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Mathforge: 2004, the Year in Mathematics

Posted Thursday, December 30, 2004 5:54 PM by Brianjo
Mathforge links to the important math stories for 2004 . Read More...
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.NET Passport 2.5 SDK Available

Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:10 PM by Brianjo
I saw on ActiveWin that this was updated on the download center this week. Check it out here: .NET Passport 2.5 Software Development Kit: Software and Documentation Microsoft .NET Passport is a suite of Web-based services that help make using the Internet Read More...
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Herb Sutter: The Free Lunch is Over

Posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:44 AM by Brianjo
Herb Sutter has written an article discussing processing power limits and how concurrency will be the mechanism that we use to continue to maximize the performance of software in the future. Check it out here: The Free Lunch Is Over: A Fundamental Turn Read More...
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Windows XP Service Pack 2: The Inside Story

Posted Monday, December 27, 2004 9:50 AM by Brianjo
Paul Thurrott has the inside story on XPSP2. Check it out here: Windows XP Service Pack 2: The Inside Story SuperSite readers will remember Todd Wanke as the guy who ran Microsoft's War Room for Windows Server 2003 (chronicled in Windows Server 2003: Read More...
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Best Gadget Present

Posted Sunday, December 26, 2004 11:48 PM by Brianjo
The best gadget present this year, didn't even go to me. It went to my two kids. One of my good Microsoft friends, Robert, gave each of the boys one of those headstrap miner lamps from REI. The model is the Petzl Tikka Plus . I rebuilt some computers Read More...
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History of the Brownie Camera

Posted Sunday, December 26, 2004 11:24 PM by Brianjo
I was looking something up with regards to security around mobile cameras, and I found this site (must be from 2000) that details the history of the Brownie Camera. Mobile photography isn't quite as new as many of us might like to think. It was very new Read More...
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Coolest Pocket PC Calculator

Posted Sunday, December 26, 2004 10:51 PM by Brianjo
I found the coolest little Pocket PC calculator today. It's called SpaceTime. I can't believe that I hadn't found this earlier, but it's a very advanced graphing calculator for the Pocket PC. They have a special running right now, so I picked it up today Read More...
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Microsoft's Spyware Strategy

Posted Friday, December 24, 2004 1:18 PM by Brianjo
New article on the Security at Home site about spyware: Microsoft's strategy for addressing spyware and other potentially unwanted software Microsoft's vision for anti-spyware is that customers should be empowered to make informed decisions about the Read More...
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Camera Phones and Crime

Posted Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:46 AM by Brianjo
One last thing to think about while you're out shopping these last few days before Christmas: Camera Phone Criminals Targeting Holiday Shoppers ORLANDO, Fla. -- Thieves armed with camera cell phones are using the devices to steal credit card numbers, Read More...
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Major Nelson Blogcasts

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:27 PM by Brianjo
Major Nelson is no longer doing podcasts . He's calling them blogcasts . I agree, podcast is a dumb name. Blogcast isn't much better, but it's an improvement: It's official...I am no longer doing podcasts As I mentioned previously, I don't like the name Read More...
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E-Cards

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:48 PM by Brianjo
My mom sent an e-card for my birthday the other day. I love this line from her note: "If you hadn't given me this computer, I would have sent a card in the mail. It would say the same thing..." While I'm all for saving paper, I miss that Jackson falling Read More...
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New IT Pro Security Community on TechNet

Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:50 PM by Brianjo
TechNet has a new community page up for security experts. Lots of RSS links to add to your aggregator. Check it out here: IT Pro Security Community Welcome to the IT Pro Security Community. If you are new to Community, visit the Getting Started page. Read More...
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Early Christmas Present

Posted Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:02 PM by Brianjo
My platinum box from Valve showed up today with a new Half-Life cap, the soundtrack CD, a bumper sticker, three posters, and a (sorely needed) strategy guide. Good stuff. My daughter has dibs on the Alyx poster. [Listening to: Dark Piano Short - Valve Read More...
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New .NET Show Episode: ADFS

Posted Friday, December 17, 2004 4:16 PM by Brianjo
There's a new .NET Show posted just in time for the holidays. Check it out here: ADFS Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS, formerly known as "TrustBridge"), is an identity and access management solution which provides a secure environment for managing Read More...
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Visual C++ 2005 Page Updated

Posted Friday, December 17, 2004 1:40 PM by Brianjo
Today we propped an updated Visual C++ 2005 page. I'm going to try to aggregate as much VC 2005 information as I can there until we launch the product, so you might want to bookmark this as a reference for Visual Studio 2005, C++/CLI, and Visual C++ 2005 Read More...
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John Montgomery on Writing Secure Code

Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:46 AM by Brianjo
Developer Marketing Director John Montgomery has posted a blog entry asking developers the question, "What should we be doing to make it easier to write secure code?" Writing Secure Code One of the things that my team is responsible for is helping developers Read More...
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Free Visual Studio Partner Product DVD

Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:11 AM by Brianjo
I saw this on a couple of the blog sites and since I didn't even know about it, I thought I should share it with Visual C++ Developer Center visitors: Order Your Free Partner Product DVD Get the most of your investment in Visual Studio .NET with the best Read More...
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Microsoft Acquires Anti-Spyware Leader GIANT Company

Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:37 AM by Brianjo
Spyware is one of the bigger concerns I get questions about through the MSDN Security Developer Center . Get the details here: Microsoft Acquires Anti-Spyware Leader GIANT Company REDMOND, Wash. -- Dec. 16, 2004 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Read More...
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Amazing Xbox Stats from Major Nelson

Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:55 PM by Brianjo
Check this out ... Some cool Xbox stats.... For the 13th consecutive month, Xbox grew its share of year-over-year monthly console sales -- climbing an additional 19 percent compared to last year -- and hitting a 41 percent share in November. Market share Read More...
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Earnhardt Movie

Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:56 PM by Brianjo
We watched the Dale Earnardt movie on Saturday night. It was pretty good. I told my wife that I thought everybody in my home town was probably watching it. Going by the ratings, I think that's probably not far off. ESPN's 3 Drives Ratings The film was Read More...
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December Security Updates

Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:04 AM by Brianjo
Several security bulletins updated today. Check out the details here: Windows Security Updates Summary for December 2004 The Microsoft Windows security updates for December 2004 include several important updates and a critical cumulative update for Microsoft Read More...
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Going back to one blog

Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 3:49 PM by Brianjo
I think I'm going to go back to one Weblog. It's just a little too confusing to keep both of them going at the same time. I'll probably continue to use my Spaces Blog as a moblog though. At some point I plan to have a super aggregated feed for everything, Read More...
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Holiday SPOT Watch Faces

Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 3:42 PM by Brianjo
For your MSN Direct watch. Get them now . Happy Holidays! Read More...
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RSS Feeds for Mike Howard and Keith Brown

Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:52 PM by Brianjo
We put together a couple of RSS feeds for your aggregating pleasure. You can now subscribe to feeds of MSDN articles written by security experts Michael Howard and Keith Brown. These feeds will work in your aggregator, or you can even read them directly Read More...
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Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Available

Posted Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:15 AM by Brianjo
The Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate is now available. Here's a link to the WIndows Server System page for the release candidate: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate On this page you'll find information for Windows Read More...
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Security Chat this Thursday

Posted Monday, December 06, 2004 3:50 PM by Brianjo
The next Mike Nash Security Chat is Thursday this week. Don't miss it. These have been really good. :) MSDN Chat: Ask Candid Questions About Security in Microsoft Products Join Mike Nash, Vice President for the Microsoft Security Business Unit, and his Read More...
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Stan Lippman on String Literals in C++/CLI

Posted Monday, December 06, 2004 10:08 AM by Brianjo
Stan has posted an important entry that goes a long way in explaining how string literals work in C++/CLI. Check it out here: The Type of a String Literal Revisited ... To briefly review: In ISO-C++, the type of "Pooh" is const char[5]. There is no exact Read More...
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Personal Blog on Spaces

Posted Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:39 PM by Brianjo
I've been thinking about moving my personal thoughts to a different weblog for a while, but the new MSN Spaces site just clinches it. It's way cool, I like the RSS feed, and I don't have to think twice about posting that stupid story of how one of my Read More...
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Windows Security Update for December 2004

Posted Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:14 AM by Brianjo
Microsoft is posting a new update for Windows today. This is a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. Users should visit Windows Update to get the latest updates. Here's some more information: Windows Security Update for December 2004 The Microsoft Read More...
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