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Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:14 AM

The Move Begins

Sometime later today, I'll be backing up the data on my computer and disconnecting it for our final move out to Redmond, Washington. We have packers and movers here from Wednesday through Friday, and we make our one-way flight to Redmond this Saturday
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Saturday, January 15, 2005 1:02 AM

Free Online Training on Microsoft Framework Design

This post by Brad Abrams announces the availability of the first in a series of framework design presentations. Realize that these presentations were originally targeted at an internal Microsoft audience, so keep that perspective in mind as you view the
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Friday, January 14, 2005 12:37 PM

November 2004 "Avalon" CTP Available for Public Download

Ever since we released the November 2004 "Avalon" CTP , I've received e-mail asking when (and if) it would be available to the general public. Well, according to Chris Sells , today's the day. Even better, the download includes a batch file to enable
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Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:13 PM

Relocation

I apologize for the lack of recent posts, but my wife and I have been preparing for our relocation to the Redmond, Washington area, and we've been quite busy preparing for the move (we're flying out on January 29th). We've never had to relocate more than
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Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:58 AM

Download Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware Beta

As indicated in my post from last week and in a press release just this morning, we have made a beta version of Microsoft AntiSpyware available for download (more details here ). It's based on the technology we acquired with our recent purchase of GIANT
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Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:51 AM

Cool IPTV Demo During Bill Gates' 2005 CES Keynote

Earlier tonight, I watched Conan O'Brien and Bill Gates deliver the keynote for the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show that's going on in Las Vegas. Although there are a lot of cool device announcements and digital convergence themes that are
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Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:51 PM

SQL Injection Attacks and Data Thief

Although I wouldn't consider myself a SQL Server expert, like any good developer, I know my way around stored procedures, database normalization, and proper indexing techniques. Occasionally, I get questions from customers about SQL injection attacks.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:02 AM

Macro Wallpaper 5

Although it was never my intention, I seem to have started a wallpaper trend. As each season draws near, I receive e-mails asking when I'll have the next seasonally appropriate images to share. Well, here are five new ones for winter. The originals are
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Monday, January 03, 2005 4:18 PM

USB 2.0 Problems

You may recall the problems I had with my Microsoft Fingerprint Reader when it was plugged into my Belkin F5U237 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 7-Port Hub ; after a few successful reads, the device would simply stop working. However, if I plugged it directly into the
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