For all of those who are still braving the crowds to finish their holiday shopping, you're in good company, as you'll note at right. I'm off this week but working on a couple of belated posts. In the mean time, here are a few to hold you through the holiday...

Have you seen what's new over the Bellevue, WA skyline? My son, Max, noticed a sight of one of the local Microsoft buildings this evening coming home from the new movie, Avatar: Here's a detail from the mobile phone shot, with a view of the "bing"...

Yes, it's true, Virgina: once again a government has decided on making a last minute change to their daylight saving time . Quite reminiscent of when Argentina made a change to their their daylight saving time back in 2007 and brought me into the office...

Going to Fiji anytime soon? Or scheduling LiveMeetings with a thriving supplier in the region? Then you'll want to know about the latest changes to their changes to daylight saving time (aka DST). As found over on the Microsoft Daylight Saving Time &...

Well, Black really isn't the new Blue this season, as some may have you believe. Over at the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog , Christopher posted a note on the reports of so-called “Black Screen” issues that some customers might have experienced...

If there is data on your PC that you need to protect, BitLocker encryption can help to protect your files with encryption. (As noted on the Windows 7 site, BitLocker "helps keep everything from documents to passwords safer by encrypting the entire...

One of the things I like to do is coincide the playback of the famed Concerts for Bangladesh with the original concert start times (they started at noon and 7 PM local time, I believe). Perhaps you're and IT Pro or sysadmin looking to coordinate the time...