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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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In the category of the interesting and odd things I see around Microsoft, this is one of the most unique, one that has found its way onto the Internet. It's the fractal panda (or is that Fractal Panda?). It's used by our good folks in Microsoft during
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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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Did you have a Windows 7 Launch Party? Gizmodo offers a gallery of photos from several different Windows 7 launch parties although most/all are uncredited with original owners/URLs. This one is certainly my favourite (is it yours?): Note to self: need
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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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As I posted on Twitter today , Joel Santo Domingo over at PC Magazine has published a new article, How to Buy a Back-to-School PC . He covers what you should consider when shopping for a new PC for back to school or for you home. It's helpful and timely
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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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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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How fitting that my reference to this blog post was my 1,000 tweet on Twitter … but here are a few of my recent favourite tweets from others on Twitter. A quick post as we hang with the kids this weekend on a gorgeous day: a few of my recent favourites
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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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A quick update on articles in the reading pile as I upgrade the machines in my office to the latest build of Windows 7 (running one machine on the public beta 7000). I've been bad about blogging as this is a busy time of year… especially with Windows
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Today I saw in John Dvorak's Second Opinion column, John says Microsoft's business model is done and that "the age of expensive office software may be near its end". (Also the story is available via http://tinyurl.com/cm8fzn .) "Until now,
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If you weren't at the TED conference this week, you might've missed Bill Gates' mosquito stunt as noted in TechFlash by Todd Bishop (February 4, 2009)… "Yes, they were real. No, they didn't carry malaria. And they definitely didn't qualify as a swarm.
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