Category Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1

Microsoft
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Eric is letting us know that Microsoft has relased Office 2007 Service Pack 1. Scoll down to the bottom of the post – if you’re like me and use Project, Visio and SharePoint Designer 2007 the updates to these programs … Continue reading

Failure Point: Where innovation meets old habits

IT Business, Microsoft
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As Mick Jagger would say, old habits die hard. Unfortunately for SharePoint, arguably the biggest piece of innovation from Redmond in 5 years, this leads for further commoditisation (it’s a word if I say it is) of the Microsoft value … Continue reading

Windows Mobile 6.1

Microsoft, Mobility
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Looks like The Boy Genius Report got his hands on Windows Mobile 6.1. Take a look at the gallery. Too bad Deepfish isn’t ready yet with all the hype heading to the iPhone. Go figure, people want “real” web browsing … Continue reading

Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 Performance Stats: Flawed Samples or Market Reality?

IT Business, Microsoft, Vladville
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The bad news for Microsoft Vista keep on piling on, this week from a group outraged that the Vista SP1 is apparently only focusing on the stability and reliability, not performance. Through what is arguably flawed test, a group has … Continue reading

The SMB Microsoft Partner Challenge

IT Business, Microsoft
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Happy Thanksgiving Folks! I hope spending time relaxing, hopefully with family and the ones you love is recharging your batteries and making you look forward to cracking that SMB Microsoft Challenge I asked you to think about the other day. … Continue reading

The SMB Microsoft Partner Challenge: Understanding Competition

Microsoft, SMB
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Earlier today I had a chance to have lunch with one of my local partners. We sat around and chatted about Karl’s latest posts and he remarked how much Karl is starting to sound like me. Poor Karl. I laughed … Continue reading

Zune2 better than iPod?

Gadgets, IT Culture, Microsoft
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Looks like it, at least according to Gizmodo’s tally of people that got the chance to play with it ahead of release. I must admit, I want one and I’m sure the video on this device is awesome (having seen … Continue reading

How to get promoted at Microsoft

Microsoft
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(there is a point to this, just read on) The age old question of “Who do I have to blow to get promoted around here?” that Microsofties have been asking themselves forever has finally been answered! This guy. Get this … Continue reading

Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP Released

Exchange, Microsoft, Programming
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One of my fellow Exchange MVP buddies, Bharat (sounds like “Bart”) Suneja is talking about the release of Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP! Now, before you get overly excited, that CTP acronym stands for Community Technology Preview which is just a … Continue reading

Get your live.xx email address

Microsoft, Web 2.0
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Gotta love techmeme.com! I found out earlier today that Microsoft Live opened up live.xx domain for registrations and LiveSite blog urged me to sign one up along with a full list of domains available from live.com. Click here to sign … Continue reading