Cloud Computing
Microsoft announced the Windows Azure , their cloud services platform, today. Do you wonder where "The Cloud" actually is? The BBC found some of those servers in a bean field near Quincy, Washington S...
For the last few months I've been using the Tech Preview of Microsoft Live Mesh to help create this blog. What is Live Mesh? I'll leave the detailed technical explanation to others who do it bet...
Windows Vista will be replaced by; Windows Vista Team Blog : Introducing Windows 7 I actually prefer the simplicity of numbering, be it year or version based, if only to avoid the mapping of...
Windows
I was surprised to see a knowledge base item regarding Revit 2009 and Windows 2000. As XP heads for retirement - although still much used - and the Windows world starts thinking about Windows 7 I wond...
A recent post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog reveals how Windows users use windows. They'll typically have 1(!) to 14 windows open with most having 6-9 "peak windows". That surprised me, as it s...
I recently updated to ZoneAlarm 8 began experiencing very slow (5 minute +) Windows XP shutdowns. After submitting a support request I found this is a known problem that is being worked on. Until a fi...
Windows
I thought I better check out all the recent activity in the browser world. There's nothing better to test them with than your own site so here are mine in Microsoft IE8 beta and Google Chrome. I'll re...
Tech-Ed New Zealand is next week. If, like me, you're not attending some sessions will be available on line; Tech Ed Live and online Experience Tech.Ed 2008 NZ in the comfort of your own desk...
I thought RSS Bandit may have revealed something early but it was just the number of unread posts in the Windows category... Windows 7 in-depth technical info to be divulged in October - Enga...
Rod, Xero , Drury has laid out an 18 point plan to “fix” Microsoft. It’s big (theres a few points below) and it’s radical but I suspect, with the $50 billion not spent on Yahoo!, they could do it....
Windows
There seems to be plenty of news about clouds, even when the weather is fine! It’s not about stormy weather, but rather “Cloud Computing”. It featured in Microsoft’s presentation at Autodesk Uni...
What is former Apple Evangelist, Venture Capitalist and “Democratizer of information” Guy Kawasaki doing at Mix? Armed with a MacBook Air, he’s talking to Steve Ballmer , Microsoft CEO, about Yahoo...
