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    December 2005 Entries

    Still filtering comments: botnet spam comment attack

    posted @ Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:34 AM | Feedback (0)

    WMF Exploit Workaround, Protections

    posted @ Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:53 AM | Feedback (14)

    New Idea: "Voice Chat" on Cell Phones

    posted @ Friday, December 30, 2005 5:54 PM | Feedback (2)

    A-Hole of the Year Award (Kuro5hin)

    posted @ Friday, December 30, 2005 5:52 PM | Feedback (0)

    What Happened To The MSN Search Insider?

    posted @ Friday, December 30, 2005 5:48 PM | Feedback (-2)

    WhiteHouse.gov uses tracking cookies, bugs

    posted @ Friday, December 30, 2005 5:24 PM | Feedback (0)

    AdSense Trojan on the Loose

    posted @ Friday, December 30, 2005 4:43 PM | Feedback (2)

    The Million-Dollar Web Site?

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:18 AM | Feedback (3)

    How do you suppose all those side streets end up on maps?

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:14 AM | Feedback (5)

    Ten Failed Tech Trends for 2005

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:57 AM | Feedback (0)

    RIAA: Shoot Foot, Reload

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:49 AM | Feedback (0)

    BillG Poses

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:32 AM | Feedback (0)

    The NSA Compelled to Remove Tracking Cookies

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:21 AM | Feedback (0)

    Atlas Resources: Updated

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:38 AM | Feedback (8)

    MSN Video to Broadcast New York City Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration

    posted @ Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:07 AM | Feedback (0)

    Composite UI Application Block December Update and Hands-on-Labs Available for Download

    posted @ Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:33 PM | Feedback (0)

    Atlas 2005 December Preview Released

    posted @ Tuesday, December 27, 2005 8:16 PM | Feedback (9)

    Top 2006 Challenges for Microsoft

    posted @ Tuesday, December 27, 2005 7:01 PM | Feedback (0)

    Virus disguises itself as MSN Messenger beta

    posted @ Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:37 PM | Feedback (6)

    Spam Free or Die Music Video (whimsy)

    posted @ Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:56 PM | Feedback (0)

    Worst Tech Moments of 2005

    posted @ Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:54 PM | Feedback (0)

    2005 Recap: Graphics Cards

    posted @ Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:47 PM | Feedback (15)

    New Year's Day 2006 to be Delayed

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 11:18 PM | Feedback (0)

    Opera buys Opera

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 10:05 PM | Feedback (0)

    A method to see if your mail is being sniffed by the government

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 10:02 PM | Feedback (0)

    Ray Ozzie posts "Looking Back, Looking Forward"

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 9:43 PM | Feedback (0)

    Beware of QuickTime Content from Unknown Sources

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 9:32 PM | Feedback (7)

    Spam is down, but who gets the credit

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 9:17 PM | Feedback (0)

    San Fran Muni WiFi: Vendors invited to write their own monopoly

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 8:01 PM | Feedback (3)

    ‘twas the Night Before: The Three Little Words

    posted @ Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:37 AM | Feedback (3)

    Einstein was right (again)

    posted @ Saturday, December 24, 2005 7:22 PM | Feedback (2)

    Financial Times (FT) Names Google Founders "Men of the Year"

    posted @ Saturday, December 24, 2005 6:21 PM | Feedback (0)

    Coming to an Email near you: "Spear Phishing"

    posted @ Saturday, December 24, 2005 5:48 AM | Feedback (12)

    Dark Video Mash of "A Christmas Story"

    posted @ Saturday, December 24, 2005 5:17 AM | Feedback (0)

    Create Poster-Size Prints from Digital Images

    posted @ Saturday, December 24, 2005 5:03 AM | Feedback (-26)

    This EU Nonsense

    posted @ Friday, December 23, 2005 10:19 AM | Feedback (-2)

    Bye, Bye UDDI (Registry)

    posted @ Friday, December 23, 2005 9:50 AM | Feedback (1)

    Service Activity Generator: Alpha 2

    posted @ Friday, December 23, 2005 9:42 AM | Feedback (0)

    USB Speakerphone

    posted @ Friday, December 23, 2005 9:30 AM | Feedback (0)

    Windows Media Center Edition Online

    posted @ Friday, December 23, 2005 9:20 AM | Feedback (0)

    VSTS and MS Project Add-In

    posted @ Friday, December 23, 2005 8:56 AM | Feedback (-1)

    Mass Speculation: Microsoft to buy Opera?

    posted @ Friday, December 23, 2005 8:37 AM | Feedback (0)

    'tis the Season .. To Re-Gift

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:15 PM | Feedback (12)

    Self-Aware Robot?

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:02 PM | Feedback (0)

    13 Reasons to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2005

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:55 PM | Feedback (3)

    The Seasons Explained

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:38 PM | Feedback (3)

    Deployment with ClickOnce: Sample Code

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:17 AM | Feedback (9)

    Developer Potential of Office 12 for Commercial Enterprise Software

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:55 AM | Feedback (0)

    10 SOA Articles

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:48 AM | Feedback (40)

    FTC Declares Can-Spam a Success

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:37 AM | Feedback (0)

    Microsoft Hires GUI 'Design Guru'

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:32 AM | Feedback (12)

    Favorites on Live.com

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:54 AM | Feedback (0)

    New Cingular SmartPhone

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:37 AM | Feedback (2)

    Microsoft Sues MAPS Resellers

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:20 AM | Feedback (0)

    AOL / Google deal 'a disastrous decision'

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:05 AM | Feedback (0)

    Gallery of Map Projections

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:03 AM | Feedback (0)

    Comment Filter Set on "Fry"

    posted @ Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:00 AM | Feedback (0)

    What to do at Grandmother's House

    posted @ Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:42 AM | Feedback (-1)

    The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:58 PM | Feedback (2)

    User-Generated Media and the Future

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:44 PM | Feedback (0)

    Visual Studio E-Learning .. FREE!

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:40 PM | Feedback (-1)

    Updates to ASP.NET 2.0 (and Atlas!)

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:14 PM | Feedback (0)

    Judge Rules Against Intelligent Design

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:10 PM | Feedback (2)

    Mix 06 - Coming Attractions

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:58 AM | Feedback (0)

    Web 2.0 is Dead; Long Live the Web!

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:50 AM | Feedback (0)

    Battling the Bad Guys

    posted @ Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:13 AM | Feedback (0)

    The Tallest Buildings; now, and later

    posted @ Monday, December 19, 2005 1:44 AM | Feedback (0)

    My, THIS is maddening: "Escapa" (whimsy)

    posted @ Monday, December 19, 2005 1:06 AM | Feedback (9)

    The Gates and Bono Named Persons of the Year

    posted @ Monday, December 19, 2005 12:48 AM | Feedback (0)

    The JibJab Guys Wrap 2-0-5

    posted @ Sunday, December 18, 2005 2:09 AM | Feedback (0)

    Chris Pirillo Declares Xbox 360 a Winner

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 10:34 PM | Feedback (0)

    Windows Live: Checked out http://ideas.live.com Lately?

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 3:21 PM | Feedback (11)

    Windows Live: Three Services Reviewed

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 2:51 PM | Feedback (5)

    SQL Server and SQL Express Command-Line Utility

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 2:21 PM | Feedback (5)

    Re-design of National Archives Site

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 2:10 PM | Feedback (0)

    NTP Strikes Again

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 2:05 PM | Feedback (12)

    RIM Pressured to Settle

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 12:46 PM | Feedback (0)

    Ads Within RSS Feeds

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 12:32 PM | Feedback (0)

    Mix 06 - Mix the next web now

    posted @ Friday, December 16, 2005 12:07 PM | Feedback (0)

    3,000 Microsoft Jobs Announced for India

    posted @ Wednesday, December 14, 2005 9:53 AM | Feedback (0)

    The URGE: Digital Music Service

    posted @ Tuesday, December 13, 2005 3:06 PM | Feedback (0)

    Microsoft Partners With McDonald’s for Global Point-of-Sale Solution

    posted @ Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:57 PM | Feedback (0)

    Windows Live Local Service Delivers State-of-the-Art Advances for Web-Based Mapping and Local Search

    posted @ Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:54 PM | Feedback (7)

    Microsoft Offers New Integrated Retail Solution for Small-Business Retailers

    posted @ Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:43 PM | Feedback (0)

    Free Speech in the Blogosphere

    posted @ Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:39 AM | Feedback (0)

    Bush Regime Control will Cause the Internet to Split

    posted @ Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:35 AM | Feedback (18)

    ICANN Transparency Requests

    posted @ Friday, December 09, 2005 3:55 AM | Feedback (0)

    Media Review: The Wiggles; Dorothy the Dinosaur

    posted @ Friday, December 09, 2005 3:33 AM | Feedback (2)

    Media Review: “Four Brothers”

    posted @ Friday, December 09, 2005 3:25 AM | Feedback (0)

    The little spyware company that could

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 7:07 AM | Feedback (0)

    On my list: Visit the world's tallest building

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 6:54 AM | Feedback (186)

    Email Help: SNARF from Microsoft Research

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:55 AM | Feedback (0)

    Moderate to severe sleep-disordered breathing can lead to stroke

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:46 AM | Feedback (152)

    Managed Code in SQL Server 2005

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:39 AM | Feedback (4)

    When Good Implosions go Bad

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:25 AM | Feedback (1)

    Using VSTS Performance Tools to Accelerate Your Application

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:16 AM | Feedback (3)

    Michael Swanson's Wallpaper Images

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:08 AM | Feedback (21)

    Saturn's F-Ring is Actually a Spiral

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:04 AM | Feedback (191)

    Atlas: The Microsoft Implementation of AJAX

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:52 AM | Feedback (6)

    Simple Sharing Extensions: A Mash-up Made in Heaven

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:42 AM | Feedback (0)

    Beta Cycle: Longer and Longer

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:23 AM | Feedback (16)

    Health Benefits of Green Tea

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:06 AM | Feedback (3)

    Free Audio and Video Download Site

    posted @ Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:00 AM | Feedback (1)

    The Digg Tree: A new way to view Digg

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:48 AM | Feedback (0)

    MSConfig Walk-through

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:43 AM | Feedback (0)

    Creating the Perfect 404

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:41 AM | Feedback (0)

    Cheat Sheet for Subnet Calculations

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:33 AM | Feedback (1)

    Free Online Multiplayer Games

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:30 AM | Feedback (0)

    ICANN puts hold on .XXX Domain Suffix

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:26 AM | Feedback (174)

    Yahoo Mail adds Beta RSS Feeds

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:19 AM | Feedback (0)

    The MySpace Generation

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:07 AM | Feedback (184)

    Vista Restart Manager

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:01 AM | Feedback (0)

    Kids in Seoul

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:56 AM | Feedback (0)

    Snow in Seoul

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:53 AM | Feedback (1)

    My Little Treasures

    posted @ Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:52 AM | Feedback (0)

    Beginner's Guide to Securing a PC

    posted @ Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:19 PM | Feedback (-1)

    MSConfig Walkthrough

    posted @ Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:12 PM | Feedback (1)

    New Orleans to deploy city-wide wireless internet

    posted @ Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:00 PM | Feedback (0)

    Air Force "Phaser"

    posted @ Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:14 PM | Feedback (0)

    Massachusetts Reconsiders Microsoft Office with Open Document Standards

    posted @ Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:11 PM | Feedback (10)

    ASP.NET 2.0 Security Articles

    posted @ Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:04 PM | Feedback (0)

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