VolkerW's WebLog

On yesterday's blogpulse highlights , I found Amaztype . Very interesting way to search Amazon, even though it seems to require a magnifying glass.

This is the last week of a Microsoft internal awareness 64-bit campaign. Evangelism is not only about external awareness and excitement; you also have an internal audience. Many of us are working on both ends, internal and external evangelism. And some...

Now you can, with the help of Cherry OS , let loose a “Panther” on your Windows desktop (thanks virtualization.info for the news). Still don’t get why you would do that. Maybe smooth migration to Windows J . One of the main reasons (if not the main reason...

Whatever you call your video media blog, Olivelink might be the product of choice. Found the info at http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/03/welcome_to_oliv.html . Certainly will try it on my favorite 64-bit laptop on Monday.

Did not pay too much attention to the developments of OS/2 in the past years. Maybe because IBM did not plan for a 64-bit version (chuckle). This morning I listened to my favorite German radio station DLF . They have a broadcast “Computer and Communication...

" NVIDIA IS first with WHQL drivers for Windows XP, x64 Edition. Nvidia got a confirmation that Microsoft admitted its recently submitted driver for Geforce 6800 Ultra and gave it a stamp of approval for this operating system. Nvidia can rock the Win...

I tend to disagree with Robert . First, Smarttags aren’t “evil” and second, Google may not have plans to ship Hailstorm. J When I read about Mark Lucovsky leaving Microsoft at eWeek this morning, the first thing that came to my mind was – like Microsoft...

Now that we are clear about the Microsoft 64-bit commitment , let’s focus on the future J . Obviously, HPC is a big thing for Microsoft and I expect other important announcements like Jim Allchin’s x64 message in the near future. However, what about virtualization...

Everybody should know by now. But just in case. Here's the news .

There are at least 2 times in the life of an evangelist when things really change: When the products or technologies you evangelize RTM. When your focus changes. Well, I am lucky. In my life, both happen at about the same time: x64 support is almost released...

Abbas Jaffarali compares the 64-bit P4 and Athlon64 at Tbreak.com . Quotes: "We’ve taken some of the benchmarks we commonly use in our CPU testing and ran them across Windows XP in 64 bit. Keep in mind that these are 32 bit apps that are running on 64...

WinHEC ante portas. Part of my job is a 64-bit Resource Kit CD ready for WinHEC this year. I already have tons of content and will certainly need a DVD. That said, there's space left for additional bits and pieces. The kit will contain Videos from training...

Changing code to make it compile and run on different (Windows) platforms. Call it migration, call it porting, when it comes to 64-bit it might be more a question of to be or not to be (part of the imminent future of computing). Over the last years I...

At www.tenbyten.org . I found it on Wired : "Want to stay up on the latest news but think Google News is dry and boring? For something a little more visual, try 10x10. The site lets viewers scour the top headlines using photos, which combine to create...

and it just runs fine (as a 32-bit app). Like this comment states, it seems to be a bit slow. Definitely not slower as on my 32-bit box :-). The Ferrari 3400 still runs hot on build 1238 but certainly requires a pit stop for an upgrade to RC2 .

Quick update on my last blog and Intel. I asked for a similar list or website like the AMD one . Intel is looking into it. My contact at Intel said: "In the past ... we've made it a policy not to have links to other company's websites from our website...

You may want to check out AMD64 Device Driver Support for Windows® and Linux . The page says it has been updated in November. Nevertheless quite a list for download and out of the box in Windows for x64 and Linux. I will try to find a similar list on...

"Virtual Iron, VMware Virtually Duke it Out" at http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3484391 . "Virtual Distinctions and Contradictions While virtualization software from VMware is designed to carve up a single, x86 box into small partitions...

I certainly hope so. "And performance is what the 64-bit version of XP is all about: Microsoft promises "considerable performance improvements on 64-bit applications." Even if also the earliest 64-bit Athlons will be able to run the new software "well...

Quote from zdnet . BOSTON--In just a few short months, an open-source software package called Xen has been catapulted from obscurity to the limelight as many computing industry powers throw their weight behind the project. Xen lets multiple operating...

" When we announced the completion of the RC2 Milestone of Window Server 2003 x64/SP1 last week we indicated the following: - That the Window Server 2003 x 64 editions would only be available through the private Beta Program - The public Customer Preview...

The pace of Day 3 at 64bit slowed down a bit after a very busy second day with new concepts on the 64-bit architecture – but that does not mean new things were not learned! Students saw several demos on the true power of SQL-Server when combined with...

Day 2 covered an in depth analysis of the WoW64 execution layer. It also was a busy day in terms of interoperability as students learned how to maintain 32-bit dependencies with their 64-bit applications. Students also learned how inter-process communication...

After the morning keynotes the real hands on lab begun: Day one was about C/C++ development on and for 64-bit Windows platforms. In general participants found the content ”informative and valuable”. Some of the verbatim feedback: - “On the first day I...