Tabs (and quick-tabs), RSS, anti-phishing, zoom, fit-to-page printing and a whole lot more... Check it out at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie . Sites responding slowly so I think it's gonna be popular...

http://research.microsoft.com/projects/GroupShot/ Overview We are happy to introduce Microsoft Research Group Shot. MSR Group Shot helps you create a perfect group photo out of a series of group photos. With Group Shot you can select your favorite...

The System Center Reporting Manager 2006 Release Candidate build has been released to BetaPlace < https://beta.microsoft.com >. We encourage you to install System Center Reporting Manager 2006 (Release Candidate), MOM 2005 SP1, and SMS 2003 SP2...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d7e1d03b-3fbd-44f3-a7bf-e84df41a6932&DisplayLang=en Mouse drivers available too (thanks to bhandler for the link!)...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=18cb8e7f-ecd3-424d-870c-32288020f788&displaylang=en

Coolness... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5CE8F01D-A421-4DA8-9144-FBAF44E62C34&displaylang=en "Overview WSSRA Virtual Environments for Development and Test (WSSRA-VE) is an extension of the WSSRA Implementation Guides...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086 "Microsoft now releases ISO-9660 CD image files that contain all the security and critical updates that are released on the Microsoft Windows Update Web site for Windows and for other Microsoft products. The ISO...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/deploy/winpe.mspx "Windows PE 2.0 is the core deployment foundation for Windows Vista. It is designed to make large-scale, customized deployments of the new Windows Vista operating system notably easier...

Wonder how they keep this thing running cool... http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/06/dells-latest-xps-pc-features-support-for-quad-graphics/

OneNote is one of those apps that kinda defies explanation and really requires you to try it for yourself - the best analogy I can think of is "digital notebook" - which usually makes people's eyes glaze over... Until I show it to them - then it all starts...

Great stuff... "The Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance (MSSC) team is proud to announce the release to Web of version 2.0 of the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide and Threats and Countermeasures: Security Settings in Windows Server 2003...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx Blog entry from Mike Nash on the reasoning behind the out-of-band release - http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/05/416980.aspx TechNet Webcast: Information About MS06-001...

You've probably seen this by now... But I'm thinking this will finally be the device that makes me trash my circa 2000 Spaceneedle ;-) http://vzwshop.com/treo700w/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1907978,00.asp http://blog.treonauts.com...

"The MIIS documentation team is pleased to announce availability of the MIIS 2003 Security Considerations Guide. This guide discusses security considerations for different elements of an MIIS 2003 deployment. It presents potential security issues related...

Just booted up to XP/x64 - detected and installed the controller driver without issue ;-) Now to figure out how to get the button mappings working...

Scoblizer has an interview with the Vista Kernel team over at http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=148820 . Great stuff...

So I still haven't been able to get my hands on a 360... Instead I've been mucking around with the XBOX controller on my Windows machine (Big Honking Box aka BHB aka AMD Athlon FX-53 with 4GB RAM on a DFI LANParty Ultra-D nForce 4 with an eVGA GeForce...

Hi folks - just wanted to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2006... I'm resolving to keep this blog more up-to-date... Damned day job keeps getting in the way ;-)