April 2006 - Posts

Ever want to open Office documents in Office *instead* of IE??
27 April 06 12:13 AM | techjunkie | 4 Comments   

This was a really annoying *feature* of Office. If I click on a link to a Word doc, it opens the document in IE. Here at Microsoft a lot of our docs are stored on internal SharePoint sites, which are webpages. When I try to open one of these docs, it'll Read More...

The single best feature in Outlook 2007
13 April 06 06:56 PM | techjunkie | 1 Comments   

Although I haven't installed the latest Beta 1 refresh of Outlook 2007 yet, I've already decided what my favorite feature of Outlook 2007 is. Hands down, its the To-Do Bar. Outlook has had task integration for the longest time but it just hasn't been Read More...

Wanted: Senior Level Mentor
12 April 06 01:25 AM | techjunkie | 2 Comments   

Recently, I sent out an email to some folks soliciting an informal mentor here at Microsoft. Keeping in mind that many Microsoft employees also read the blogs here, I've decided to make the posting public. If you are a former Microsoft employee or retired Read More...

Web Service & Web Application security becomes more and more key
08 April 06 05:46 PM | techjunkie | 0 Comments   

A very generic overview about yet another area to remember when thinking about Information Security: your web services. Interesting fact here was: "Of all vulnerabilities disclosed in the last six months of 2005, nearly 70 percent were associated with Read More...

Upgrading the Audiovox SMT5600 to Windows Mobile 5.0 (or not)
03 April 06 10:55 PM | techjunkie | 2 Comments   

I just got an email form someone asking me how I did this and whether I could help them also do it. Unfortunately, as far as I know, there is no easy way of doing this, unless you happen to work at Microsoft! :) And even then, its probably not easy to Read More...