K’s Weblog

As some of you may already know, I run Windows Vista on my Macbook.  Not full time, mind you, I’m a fan of virtualization.  :)  I’ve been trying to give my ol’ Vista install a bit more of a “wow” factor recently, and I’ve come across some great tips to help make your PC unique.
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Saw this when I opened my Google reader tonight…

It made me laugh… I had to post.

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This news is a couple of weeks old now, the latest version of it’s development software, Visual Studio 2008 (formerly codenamed “Orcas”) has gone RTM.  The newest version of (imho) the best IDE on the market follows the “Whidbey” release and has also shipped in “Express” editions.
For those of you who haven’t read my previous [...]

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I realize that many of you reading this are well aware of the tediousness of regularly performing your windows updates.  Hopefully it’s not as bad as this guy… I mean hell we’ve all done it.  Reload your Windows PC and spend 30-60 minutes running Windows Update multiple times to make sure you’ve covered everything.
So why, [...]

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Since 1998, Microsoft has been in a battle with EU regulators over allegations that they have engaged in monopolistic business practices.  These allegations are similar to the anti-trust suit brought against the Redmond giant in the US Microsoft has now agreed to give up its battle against the antitrust legislation in an effort to stop [...]

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I’ve covered a few stories on this blog [1], [2], [3] where Microsoft is making some positive strides toward opening up to the concept of open source, particularly in relation to it’s software development arm.
On October 3rd Scott Guthrie, manager of the teams who build the development and platform tools at Microsoft, announced that the [...]

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OK, I realize I don’t post up silly stuff very often (some would say not often enough), but when I read tonight’s xkcd comic, I burst out laughing.  I have a bit of a hate on for Windows ME, and when I read this… well lets just say that could have been me sitting in [...]

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I just read on Jeff Beehler’s blog that Microsoft has released a CTP (Community Technology Preview) of the next version of Visual studio… and I don’t mean VS 2008 “Orcas”.
Virtual PC images of the new VS install were made available from the Microsoft Downloads website on August 3rd.  I’ve included a direct link to the [...]

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Microsoft has recently released Silverlight 1.0, a .NET-based competitor to Adobe’s Flash animation product.
This is an interesting strategic move as Microsoft is moving into what is clearly established territory for the Flash brand.  Microsoft is extending the reach of the new Windows Presentation Foundations (WPF) to the web with a version being called WPF/E (WPF/Everywhere).
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Last week (while I was too busy watching playoff hockey to post), Microsoft announced that the Beta 3 version of Windows Server “Longhorn” complete with the brand spankin’ new IIS 7.0 would be offered with a “Go-Live” license.  This means that the new version can legally be deployed in a production environment prior to the [...]

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