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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:00 AM

15 Years at Microsoft

In May 2009, I hit my 15-year mark at Microsoft as a full-time employee. I thought this would be a good reason to share some of my highlights and career experience publically so others can better understand the opportunities offered working at Microsoft
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:39 AM

Top downloads for your Windows 7 PC at home

Now that you have Windows 7 on your home PC, it’s time to install the software that helps make it great. For me, these are: Windows Live (Messenger, Hotmail, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, and more) Microsoft Security Essentials Fun WebSlices for Internet
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:37 AM

Unsure about upgrading to Windows 7? Tools to help

Maybe you aren’t sure about upgrading to Windows 7, even though you’ve heard it is the best operating system to have ever been created, which it is in my opinion. If so, here are a few resources to help you make sure you are ready for Windows 7: 1. You
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Sunday, August 30, 2009 4:49 AM

Grown Up Digital

I just ready Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott and found a few interesting facts about the generation of people who have grown up with technology (Internet, SMS, etc.) and can’t imagine life without it. There are eight things that this generation expects
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Monday, July 20, 2009 4:06 PM

Write code, save the world

Since I consider myself an environmentalist and a technologist, then I simply must share this: Will Code for Green . It is a contest to encourage people to use the Bing API to build interesting applications that help people deal with the worsening global
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Friday, July 17, 2009 3:30 PM

Microsoft gets its edge back

A fun and interesting article that I just had to pass on from ZDNet: Microsoft gets its edge back It covers Microsoft versus Apple, Microsoft versus Google, Windows Server versus Linux and Hyper-V versus VMWare.
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Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:07 PM

Engineering Windows 7 for a Global Market

Since I just posted about the ability to create Arabic character with an English keyboard , I would be remiss to not point out what is going on with Windows 7. Windows 7 has been engineered to work around the world . It will support 36 languages plus
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:09 AM

Need to type in Arabic?

For Arabic speakers who are sitting at a PC with a Roman-based keyboard (such as English), your life will now be easier. Microsoft Maren is a Windows extension that comes to the rescue, allowing you to type Arabic in Roman characters (Romanized Arabic,
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:35 PM

Easily Update Your Windows Live Profile

Now that I have been using it for a few months, I have to admit that I am loving the fact that when I update Facebook, Twitter, Zune, and iLike (the social networking sites I use the most) that my Windows Live profile is updated. Here are a few of the
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Saturday, May 30, 2009 2:29 AM

19 Reasons Why Microsoft Is Huge with Developers

Microsoft certainly does have a breadth of products and programs for developers. This sums up 19 of them: Application Development: 19 Reasons Why Microsoft Is Huge with Developers (and 1 Reason Why Not)
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:51 AM

My Presentation in Finland of Windows Live

Here is my video for the launch of Windows Live in Finland I do look comfortable on stage, but I say the word “um” too often and refer to the screen too often also. Watching the entire thing might be somewhat dull to anyone watching it here online, but
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:30 AM

Microsoft and HSBC help startups

This too cool not to share: HSBC and Microsoft’s BizSpark program have partnered up to help technology-based startups: See http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/bizspark . Just imagine starting your own company with the support of HSBC and Microsoft!  I found
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:13 AM

Testing links to Zune

At http://social.zune.net/links/ZuneLinks.aspx you can search for all sorts of entertainment and get a URL that you can then include in your blog or web site. So, here are a bunch for a band I like called the Wombats. Artist on the Zune Marketplace (launches
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:23 AM

Welcoming a new blogger

I work with Stephen Kennedy in London and he’s just started a new blog on MSDN. His first entry is about twitter, which is something he is very interested in and uses quite often for communications and for meeting new people. I look forward to other geeky
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 1:40 PM

Microsoft Technologies Available for Licensing

Back in May of 2005, I created a blog entry that listed the 20 technologies that Microsoft licenses . I now see that Microsoft licenses 47 technologies (as of December 2008), which I think is pretty cool. Think about it: you can license Microsoft technologies
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