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March 2006 - Posts

A new issue of The 64-Bit Insider is available

We did it. Yeah. Today the second issue of the weekly 64-bit developer letter has been posted at in the evidence section on http://www.64advantage.com . You can also download it directly but you will miss all the other interesting information on this Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:35 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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You gotta love x64

Itanium certainly was the right thing to do and sports a cool architecture. But at some point ... oh well and money is not everything, right? C|net has this news: " Advanced Micro Devices has hired Samuel Naffziger, a high-ranking designer of Intel's Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:18 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Software Design Review, T-2 weeks

We are now 2 weeks away from the developer event. It is held in Bellevue, WA on April 11-13. Go to www.longhornsdr.com to find out about the detailed agenda and to register for this one of a kind event. Over the last weeks we have received email from Read More...
Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 9:53 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Is there a Retail Version of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Available?

No, but in many cases you can trade in your 32-birt XP license. I can think of 3 possible ways to get hold of XP x64. 1. VL or Volume License Agreement. For users that require five (5) or more software licenses, Microsoft provides volume licenses. Volume Read More...
Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 8:45 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Cellphones in Flight

This weekend in the NYT Ben Stein writes about cell phone use on planes. Don't know about you but I am a more or less frequent travel. I rely heavily on my cell phone (aka. Smartphone) during the week. My day job is short from impossible w/o mobile communication. Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:23 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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The 64-Bit Insider is here

All the years of 64-bit evangelism I always wanted to write a book about 64-bit application migration on Windows. Haven't done it yet and even if all material would be available now, it takes about 9+ months to get it into the bookstores. By then all Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:15 AM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
Attachment(s): 64-bit Insider Volume 1 Issue 1.pdf

Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" Software Design Review, Part 3

We've just posted the first draft of the final agenda on the web. Go to http://www.longhornsdr.com/agenda.htm and check out if there's something for you! This three day conference being held at the Westin Hotel in Bellevue, Washington. The show has been Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:28 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Dell buys Alienware

This will certainly help Dell improving (read: changing) their laptop and desktop design. I hope. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:48 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" Software Design Review, Part 2

Looks like Neil wants to give away all the secrets of our April 11th event . Recently he posted about the sessions we plan for Networking , today he's writing about IIS7 and the talks we plan for the design review event. 64-bit - as you know - is very Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:59 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

AmiBroker 64-bit Edition comes with some impressive figures

Recently Amibroker released their - and according to Amibroker the world's - first 64-bit native "technical analysis platform for individual traders." The 64-bit version seem to support all current x64 processors from AMD and Intel. The software is able Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:26 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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More technical secrets behind MySpace’s success

Well, there is of course this , posted by Scoble and there is also a more technical aspect to the success. It is powered by 64-bit Windows. Read more in a recent press announcement . Thanks to Jose for pointing this out. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:31 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Is Windows Server "Longhorn" delayed, too?

No, according to our server marketing folks. But Ward is damned right: Quality first (w/o the dots). BTW, it is Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn". And the evangelism team is doing whatever is necessary to keep up the spirit and spread the knowledge Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:02 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Longhorn Server

You are a developer? Here's is exciting news for you! You don't want to miss April 11-13. The Windows Server product team, with the help of the Developer and Platform Evangelism team of Microsoft, is hosting a highly technical 3 day event in Bellevue, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:06 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

x64 Vista Feb CTP - A trunk full of bits.

I was so excited when I received the Feb CTP build of Windows Vista that I could not resist to scratch the harddisk of my Acer Ferrari 4000 (kindly provided for testing by AMD). In the past I made several attempts to install either versions 32-bit and Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 04, 2006 10:40 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

Exchange 12 - 64-bit only

Ok, by now we all know that - thank you. But do you know that the March CTP is available now for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:25 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
 
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