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Of interest is the new Dell Inspiron Zino HD which ZDNet calls " Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini ." "The Zino HD is an interesting machine because Dell has managed to cram a lot of power into the Mac mini-esque 7.8 inch by 7.8 inch footprint
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A little more than three years ago as I noted here , I joined the Windows division working in COSD for Jon DeVaan with the rest of his management team (as I initially noted here ) to work on Windows 7. I've certainly enjoyed the run in Windows, this being
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Today really is a great day. Not only have we arrived at the launch of Windows 7 today, I also received in today's mail Adam Koford's LOL Cats "Extra Leafy Edition" and the truly limited edition of the popular TechFlash Geek's Guide to Seattle poster
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Welcome to Windows 7 Release! OK, now you have your copy of Microsoft Windows 7. First, check that your PC will run it with Upgrade Advisor http://bit.ly/rP24L . And if you've got questions about Windows 7, look thru the posts from community experts on
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As Mary-Jo Foley reported and (as noted on twitter ) just announced on Microsoft PressPass , Dave Mendlen discusses availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2, the March 22, 2010, launch date, and the simplified product lineup for
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As I noted in my post yesterday , this year's Microsoft Giving Campaign activities kicked off this month. In addition to the items I mentioned in my previous post, I also posted a couple of special items. (If you don't know about our campaign, see this
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As I noted here , this year's Microsoft Giving Campaign activities kicked off recently. In support of the charity auction we run, I posted a few items of interest. (If you don't know about our campaign, see this link for more info: http://bit.ly/1ajgA0
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For those FTEs who read this blog, a quick note to let you know that I have posted a few items of interest on this year's Microsoft Giving Campaign auction . (If you don't know about our campaign, see this link for more info: http://bit.ly/1ajgA0 .) A
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Now available (US and Canada) is the new Microsoft Security Essentials suite , available for free, providing protection from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software for your PCs at home. Just installed the release version on my home PCs today.
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Even with the recent price drops on the Xbox 360 Elite to $299 , a new announcement today on an additional $50 rebate for customers in the U.S. from now (September 22) and October 5, 2009. More information on the rebate can be found here . Fine print:
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This from the Microsoft Support Lifecycle team, a revision to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy regarding the availability of Daylight Saving Time (DST) and Time Zone (TZ) updates during the Extended Support phase… DST or TZ updates are important
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In case you missed the announcement, there is a new Microsoft Windows 2009 Daylight Saving Time and Time Zones Hotfix available for Egypt and Western Australia . See my original post here . Once again, as has happened in the past, a couple of countries
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Once again, as has happened in the past, a couple of countries will see new changes to their observation of Daylight Saving Time (DST) , this time in Egypt and Western Australia. (see here for 2008 changes in Egypt ) A new Microsoft Knowledge Base article
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Check out Microsoft KnowledgeBase Article 970653 , "August 2009 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems", which the Windows team just posted. A nod to the good folks across our company working on our effort
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The IE team just posted on their blog changes they're making to IE8's first run experience, coming in the next cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. As noted in their posts on the IE blog previously here and here ... "The goal of
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