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In case you missed the news today, Steve Ballmer announced (MSN link below) that Microsoft withdrew its offer for Yahoo! today. Microsoft Corp withdrew its offer for Yahoo Inc on Saturday after negotiations fell through because Yahoo wanted more than
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I case you missed the news today , we delayed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 due to a compatibility issue we found with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management as Chris Keroack noted on the TechNet Forums ... "In the last few days, we have uncovered
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As I dial in to a conference call, a little bit on the new Microsoft Office Labs site , launched today... as Chris Pratley notes... "Welcome to Microsoft Office Labs." It's great to be able to say that. For quite some time the Office Labs team has been
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Yesterday we announced the release to manufacturers (RTM) of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP , and as noted on Computerworld ... "Windows XP has released to manufacturing," said Chris Keroack, the service pack's release manager, in a message posted
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The question I was asked as I was making my sandwich at an onsite conference... "So, you work with the product groups... what's happening in Albany today?" No, that should be "What is Albany?" See the news here on the Beta launch of New All-in-One Service
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I read the news today, oh boy... In case you missed it, Microsoft announced that the availability of Windows XP Home will be extended worldwide in support of "an emerging, new class of mobile personal computers commonly known as ultra-low-cost PCs, or
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A popular question over the last few days... "What is going on in Iraq next week on daylight saving time?" As I noted earlier, it looks like Iraq will not observe daylight saving time this year . The change is currently scheduled to take effect on April
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Just as I (finally!) near the point of completing Halo 3 on Heroic, I learn that the add-on Heroic map set is available for free. (Full disclosure: my nine-year-old has already whooped me by completing the last level in Halo 3 at the highest level...
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As I initially reported , we now have it on reasonable authority that Iraq will not switch to daylight saving time as they have in the past, and as noted online and on the Hot Topics for Daylight Saving Time changes site. As we have more information,
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Now it's really official. And not just on Amazon.com... ;) As noted this morning by Nick on the Windows Vista Team Blog, Windows Vista SP1 has been released to Windows Update ... "Today, you can now download Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update. For those
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Thanks to a confirmation on Computerworld , Gregg Keizer writes that the release of Windows Vista SP1 will be out tomorrow ... "In an e-mail meant to clarify when Amazon.com could begin shipping retail copies of Vista SP1, a company spokeswoman noted
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Microsoft has learned of a potential change to the observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Iraq that may impact customers using the Baghdad time zone. An early, unsubstantiated report is that the Ministry of Iraq has decided that the country will
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Last November, I noted that I turned down the spam comments on my blog , limiting the time to post comments. Well, that strategy worked and I've decided to experiment by increasing the time to post comments, from seven days to 14. We'll see how that holds
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As noted on the MSDN Subscriptions WebLog and TechNet Plus ... the Windows Vista SP1 update is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Proof that Microsoft does listen and respond. ;) MSDN ... We heard you. Look for it in the Top Downloads list
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Admit it: you don't have a gift for that special someone tomorrow. (Hello... it's Valentine's Day. My gift for my wife was rescuing her from an awkward spot late today, with apologies to attendees at TechReady.) My old friend, Ben Calica, is working with
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