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It's all about Windows, what it does, what you can make it do, what are others making it do.
Introduction to XNA on Windows Phone 7
One of the priorities I have for FY11, is to launch Windows Phone 7 in to the market in Singapore. I...
Author: the_hardman Date: 07/11/2010
Nearly 50% of Windows 7 PCs run 64-bit versions
Author: the_hardman Date: 07/11/2010
Installing Windows 7 on a MacBook via a USB
Ok, so I am no MacBook specialist, but someone I was talking to was complaining about the amount of...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/03/2010
Windows Phone 7 Application Design Excitement
Ever since the launch of the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP, there has started to be a real...
Author: the_hardman Date: 04/29/2010
Windows Phone 7 – Calling all Phone Developers
Pretty excited to see Windows Phone 7 coming to market. It looks great, and even better the support...
Author: the_hardman Date: 04/07/2010
Speed up the Windows Task Bar
Saw this great tip from the guys at Lifehacker.com on how to speed up your Windows 7 Taskbar. When...
Author: the_hardman Date: 03/22/2010
Speeding up Internet Explorer 8
Is Internet Explorer 8 not performing for you? Just read this great post from Ed Bott, on ZD Net on...
Author: the_hardman Date: 01/25/2010
Internet Explorer Security Update Released
As a follow up to the recent IE security vulnerability. Microsoft has released an out-of-band...
Author: the_hardman Date: 01/21/2010
The Internet Explorer threat
There has been a huge amount of media regarding the current security concerns of using Internet...
Author: the_hardman Date: 01/20/2010
2010 The beginning of a new year and new challenges.
Wow, for just a moment you stop take stock and look back and say to yourself… “Where did that time...
Author: the_hardman Date: 01/17/2010
Tangible Savings of Windows 7 vs. Windows XP
There are certainly a lot of different information about how a company can implement specific...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/21/2009
Talking about Windows 7 to my favorite Audience.. the IT Pro community
So I am working on a session for my good buddy Dennis Chung at MS to present Windows 7 to the IT Pro...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/19/2009
New year, New Job…
I am very excited to announce that I have just accepted the role as the Windows Client Business...
Author: the_hardman Date: 01/18/2009
You received and Ecard!!!
I am hoping most people have not been affected by these email spreading around. There is a...
Author: the_hardman Date: 01/12/2009
Microsoft to offer free consumer security suite | Security - CNET News
I'm really excited about this announcement. This is a great step forward in making protection of...
Author: the_hardman Date: 11/20/2008
Nissan unveils 370Z in 'Need for Speed Undercover' - USATODAY.com
I am excited about this one, being an avid owner of a Nissan 350Z Fairlady Roadster, its exciting to...
Author: the_hardman Date: 11/01/2008
PDC 2008 / Agenda / Sessions
Getting out to LA for a Microsoft event is not always the easiest thing for people to do, so great...
Author: the_hardman Date: 10/30/2008
Smooth HD
So what is Smooth HD? The definition from the Akamai web site says... "SmoothHD.com is an early...
Author: the_hardman Date: 10/29/2008
I’d be lying if I wasn’t excited about this! Gears of War 2 Launch Trailer
Cant wait to get this home and on the XBOX360, I need a thrilling game after finishing the...
Author: the_hardman Date: 10/29/2008
Live Mesh Advertising Campaign
Video: Live Mesh Promo Clip Just came across this cool promo clip for Live Mesh, which really hits...
Author: the_hardman Date: 10/28/2008
Jeff Jones Security Blog : Download: H1 2008 Desktop OS Vendor Report - Vulnerabilities and Days-of-Risk
Jeff Jones has released his six monthly report on desktop OS security vulnerabilities and...
Author: the_hardman Date: 10/27/2008
Ferrari will test-drive HPC Server 2008
https://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9117619...
Author: the_hardman Date: 10/23/2008
I love Windows Live Photo Gallery
Just got back from my honeymoon and stitched this view together, its from the top of the Acropolis...
Author: the_hardman Date: 10/13/2008
Windows Media Center Sandbox - Screencast: Creating A Simple Media Center Application
Just wanted to point you all to two great screencasts on how you can develop applications on Windows...
Author: the_hardman Date: 08/09/2008
Batman: The Dark Knight
Ok, so this post is in no way tech related, Microsoft related, anything normal related, it was just...
Author: the_hardman Date: 07/30/2008
PDC2008 | Social | Contests | ShowOff
When it doesn’t rain it pours as they say… Two blogs within 5 ten minutes. Now I have not had the...
Author: the_hardman Date: 07/27/2008
history.forward() - Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft
I am excited about the work we are doing in contributing back to the Open Source community here at...
Author: the_hardman Date: 07/27/2008
Moonlight (Silverlight on Linux) – Interview with Miguel de Icaza
Code to Live: Dancing in the Moonlight with Miguel de Icaza The interview is a bit old, but has just...
Author: the_hardman Date: 07/02/2008
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V now available for download!!
Hi All, Exciting stuff on the wires, the update to Windows Server 2008 with the RTM code for...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/26/2008
Why Virtualize?
Episode 2 of our ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY, on Hyper-V. This video is more of a discussion about what Dennis...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/24/2008
Presenting the security of Windows Server 2008
On Thursday night I had the privilege of presenting to the OWASP.org user group. Those who are...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/20/2008
Server Core "Theoretically" reduces the number of Security Bulletins
Just after publishing our video on Server Core, I visited Jeff Jones Security Blog, and found this...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/17/2008
ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY - Episode 1
Welcome to the first edition of ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY (Ask not what you can do for your server but what...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/17/2008
Making Security Better for the IT Pro
I literally just stepped out of keynoting the latest Technet Security Event for Microsoft Singapore....
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/05/2008
Windows Server Hyper-V RC1
Got to say I am very excited about the eminent release of Hyper-V to Windows Server 2008. I have...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/02/2008
SearchMe Visual Search
https://beta.searchme.com Here is a nice spin on Search Engine technology, focusing on the...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/02/2008
Ruby on Rails, Silverlight and IronRuby
Was just chatting to my colleague John Lam, the drive for IronRuby in Microsoft about his recent...
Author: the_hardman Date: 06/02/2008
Up and running on Windows Server 2008
Well I just recently rebuilt my Power Laptop (Dell XPS 1710) on to Windows Server 2008. Why, you may...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/29/2008
Learning to Love UAC...
I know a lot of people get annoyed by the UAC feature in Windows Vista, but here is a reason to...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/27/2008
Expanded Format Support in Office 2007
There is some great news coming out of Redmond today around some of the feature improvements being...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/22/2008
First Moonlight Release - Miguel de Icaza
Here is some great news, the first release of Moonlight to the public. Just to ensure that I dont...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/16/2008
Microsoft Malware Protection Center - Security Intelligence Report
Microsoft recently released its Security Intelligence Report Version 4 on April 22 at the...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/06/2008
Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog : Operations Manager 2007 goes CROSS Platform!
There is sometimes so much information to digest that you miss these announcements, so I am a bit...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/06/2008
Expression Studio 2 is out... now with PHP support!!!
Lots of things happening today... Got to admit, the branding of the Expression tools is really...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/05/2008
Singapore Community Launch 2008
Home - Community Launch 2008 On the 17th of May, the Singapore Professional's .NET...
Author: the_hardman Date: 05/05/2008
Community Clips
Now I know this is directly following on from the previous blog, but this site is also cool. Spawned...
Author: the_hardman Date: 04/29/2008