March 2005 - Posts

OpenGL desktop rendering on Linux...
29 March 05 06:33 PM | KamVedBrat | 18 Comments   

there's an odd title for an msdn blog post... and yet, I'm linking to it anyway... It's nice to see the linux community catches up with what we demonstrated on Windows at WinHEC two years ago. What do folks think of this sort of thing? If you've seen Read More...

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March CTP
27 March 05 10:24 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

With the new March CTP , you can start building apps using Avalon and Indigo together... Chris Anderson has all the scoop... Read More...

Crossfader
27 March 05 10:20 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Microsoft just launched Crossfader Beta , an online community for electronic music artists... Read More...

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Masala Downloads!
25 March 05 12:12 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

It seems that Movielink and CinemaNow aren't the only ones in the downloadable movies business. Masala Downloads now has Indian movies in WMV format that you can download... my favorite part of their website is that they advertise the downloads being Read More...

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Aero Isn't Dead.
16 March 05 12:51 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Scoble pointed out that Joe Wood is asking if Aero is dead . Microsoft has a bunch of big public events happening this year ( WinHEC , PDC , etc.) and as we're ready to roll out more details on Longhorn, you will hear more about how the plans for the Read More...

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Start.com
12 March 05 12:22 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

MSN has a news aggregator. Many years ago http://start.com would take you to the MSN.com homepage (well, maybe not many years...). They've been busy making some really great stuff over in RedWest... Read More...

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Dean on Presenting
12 March 05 12:20 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Dean posts what someone heard when he talked about presentations ...hey where's that rss feed? Read More...

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Welcome Ray Ozzie!
12 March 05 12:17 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Ray Ozzie has joined Microsoft to be our new CTO, along with the rest of the folks at Groove Networks. You can read all about it on Groove's site , or check out the Microsoft Press Release . Read More...

Shipping Software
06 March 05 04:29 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Kevin and Omar have some further comments about our ability ship at MSFT. Read More...

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Mark leaves MSFT
04 March 05 08:27 AM | KamVedBrat | 7 Comments   

Mark thinks we have forgotten how to ship software and that we haven't kept up with how the world has changed around us. Longhorn has definitely been a long haul - no denying that. But we've made a heck of a lot of great steps along the way with Server Read More...

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