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IE7 in XP x64

IE7 Beta 1 is not supposed to work with XP x64. XP x86 SP2 and Vista only. What kind of message does this send to our partners and customers? "Wait for Beta 2." "Well we've done what we could and ... oh, ahh, yepp, we should should have thought about Read More...
Posted Friday, July 29, 2005 3:58 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

'Female' Android Repliee Q2

More about Repliee Q2 . Here ’s a video from Discovery Channel. Makes me feel even more like being in the opening scene of Battlestar Galactica: "The Cylons were created by Man. They Rebelled. They Evolved. They Look and Feel Human. Some are programmed Read More...
Posted Friday, July 29, 2005 1:40 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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IE7 in XP x64

The bits don't even install... Did you manage to install the 32-bit IE7 on a 64-bit XP? How? Will check with the IE team tomorrow. Maybe its me. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:38 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

NASA Suspending Shuttle Program Over Foam Debris

Even more stuff to worry about and again not work related. I guess I should use my private blog (that nobody reads and I haven't used very much [once]). Today in the NY Times you can read an article about the latest NASA mishaps. They picked up where Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:10 PM by Volker Will | 5 Comments
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Japanese develop 'female' android

'We have found that people forget she is an android while interacting with her," Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro. These guys watch way to much Battlestar Galactica . My favorite is Stargate SG1 : no Cylons. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:48 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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BillG delivers keynote at Supercomputing 2005 in Seattle

“We are especially honored to have someone of Bill Gates' stature serve as our keynote speaker this year," said SC|05 Conference Chair Bill Kramer , general manager of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing. "His efforts have resulted in bringing Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:46 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Did you even notice?

Yes, Windows Vista Beta 1 is available for beta testers now. But did you realize that the Longhorn Server Beta 1 is out there, too? Longhorn Server beta 1 has been released at the same time and is now a vailable to private beta program participants. Longhorn Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:12 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

IBM introduces a new mainframe, the z9

Hope they don't get in trouble with BMW : The z9 mainframe data sounds pretty exciting. And it's of course 64-bit ... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 5:03 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Windows Vista: Where's the Buzz?

Guess he (John C. Dvorak) doesn't get it. Vista is not about buzz; not yet. This is beta 1 (One) and we expect some real buzz with beta 2 and of course the final product. Few no buzz comments from my end: John: "I'm not saying that Microsoft is doomed Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:17 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Have fun with SQL Server and Visual Studio

Learn how to escape from Yesterworld with Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:02 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

ISO Recorder v2 Beta (x64)

One of my favorite shell extensions in 32-bit is Alex Feinman's ISO Recorder. Shell extensions have to 64-bit in 64-bit Windows. So, without further looking I sent an email to Alex asking when to expect an x64 version. Here's is repsonse: "It's actually Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:15 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Ferrari 4000 test drive (Bluetooth mouse)

Josh Williams from the CLR team, proud user of a Ferrari 4000, shot me an email end of last week: "I have found that the bluetooth mouse can be made to work much better if you set the broadcom 802.11 card to have bluetooth compatibility mode enabled. Read More...
Posted Monday, July 25, 2005 9:54 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Public Radio blog

Read about it in the NY Times : "With its long reliance on talk formats and call-in programs, radio was arguably the first open-source media form. Now a new Public Radio International program, "Open Source from P.R.I.," will test whether the collective Read More...
Posted Monday, July 25, 2005 9:14 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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An Infusion of Plasma in NY Times

An architect and his wife talk about furnishing their Manhattan apartment with 14 plasma television screens . Geeks w/o Media Center as it looks but nice setting anyways. Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:30 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Extended64.com's Windows x64 Ports Database

Excellent idea. "Extended64.com is happy to take some of the most popular Windows open source applications and libraries and port them to Windows x64." Happy porting! http://www.extended64.com/Ports+Database.x64 Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:31 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Don't miss Supercomputing 2005

This year SC will be held in Seattle . Microsoft for sure will be there with some highlights around Windows Compute Cluster Edition . Read More...
Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 10:20 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

MSN Screen Saver

The beta is out for a few days now. I just tried it on XP x64 Edition and of course it works. What I like most: The option to add RSS feeds. Here's a list of 3 that I would recommend for testing. The first 2 use the RSS feature of MSN Search. http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=64-bit++Microsoft&FORMAT=RSS Read More...
Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 10:09 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

A user question about Windows Vista

When I got up this morning, I read about the official name for Longhorn: Windows Vista . Excited about the new name and the associations possible I told my wife Kirsten about it. I won't share her first associations with the new name here... But she asked Read More...
Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 9:05 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Vista aka Longhorn

Now it is official. Lomghorn Client is called Windows Vista. Windows Vista Beta Beta 1, targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by August 3rd 2005. Website . Read More...
Posted Friday, July 22, 2005 7:27 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

What's running when and where?

Mark has a new tool, Autoruns . "This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor..., shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:56 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Make sure you don't end up with a split personality

The guys over at ExtremTech built a "dual everything" box: "...not cheap, but you can use this as a template for building a less pricey system." And it is of course 64-bit; or like one of my coworkers keeps saying: "64-bit is just twice as much as 32-bit, Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:49 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Upgrade 32-bit XP to 64-bit XP

Did you take advantage of this offer? The offer is expiring soon (July 31st). I was reminded of this program as I found my Windows XP Professional x64 Edition today in the mail. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:35 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Stay up-to-date on Windows High Performancce Computing

You know the websites: www.microsoft.com/hpc www.microsoft.com/64-bit msdn.miccrosoft.com/64-bit www.windowsclusters.org http://www.tc.cornell.edu/ But there is also the TechExchange . Become a member and receive "convenient, timely news reports on Windows Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:37 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Who's beaming me up now?

No help in sight anymore. James Doohan died today , leaving many of us w/o hope on immediate removal from a boring meeting, an uncomfortable conversation or any other unplesant situation. A sad day for a Treky. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:39 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Who said MSN Search does not work in XP x64 Edition?

I guess it was me and I was partially wrong. Not currently support but MSN Desktop Search works on my Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on the Ferrari 4000 (after unauthorized tweaking the LaunchCondition section of the MSI with ORCA ) or using msiexec Read More...
Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 4:07 PM by Volker Will | 9 Comments
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Windows 2000 in 32MB RAM

In the days of 64-bit, one tends to forget that RAM once was a scarce resource. Here 's how Daniel Iversion, a Dane in Australia, made W2K work in 32MB RAM. Read More...
Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 9:21 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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MSN Search

Of course you know the MSN web search is powered by 64-bit Windows. In one of his recent posts , Scoble compares Google vs. MSN Search. When I was still using 32-bit Windows on my laptop, I was a happy user of both desktop search engines. Under 64-bit Read More...
Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 9:12 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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A note to owners of an eMachine M6805, M6809 or M6811 notebook

When the first M6805 appeared on the market, I ordered one. It was one of the first publicly available 64-bit notebooks, powered by AMD’s Athlon64 processor. Nice box. I still use it as a print-, file- and web server on the Intranet. I just got notice Read More...
Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 9:00 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Ferrari 4000 test drive (after one week)

Almost a week that I run Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on the Ferrari 4000 now. So far I do not have any complaints. The fan never stops even though it is only moving cold air. And I gave up on the Bluetooth mouse. It does not respond well to movements. Read More...
Posted Friday, July 15, 2005 4:18 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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Oracle changes its mind about multicore licensing

In Computerworld back in October Jacqueline Woods, vice president of Oracle Corp.'s global licensing and pricing strategy said: “We don't have a position with respect to dual-core processors. A core is equal to a CPU, and all cores are required to be Read More...
Posted Friday, July 15, 2005 9:31 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Intel to roll out new Itanium chips

Can't wait to see the first system and play with it! This is what I would call "Power to the People" in the 64-bit world. I can already almost hear the sound of the cooling fans in the distance. More news and details about the Madison family. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:09 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Will you be fortunate with 64-bit?

Don't know but here is a Fortune Teller (some assembly required) that will help you to find out: Click the image for a bigger image. You will get best results by saving the picture locally before printing. And don't forget to use a color printer... Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:38 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Ferrari 4000 test drive (Part VI)

Now I am happy. Barb Bowman (MVP-Windows Networking/Media Center/Security) sent me a link to Acer's FTP site. And guess what, it has all the 64-bit drivers needed to run XP x64 Edition on the Ferrari 4000. Can't wait to install them on the release build Read More...
Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 11:46 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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64-bit CPU pricing

Even 64-bit computing does not com for free. It is, compared to the value in terms of performance and power you get, a lot cheaper compared to "only" 32-bit, but you still have to pay for the system and the processor of course. Now, like in the good old Read More...
Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 8:46 AM by Volker Will | 4 Comments
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Cheapest 64-bit CPU

The INQUIRER did some investigation which might be the cheapest 64-bit CPU in the market. Also, check out " AMD 64-bit Semprons cost a bit more, or less " Read More...
Posted Friday, July 08, 2005 3:56 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Ferrari 4000 test drive (Part V)

Still no luck with the Broadcom driver. It seems to be a BCM4318 and there is currently no driver for 64-bit Windows. I tried to tweak the INF file for a 4320 w/o success L . And the AMD website is of no help either. Next thing PowerDVD installation from Read More...
Posted Friday, July 08, 2005 11:02 AM by Volker Will | 5 Comments
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Ferrari 4000 test drive (Part IV)

Yesterday was review time, so not too much time to “play”. I already installed the base OS like mentioned earlier . Missing “out of the box” drivers were no big deal; except for the wireless driver. So far no feedback from AMD on that. But I should have Read More...
Posted Friday, July 08, 2005 8:58 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Ferrari F4000 test drive (Part III)

Just finished the x64 XP install on the second partition of the 100 MB hard drive. The disk is partioned into 3 sections, one small EISA partition for system restore I guess and 2 NTFS partitions, roughly 45GB each. Both are formatted FAT32 out of the Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:07 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Ferrari F4000 test drive (Part II)

Haven't had a chance to install the 64-bit OS yet. AMD told we, once all drivers for 64-bit are available (the modem driver is known to be not yet ready ), customers will have the chance to pick and choose whether they want XP 32-bit or XP 64-bit pre-installed. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:36 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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Ferrari F4000 test drive (Part I)

But I have to share this with you! A few minutes ago a colleague from a company we work a lot with, AMD, came to my office. I met him on his way to my office with a package in hands. He handed me the cardboard box, making one of my dreams come true. The Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:59 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments

Dualcore, Multicore, Multithread (II)

Intel just posted an article about the basics of parallel programming and related algorithms: "Parallelism is coming to everything from laptops to high-end servers. It will exist at multiple levels with multiple cores per chip, multiple sockets per box, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:42 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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MKS Toolkit 9.0 is available for x64 and Itanium

"Customers deploying performance-intensive applications on 64-bit Intel® processor-based systems can experience enhanced scalability, performance and cost reduction," said Melissa Laird, general manager of Intel's Developer Relations Division. "With MKS Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:48 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Longhorn 64-bit Preview at PCWorld

“Microsoft has yet to announce minimum Longhorn system requirements, but for PC buyers seeking insurance that a new system will run Longhorn, the company advises getting 512MB of RAM and a "modern" CPU--more than Windows XP needs. As with most of the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:47 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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You just installed 64-bit Windows and can't find your printer driver?

ThinPrint might have what you are looking for. Haven't tried it yet but the idea sounds compelling: "The newly announced 64-bit version of the .print Engine will enable printing under x64 Windows with every 32-bit printer driver. Thanks to the patent Read More...
Posted Friday, July 01, 2005 11:24 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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