There are two EXCELLENT articles from Microsoft’s December 2008 Technet Magazine on how to manage Macs. These articles are excellent because they are relatively brief, include useful screen shots and seem to encaptulate about 80% of what has taken me 3 years to learn! Managing Macs in Your Windows Environment Read more…
I grew up in Ontario just a short distance from GM, Ford and Chrysler factories so I have an irrational love of the auto industry. I drive a Pontiac and am just dieing to by a Chevy Volt. Suffice it to say, I am NOT an anti-domestic car guy. However, Read more…
Click the link for a nice, brief explaination of some of the visually apparent changes to Windows. http://itworldcanada.com/articles/windows7/index.htm
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=25127 Checkout the serial #: DUBYUA4U HALIFAX COUNTY: North Carolina cops are searching for a guy who successfully passed a $200 bill bearing George W. Bush’s portrait and a drawing of the White House complete with lawn signs reading “We like ice cream” and “USA deserves a tax cut.” The Read more…
The high tech interior looks interesting and different without being strange or scary.
http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/08/breaking-new-full-production-volt-pictures-leaked/ A whole set of Production Chevy Volt pictures have been leaked each with one member of the GM executive team standing before it. See the car in its native silver in all its glory! These are official studio photos although it doesnt seem like GM meant for them to Read more…
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/launch-videos.aspx Internet Explorer 8 for Consumers Join Shola Aluko as he explains why Internet Explorer 8 is the best browser for what you do on the web every day. You’ll see what makes the new browser faster, safer, and more reliable than ever. Internet Explorer 8 for the Enterprise See Read more…
http://www.popsci.com/gear-gadgets/gallery/2008-05/iphone-20-song-remains-same Web access and email are dead slow unless I’m using Wi-Fi. And that kills the already feeble battery. It’s worth noting however that it’ll still be slower than Sprint or Verizon’s services Unlike 99 percent of all phones out there, the iPhone just won’t get in line and play Read more…
Microsoft has been VERY slow to get part numbers, sku’s and pricing to market on Server 08. I have collected the following list from many retail and wholesale sources. WINDOWS SERVER 2008 STANDARD EDITION RETAIL w/10CAL = P73-03882 $1125 RETAIL w/5CAL = P73-03883 $950 OEM w/5CAL P73-04001 $750 Open License Read more…
Hardware Ecosystem Support and Enhancements · Adds support for new UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) industry standard PC firmware for 64-bit systems with functional parity with legacy BIOS firmware, which allows Windows Vista SP1 to install to GPT format disks, boot and resume from hibernate using UEFI firmware. · Adds Read more…
This product has been released to a small number of commercial testers, including Harrah’s in Vegas From MARCH 2007 (i.e. PRE-Apple iPhone): From CES, January 2008 Interesting “Surface” Experiments in 2006
By Kevin McLaughlin, CMP Channel 6:43 PM EST Fri. Jan. 11, 2008 Windows Server 2008 is now close enough to being released to manufacturing that it’s unlikely Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) will issue a third release candidate for the long awaited OS, according to a source close to the company. Windows Server Read more…
The process below works on all Microsoft Office 2007 versions which are: Microsoft® Office Standard 2007 Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 Microsoft® Office Enterprise 2007 Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2007 Microsoft® Office Small Business 2007 1: Download SP1 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9EC51594-992C-4165-A997-25DA01F388F5&displaylang=en 2: Read more…
From http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2228177,00.asp?sp=0&kc=HOTTOPICS120507STR1 …With regard to Hyper-V, Microsoft’s hypervisor product that is expected to ship within 180 days of the release of the server, Landes gave no update. Windows Server 2008 RC1 brings with it enhancements to Group Policy through Group Policy Preferences, formerly known as PolicyMaker Standard Edition and Policy Read more…
From Eweek http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2215400,00.asp Microsoft will release eight versions of Windows Server 2008 when it ships in late February 2008, three of which will include its hypervisor technology, Hyper-V. The Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter versions of Windows Server 2008 will be offered with and without Hyper-V, both in 32-bit and 64-bit Read more…