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Entries from August 2008

Windows Vista Launch

January 31st, 2007 · No Comments

What kind of a geek would I be if I didn’t at least mention that Microsoft launched Windows Vista and Office 2007 this past Monday.  There, I said it.  If you want to learn more, listen to Bill.

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Tags: Microsoft · Tech News

Here it comes to save the day!

January 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

My latest pickup for the MacBook is the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. I know there are other bluetooth mice (mouses?) out there to choose from which are easier on the pocketbook, but I really wanted to try this particular one out for a couple different reasons.
The 360 degree scroll ball is interesting. It provides [...]

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Tags: Gadgets · Hardware · MacBook

Microsoft launches ASP.NET AJAX 1.0

January 28th, 2007 · No Comments

This past week marked the official launch of Microsoft’s ASP.NET AJAX libraries for the .NET platform (formerly “Atlas”). The uptake on this new implementation of a not-so-new technology has been moderate, with the folks who really want to use .NET to target a Web 2.0 solution being the most enthusiastic.
AJAX in and of itself [...]

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Tags: Development · Internet · Microsoft · Web 2.0

Free Download: Microsoft XML Notepad 2007

January 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Microsoft has recently released an updated version of its XML Notepad. This is a fairly basic tool which provides a tree interface to edit XML documents which is easier to understand and work with than hacking through the file using Notepad or even Visual Studio.The interface takes a bit of getting used [...]

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Tags: Admin Tools · Development · Microsoft · Programming · Utilities

Hidden Treasure! - IIS 6 Admin Scripts

January 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Not long ago I discovered some hidden treasure on one of my Web Servers - the IIS 6.0 Admin Scripts. These area bunch of pre-prepared scripts to make administration of IIS much quicker (and much easier to do remotely!) not to mention much more “automatable”.
I’m not going to get into huge detail here, but I [...]

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Tags: Admin Tools · Utilities

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