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Jenn asks today… "What do people read the most on your blog? I found your article on how to choose a new computer and found lots more stuff." Good question, Jenn. I didn't really know until I looked today. Here are the top recent posts from
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Here are answers to some common questions about upgrading to Windows 7 from our Windows 7 frequently asked questions page. (And if you need more information and guidance on installing and reinstalling Windows 7, check out this page on the Windows 7 site
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Brandon over in Windows (interesting to write it like that, having recently moved from building 26 ) posted here about how we really designed the look-and-feel of Windows 7 , in contrast to a quote in a short interview from a Microsoft employee not involved
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As I Tweeted today, over the weekend I read Paul Cooke's Windows Security Blog post on Windows 7 Vulnerability Claims. (I've added a few links if the terms are unfamiliar to you.) "…most people don't knowingly have and run known malware on their
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Here are a few of my recent favourite tweets from others on Twitter. A quick post between discussions: a few of my recent favourites tweets on Twitter (you can find more and assorted links on my twitter feed ): screwdriver 1 in every 66 computers
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As I noted on Twitter today, writer Mitchell Ashley says that he didn't realize he'd ruffle so many Mac user feathers with his article 5 Reasons Macs Can't Claim They're Better than Windows 7 (also available via http://bit.ly/BeSTp )… I regularly use
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The folks down under are first again. First I read that NZ will be among the first customers to get Windows 7 come October 22. Now today I see (and noted on Twitter ) that Aussie NSW secondary school students were the first in the world to use Microsoft's
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Gosh, has it really been nearly two weeks between blog posts? Given the lack of blog posts, you should surmise that it's been a busy few weeks at the company given we've been closing the end of our fiscal year, going through the last bits of, well, delivering
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As you already know, the big news this week was the announcement of the date for general availability (GA) of Windows from the Windows 7 Team Blog , posted by: Brandon LeBlanc (Jun 02, 2009) – "This is one of those posts where I’m truly excited to
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Lots of news today (as noted in the news today ) on the availability of the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) . Remember, only download the Windows 7 RC from a trusted source – via Microsoft – to save yourself the security risk . As noted on MSDN and TechNet,
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Of interest: reminding me of the brief series noted here , I found this article from Nicole Brodeur " Microsoft writer makes documentary on losing hand to cancer ", about the film documentary from Joshua Isaac, a writer at Microsoft. Isaac lost
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A quick post with few interesting links and stories from the reading pile before I head off to my next spate of discussions: As I posted on twitter , when I clean install the next public Windows 7 build on PC at home, I'll use WMIC to grab a list of my
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A few links of interest today… a quick post as I need to get through my email. Busy week. You've no doubt seen the latest Microsoft Windows commercials . Well, BusinessWeek's Arik Hesseldahl has a bone to pick with the math in his article, Mac vs. PC:
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(I've republished this post today due to a server issue that seems to be happening with the link to the original post.) How I Work: M3 Sweatt No matter what anyone tells you, there’s still a bunch of paper in this digital world. M3 Sweatt, Windows Core
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A round up from my article pile which includes a new favourite video from Mix09: Bill Buxton's Keynote followed by Scott Guthrie's announcement of the Silverlight 3 beta, the Expression Blend 3 Preview, and more. As noted in Microsoft Exec: Red Polos,
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