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Windows Vista + Office 2007 + Virtual Earth = Cool!!!

I've been working with Accruent , a Microsoft Gold Partner, as they migrate to their next generation of Real Estate Management System. Sanjay Parthasarthy , who heads up all things evangelism, invited me to demo the really cool work they've done during Read More...
Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 3:58 PM by benriga | 2 Comments

Anders Hejlsberg: Behind the Code

I love this video! This is an episode of “Behind theCode.” That’s a video series about Microsoft employees that have done great things. Anders has defintely done that. The video is an informal chat with Anders about his many accomplishments. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:33 AM by benriga | 2 Comments
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I am Smart. What about you?

Ok. So a couple of weeks ago I posted a link to a stupid quiz that purported to test whether you are dumb. Today Chris Sells pointed me to another quiz but this one is not stupid and actually tests your knowledge of 8th Grade math. So could You Pass 8th Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:24 AM by benriga | 0 Comments
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I am dumb. What about you?

I got the link to this game off A View from Elsewhere . Pretty funny. And, uh, yeah… I am dumb… This one had me laughing out loud. It’s just so damn stupid. I can’t help but wonder how come people have the time to build these things. Anyway, if you have Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:59 PM by benriga | 2 Comments
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Pigs do Fly!

Well, it looks like the rumors about Palm releasing a Windows Mobile Treo were true. This morning they announced that they are “ bringing the Palm experience to Windows Mobile. ” This was probably one of the worst kept secrets in the industry. There’s Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 10:35 AM by benriga | 0 Comments
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Windows Treo on Monday?

Wow! The Windows Mobile 5 train is really picking up some steam. There are all sorts of things happening. First Orange announced the SPV M5000 (aka HTC Universal). Then Sprint announced the PPC-6700 (aka HTC Apache). Now the rumor is that Palm is going Read More...
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 5:28 PM by benriga | 0 Comments
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Cool and umm... Cool

Communication Nation turned me onto a very cool reference tool called ObjectGraph Dictionary . It includes several dictionaries including a classical dictionary, computing dictionary, table of elements and a thesaourus. What’s really neat, though, is Read More...
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 5:08 PM by benriga | 0 Comments
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Windows Mobile Pr0n

Pocket PC Thoughts has the goods on the upcoming HP 6715. I saw a 6500 at PDC last week and it’s quite nice. A nice form factor with a decent size screen and keyboard. The 6715 turns up the juice on that. It’s got Quad Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth and Read More...
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 4:38 PM by benriga | 0 Comments
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Geek Out and Celebrate in Silicon Valley

I think this is pretty cool. As a thank you from Microsoft to the community on our 30th Anniversary, admission to the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose is free on Saturday, September 24. The Tech event is being advertised with a half page full color Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:13 PM by benriga | 0 Comments
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Microsoft AntiSpyware beta released

Well it looks like we held to our promise that we'd make this available very quickly. We've posted this out there. Very cool Stuff. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:56 PM by benriga | 1 Comments
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Smartphones Rule!

I’ve been waiting a long time to get a new phone/PDA. I’ve carried a organiser for as long as I can remember. Going way back to the original Sharp Organiser that was so big and heavy that it eventually tore a hole in some of my suit jackets. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:18 AM by benriga | 0 Comments
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Spy vs Spy

A couple of weeks ago Microsoft acquired GIANT Company . That’s very very cool. As a geek and especially as a Microsoft employee I’ve been called upon quite a few times to help friends and family to clear up problems with their machines. I can almost Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:52 AM by benriga | 32 Comments
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Blogging more

Since I set up my blog I haven’t posted nearly enough. Not that there’s a lack of things to blog about. I often think of things but never get around to it. I’ve decided that part of the problem is that it’s not that easy to go Read More...
Posted Monday, December 20, 2004 11:34 AM by benriga | 2 Comments
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Research that Rocks

I read an article today about some of the projects that Microsoft Research is working on that got me excited. I have to admit I'm just average when it comes to taking photos. When I first got into photography I was "all in". I bought an expensive 35mm Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:38 AM by benriga | 1 Comments
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