought you Channel 9 , with promises to have a new video on the site every weekday at 10:00 am, with all the videos compiled into a single show at the end of the week...

Often when meet and talk with our customers and partners, I hear some of the same concerns that impact their satisfaction with our products and services: PC security, quality and reliability of our products, and issues with email around spam and phsihing...

Today on the Seattle Times personal technology page , there's a good review of Windows Defender , the free program that helps protect your computer against an assortment of what is thrown at us today: pop-ups, malware, spyware and other assorted bits...

As noted on CNet , the new beta version of Windows OneCare Live Windows OneCare now includes anti-spyware technology. As OneCare hits the homestretch, Microsoft is putting the final touches on the product. The "beta refresh" released Thursday adds...

A few of the good folks from IBM Business Consulting Services released a report earlier this year on "The end of TV as we know it." It provides their view on what the landscape in 2012 looks like across the industry for television programming, distribution...

Announced this week, improvements to the Windows Live service with improvements in Search, a new Windows Live toolbar (which auto-detects RSS feeds and updates your personal Live.com home page) Debuting in test form Wednesday, Windows Live Search...

A quick entry as this came across my IM while on a conference call: of interest from Fortune, an article on "How I Work" in which "a dozen super-achievers tell how they stay ahead in the fast lane." (note 20110126: the article also available here as the...

This week, I noted in my internal blog at the company that the Wall Street Journal ran an article on How Microsoft Rebooted Its Reputation , which mentions a survey of global opinion leaders at the World Economic Forum, and our efforts to focus on improving...