Sitting down with a glass and a controller in my hands, I logged into Xbox Live for a post getting-the-kids-to-bed Xbox 360. Ooh, that's a new screen. Turn off the non-responsive Xbox 360. RROD . Another Groundhog Day : it's Saturday night...

My life as a customer. This week, it's cable television and the proposed digital television transition... not be confused with that other digital TV transition … as Tweeted today . If you read my post about my email and Tweet exchanges with Comcast ,...

There's a new article and interview up on Microsoft PressPass with my friend and fellow Canuck Peter Cullen from Microsoft on Data Privacy Day & online privacy. (Also available at http://tinyurl.com/pcullen013009 .)  The kids are in school today...

Are you participating in an office pool, wondering when Windows 7 will be released?  Sorry, keep wondering. This from Steven Sinofsky last night on Our Next Engineering Milestone , after offering a summary of the various product release points… "The...

As I wait for IE8 to restart <grr> and prep for a phone call, here's a quick list of what I've read in the last few weeks. What would it take to beat Google? | Webware – CNET -- January 22, 2009 3:12 PM PST Posted by Don Reisinger -- "The search...

Update , 1:39PM PAC: The House voted to delay the DTV transition today, and the President is likely to sign the legislation. As noted here , the As Kim Hart, Staff Writer for the Washington Post noted in her article today, Technical Difficulties: Switch...

Back from a meeting and just saw on the IE blog that the release candidate for Internet Explorer 8 is now available , so says my friend Dean Hachamovitch… "We're excited to make the IE8 Release Candidate available today for public download today...

Check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958729 , "A December 2008 cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update is available for Windows Mobile-based devices", which the Mobile team just posted.  You may need the update in order to see...

As I've noted previously , Mark Russinovich hosts a virtual roundtable for IT pros worldwide . The next one is coming up in a few weeks, on Thursday, February 12, 2009, when the topic will be the Windows 7 Beta. Better still, you can submit questions...

Thanks to Stephen Rose for his reminder to take a look at these short screencasts of the new and updated features in Windows 7 from the Windows Client Video Library on TechNet. You can also subscribe to the Windows Client Videos for IT Pros RSS feed to...

I spent a few years when I was young growing up in the south, where a favourite weekend food was the deviled egg.  Many recipes offer their versions of these picnic staples, but I found that the same basic ingredients in this side dish also make...

In these economic times, always to get more than you expect. Well, here's another installment of what is usually a weekly post on articles and posts from my reading pile. Is Microsoft working on software center for Windows? By Andrew Lyle, Jan 21, 2009...

It's been a long week by any measure, and I was happy to offer some assistance today to a few associates impacted by the job eliminations.  Having experienced this in SiValley myself, I hope that I'm able to make an impact and help where possible...

All good things must come to an end. As Brandon notes today, the general availability for the Windows 7 Beta will end on the Windows 7 Team Blog… but will be extended through February 10th… Because enthusiasm continues to be so high for the Windows 7...

Of interest, Don Reisinger posted (January 22, 2009) which he "can't get enough of Windows 7"… "Anyone who reads The Digital Home knows that I have issues with Windows Vista . I think it's a sub-par operating system with too many quirks...

I noted on Twitter today that @nytimesscience reported on Worm impacting computers around the world (as noted here by John Markoff , January 22, 2009)…  "A new digital plague has hit the Internet, infecting millions of personal and business...

Well, it's been a busy week at home and at the office already, and it's only Wednesday.  Microsoft will report second quarter earnings tomorrow afternoon so don't ask me anything 'til Friday please.  At the office early, home late.  But...

As Kim Hart, Staff Writer for the Washington Post noted in her article today, Technical Difficulties: Switch to Digital TV May Not Be as Smooth as Advertised , many consumers are impacted by the transition to digital television (as I noted noted previously...

A step away from the highlights of the day, a collection of articles and posts from my reading pile that you may find of interest.  OK, if you must, here's one story that just may provide you with more insider comments from Obama’s inauguration that...

Now that the Windows 7 Beta is available for download , consider what you might do with an old laptop or notebook computer you have that's just gathering dust or taking up space in your closet… you might just find a new use for that old system. ( Tweeted...

Yesterday I noted that there were a few things I like about Windows 7. I saw a tweet about the post today from microsoftsubnet on the Seven things to love, hate about Windows 7 by Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen in Network World (01/15/09, See http:/...

In the last few weeks, I've noticed an increase in phishing and email fraud as I noted a few days ago in my post The new year rings in another bonus: a rise in bogus electronic greeting cards . (More on what a phishing scam looks like is available here...

I saw a tweet about the post today from microsoftsubnet on the Seven things to love, hate about Windows 7 by Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen in Network World (01/15/09, See http://tinyurl.com/9ropqp ).  First off, hate is much too strong a word IMO...

In his post today (January 13, 2009), Can Microsoft Make Windows for a Small World? , Saul Hansell of the New York Times thinks that the "biggest question facing Windows 7 is whether Microsoft can really think small." Now, for those of you old...

Over the weekend I posted info on setting up a dual boot system for Windows 7 , and today I received a number of mails, notes and IMs saying how pleased people have been so far with Windows 7.  It's exciting to see so many people using the OS that...