I recalled tonight an old quote: Fortuna favet fatuis. If you know me, you'll likely understand my personal, off-hours affinity for such a quote and my penchant for Monty Python humour. But in all seriousness, I'm reminded of a past post in which I...

If you weren't at the TED conference this week, you might've missed Bill Gates' mosquito stunt as noted in TechFlash by Todd Bishop (February 4, 2009)… "Yes, they were real. No, they didn't carry malaria. And they definitely didn't qualify as a swarm...

I recently solved the Word Completion problem I was having on my AT&T Fuze (HTC Diamond). I received a new phone from AT&T in late December and found that Word Completion was not working, even when selected in Settings>Input. I found that...

I just saw that the new Microsoft Windows Mobile "My Phone" site (or is it myPhone? ;) went live… "Coming soon... Microsoft My Phone syncs information between your mobile phone and the web, enabling you to: Back up and restore your phone...

A blast from the past -- which many people would benefit reading -- is the infamous 1993 "Shrimp and Weenies" Memo, here brought back for your reading pleasure by John Paczkowski of AllThingsD, on Jan 23, 2009. "Reading through Microsoft...

Today I was asked… "How do I change what the start menu power button does in Windows Vista?" Click on the Start/Windows icon in the lower left hand corner of your screen and type "power options" in the <i>start search</i>...

As I posted here , the House voted to delay the DTV transition today, which the President is likely to sign into legislation. Now the Obama White House is fulfilling their promise to allow people to comment on new legislation, allowing a five day feedback...

The end of a long weekend for the kids, and I'm reminded about finances and the need to finish compiling all the records for our taxes.  OK, I'll get that done this coming weekend.  But I was reminded by Guy Kawasaki of the these investment...

As I updated on Twitter (OK, "tweeted"), Jon DeVaan posted a new entry on our Engineering Windows 7 blog with regards to the UAC feedback we’ve been receiving. (The post is also available via http://tinyurl.com/uacupdate .) Most of our work...

It's Friday the 13th: what better day than today to think about computer security? This week, SiValley mom and friend Beth posted that she was looking to get a new family computer, and she twittered her question asking the weberati whether she should...

Over lunch today and before I head off to my afternoon meetings, I read a good post today, Visualization is Child's Play , from Joshua Allen in Microsoft DPE (whom I had the pleasure of meeting in person this past weekend) on the http://visitmix.com/...

Microsoft will host the 2009 MVP Global Summit this week, March 1-4, 2009, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, and at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond. Hosted by two of my associates , the irrepressible Rich Kaplan and the...