Earlier this week I twittered that I was going to embark on a perilous effort to (gasp) install Windows Mobile 6.1 on to my AT&T Tilt , given that HTC finally released the update on their site( http://tinyurl.com/5uqey2 ).  I was about right...

I twittered tonite (I can stop any time) that Matt Richtel wrote in his article in the Times yesterday, Industry Rethinks Moneymaking Software Practice ... "Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy , computer makers load them up with lots...

As I twittered today , there are a couple of new changes to daylight saving time in the world.  You may already know about the changes to daylight saving time in Morocco as well as the new move to daylight saving time coming to Mauritius in October...

As I twittered today (geek gasp), I learned today that according to news reports ( here , en Francais), the ministry for the Modernization of the public sectors in Morocco just issued a notice that the country will change the clocks back on the midnight...

I just ran into Mark Russinovich (of Sysinternals fame ) in the hallway and was reminded that on September 24th, he will host a virtual roundtable for IT pros worldwide to explore as I'm told "top of mind performance issues, common misconfigurations,...

Getting ready to go to my 5PM mtg and I saw that the Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the HTC (AT&T) Tilt is now available on HTC's site. With that, my evening is now booked. Available via http://tinyurl.com/5uqey2

Be alert as you read your mail today: fake ecards with loaded exe's are once again making the rounds... Oooh, look at the mail that's piling up: "You've received a greeting ecard" How exciting. Not. Today, several mails on my email accounts at home reportedly...

I'm in a section of north Seattle called Ravenna, taking the morning off to take my youngest son to an appointment. although the waiting room's seating is less than comfortable (little more than a low bench with a threadbare cushion) it is near the Café...

Late on a Friday, the kids are finally in bed and I just burned through the rest of my mail and feeds from MSDN blogs... so here are a few posts I found of interest and recommend... As Ian mentioned here , a "Huge congratulations to some of my colleagues...

Gizmodo reports today that AIM for Windows Mobile is now available as an RTM... "It's been in beta for the last few months, but for Windows Mobile users who'd rather not risk their phone to be a lab rat in a suit, AIM for Windows Mobile is now in...

Recently, I received a question similar to one I answered last year on daylight saving time and time zone updates to Windows: "We updated our systems earlier this year for daylight saving time [the rules for the US and Canada]. Is there anything...

So. I'm having lunch, going through my mail when the phone rings... "Did you hear? I read a report today that Jerry Seinfeld will star in Microsoft's new ad campaign." Cool. And the Chicago Trib reports that Jerry Seinfeld will appear with Bill Gates...

[Please note that I have revised this blog post, as of 081808.] As noted at http://www.afrol.com/articles/29955 late last month (July 23, 2008) and in L'Express newspaper , the government of Mauritius has decided to adopt Summer Time (as it's known...

The past week has flown by as the mercury rises on the thermometer Just as Jason Brooks of EWeek says in the article, Seven Client OSes That Could Replace Windows , that "Microsoft's Windows is the undisputed king of the desktop, and, for a long time...

An old friend of mine, the irrepressible Tim Bucher , is in the news this week, as he's preparing to go toe to toe, so to speak, with Apple's supported ecosystem... "Now Bucher is again squaring off against his former company. He's spearheading an ambitious...

A quick post prior to my next meeting... In case you missed the fanfare yesterday, my boss, Jon DeVaan , and Steven Sinofsky , along with members of the Windows engineering team have started a public blog, the new Engineering Windows 7 blog, or E7 for...

Jim Goldman writes today that Netflix Goes Dark And Finds It's No Place To Be ... " It started this morning with an email apology from online movie rental powerhouse Netflix, confirming to its 8.4 million users that the company was suffering a shipping...

Now this is a positive move. Turkey is considering moving to daylight saving time (as noted here ). This year, it's business as usual, with Turkey's DST ending at the end of October. But what is particularly important to note: if approved by the government...

A quick post to provide some pricing perspective on Windows vs. Mac PCs, as we look to the upcoming back to school sales. Last week, Joe Wilcox posted a piece on Microsoft Watch noting that the regarding pricing on Vista PCs "These Prices Are Insane!...

A post about the latest daylight saving time and time zone update for Windows that goes live next week... At Microsoft, we have processes to track changes to daylight saving time (DST) and time zone (TZ) around the world, and we provide updates to Windows...

Patrick Marshall has a weekly column in the The Seattle Times where he answers reader questions "about everything from recovering deleted files to the pros and cons of handheld technology." Today he has a column in which he responded to a reader having...

A quick reading list as I post before leaving the office (yes, early today... we have a busy weekend and I was up until too late last night working on, well, work ;). On top of that, I'm a week behind in posting the reading list. I have to go home and...

If you are interested in catching up with all the Olympics but don't have the time to wade through (or be awake for) the sporting event of you choice (the freestyle swimming, fencing, soccer and the Decathalon here at home), we're pleased to announce...

Here's a quote for the Quixote in you... (apologies for the edit: see the article for more) "Get big fast. [Damn] the cost. Be brave. Go over the cliff. [The competition] doesn't have the ____." This courtesy of mobile phone operator and a man with a...

What are you afraid of? And how do you get past that fear? As Rob Schmitz reports for KQED on NPR in his article on All Things Considered , Calif. Teen Is Olympic Medal Hopeful , it turns out that "one of the the best U.S. prospects for a gold medal in...