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July 2005 Entries

eChalk: Color Perception

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 4:29 PM | Feedback (0)

MS Suit to "scare" Employees

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 4:20 PM | Feedback (1)

Microsoft "Acrylic" (Microsoft Expression Studio)

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 2:10 PM | Feedback (2)

No Surprise: Desktop Applications and Security Tools are Hacker Targets

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 2:05 PM | Feedback (0)

RedHerring: UN Not Seeking to govern Net

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 1:54 PM | Feedback (2)

Tweak Vista

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 1:48 PM | Feedback (1)

RSS Support in Vista

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 1:47 PM | Feedback (0)

Robert Soloway and SPAMIS

posted @ Friday, July 29, 2005 1:43 PM | Feedback (1239)

The Economist: Happy e-Birthdays

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:32 PM | Feedback (0)

ExtremeTech: Microsoft Meltdown 2005 (serious gaming forum)

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:29 PM | Feedback (4)

Wired: Ten Years that Changed the World

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:22 PM | Feedback (96)

News.com: First Views of Windows Vista

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:55 AM | Feedback (0)

The Big Beer Ad

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:54 AM | Feedback (12)

Visual Studio Team System Rocks!

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:46 AM | Feedback (0)

MSN Virtual Earth / Google Earth Compar-o-Lator

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:44 AM | Feedback (0)

WinFX Beta Downloads

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:27 AM | Feedback (116)

Microsoft Windows Vista Developer Center on MSDN

posted @ Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:24 AM | Feedback (0)

Mars "Closest" Hoax

posted @ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:13 PM | Feedback (2)

VolcanoCam and other Cameras

posted @ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:54 PM | Feedback (-2)

Escape from Yesterworld: Nostalgia is for Television, not Technology

posted @ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:45 PM | Feedback (0)

eWeek: Microsoft Gives Avalon, Indigo Official Names

posted @ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:41 PM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft Watch: Microsoft Delivers the 'Other' Longhorn Beta

posted @ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:34 PM | Feedback (0)

Channel 9: Beta 1 of Windows Vista Revealed

posted @ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:30 PM | Feedback (0)

Shakes and Frapps

posted @ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:23 PM | Feedback (-388)

ASP.NET 1.x --> 2.0 Upgrade Center on MSDN

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:44 PM | Feedback (0)

Joel Splosky: Hitting the High Notes

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:37 PM | Feedback (6)

InformationWeek: U.N. To Take Control of the Internet?

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:17 PM | Feedback (0)

Bye Bye BIOS: Hello EFI

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:06 PM | Feedback (0)

UK to issue biometric passports

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:57 PM | Feedback (0)

News.com Samsung Players to receive XM radio

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:53 PM | Feedback (99)

Bush's Anti-Piracy Chief Named

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:49 PM | Feedback (0)

eWeek: USB Devices Can Crack Windows

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:45 PM | Feedback (0)

Black Hat Briefings

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:44 PM | Feedback (2)

DevX Opinion: Eclipse Shortcomings

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:14 AM | Feedback (0)

MSPressPass: Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0 Goes Live

posted @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:05 AM | Feedback (0)

Sign up for the BizTalk 2006 Beta

posted @ Monday, July 25, 2005 11:27 PM | Feedback (17)

Channel 9: MSN Virtual Earth Team Interview

posted @ Monday, July 25, 2005 3:16 AM | Feedback (16)

Windows OneCare Live Beta

posted @ Monday, July 25, 2005 12:14 AM | Feedback (0)

RoyalAlert: Thoughts on Online Advertising

posted @ Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:42 PM | Feedback (9)

MSN RSS / Search / Screensaver Beta

posted @ Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:35 PM | Feedback (15)

Virtual Earth Beta - ViaVirtual Earth Developer Site

posted @ Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:27 PM | Feedback (6)

BetaNews: Plug-in Raises Firefox Security Doubts

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 7:40 PM | Feedback (0)

Feds crack down on pornographic e-mails

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 7:38 PM | Feedback (0)

China severs currency link to the US Dollar

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 7:18 PM | Feedback (0)

News.com: Major Firefox Release Delayed

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 7:17 PM | Feedback (0)

Daylight Savings Time to be Extended

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 7:13 PM | Feedback (5)

Boing Boing: Canada's Poo Mascot

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 6:26 PM | Feedback (0)

Washington Post: Bush Creates Post for Anti-Piracy

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 6:19 PM | Feedback (0)

Windows Vista

posted @ Friday, July 22, 2005 1:58 PM | Feedback (0)

Recent Firefox Release Updated

posted @ Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:37 PM | Feedback (0)

TechRepublic: Why does everyone bash Windows?

posted @ Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:26 PM | Feedback (0)

IQ and Cholesterol Level

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:52 PM | Feedback (7)

Microsoft to Acquire FrontBridge Technologies

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:20 PM | Feedback (17)

Man on the Moon Missions

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:47 PM | Feedback (112)

To the Moon, Channel 9 Guy!

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:02 PM | Feedback (0)

Fast: 100-Mbit Cable Internet in 2006

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:09 PM | Feedback (1)

Farewell, Mr. Scott

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:49 PM | Feedback (0)

Google Does the Moon

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 12:17 PM | Feedback (0)

Firefox Flaw Leads to Upgrade Encore

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:40 AM | Feedback (0)

JK Rowling's Official Site

posted @ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:26 AM | Feedback (15)

TheVDotList – July 18, 2005

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2005 7:04 PM | Feedback (2)

A World with Three Suns

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2005 6:55 PM | Feedback (2)

The Imagine Cup

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2005 6:41 PM | Feedback (2)

WinZip: Time to Pay Up

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2005 6:32 PM | Feedback (-1)

News.com: News Corp (Murdoch) to buy Spyware Company

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2005 6:11 PM | Feedback (196)

IBM: Give us the code

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2005 5:58 PM | Feedback (6)

Xbox 360 Faceplate Competition

posted @ Monday, July 18, 2005 5:50 PM | Feedback (0)

The Marfa Lights

posted @ Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:23 PM | Feedback (0)

Searching the Microsoft Knowledge Base

posted @ Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:00 PM | Feedback (150)

Microsoft Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Web Services Platforms

posted @ Saturday, July 16, 2005 3:49 AM | Feedback (0)

UN Panel Fails to Agree on how to Govern the Internet

posted @ Saturday, July 16, 2005 3:45 AM | Feedback (1)

Six Ways to Develop Highly Successful People

posted @ Saturday, July 16, 2005 3:40 AM | Feedback (0)

11 Traits of a True IT Leader

posted @ Saturday, July 16, 2005 3:38 AM | Feedback (2)

Offshore Outsourcing Savings?

posted @ Friday, July 15, 2005 5:24 PM | Feedback (1)

Mozilla / Firefox Site Hacked

posted @ Friday, July 15, 2005 5:20 PM | Feedback (0)

Beam your Craigslist Ad Into Space

posted @ Friday, July 15, 2005 4:08 PM | Feedback (0)

Windows Automotive 5.0 Launches in Japan

posted @ Friday, July 15, 2005 1:39 PM | Feedback (96)

Harry Potter Book to be Late? Voldemort or Virus?

posted @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:39 PM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft and Marvel and Xbox, Oh my!

posted @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:44 PM | Feedback (0)

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in Windows 2003 SP2

posted @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:28 PM | Feedback (108)

Microsoft's Server Virtualization Roadmap

posted @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:05 PM | Feedback (1)

Firefox 1.0.5 released to squash security bugs

posted @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:54 PM | Feedback (0)

Claria and Search

posted @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:48 PM | Feedback (0)

Domain Hijacking / ICANN

posted @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:02 PM | Feedback (1)

The Shareware Starter Kit

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:27 PM | Feedback (1)

Plot to overthrow ICANN

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:15 PM | Feedback (2)

The Tribes of New York

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:06 PM | Feedback (0)

Gartner Handicaps Web services platforms

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:15 PM | Feedback (7)

eWeek: Interview with Allison Watson

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:06 PM | Feedback (100)

Gary McKinnon: "ET, Hack Home"

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:13 PM | Feedback (210)

Rove in the Spotlight

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:04 PM | Feedback (0)

Bernie Ebbers gets 25 years in prison

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:02 PM | Feedback (0)

Anti-Claria Anti-Rumor

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:21 AM | Feedback (34)

Channel 9: 19 deadly sins of software security

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:58 AM | Feedback (18)

PressDisplay: AJAX and .NET in Action

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:54 AM | Feedback (0)

The iPod Flea

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:53 AM | Feedback (0)

Avalon: Adobe Illustrator to XMALPad

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:21 AM | Feedback (102)

Microsoft Targets Notes

posted @ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:07 AM | Feedback (2)

Comcast Announces Faster Service

posted @ Tuesday, July 12, 2005 6:13 PM | Feedback (0)

PayPal Founders launch VC Fund

posted @ Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:02 PM | Feedback (1)

Texas Instruments new 4G Solid-State Disk

posted @ Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:53 PM | Feedback (0)

Anti-Spyware Coalition

posted @ Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:49 PM | Feedback (2)

Laptops in School

posted @ Tuesday, July 12, 2005 2:02 PM | Feedback (6)

Can Adware Companies Come Clean?

posted @ Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:36 PM | Feedback (1)

ICANN Board Meeting; July 11-15th 2005

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 9:56 PM | Feedback (0)

Phrack to shut down

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 7:48 PM | Feedback (0)

VPC / Virtual Server Best Practices Guide on MSDN

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 6:55 PM | Feedback (3)

Microsoft and the Mid-Size Server Market

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 6:47 PM | Feedback (123)

Microsoft and open source

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 5:56 PM | Feedback (-1)

MS Denies Claria Special Treatment

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 4:08 PM | Feedback (17)

Longhorn Screenshots

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 4:01 PM | Feedback (0)

Executives: The Next US Export

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 2:08 AM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft to Expand in to Services-Based Businesses

posted @ Monday, July 11, 2005 1:09 AM | Feedback (2)

Eating Crow about Claria

posted @ Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:16 AM | Feedback (4)

Real Time Communications (RTC) Presence Toolkit

posted @ Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:04 AM | Feedback (2)

Ballmer to partners: Bet on us

posted @ Sunday, July 10, 2005 3:59 AM | Feedback (0)

E-Voting

posted @ Friday, July 08, 2005 4:42 PM | Feedback (1)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Web Services

posted @ Friday, July 08, 2005 4:17 PM | Feedback (16)

WiFi "Roguing"

posted @ Friday, July 08, 2005 4:11 PM | Feedback (-1)

Online Sales Tax?

posted @ Friday, July 08, 2005 3:23 PM | Feedback (0)

News.com: Microsoft to feature forms enhancements

posted @ Friday, July 08, 2005 2:43 PM | Feedback (0)

Robert Scoble catches Steve Ballmer on video

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:58 PM | Feedback (0)

What Google knows about you

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:58 AM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Starts July 8th

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:47 AM | Feedback (147)

Firefox security vulnerability

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:33 AM | Feedback (0)

Spam: No united front

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:27 AM | Feedback (-1)

News.com: Yahoo Expands Mobile Search Functions

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:43 AM | Feedback (0)

A safe browser? No longer in the lexicon

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:28 AM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft and Claria

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:54 AM | Feedback (83)

London Attacked

posted @ Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:29 AM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft "Project Greenhouse"

posted @ Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:06 PM | Feedback (1)

Code Linux in VS.NET - Visual MainWin (Grasshopper)

posted @ Wednesday, July 06, 2005 1:56 PM | Feedback (7)

Handheld Gambling Legalized in Nevada

posted @ Wednesday, July 06, 2005 1:47 PM | Feedback (0)

Search Engines and Premium Content

posted @ Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:24 AM | Feedback (1)

Broadband: Faster, Faster and Faster

posted @ Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:42 AM | Feedback (1)

State of Security is Improving

posted @ Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:34 AM | Feedback (-1)

News.com: Soaring Malware Levels

posted @ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:00 PM | Feedback (17)

Microsoft Previews CRM 3.0

posted @ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:51 PM | Feedback (3)

SAP: Supple?

posted @ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:43 PM | Feedback (147)

Microsoft Releases Digital Image 2006

posted @ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:25 PM | Feedback (0)

The VDotList for July 4, 2005

posted @ Monday, July 04, 2005 9:42 AM | Feedback (5)

What is TheVDotList?

posted @ Monday, July 04, 2005 9:35 AM | Feedback (3)

Tempel 1 Bullseye!

posted @ Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:03 PM | Feedback (1)

Science Magazine: the Top 125 Mysteries of Science

posted @ Saturday, July 02, 2005 8:12 PM | Feedback (2)

SOA Building Momentum

posted @ Saturday, July 02, 2005 4:27 PM | Feedback (1)

Live 8

posted @ Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:45 PM | Feedback (-1)

Interplanetary fireworks? Deep Impact to meet Tempel 1 Sunday Night (PDT)

posted @ Saturday, July 02, 2005 2:49 PM | Feedback (0)

SAP to host CRM?

posted @ Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:12 PM | Feedback (16)

TechRepublic: Delivering Enterprise Applications via the Flash Platform

posted @ Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:04 PM | Feedback (4)

Computerworld: Microsoft about to buy into a Big Mistake

posted @ Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:54 AM | Feedback (1)

While on the subject of piracy ..

posted @ Friday, July 01, 2005 1:06 PM | Feedback (0)

Supreme Court: Day-O'Connor

posted @ Friday, July 01, 2005 12:43 PM | Feedback (2)

So, what is a "Microsoft Pragmatic Evangelist", anyway?

posted @ Friday, July 01, 2005 12:22 PM | Feedback (379)

News.com: US to retain control of internet domain names

posted @ Friday, July 01, 2005 6:46 AM | Feedback (1)

CIO.COM: 35% Software Piracy Worldwide

posted @ Friday, July 01, 2005 6:42 AM | Feedback (3)

AP: BT to use Microsoft for Interactive TV

posted @ Friday, July 01, 2005 6:14 AM | Feedback (2)

The opinions expressed herein are my own and are not intended to represent those of my employer.