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Nothing clarifies the need for help managing the ol' inbox like being out of the country for a week. My inbox got pretty out of control last week, which drove me to search for some help. Don't get me wrong - Outlook is great, and has some interesting...

Skype really saved my hiney last week while I was in Copenhagen. It could always tunnel through whatever network I was hung off on, and the reception back to the States was pretty good. I'm absolutely sold. Now I want "SkypeIn". No, it doesn't exist yet...

The bag is pretty sub-par. Nothing compared to TechEd Europe's cool bike messenger bag. Lots of eval software in the bag - ISA Server 120-day eval (I bet day 121 is quite a shock!), Visio, a pretty cool Security Guidance Kit (I have no idea how to get...

Copenhagen - a great place to visit in the summer. Unfortunately, it's November. It's dark from 4pm to 7am. The shadows of stuff look *really* cool. I'm over here for the IT Forum - think TechEd without any developer-related content. The focus in on our...

Yeah, I do have Mac envy. So I had WindowBlinds, DesktopX, ObjectDock, all fired up and running happily away. Then I tried to open an IRM'ed (Microsoft-speak for DRM) email. Nada. Wouldn't open. I fired up OWA, and I could get the email to open. Weird...

It is so cool to see a real live rock star every now and then. I was headed to my last meeting of the evening, when a panicked Rory swung by, looking for an office to crash in. Luckily, I've got folks from my team slung out all over the green earth right...

Now I've done it... I upgraded a prefectly working MCE 2k3 machine to MCE 2k5 (discs from MSDN Subscribers Download), and now I'm horked. Well, kinda horked... I flattened/paved the box, and did a clean install. I updated my nVidia GeForce3 drivers to...

Updated now that I have one - see my review here . http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1706540,00.asp Check out this beast. Two tuner cards. Why anyone would call this a "laptop" is beyond me. System weight = 9.5 lbs. Could be a fantastic desktop...