Outside The Cube : September 2005

September 2005 - Posts

MS and JBoss?

Posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:27 PM by scarbone

Huh? http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/09/27/HNmsjosslinkup_1.html?source=NLC-TB2005-09-27 Read More...

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WSUS: Reporting Rollup Sample Tool...

Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 7:54 PM by scarbone

• WSUS Reporting Rollup Sample Tool This tool uses the WSUS application programming interface (API) to demonstrate centralized monitoring and reporting for WSUS. It creates a single report of update and computer status from the WSUS servers into your Read More...

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Mobility: Windows Mobile based Treo <drool>...

Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 7:23 PM by scarbone

This device could seriously kick ass... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/5/palm.mspx Read More...

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MOM: 1e MOMent...

Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:56 AM by scarbone

Cool... http://www.1e.com/SoftwareProducts/MOMent/Index.aspx "MOMent is a web-based enterprise console for MOM providing information for senior IT managers. MOM provides the detail needed by your IT support engineers, and MOMent provides an executive Read More...

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SmartPhoneBargins...

Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:01 AM by scarbone

Finally some cool Windows Mobile 5.0 devices hitting the market - the iPAQ hw6510 and the HTC Wizard look super-slick... Perhaps I'll eventually give up my SpaceNeedle... http://www.smartphonebargains.com/ Read More...

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Sharepoint: v3 demo at Channel 9...

Posted Saturday, September 17, 2005 3:53 PM by scarbone

Next-rev Sharepoint is shaping up nicely... http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=115383 Read More...

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Mini...

Posted Saturday, September 17, 2005 3:36 PM by scarbone

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Windows Vista: Hardware Guidance

Posted Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:29 AM by scarbone

Getting lots of questions around hardware guidance for Windows Vista... Guess this site is difficult to find http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/default.mspx My main suggestion is make sure you have a capable GPU - ATI or nVidia Read More...

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XBOX 360: In production...

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 7:30 PM by scarbone

XBOX/360 News has a video of the XBOX 360 production line... http://xbox360news.com/Blogs/News/hqs/blr_533.aspx Read More...

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Scripting: Monad Shell Beta 2 x86 and x64...

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 7:20 PM by scarbone

MSH x86 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2ac59b30-5a44-4782-b0b7-79fe2efd1280&DisplayLang=en MSH x64 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=acf5f118-fae2-4451-bb46-c1ab7ac4348c&DisplayLang=en MSH Wiki Read More...

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Interesting MS-related BusinessWeek article...

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 5:44 PM by scarbone

Talk amongst yourselves ;-) http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_39/b3952001.htm?chan=tc Read More...

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Digital Locker Preview...

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 5:19 PM by scarbone

http://www.windowsmarketplacelabs.com/ Interesting... Digital Locker is an online experience that allows you to search, purchase & download hundreds of software titles from multiple retailers. The Digital Locker then stores your product keys and purchase Read More...

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Windows Vista: Build 5219 CTP bits...

Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 1:05 PM by scarbone

Just FYI - in case you installed the Windows Vista 5219 build bits and are looking for them -> the cool IE7 UI and UX and SideBar are not in that particular build - they will be provided in subsequent CTP builds... Read More...

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Virtual Server 2005 R2: Download

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:09 PM by scarbone

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/evaluation/sp1beta.mspx Virtual Server 2003 R2 provides support for 64-bit host operating systems including 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, performance enhancements, built-in Read More...

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Windows Vista: Yet more UI/UX stuff...

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:12 AM by scarbone

Scobleizer interviews Kam Vedbrat, lead PM - http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=114710 Read More...

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Windows Vista: UI

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:11 AM by scarbone

Scobleizer talks to the Windows Vista Shell Team - http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=114710 Read More...

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O12: User Interface

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:08 AM by scarbone

Scobleizer talks Office 12 UI with Julie Larson-Green - I'm a fan of UI research http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=114720 Read More...

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SQL 2005: Update from Flessner...

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:26 AM by scarbone

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/productinfo/letter.mspx Two important points to be aware of: "One lesson we learned is that we believe our Database Mirroring feature needs more time in the hands of customers before we make it generally available for Read More...

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R2: RC0 bits available for download...

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:35 AM by scarbone

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/trial/default.mspx If you're doing anything with DFS, have extranet authentication needs, or looking for better file and print management, you gotta check out R2 ASAP... Read More...

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MSN: New APIs...

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:54 AM by scarbone

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msn/ The Katrina before- and after- eagle eye views on MSN are particularly compelling http://www.msnbc.msn.com/apps/ve/katrina.htm Read More...

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Expression designer tools...

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:52 AM by scarbone

Looks interesting - http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.aspx "Microsoft Expression takes the many sides of your creative personality to all new levels. Professional design tools give you greater flexibility to create sophisticated Read More...

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Codename MAX

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:46 AM by scarbone

http://www.microsoft.com/max/ Cool if you're into this sort of thing... Read More...

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PDC: BillG Keynotes...

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:43 AM by scarbone

Some decent demos of Windows Vista and Office 12 http://www.microsoft.com/events/executives/billgates.mspx Read More...

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Licensing: Software Assurance Benefits 3.0

Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:41 AM by scarbone

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/default.mspx September 15 Global Webcast: Microsoft Announces the Next Generation of Software Assurance Register for this webcast to learn about enhancements being made to Software Assurance that will help maximize the Read More...

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DirectX: PIX - Performance Indicator for Xbox...

Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 10:30 AM by scarbone

Looks like you can use this tool on Windows to profile your gaming perf... http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=109396#109396 Read More...

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IIS7: Scobleizer has Bill Staples talking and demoing IIS7...

Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 10:12 AM by scarbone

http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=109430 Read More...

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Windows Server 2003 R2: Scobleizer interviews Iain McDonald

Posted Saturday, September 03, 2005 5:22 PM by scarbone

Always good to hear from Iain... "Iain is one of Microsoft's more colorful and controversial personalities. Here we sit down to talk about a variety of things from why to use Server 2003 R2 instead of Linux to what makes a good leader. Iain McDonald, Read More...

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DevRadio.com: Joe Stagner & team's Dev Podcast Channel

Posted Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:41 AM by scarbone

Great stuff here - http://www.devradio.com/ Dev News Weekly - A recap of news items of interest to developers on the Microsoft Platform. Inside Out - A weekly interview with a key Microsoftie talking about what's happing and why it matters to you. 1 on Read More...

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XBOX 360: Chris Satchell provides details...

Posted Friday, September 02, 2005 7:17 PM by scarbone

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=11246 "With the launch of Microsoft's next console only a few short months away, the firm's developer group boss Chris Satchell has revealed a host of new hardware and functionality information about the system. Read More...

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Bungie - Fight the Flood T-shirts for Katrina Charity...

Posted Friday, September 02, 2005 6:55 PM by scarbone

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/02/news_6132504.html The company is now selling T-Shirts emblazoned with the logo "Fight the Flood!" for $19.99 on its Web site. The white T-shirt shows a caricature of Halo's hero, Master Chief, punting one of the Read More...

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IE7: Anti-Phishing Filter...

Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:14 PM by scarbone

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/08/31/458663.aspx Rob Franco discusses the anti-phishing technology in IE7 - good stuff... Read More...

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Katrina survivors...

Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:30 PM by scarbone

MSNBC has a feature on the site for people looking for others and also for those wanting to tell loved ones they are safe. http://safe.msnbc.com http://lookingfor.msnbc.com Read More...

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Start.com...

Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:16 PM by scarbone

Check it out... http://www.start.com Read More...

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MSN: Screen Saver - New Version

Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:28 AM by scarbone

A new version of the MSN Screen Saver . Features in this release include: International Weather, Proxy support, Close button, Hide Background Images, MSN Toolbar Optional, Pane Help, Weather issues fixed . If you haven’t yet, please download the MSN Screen Read More...

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PocketPC: PocketEarth...

Posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:38 AM by scarbone

Download http://www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Downloads/PocketEarth.cab Technologies Virtual Earth Platform PPC and Smartphone Description It was bound to happen and it has. Someone has built a client app for the Pocket PC that interacts with VE! It is Read More...

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