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Friday, July 31, 2009 3:53 PM

Ross Smith: Portfolio selection and game theory in defect prevention

Today we’re happy to offer a guest post by Ross Smith, Director of Test, Windows Security, at Microsoft, and one of the authors of "The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention" (Microsoft Press, 2007).
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:07 PM

RTM’d today: Windows 7 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

We’re pleased to say that William Stanek has finished "Windows 7 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant" (Microsoft Press, 2009; ISBN: 9780735626997; 704 pages) and that the book shipped to the printer today!
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:04 AM

Getting a quick start with Windows Live Calendar

Windows Live Calendar can be a great place to start organizing your home life. If you haven’t checked out the Windows Live Calendar, it's worth taking a closer look.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:14 AM

Author news: Ian McLean Gets to Visit the Queen

Author Ian McLean recounts his visit to Buckingham Palace.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:07 PM

Ed Wilson: What happens when you get 5000 nerds together?

What happens when you bring 5000 nerds from around the world and place them in a single building? Well if they are Microsoft employees, they begin to talk about computers.
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Monday, July 27, 2009 11:38 AM

Author news: Steve McConnell’s State of the Practice Survey

Steve McConnell, author of "Code Complete" and "Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art," would like your input regarding software practices.
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Friday, July 24, 2009 11:18 AM

Author news: Ed Bott on Windows 7 upgrades

Long-time Microsoft Press author Ed Bott, who is currently working on "Windows 7 Inside Out" (shipping in September), just published a helpful guide to upgrading to Windows 7.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:36 AM

Just a reminder: Microsoft Press | Twitter

You can follow us at http://twitter.com/MicrosoftPress. We hope that you will; Twitter is a great way to stay in touch with our customers, authors, reviewers, and peers.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:37 AM

RTM’d today: MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-653): Configuring Windows Small Business Server 2008

Microsoft Press shipped "MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-653): Configuring Windows Small Business Server 2008" (ISBN: 9780735626782) to the printer today!
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:01 AM

Author news: William Bartholomew on Team Foundation Build

An excellent interview with William Bartholomew is offered by Radio TFS. William and Sayed Hashimi are the much-praised authors of "Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build" (Microsoft Press, 2009).
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:25 AM

I. M. Wright podcast: “Opportunity in a gorilla suit”

"It's annual review time at Microsoft. We differentiate pay between high, average, and low performers in the same roles. Thus, it's time to calibrate those who've made the most of their opportunities in the past year with those in the mainstream of solid engineers and those who haven't quite kept pace with peers."
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Monday, July 20, 2009 10:05 AM

New book: Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 3

Laurence Moroney’s Microsoft Silverlight book is now available: Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 3 (Microsoft Press, 2009; ISBN: 9780735625730; 384 pages).
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Friday, July 17, 2009 7:22 AM

Microsoft Press Book Connection newsletter

Microsoft Press publishes a monthly newsletter that might interest you. Each month we feature various short articles, editors’ picks, and, often, special offers.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:33 AM

One week only: 25 Percent Discount on Microsoft Press E-Reference Libraries!

Serious savings on the Microsoft Press E-Reference Libraries: a premium online collection of Microsoft Press books, along with a powerful search tool to quickly find the answer, code snippet, or troubleshooting tip that you need.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:13 PM

Creating Dynamic Charts for Your Reports and Presentations Using Excel 2007

Many people find themselves having to present data – whether via presentation or a report, visually. Reinhold Scheck’s book, "Create Dynamic Charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Beyond," focuses specifically on working with data and charts in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:13 AM

Author news: Alex Ionescu on Windows Internals Fifth Edition

If you’ve read "Windows Internals" in the past and you’re wondering whether the new edition is new enough, coauthor Alex Ionescu's post should help you decide.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:00 AM

Back in Stock with 5-Star Reviews -- Windows Internals 5th Edition

Many of you wrote to us about the stock status of "Windows Internals" and we thank you! We immediately ordered a reprint and we're happy to announce that Amazon.com (the biggest distributor of this title) has it back in stock.
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Monday, July 13, 2009 10:00 AM

New book: Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

We’re happy to announce that "Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009" (ISBN: 9780735626454; 720 pages), by The Microsoft Dynamics AX Team, is now available.
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Friday, July 10, 2009 11:47 AM

MSL news: Microsoft Office Communications Server Training Portal

At Microsoft Learning’s Training Portal for Office Communications Server (OCS) you can find pointers to Microsoft Learning’s OCS-related training offerings, including free preview chapters (plus the full TOC and Index) from Microsoft Press’s recently published "Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit."
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Friday, July 10, 2009 11:07 AM

Scott Guthrie says Silverlight 3 is here!

On Channel 9 you can watch a new video in which Microsoft Press author Laurence Moroney, author of "Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 3," interviews Scott about the new features in Silverlight and Expression, the audiences for these tools, adoption of these tools, SketchFlow, how to get started, and other topics.
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Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:07 PM

Pricing Information For Windows 7; Early Discounts

Check out Ed Bott’s column on ZDNet and his blog (some good Q&A in the comments) regarding some great discounts and deals available for Windows 7. Ed Bott is popular author of the many books on Windows, including the upcoming "Windows 7 Inside Out." More information to come on this upcoming title as we get closer to publication.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:00 PM

Author news: Blog post by Russinovich about Windows Internals 5E

A quick post pointing you to Mark’s blog, where he posted earlier this week about "Windows Internals, Fifth Edition" and discussed plans for the book’s sixth edition.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:39 AM

I. M. Wright podcast: “The VP-geebees”

“It's the end of the fiscal year. Most engineers associate this time with performance review season, but for principal-level engineers and higher it's also executive review season. Time to waste weeks of your life writing slides for executive presentations that will be rewritten five times before they are never presented."
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 6:00 AM

New book: MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-652): Configuring Windows Server Virtualization

Server virtualization is one of the hottest technologies today, despite a very tough economy. According to a recent IDC study, spending on virtualization is expected to approach $15 billion worldwide this year. The study estimates that over three-quarters of all companies with more than 500 employees are deploying virtual servers.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 11:12 AM

Ed Wilson: Lessons from Glenn Miller

The interesting thing about his story is that Glenn Miller was not a particularly talented musician; he was merely adequate. But he made up for his lack of ability with drive, determination, and refusal to settle for mediocrity.
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Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:43 AM

New book: Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0: Learn Programming Now!

"Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0: Learn Programming Now!," by the witty and urbane Rob Miles, is now available. In this post we share the book’s Table on Contents, Introduction, and an excerpt from Chapter 2. As Rob says, “If you have always fancied writing software but have no idea how to start, then this book is for you.”
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Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:21 AM

Ed Wilson: A Wolfean approach to troubleshooting

I believe we can all learn from Nero Wolfe when it comes to troubleshooting.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:43 AM

New book: Windows Internals, Fifth Edition

We post a stretch from Chapter 5, “Processes, Threads, and Jobs.” This excerpt shows a couple examples of one of the book’s best features: its Experiments.
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