A little humour today, just before Superbowl Sunday: this commercial from Volkswagen featuring a diminutive Darth Vader on a seemingly normal Saturday afternoon. I have seen our own son pull the same head fake at the end of the commercial when faced with a reaction to his use of The Force on our cat...

Brandon over in Windows (interesting to write it like that, having recently moved from building 26 ) posted here about how we really designed the look-and-feel of Windows 7 , in contrast to a quote in a short interview from a Microsoft employee not involved in designing Windows 7. "I hate to say...

Of interest are the top films from the Windows 7 72-Hour Film Festival, held in Seattle last month. "Seattle-based filmmakers were given 72 hours to create a 30 second to 2 minute film celebrating the launch of Microsoft's new Windows 7. Genres were picked from a hat (a different genre for each...

Welcome to Windows 7 Release! OK, now you have your copy of Microsoft Windows 7. First, check that your PC will run it with Upgrade Advisor http://bit.ly/rP24L . And if you've got questions about Windows 7, look thru the posts from community experts on the Microsoft Answers site about Windows 7 (in 11...

New in heavy rotation is the latest Laptop Hunter "You find it, you keep it" Microsoft PC television commercial… As Steve noted , this time Matt and Olivia are looking for a laptop under $700 and "Windows Photo Galley gets a high five in this ad and eventually they walk out with a HP dv7...

New on the Springboard Series Blog , highlights from the latest Virtual Roundtable on Application Compatibility for Windows 7. I'm looking forward to having the full programme posted online.           Video: VRT Promo Missed it? Well, here is a promo video...

On the news today is this blog post from the Seattle PI about how the folks at Gizmodo got a demo of the new Zune HD, "Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPod Touch, set to be released this fall". Zune HD Video Hands On from Gizmodo on Vimeo . Very cool. I do think that there is a market for the...

A quick post: Of interest is the coverage and videos this week from the Microsoft CEO Summit 2009 this week at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, where our groups hosted more than 100 CEOs. This clip features Steve Ballmer as he "discusses the state of innovation in technology and future...

Of interest is this video from last week from Max Zuckerman of Channel 8 , speaking with Bill Gates on the importance of DreamSpark and the student community… You can find this video as well as Gates' keynote on the Government Leaders Forum press site (the conference was last week). Tags: Bill Gates...

A round up from my article pile which includes a new favourite video from Mix09: Bill Buxton's Keynote followed by Scott Guthrie's announcement of the Silverlight 3 beta, the Expression Blend 3 Preview, and more. As noted in Microsoft Exec: Red Polos, To Us, Are Like Turtlenecks to Steve Jobs - Digits...

Today I saw that NASA junkie Kevin Schofield , GM at Microsoft Research, spoke at Convergence 2009 this week and showed the now infamous view from MSR of the future in 2019 video… "So let me bring this close to home because, you know, this is kind of ethereal a little bit. And we talked about exploration...

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 be automatically updated as new walkthroughs are...

I'm out sick this week <cough, cough> whilst the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008 (WinHEC) kicked off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center (thru November 7).  "WinHEC 2008 provides the opportunity to learn about the latest product news and opportunities from Microsoft...

In this video from CNET's Ina Fried and Kara Tsuboi, you'll learn "why consumers can expect more "dessert" and fewer "vegetables" from the new operating system, and talks about the reasoning behind the number 7 in the name." Dessert? Vegetables? I can always count on CNET to explain things so simply...

As I Twittered (tweeted? I'll get this right), sometimes you forget to do something: pick up milk on the way home, feed the cat or empty the dishwasher.  On the whole, not so serious.  And with a digital vide recorder or a Media Center PC, you shouldn't have to worry about missing an episode...

Yes, that’s right: our very own Steve Ballmer is on the Life without walls web site with his own video… Find any more memorable clips? Tags: Steve Ballmer , Windows Vista , Microsoft , video http://tinyurl.com/4osfqg

Have you seen all the videos posted? Thanks to the Twitter feed (addictive) , the folks over in HR posted a link to the latest videos now available on the Windows site: Tags: Bill Gates , Microsoft , Vista , Windows . http://tinyurl.com/6mblyy

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 and distribution outage. "I called the company this...

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 NBC Olympics On The Go -- powered by TVTonic on Windows...

It's a long time coming, but good to see that after a few hints here and there, we finally have word from Kristin Kalning, Games editor on MSNBC in this article that beginning this fall in the States, the catalogue of streaming video titles available from Netflix will be available directly from your...

Happy Canada Day. And now a little something for my friends on the "time" team concall, here are a couple of additional links on Bill Gates today, including the latest news and a link to portions of the humourous "Bill's last day" video . See also the article in the New York Times by Steve Lohr ... ...

Darren Murph over at Engadget reports that the HP MediaSmart Connect is finally available for pre-order, an Extender for Windows Media Center system, for your HDTV. "The unit plays nice with other UPnP- and DLNA-compliant devices and includes 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, an Ethernet port, HDMI / component jacks...

This from the morning news... first there was the Princess Leia hologram , now Bill Gates is getting virtually projected around the world... Bill Gates, chairman of software powerhouse Microsoft Corp, made a five-minute virtual appearance at the World Congress on Information Technology 2008 here. A 4...

While waiting for a conference call to begin, a quick post on Touch Wall demo'ed by Bill Gates at the CEO Summit this week in Redmond . Benjamin J. Romano of the Seattle Times covers today how Bill Gates demonstrated the Touch Wall at the CEO Summit in Redmond this week... "On Wednesday, he gave about...

Questions on deploying Vista? See the first Springboard Live clip using Silverlight, presented by our own Mark Russinovich... Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of experts for a discussion on adopting Windows Vista into a desktop infrastructure. The panel features subject-matter experts and IT pros from...