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When it doesn’t rain it pours as they say… Two blogs within 5 ten minutes. Now I have not had the chance to go to PDC for a while, but if you are a developer then this is an awesome con …
I am excited about the work we are doing in contributing back to the Open Source community here at Microsoft. Our work on getting PHP to not only run, but run exceptionally well on Window …
Code to Live: Dancing in the Moonlight with Miguel de Icaza The interview is a bit old, but has just been published. Miguel de Icaza talks about Moonlight and how it came about. Thanks to Josh Holmes for posting it.
Hi All, Exciting stuff on the wires, the update to Windows Server 2008 with the RTM code for Hyper-V is now available. This is what Dennis and I were talking about in our last video. I hope to find some time to do another video showing how to setup Hyper-V and get some good ole fashion Virtualization going :-). Anyway, got Windows Server 2008? Download Hyper-V now …
Episode 2 of our ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY, on Hyper-V. This video is more of a discussion about what Dennis is doing in the Microsoft Singapore Innovation Center to take advantage of Hyper-V being released as a part of Windows Server 2008. No demo content here, but more an explanation of the benefits that can be realized by the customer. I think I might follow up with a short …
Just after publishing our video on Server Core, I visited Jeff Jones Security Blog, and found this post http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2008/06/12/download-server-core-potential-security-benefit.aspx on how having a server OS being installed in a "Core" installation mode, would have reduced security vulnerabilities for Windows Server 2003, if the option …
Welcome to the first edition of ANWYCDFYSBWYSCDFY (Ask not what you can do for your server but what your server can do for you). Yes Ill admit its a terrible title, but the intent behind these videos is to quickly show you what can be achieved with Windows Server 2008 and its various features. They videos themselves aim to be informative and fun, so we hope you feel the same …
I literally just stepped out of keynoting the latest Technet Security Event for Microsoft Singapore. The question I posed to the attendees at the event, "What things can Microsoft be doing better for IT Professionals in Singapore with regards to security." The following were some of the responses Free Security Exam Vouchers 2 Day Security Camp Publicize …
Got to say I am very excited about the eminent release of Hyper-V to Windows Server 2008. I have been running Windows Server 2008 on the machine for a while and it continues to impress. Hyper-V is one of those technologies is really going to help customers achieve a number of cost reductions in their organizations ranging from Data Center space to carbon reductions. Check …
http://beta.searchme.com Here is a nice spin on Search Engine technology, focusing on the representing the results rendered in a scrolling representation rather than just a textual summary. Tried searching on one of my favourite anime series DragonBall Z, and got some great results from the query. Yes I am a grown man that still watches cartoons, hey young at heart!! I …
Was just chatting to my colleague John Lam, the drive for IronRuby in Microsoft about his recent participation in RailsConf 2008. At the event there were two cool things that they showed. 1. Silverlight plugin for Ruby on Rails, bringing the richness of Silverlight applications to Ruby on Rails. 2. Getting IronRuby to run on Rails, as noted he indicated that performance …
Well I just recently rebuilt my Power Laptop (Dell XPS 1710) on to Windows Server 2008. Why, you may ask? BECAUSE I CAN!!! Not really, I wanted to try and give the Hyper-V components a whirl and try out some of those features. However one problem I did come across after getting Windows Server 2008 installed, was that the Windows Live Installers would not run on Windows …
Ok, so I admit it, I can play games, but am pretty lame at creating them... Here is my first attempt ever! This is built using Popfly Game Creator, its not new news by any means, but if you have not seen this then check it out, its very cool for anyone who wants to try their hand at games development for the very first time. This took me about 20 mins to get up and …
Microsoft recently released its Security Intelligence Report Version 4 on April 22 at the Infosecurity Europe event in London. This is no light reading folks, its a big report about 104 pages long, but there are some really interesting facts inside... Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) data shows that the infection rate for Windows Vista–based computers is …
There is sometimes so much information to digest that you miss these announcements, so I am a bit late to the party, but this is awesome none the less. Announced at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008 in Las Vegas was the new functionality for System Center Operations Manager 2007 enabled through a technology called Cross Platform Extensions Beta. This feature enables …
Lots of things happening today... Got to admit, the branding of the Expression tools is really funky, however the tools themselves are equally awesome. Expression Studio brings together the various Expression products together such as; Expression Web 2 (Professional Web Design Tool) Expression Blend 2 (Professional Interactive Design Tool) Expression Design 2 …
Home - Community Launch 2008 On the 17th of May, the Singapore Professional's .NET user group, the Singapore Windows User Group and Singapore SQL Server user group are coming together to have their own community launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. I love these launches because you get the opportunity to chat to people who …
Now I know this is directly following on from the previous blog, but this site is also cool. Spawned off from the Office Labs site, Community Clips is an area that enables users to create and share clips on how they use Office and what tips they can share... Community Clips
Microsoft Office Labs This is cool, if you get a chance check it out... From the site: Welcome to Microsoft Office Labs! This site is a proving ground for ideas that come from regular employees and interns who work anywhere in Microsoft. Most of the code prototypes are developed by the Office Labs team in partnership with the teams that make the products. …
So some colleagues stopped me in the hallway and asked if I could solve the following brain teaser, I wanted to share with you and see how quickly someone gets it. Ok so here is the equation... 5 + 5 + 5 = 550 What you are allowed to do is place a single line in to the equation to make it correct, and you cannot put the line through the equals sign to say that the equation …
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