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April 2006 - Posts

Microsoft Management Summit 2006

My teammate David Aiken attends the MMS 2006 in San Diego. Here's what his highlights of the keynote are: The Microsoft Management Summit 2006 (MMS) is hosted in San Diego this year and is the only conference that focuses entirely on management with over Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:58 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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MS-Mac Lab

Get a tour of the Apple Lab on Redmond Campus. Enjoy this super post from David Weiss . I can only second Corsair's comment to the post: "That's incredible! Looks like a very fun place to work. Even if it is Microsoft". VW Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:43 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Making software simpler

Duncan Stewart of the National Post wrote a column about how simpler is better, especially in software and operating systems. It is sort of fun and good to read but I gave up when he introduced the example of a person with split personality on a hill Read More...
Posted Friday, April 21, 2006 9:01 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Buy a MacBook Preloaded with Windows

Over at Gizmodo I found this . Now isn't that nice? All we 64-bit geeks are waiting for is the MacBook powered by 64-bit Core Duo. INTEL, wake up. The story comes with a grain of salt though. The ExperCom website states: "We don't support Windows XP - Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:26 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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Philips patent could prevent skipping of commercials

Or how to lose all sane customers in one day. These guys must be nuts or bitten by the ghosts of the Warner Bros. Why not inventing TVs with no displays or no sound? As useful. My Philips LCD TV is on sales the minute they offer TV sets with this technology Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:11 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Issue 5 of The 64-Bit Insider has been uploaded

The latest version is available here . Direct link . This week it is about the 32-bit "WOW factor" in 64-bit Windows. WoW64 or Windows on Windows 64-bit, a set of DLLs suporting 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows. This week's Insider talks about WoW64 Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:38 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

64-bit Evidence

Over the past months we have seen a significant uptake in 64-bit adoption. Since end of last year my team has executed almost 30 migration labs worldwide. One questions asked in each and every lab by almost all developers is about evidence. "Do you have Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:34 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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x64 Primer

Strange title for an article on "Everything You Need To Know To Start Programming 64-Bit Windows Systems". The recent MSDN Magazine published an article by Matt Pietrek on the very topic. His article discusses: Background on 64-bit versions of Windows Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:52 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge

VMware launched a challenge to build the "most innovative virtual appliance ." Cool idea. What's up your sleeve Microsoft? Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:22 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Another issue of The 64-Bit Insider is available

The 4. issue of the weekly 64-bit developer letter has been posted 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 website. This is the second part Read More...
Posted Monday, April 17, 2006 11:44 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Asus-Lamborghini VX1 Notebook

Gizmodo shows the soon be available Lamborghini laptop. But what is that, not even a 64-bit processor. Just a 32-bit Core Duo. True, a fantastic looking system. But I think Gizmodo is right: " Asus-Lamborghini VX1 Notebook: Costly Style, Second-Tier Performance Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:59 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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What's Inside Six Windows Vista SKUs?

TechWeb has a (nice) summary: Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Home Ultimate Windows Vista Starter Your choice soon (er or later) . Whichever you pick, worth the wait! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:30 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Find Font From File

The other day I was sharing my love for fonts with you and how easy it is with tools like TypeNavigator . Now I found something way cool, upload an image of your fonts and find a matching font at WhatTheFont . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:21 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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Vista on Mac

You gotta love these guys (well AirmanPika in this case). Again, I want one! Well done! Read More...
Posted Monday, April 10, 2006 11:11 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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A Mac for every Microsoftie?

Guess not. But now in the post boot camp days they'll hopefully end up on our internal ordering website so we can order one if business requires. Oh, and Joe while I share lot of your excitement, there's one question that comes immediately to my mind Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 08, 2006 4:42 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

A new issue of The 64-Bit Insider is available

Today - 2 days late - the third issue of the weekly 64-bit developer letter has been posted 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 website. Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 08, 2006 4:12 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Diversity is better than uniformity

Scoble asks "Which way do you want Microsoft to go? Why?". And it is nothing less strategic as the way how RSS feeds are respresnted on Microsoft sites. I think we need corporate identity but not uniformity. A whole different story. Robert, what you describe Read More...
Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 12:41 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Find font from form

I love fonts. All sorts of fonts. If you are like me you know how hard it can be to find the right font for a poster or brochure or even a letter you write. It can be very difficult and time consuming to find the appropriate font to give your written Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 06, 2006 2:00 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Mercedes Benz Bike

For those of us who cannot afford a Mercedes Benz car and have to drive cheap (read: kinda crappy) surrogates from C. or D. or even F., here's one more thing we cannot afford: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/top/mercedesbenz-carbon-bike-165543.php Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:11 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Run Windows on Mac

Like mentioned earlier , this will be fun! Speaking of which, go to http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ and check out the side bars. The ones dealing with presumed Windows deficiencies would make a funny read if some of them were not sadly true. Be Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 1:35 PM by Volker Will | 4 Comments

Apple Introduces Boot Camp

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/apr/05bootcamp.html Ok, now all I need is to buy my favorite Apple system to run Windows (currently 32-bit). Over are the days of ugly looking desktops and monitors and laptops (not counting Acer's Ferrari line powered Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:43 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments

Virtualization for free and support for Linux

Read the Q&A : Microsoft delivers Linux support and makes Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 available to customers at no charge as part of its ongoing effort to radically simplify IT management. Read More...
Posted Monday, April 03, 2006 12:38 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Windows Server Code Name Longhorn Software Design Review, T-1 week

One week to go for the Software Design Review. We are now 1 week 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. While Read More...
Posted Monday, April 03, 2006 12:08 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

AMD finalizes it's own Itanium implementation

Folks, I am just back from a meeting with a top AMD manager. Unfortunately I was not as lucky as Scoble , they did not offer me a job. But she shared an important secret with me. And what the heck, it will leak anyway so why should it not be me becoming Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 5:37 PM by Volker Will | 4 Comments

Leveraging Windows Server 2003 R2 and Server Virtualization

If you are in virtualization, don't miss Tuesday, April 4, at noon ET the Webcast titled, "Leveraging Windows Server 2003 R2 and Server Virtualization." Attendees will learn: How to use Windows Server 2003 R2 EE in conjunction with Virtual Server 2005 Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 7:14 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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